100 years ago, 1915
Contracts were signed Wednesday for two of the biggest acts to be seen at the Harvest Carnival. These are for the appearance of an aeroplane and the Howards in their famous day and night high wire act. This means that the big spectacular war game will be played in the streets of Lewiston during the three days of the show. As has before been told, the committee plan to have the local National Guard companies take part in the military exhibition and hope to be able to bring the recently organized machine gun company from Bangor to Lewiston for the three days of the show.

50 years ago, 1965
Final papers were filed Friday on the sale of the former J. J. Newberry Co. store on Lisbon Street to Charles Levin of Lewiston and Anthony J. Dumas of Lisbon Falls. The sale was from the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. Levin, an industrial and commercial property realtor, said negotiations already are under way on lease of the property which has been vacant some time. The property has a frontage of 50 feet on Lisbon Street and stretches back 105 feet to Canal Street. It has a selling basement, a main floor and a second floor and was constructed 33 years ago for the Newberry concern.

25 years ago, 1990
Auburn City Council members were urged not to attempt a “pocket veto” of the proposed recycling ordinance amendment after they declined to remove it from the table at a special meeting Wednesday. The council’s action raised the possibility that the issue might not go to the voters for eight months or more, by which time some of the language in the amendment would be moot. The move provoked objections from supporters of the amendment, as well as by some residents who said they were neutral on the issue but felt it should be allowed to go to a vote.

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