99 Years Ago – December 3, 1925
Interesting historic relic — An old birch bark canoe believed to have been made by the Indians over forty years prior and was one of the oldest, if not the only one in the state, had been found in Waldoboro and steps were being taken to have it bought by the state and preserved at the State Capitol at Augusta.
100 Years Ago – Dec. 4, 1924
Sharing entertainment with friends — Harold Brown was calling on friends in Woodland Sunday. He has purchased a graphophone and will give entertainment at his home.
25 Years Ago — December 8, 1999
Looking up – The landscape of downtown Madawaska was changed last week in December of 1999, with the final installation of the 100-foot tall windmill on Larry Beaulieu’s lot on Main Street.
50 Years Ago – December 4, 1974
Oldest Resident Honored — Mrs. Mary Sullivan is presented the Boston Post gold headed cane by Town Council Chairman Robert Anderson. The cane has been in Houlton for many years and is awarded to the oldest citizen.
99 Years Ago – November 26, 1925
Timberland in Eastern Maine 5 cents an acre — ‘Going—Going—Gone! This tract of timberland in eastern Maine was sold for five cents an acre. It had been fifty years, on October 28, 1875, that more than 12,657 acres of state lands were sold at auction at City Hall, Bangor, with the firm of Pearl & Webb conducting the sale
75 Years Ago – Dec. 1, 1949
A special bonus given — The board of directors of the J.C. Penney Company has authorized a special payment of an amount equal to two weeks’ pay for all full-time associates who have been employed for the full year of 1949 and on a proportionate basis for extra and part-time associates and for those employed less than a year.
10 Years Ago — November 26, 2014
On the road again — Despite the loss of a 12,000-square-foot repair shop and 11 trucks to an early morning fire on Saturday in November of 2014, the R.F. Chamberland, Inc. transportation company had trucks and drivers back on the roads just two days later.
50 Years Ago – November 27, 1974
Area Is Hit By Raging Snowstorm — A blistering Northeaster, which at 1 p.m. Tuesday had dropped 15.3 inches of snow on Houlton in a little more than 12 hours, and continued to rage Tuesday night with as much as 25 inches of new snow expected before the storm was due to taper off in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
75 Years Ago – Nov. 24, 1949
Gilbert Brown celebrates 99th birthday at son’s house — Gilbert Brown observed his 99th birthday in good health Tuesday at the home of his son, John Brown, at the Brown homestead of 63 years.
25 Years Ago – November 24, 1999
Caron business added new owners — Scott Caron and David J. Caron Sr. welcomed Chad Caron and Dave Caron Jr. on board as new owners of Caron’s Lawn and Property Maintenance Inc.
