100 years ago: 1919

Edmund Lebel and Walter Crites, who have been attending Tufts Dental School in Boston have returned home for the summer vacation.

50 years ago: 1969

From an ad in the Lewiston Sun Journal:

UMPIRES WANTED: Apprentice umpires are wanted for work in the Auburn Recreation Department Baseball League. Interested parties are asked to contact umpire-in-chief Fred Davis.

25 years ago: 1994

As a candidate for the 2nd District Congressional seat, Janet Mills faces a variety of obstacles. Recently one of these includes difficulty in keeping campaign signs in place. According to Dora Miils, Janet’s sister and part of the campaign team, there has been a rash of vandalism involving Janet Mills campaigns in the Lewiston area Often attributed to isolated incidents of simple mischief the latest incidents seem to point to more political motive. In-many-cases the misplaced signs were replaced by Howanic signs.

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