100 Years Ago: 1922 About $80 was realized from the Biblical play, “A Purim Dream,” presented by girls from the Lewiston-Auburn Y.W.H.A. in Abou Ben Adem Hall, Auburn, Wednesday evening. Half of that amount will be donated to some charitable organization in the near future. About 20 were present at the performance and many more […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Special internal revenue officer A.E. Ech, who has been at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce for several days, was busy every minute Saturday, it being his last day at the chamber. Hundreds have applied to him for aid in making out their income tax returns. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Planning for […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Gasps were frequent among the crowds that lined the Lewiston-Auburn bridge Monday morning as two small! boys paddled their frail raft about on the surface of the river below. 50 Years Ago: 1972 City officials and co-workers gathered at the Auburn city building today to honor Alton C. Morrell, Auburn  city electrician, […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Wednesday morning’s traveling was as bad as any seen this winter. One man living on Nichols Street fell three times getting from there to College street, after which he gave up in disgust and informed the world chat he was going to lessen his chances of breaking a leg by making […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Babe Ruth and Wally Schang, the last Yankee players to be lined up for the coming baseball season today left Springs, Ark, for New Orleans, to join Manager Huggins and the remainder of his spring training squad. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Miss Patti Jean Cousens, Gardiner, a senior student at the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Refreshed by a good night’s rest President Harding was looking forward enthusiastically to the first day of his vacation when he arose today aboard the special train which is carrying the executive and his party to Florida for a week’s rest. The train early today was skirting the lower South Carolina […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The annual ball and dance of the local Knights of Columbus opened at Lewiston City Hall last night with more than 1500 attending. It was a fine beginning, and the end will be tonight with the Mardi Gras Masquerade. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Construction of the new K-Mart Shopping center on […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Tickets for “Pepita’ the Mexican musical comedy to be presented by E.L.H.S. students in Webster School March 16 and 17 went on sale today. The students report a wonderful sale. Prof. E.S. Pitcher, who coaching the production, announces that his daughter, Mrs. Gladys Pitcher Sleeper of Boston is coming to Auburn […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The newest creation on runners is a  motorcycle with two runners in front. This, it is claimed, adds greatly to the security and steadiness. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Guests from Boy Scout Troop 111 presented a demonstration at the Monday afternoon meeting of the Girl Scout Troop 285 held at the library […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The City Manager of Auburn announced that he received notification from the State Highway Commission Friday afternoon of confirmation of the State Aid road work to be done in Auburn this summer. This work will include the completion of Minot Avenue pavement, where it leaves of at Third Avenue, as far […]