• Carl Helstrom has done quite a job of blasting this summer. He feels quite proud of the cellar that is 8 feet deep under the whole barn and the ledge came within a foot of the floor in many places. The north half will be used for a potato cellar and the rest for a stable.
• A.O.Jepson has a record potato crop. It turns out close to 200 barrels to the acres. In three days last week he dug fifty barrels a day and hauled them to the station four miles away with one team. His wife and small hired boy and a girl picked them and he got top prices every day for his leads, as they were extra fine.
• The social held in J.F. Davis’ potato house Thursday evening was quite well attended and a good time was the result. Ice cream and cake were served. The proceeds to go on the minister’s salary.
• Potatoes are selling at $1.15 per barrel today. Receipts at the Caribou station are averaging from four to five thousand barrels daily.
•David Ziter and Brothers have purchased the bottling business of Martin Bros. and will continue to make all kinds of soft drinks.
• Several new cross-walks are being put down on Main Street. The walks are made of concrete manufactured at the plant of the Caribou Hydraulic Stone Company.
• Miss Minnie McNelly started Wednesday for Boston where she will resume her studies tin the Boston Normal School of Physical Culture.
• Caribou lawyers were well represented at Houlton this week at the opening of the Supreme Judicial Court.
• New plate glass windows have been placed in F.L.Oak’s shoe store.
• The water in the Aroostook River still continues to get lower, and soon the low water mark will be reached.
• The Aroostook State Normal School recently opened its’ regular session with a registration of 107 students.
• What came near to being a most serious automobile accident occurred to Pius A. Sirois on South Main Street, when he momentarily lost control of the roadster he was driving and took the ditch, the car turning over and striking an electric light pole, breaking it off.
• Under the assumption that transients who have not secured work in the potato harvest now stand little chance of doing so, the police department recently rounded up nearly 50 of those still without jobs. They were required to appear before Judge Donald C. O’Regan so he could explain the situation and give them directions about leaving town immediately. An interesting line-up ranged from technical college students to the veriest of bums.
• Alice’s Dainty Shop, an attractive women’s apparel store conducted by Mrs. Charles H. Hackett will open its’ doors to the public Saturday in the Hackett Block on Sweden Street. A fresh line of absolutely new and up-to-date goods will be on display.
• Fred Thompson who was seriously injured when he fell through the floor at the Federation Factory recently, went to the hospital where x-rays were taken. It was found that he had sustained a cracked hip bone and was ordered to remain in bed for two months.
•Mrs. Louise Boone, Miss Dulcie Boone and Miss Pauline Richardson attended the theatre in Fort Fairfield recently.
• Mr. and Mrs. Guy Milton and family, Mrs. Jack Milton and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grant and family were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dean last Friday.
• Manser Sewall purchased a horse of Roy Dickinson last week.
• Charles McIntire lost a valuable horse last week.
• A notorious home-brew den was searched by county officers Sunday even. Evidence was secured and the proprietor was arrested.
• Loring Air Force Base lost its third B-52 Strato-fortress in three months, it’s fourth in less than two years.
• Carroll Cousins, CT3, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis r. Cousins, has arrived home after spending 18 months in Okinawa.
• Boyd Pierson is in Bangor serving at the jurisdiction court.
• Barbara Peterson and her cousin Elsie Peterson of New Sweden went horseback riding from the Strid farm in New Sweden.
• Peter Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Johnson has left for Fort Dix, NJ., for training in the U.S. Army.
• Local residents were warned today by officials of the Caribou Chamber of Commerce that this is a busy season for transient crews in the home repair and maintenance businesses.
• After the beginning of the new year, the city will be purchasing a new computer system at a cost of
$60,580.
• Pelletier’s Toyota and Yusef’s Restaurant are both undergoing expansions.
• Ida Turner of Woodland celebrated her 85th birthday, Sept. 7, at a luncheon given in her honor.
• The New Sweden Consolidated School has recessed for the potato harvest.
• Lt. Col. Wayne Myers has assumed command of the 42nd Air Refueling Squadron at Loring Air Force Base.
• William Duncan recently completed a program at the Summer Institute in Student Recruiting Marketing at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
