Read more about Jan. 30, 1998, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The Monday Club has arranged for another lecture in Merrill Hall to be on Friday evening. The speaker will be Arthur G. Staples, of Auburn. Mr. Staples will have as his subject, “The New Woman.” 50 Years Ago: 1973 A splash […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 28: ‘Challenger explodes’
Read more about Jan. 28, 1986, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The Campfire Girls of the Park Street ME Church will hold a candy at their club at 7:15 Wednesday. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Auburn Mayor John R. Linnell, issued a statement Friday in which he supports planned public expressions related to […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 27: ‘Vietnam peace package is signed’
Read more about Jan. 27, 1973, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Merle Erskine who recently installed a radio set reports very good results. He gets the stations of Newark, N. J., and Schenectady, N.Y., every night, as well as others. The farthest station picked up by him was that of Chicago.. 50 […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 26: ‘Farmington pastor fears young folks in village surely going to the dogs’
Read more about Jan. 26, 1948, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Many Lewiston people were tied up on the Waterville Hine for three hours Thursday evening because of a big drift in the car line. The car could not be moved until a snowplow from Lewiston made the trip to the snowbound […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 25: ‘Extra cost of snow to Lewiston $15,000’
Read more about Jan. 25, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The Bowdoin College Glee Club Singers will appear this winter at the High Street Congregational Church, Auburn. In a concert to be handled by the Men’s Club for the benefit of the movie’s fund. 50 Years Ago: 1973 The coffin of […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 24: ‘Auburn city grade schools to be closed until Monday’
Read more about Jan. 24, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Many farmers are harvesting ice in the North Auburn vicinity. There was no school Friday as the high winds made traveling dangerous. The men with their teams have been very busy trying to keep the roads passable. 50 Years Ago: 1973 […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 23: ‘Martel buys shoe factory to use with tire business’
Read more about Jan. 23, 1968, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The Ladies’ Circle of Stevens Mills Grange will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H.W. Pride of 136 Pleasant Street, Auburn. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson, whose presidency in the turbulent 60s launched the nation on a sweeping domestic reform […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 21: ‘Lewiston boy, 5, falls through ice and drowns’
Read more about Jan. 21, 1958, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. George W. C. Studley of South Portland entertained the Modern History Club this week. The program was in charge of Miss Belle R. Tilton. It included a list of words and phrases often misused and mispronounced. Each member was required […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 20: ‘ELHS issue tabled until budget time’
Read more about Jan. 20, 1948, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 An invitation to the “Y” Girls to a tobogganing party on Monday night has been received from Miss Ruth Healy. Any girl wishing to go is asked to leave her name at the Blue Triangle before Monday noon. The girls will […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 19: ‘Selling liquor in Lewiston City Hall’
Read more about Jan. 19 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Never was snowshoeing so popular as it has been this winter. You catch the spirit of it right in the hearts of the city, at least Sunday mornings, for outgoing cars swarm with bright-eyed men and women in snow-shoeing regalia. Take […]