100 years ago,1911

REAL ESTATE: Prospect Hill Heights is the place to live. No bad smell from the shoe shops or slaughter houses. The air is clear and wholesome. People die on the hill sometimes, but they die happy. I have some fine building lots on 6th, 7th and 8th streets. Several one- and two-family houses, sea shore cottages and wood lots for sale. I also carry fire insurance. I.N. Haskell, No. 11, 3rd Street, Auburn.

50 years ago, 1961

Negotiations for the purchase of the former Maine Central Railroad passenger station in Lewiston have been completed and the property will be purchased in entirety by the Steel Service Center.

Frank Hiltz of Winthrop, president of the steel company, announced the purchase last night but declined comment on the purchase price until after the papers are signed next week. It is expected, however, that the price will be between $75,000 and $80,000.

25 years ago, 1986

TURNER — Author Jim Willard, who is currently working on a manuscript about the town’s second hundred years of history, told the Bicentennial Celebration Committee this week that the book’s text is near completion and he hopes it will be ready for publication sometime in mid-April.

Joel Ellis, member of the Turner Historical Society, is reportedly having Turner’s original history, which was copyrighted in 1887, reprinted and the committee hopes to combine both books into a matching set.