100 Years Ago – Aug. 18, 1921
Tickets — Officials of Van Buren are out to stop auto speeding. Since the appointment of officers to enforce the speed limit law, the Court of Trial Justice Keegan has been kept pretty busy.
75 Years Ago – Aug. 8, 1946
Soil Conservation director — At a meeting of Soil Conservation District supervisors from 17 states held in Chicago on July 24th and 25th, Mr. Dennis Getchell of Limestone was selected to serve on the Board of Directors to represent the Northeastern Region of the United States.
100 Years Ago – Aug. 10, 1921
Headed for state exams — Simpson Bowles of Leighton and Feeny’s Drug Store left Tuesday morning for Augusta where he will take the State Examinations in Pharmacy.
100 Years Ago – Aug. 10, 1921
Motor vehicle laws on passing — There are many automobilists who are not yet aware of the new motor vehicle laws which became effective this month. No operator shall pass a moving vehicle from the rear at the top of a hill or on a curve when the view ahead is in any way obscured or while a vehicle is crossing an intersection.
100 Years Ago – Aug. 4, 1921
Federal building under repair — Contractor C.E. Savage has been at work doing extensive interior repairs on the Federal Building. The interior is also being painted, papered and the window grills will be changed out also.
115 Years Ago – July 31, 1906
Joins clothing store –Miss Margaret Black is now a clerk in the Combination Clothing Company’s store.
75 Years Ago — Aug. 1, 1946
Local man serving at Nippon capital — With the Eighth Army in Japan, Private Robert MacPherson of Presque Isle was serving with the famous 1st Cavalry Division in the occupation of the Nippon capital. Overseas 1 month, he served with D Troop, 12th Cavalry Regiment, as an ammunition bearer.
75 Years Ago – July 25, 1946
DuMond spoke at Field Day — The Aroostook County Farm Bureau announced that C. Chester DuMond, Commissioner of Agriculture of New York, was the principal speaker at the Field Day held at Aroostook Farm, Presque Isle.
115 Years Ago – July 24, 1906
Horseless carriage — A.W. Spaulding has the largest automobile in all of Aroostook County.
100 Years Ago – July 28, 1921
New street drain — Superintendent of Streets Joe Fortier has a crew of men putting in a new surface drain on the north side of Main Street in the business section.
