100 Years Ago: 1923 Officer Dan Crowley of Lewiston stopped a runaway horse on Lincoln Street, yesterday afternoon at the corner of Cedar Street. The horse had become frightened and ran a considerable distance, narrowly missing some other vehicles before it was stopped. The harness and wagon were damaged somewhat. Officer Crowley is being commenced for […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Naturalists all over the United States are worrying over the probable extinction of certain of our mammals due to the decree of fashion that women wear furs all four seasons of the year. Museums are hastening to obtain specimens for their collections before it is too late. 50 Years Ago: 1973 […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 President Coolidge is definitely a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1924. Announcement of Mr. Coolidge’s candidacy was made last night, while party leaders were gathering in the capitol for the annual meeting of the Republican National committee and three days after he had outlined his politics in his […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Sheriff Murray’s liquor deputies seized a nearly new seven- passenger Buick sedan and 50 -gallons of alcohol at about 1:30 this morning on the Danville Road. When the deputies stopped the car, the occupants did not wait to discuss the goods and the road questions, but jumped through the door and […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Libby Thimble Club held its regular monthly meeting in the Pleasant Street Hall last evening. A fine musical program was furnished by the club orchestra and vocal selections were given by several members of the organization. Games were also enjoyed. The supper which preceded the meeting was served by Albert Jordan. […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The women of the Auburn YMCA Auxiliary held a large and pleasing meeting this week at the building when six new members were taken in. Any woman of the twin cities who has connections who are members of the organization will be warmly welcomed into this auxiliary. At present the women […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Wednesday Morning Club met with Mrs. W.R. Whitehorn of Lewiston Mrs. Seth M. Carter spoke on the work of Harold Bell Wright. Mrs. Wallace White describes a perfume bottle, which is owned by a member of his family and was recently the subject of an article in a Boston paper. […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Joseph Morin returned from the Moosehead Region, Saturday with two fine deer. 50 Years Ago: 1973 The Lewiston-Auburn League of Women Voters and the local coalition for acceptance of the Equal Rights Amendment held a panel discussion last night at the Canal Bank meeting room. Atty. Jon Oxman, State Rep. Joyce […]