6 years ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 14, 2019
115 Years Ago – Oct. 12, 1904
Jeweler — B.O. Noyes, the Main Street jeweler, now has two large clocks, one for local time and one for standard time.
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6 years ago
Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 9, 2019
A representative of the Crown Piano Co. was at Hagerman and Astle’s music store Monday demonstrating the mechanism of the Crown piano.
6 years ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 9, 2019
F.B. Thompson, besides the large business he had conducted in the Monumental Works, had done quite a stroke of war work farming during the season.
6 years ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 7, 2019
115 Years Ago – Oct. 5 1904
Trucking — George F. Peterson has sold out his trucking business to Nels Olson and Albert Peterson, who will conduct the business in the future.
6 years ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2019
115 Years Ago – Sept. 28, 1904
Farmers — The Aroostook Federation of Farmers are now located in their new quarters in the Milton, Poland and Bishop brick block. Miss Annie McGlinn has been engaged as stenographer.
6 years ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2019
The entertainment given under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Rodenbaugh for the benefit of the Red Cross drew two very large houses in Presque Isle Opera House and scored a great financial success.
6 years ago
Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2019
115 Years Ago – Sept. 30, 1904
Getting ready — Don A. H. Powers is preparing to set a crew of men at work soon to clear up and get things in readiness for the new block he is to build on Main Street. The cellar will be cleared out and all the rock hauled so that the work of building can be started early next spring.
6 years ago
Houlton area From our Files – Week of September 23, 2019
115 Years Ago – Sept. 23, 1904
Contest — A novel contest took place recently on the farm of Zepheniah Parks of White Settlement, in which Mr. Parks’ two sons were the contestants.
6 years ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of September 23, 2019
101 Years Ago – Sept. 26, 1918
Dr. Swadener — Dr. Madison Swadener, noted Chautauqua lecturer and reformer, spoke in Perry Theatre on an important subject of Win the War, or War-time Prohibition. His subject was The Final Drive for National Prohibition.
6 years ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of September 23, 2019
100 Years Ago – Sept. 24, 1919
Building– The new Odd Fellows building on Herschel Avenue, facing the new post office, is rapidly approaching completion.
