115 Years Ago – June 25, 1908 Busy summer for Caribou — There seems to be unusual activity in Caribou this summer along certain lines, and labor is finding ready employment. Among the projects now underway is the building of the new high school building, the rallying of Tornquist Brothers grocery store to the street […]
115 Years Ago – June 18, 1908 Accepted a new position — Arthur M. Alley, Pharm. D., of Ellsworth, Me., a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy of Boston, class of 1908, has accepted a position in the drug store of F. A. Havey.
115 Years Ago – June 11, 1908 More room for seating — Dreamland theater is now being held in the opera house instead of the dining room, and affords plenty of room for the crowds which attend. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
115 Years Ago – June 4, 1908 Convention — August Erickson was among the delegates present at the Modern Woodmen Convention at Bath, Me., May 5. Mr. Erickson was chosen to represent the New Sweden Camp; on his return home he visited friends in Bangor.
115 Years Ago – May 28, 1908 Improvements and extensions — G. M. Morgan has been making some improvements in the interior of his furniture store, building on a wide shelf or extension, giving him 270 more square feet of room, which was much needed on account of his large stock of goods.
115 Years Ago – May 21, 1908 Accepted the position — Miss Maude Jacobs, who recently graduated from Miss Beal’s school of shorthand in Bangor, has accepted a position with W. C. Spaulding, taking the place made vacant by the resignation of mIss Faustina Briggs.
115 Years Ago – May 14, 1908 Traveling to visit brothers — Wilbur Roberts started Wednesday for Westfield where he will spend a short time with his brother, George Roberts, Jr., and will then go to Houlton where he will visit another brother, Forest Roberts. His place in the Garden Clothing Company’s store will be […]
115 Years Ago – May 7, 1908 Moving from Washburn — H. B. Field of Washburn, was in Caribou Wednesday. Mr. Fields has purchased a place in Norridgewock and will move his family to that place Wednesday of next week. He is one of Washburn’s most substantial and reliable business men, and will be greatly […]
115 Years Ago – Apr. 30, 1908 Making his home in Caribou — W. W. T. Pearson, who has been in Boston for the past three years, was in Caribou Monday on his way to New Sweden where he will reside in future. Returned from visit — Miss Bessie E. Lawson, stenographer in C. G. […]
115 Years Ago – Apr. 23, 1908 Working in Houlton to help out — Miss Gertrude Gahagan has gone to Houlton to work in the telephone office for a few weeks, taking the place of the regular operator who is confined to the house by sickness.
