100 Years Ago: 1923 The prayer meeting of the Calvary, M. E. church will be held Tuesday evening at 7.30 o’clock. Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cook, a returned missionary from China, will speak at the home of Mrs. Clara Quimby, 96 Nichols Street. The prayer and class meeting will be held Thursday at the home of […]
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Looking Back on May 13
100 Years Ago: 1923 Rhubarb is quoted at 15 cents per pound in a Main street grocery. Strawberries sell from 25 to 28 cents per box. 50 Years ago: 1973 Miss Karen Zielinski of Auburn and Mrs. Elizabeth Goodspeed of Portland, both field directors for Kennebec Girl Scout Council, have returned from a Regional Girl […]
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Looking Back on May 12
100 Years Ago: 1923 The Annual Luncheon of the Ladies’ Literary Club was held at the Congregational vestry, in New Gloucester Tuesday afternoon. The tables were arranged in the form of a Y, and very prettily decorated with pussy willows and yellow jonquils. The place cards were very appropriate to go with the other decorations, […]
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Looking Back on May 11
100 Years Ago: 1923 The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary at the Dewitt hotel Friday noon heard Jeff Smith talk about boys’ work. E. Farrington Abbott presided. In executive session the Rotary club has appropriated $500 to send boys this summer to the Y. M. C. A camp at Cobbosseecontee. In addition to this, several well-known concerns will […]
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Looking Back on May 10
100 Years Ago: 1923 Mary Dillingham Chapter, D. A. R. will meet at the Y. W. C. A. parlors on Saturday afternoon for their annual meeting. Hostesses for the occasion will be: Mrs. S. E. Sawyer, Mrs. Helen Sleeper, Mrs. Addison Small, Mrs. Alice J. Skolfield, Mrs. John Sturgis, Mrs. H. S. Sleeper. As the meeting […]
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Looking Back on May 9
100 Years Ago: 1923 A new church is to be constructed this summer by Lewiston Greeks. It is being planned to build the larger stone structure on the site of the present wooden frame building that stands on Lisbon street. Just how much money can be devoted to this purpose is not decided. Architects and […]
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Looking Back on May 8
100 Years Ago: 1923 Many of the country club golfers took advantage of the fine spring day Sunday to visit the links at Martindale, finding them in good condition. Tentative plans are being made for a busy social season to be announced very soon. The delicate green of the birches and willows and the deeper […]
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Looking Back on May 6: ‘Airport management termed lax’
Read more about May 6, 1953, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 (from an advertisement) Here’s a chance, Miss Freckle-face, to try a remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable concern that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles; while if it does give you a […]
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Looking Back on May 5: ‘River adventure turns rocky’
Read more about May 5, 1998, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 They have a new designation on Broadway for the slightly intoxicated. It used to be that a person in such a state was “half seas over.” “It is more descriptive,” Frederic Warren now declares, “to say he is ‘three miles out.’” […]
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Looking Back on May 4: ‘Auto theft ring being investigated here’
Read more about May 4, 1948, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The Dorcas society of the High Street M. E. Church held an all-day meeting in the parish house, Thursday. A dinner was served at noon and in the afternoon, the Ladies’ Circle joined the society in a joint business meeting at […]