100 years ago, 1914“Lewiston and Auburn must be booming,” said a former resident to a Lewiston Journal reporter. “I rode down Lisbon street, up Main street and back over the bridge into Auburn and thru the principal business streets and I didn’t see a sign ‘To Let’ in any of the store windows. 50 years […]

100 years ago, 1914If pending negotiations go thru, Lewiston will have, at least, one fine new theatre and possibly two within very short time. Gentlemen representing a syndicate interested in motion picture houses have been in the city this week to inspect the site of the old Central garage, Main street, with a view to […]

100 years ago, 1914Asphalt oil will be used on the roads in Lewiston this summer if the test is satisfactory, according to the vote of the public works commission. The Standard Oil company will ship a car containing 10,000 gallons here and the oil will be spread by employees of the company. This material containing […]

100 years ago, 1914After 36 years in the grocery business and at the same place of business, Arthur W. Penley, has sold out his grocery trade at 40 Main street, Auburn to Orvil Sylvester and Wilbur Thurlow, both of Auburn. Under the firm name of Sylvester & Thurlow the business will be resumed in a […]

100 years ago, 1914The local markets seem to be well supplied with seasonable goods. One merchant said Thursday he was paying 23 cents for eggs, 24 cents for dairy butter, 90 cents for potatoes and 21 cents for poultry. He was selling strawberries for 15 cents a box, cucumbers for 7 cents each and lettuce […]

100 years ago, 1914The forest fire which Wednesday destroyed $24,000 worth of sawed pine and spruce on the land of F. M. Skillings, Auburn, was fanned into new life by the stiff breeze of yesterday morning and before it burned itself out had covered a tract several hundred acres in extent and had destroyed standing […]

100 years ago, 1914Complaints have been made to the Lewiston police regarding autoists who are careless when driving by the Central Maine General Hospital. As the machines make the grade going up Main street they open up the engine exhausts to gain more power, and at the same time they create more or less a […]

100 years ago, 1914The Lewiston police were notified, last evening, that a horse which had been hired from Perreault’s stable, had been killed on the Lisbon Road as the result of fast driving. According to information furnished the authorities, a young woman was driving the horse, and in an endeavor to go faster than a […]

100 years ago, 1914An old man 81 years of age, lies dead at Teague’s undertaking rooms, while the authorities are making an effort to discover his identity and to locate, if possible, his friends or family. His name, so far as is known, is either Havel B. Brawn or A. B. Brawn. He was brought […]

100 years ago, 1914(Advertisement) One-Step Hesitation and Tango at home. Book of instructions free. Just received from the Victor Talking Machine Company, book of “Three Modern Dances” with 288 moving picture photographs showing steps of the dances with complete instructions for each step. F. E. Tainter, 42 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. Three floors completely filled with […]