100 years ago, 1913
William F. Carrigan of Lewiston attached his signature to a Boston American contract Wednesday, and the fears of the fans that Bill was a holdout, owing to various rumors that were persistently afloat, were definitely set to rest by this action. Bill is now a full fledged member of the Red Sox for 1913, just as those who know him best expected. “I plan to leave Lewiston on Tuesday of next week, but shall not go directly west as there are enough things in Boston to keep me busy for a couple of days. Then Wagner and I will leave for the training grounds, to be joined by the rest of the squad later.” Bill has been taking things easy this winter. He is in great shape, physically, and his injured knee is causing no trouble.

50 years ago, 1963
Mayor Donia J. Girard of Lewiston won aa second term in office yesterday, carrying six of the city’s seven wards in handily turning back former mayor Ernest Malenfant in the annual non-partisan election. Unofficial returns showed Girard polled 5,803 votes to 4,269, scuttling the bid by his 73-year-old opponent by a 1,534-vote margin. Re-elected to the City Council were John M. Lavertu, Ward Two; Joseph T. Poulin, Ward Four; Frank J. Bussiere, Ward Five, and Paul A. Couture, Ward Six. Couture was unopposed. Three new members were elected: insurance man William Donovan Jr. in Ward One; George F. Call in Ward Three; and State Sen. Emile (Bill) Jacques in Ward Seven. Jacques and Call are returnees.

25 years ago, 1988
Two Lewiston police officer were suspended without pay last month for their roles in a shooting incident in which a Lewiston firefighter was slightly injured. One of the officers had allowed the other officer to fire his gun at the bung in a beer keg in order to use the beer to put out a bonfire. The firefighter was struck in the leg by a ricochet. 

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