From our Files: Headlines from 100 years of local news

100 Years Ago-Nov. 13, 1912
Aroostook Times
Election results — Two marked surprises stand out in summing up Maine’s vote in the presidential election of yesterday – the strength of the progressives, who were beaten by the Democrats by less than 2,400 plurality; and the likewise remarkable falling off in the Republican vote. Woodrow Wilson, 50,464; Theodore Roosevelt, 48,108 and William Howard Taft, 26, 195.
Of local interest — Warren Nye is preparing to move on the J.T. Hare farm on the Hare Road in Monticello. Cassie and Carrie Mitchell, Alta Anderson and Martin Main are home from Patten High School on account of measles and diphtheria in town. Mr. Garcelon of Ludlow had a telephone installed in his camp, No. 406-3.
75 Years Ago-Nov. 18, 1937
Houlton Pioneer Times
Red Cross appeal — Ninety volunteer workers are at work in Houlton to make the Red Cross Roll Call for this year the greatest. In Aroostook County, hundreds of boys and girls are swimmers life savers, hundreds of adults have had some training in accident prevention, women have learned the rudiments of home care of the sick, war veterans in Houlton and vicinity have had their claims presented for them to the Veterans Bureau and emergency cases of sickness have had attention and aid rendered.
Pioneer Times 1937 file photo
LOGGING LEGEND — Mr. Hiram G. Garrison, 85, of Monticello has lived a long and adventurous life in Aroostook County and can spin many tales of the pioneer days and the gradual development of the region. At one time he hauled shingles from Sharp’s Mill to Houlton with a four-horse team.
Ricker memorial to Patten girl — A memorial to the late Lillian Delight Bell of Patten will be dedicated, Friday, Nov. 19, at Ricker Classical Institute. Miss Bell, who was a member of the 1937 Junior College Class, lost her life in an automobile accident last summer. Her mother, Mrs. David Bell, stated her desire to do something for Ricker and donated the sum of $500 for the memorial. Principal Roy M. Hayes and others consulted decided that a fitting memorial would be a drinking fountain.
50 Years Ago-Nov. 15, 1962
Houlton Pioneer Times
Linneus, a sister town — Once thought to be the only Linneus, residents of that community have found a sister community of that name in Missouri. Linneus, Maine and Linneus, Missouri are the only Linneuses in the United States. Maine’s Linneus is three years older, having been incorporated in 1836, while the Missouri town was incorporated in 1839.
Tuberculosis still a threat — The Aroostook Tuberculosis and Health Association is now in the midst of its annual Christmas Seal Campaign to raise money to fight tuberculosis. Dr. G. Ivan Wilson, association president, deplores that attitude held by many that tuberculosis is no longer a danger. In 1961 there were 169 newly reported cases in Maine, with 19 of them in Aroostook County.
25 Years Ago-Nov. 18, 1987
Houlton Pioneer Times
Quilters assemble annual quilt — “Ohs and ahs” were heard from members of the Friends and Needles Quilting Guild as they brought in their block or border for the yearly quilt. Jean Tompkins and Ellen Cyr volunteered to put the entire top together and plans were made to start the hand quilting at the Jan. 6 meeting at Ricker Plaza.
Charity challenge — The Dollars for Scholars will be the beneficiary of the proceeds from a basketball game between the Houlton High School class of 1988 and a team of U.S. Air Force recruiters. Class of 1988 members slated to perform include Rick Worster, Sue Giles, Michelle Sherman, Kathy Gantnier, Eric Quint, Karl Kelley and Jerry Adams. Also, Angie Willett, Ken Howes, Pete McKellar, Tracy Foster, Mark Buckley, Jamie Cox, Corey Marr and Joey Dickinson.