100 Years Ago: 1922 When William Pillsbury and Ernest Wells of Phillips were harrowing on the Cushman Farm in Avon recently, they discovered a penny which seemed to be somewhat corroded from long lying in the ground, and upon polishing it found the date was 1822. The penny is a little larger than our old-fashioned two-cent […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Miss Bernice Nelke, College street, Lewiston, sailed July 19 from Hoboken, N. J. for Vienna, Austria, where she will study music for a year. Miss Nelke is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelke, being born at Livermore Falls and moving to Lewiston with her parents when a small […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Sarah F. Getchell of Rockland had a weird and thrilling experience during Thursday’s thunder shower when live wires fell on top of the umbrella which she was carrying. She fell to the sidewalk  but the umbrella warded off the death dealing wires, and she escaped without injuries, complaining only of a […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Alice Kegan Rice, author of “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” is expected to arrive July 22 at her cottage at Prouts Neck. Mrs. Rice will give a reading, assisted by her husband, Cale Young Rice, in late July at the Country Club. Mr. Rice is a prominent literary man, being […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 It is understood that President Harding is to spend a part of his vacation here in Bar Harbor this year. Details of the presidential trip have not been of his vacation have not been received, but the report comes from a source which is thoroughly reliable. According to this report the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Phillip Sirois of Lewiston caught a four- and one-half pound salmon and six smaller fish at Lake Auburn Tuesday. The salmon was entered in the E.S. Baribault prize fishing contest and is the largest fish recorded to date. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A special meeting of the Auburn School Committees will […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The summer camps in this vicinity are all opened and filled to overflowing. Camp Kennebec on Salmon Lake, Camp Arden and Camp Arcodice on McGealt Pond, Camp Somerset on East Pond, Cedarcrest Camp on Lake Messalouckee, and Pine Island and Camp Merryweather on Great Pond are crowded with girls and boys […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 An open house will be kept this afternoon and evening by Bennett. B. Fuller of Auburn at his attractive residence, Pine Lodge, Gamage Avenue. The day is the occasion of Mr. Fuller’s birthday and for a dozen years or more he has made it a point to entertain friends and members […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 If you’re a boy and live in Lewiston-Auburn and between the ages of 10 and 13 years and don’t know how to swim, here’s your chance. On Wednesday and Friday mornings classes in swimming will be conducted for any boy who is interested enough to register before Wednesday. There are no […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The new organ has arrived and been placed in position in the West Auburn church. It will be used for the first time at the regular service on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, standard time. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Band uniforms sought by the school Department for the Lewiston High School […]