115 Years Ago – Sept. 19, 1907
Accepted position — Paul Benton, who has been speaking a part of his vacation at his home in New Hampshire, has returned and accepted a position in C.T. Bishop’s shoe shore.
115 Years Ago – Sept. 12, 1907
New job — Miss Henrietta West, recently employed in the office of the Caribou Water, Light & Power Company, has accepted a position in the law office of Chas. G. Briggs, Esq., and entered upon her duties Monday morning.
115 Years Ago – Sept. 5, 1907
Telephone injuries — Some time ago the telephone was installed in nearly every farmhouse. Since then the women have used the phones by the hour, standing in a position which throws their heads to the left side.
115 Years Ago – Aug. 22, 1907
On his way to New York — J.B. Halgren of New Sweden started Monday for New York on a business trip. Before coming home he will make a visit in Connecticut; he will also visit in Newport, Rhode Island, the Swedish armored cruiser Fylgia, which brought Prince Wilhelm, grandson of King Oscar, to this country.
115 Years Ago – Aug. 8 1907
Improvements being made — Tornquist Brothers have made several changes and improvements in their store, partitioning off an office and also painting the counters and shelves. Miss Albena Caughey is employed as the bookkeeper.
115 Years Ago – Aug. 1, 1907
New machinery — M.L. Hutchinson & Co., proprietors of the Caribou Steam Laundry, have been placing considerable new machinery in their laundry on Main Street, including a domestic pollsher, collar turner, extractor, boiler, in fact, refitting the plant throughout with new machinery.
115 Years Ago – July 25, 1907
Returned from trip — J. P. Donworth, accompanied by Electrical Engineer C. F. Millar, returned Friday from a trip to Green River, Edmundston and other places, being met by capitalists from Boston and the other province, and looking over the prospects for generating electricity from water now going to waste on the Green River.
115 Years Ago – July 18, 1907
Exciting runaway — There was an exciting runaway on High and Sweden streets about 3 o’clock Friday. A pair of spirited gray horses, owned and driven by Emery Knowlton, became badly frightened in some way, and started down High Street at a 2.40 clip, turning into Sweden Street and continuing on up the street to the residence of A.V. Goud, where they were stopped, after partly freeing themselves from the heavy jigger.
115 Years Ago – July 11, 1907
Contract to build library — Astle and Page have the contract to build the Carnegie Library at Presque Isle to be built from plans furnished by S. C. Page. The building will be brick. They begin work on Wednesday.
115 Years Ago – July 4, 1907
Traveling to buy potatoes — Percy L. Logan left last week for New Jersey, where he will engage in buying potatoes for a couple of months and return to Caribou when the shipping season opens here. Mrs. Logan and children will remain in Houlton during Mr. Logan’s absence.
