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100 Years Ago: 1924

Partridges build nests, which entails more or less weaving of course, but one bird more ambitious than the rest struck out for the weave room of the Continental Mill, Lewiston, sometime over the weekend and became a cropper.

Not waiting for the employees to open the windows Monday morning, he crashed through two of them – an outer and inner one – leaving behind a crop of fluffy partridge feathers which caused some mystery to the operators until he was finally discovered and picked up, little the worse for his experience.

The watchman reports picking up another one recently, although it had not flown through any windows.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Mrs. Marie Pomerleau, a former resident of Ash Street, Lewiston, who now resides at the Marcotte Nursing Home celebrated her 90th birthday on October 17.

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On hand to celebrate the occasion were a daughter, Alexandrine Laliberte, and sons, Antonio, who was accompanied by his wife, and Joseph and Victorien all of Auburn and Lewiston. Another son, Alfred resides at Bristol, Connecticut.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Chris McNally remembers seeing a bright light and hearing someone tell him to move his tongue if he wanted to live. He did, and that’s why he’s still around to tell his story.

“I could hear the doctor telling my family that it was time to take me off the ventilator and I would live only about 30 seconds after that,” McNally said. “He had already prescribed a shot that would make me comfortable in my last moments.”

“When he went down the hall to get it, a male nurse who had worked on me wasn’t ready to give up, so he got in my face and told me to wiggle my tongue. When I did, he called for the doctor, who asked me if I wanted to give up. I shook my head no, so they stayed with me and here I am,” he continued.

The material used in Looking Back is produced exactly as it originally appeared although misspellings and errors may be corrected.

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