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Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

115 Years Ago - Nov. 11, 1904 New buildings going up — The report of the building inspector shows that seventy-three new buildings have gone up in Houlton this season. With this large increase the demand for buildings has not yet been satisfied.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

115 Years Ago - Nov. 9, 1904 Store -- L.J. Sherwood is excavating for a cellar in the rear of his store preparatory to erecting a stouthouse. Anyone may obtain free all the earth he wants for grading purposes by applying the shovel to the bank of loose clay at the rear of Sherwood’s Store. Act quickly before Jack Frost takes hold.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

101 Years Ago - Nov. 14, 1918 Mr. Buswell, agent -- Mr. Willis Buswell, the popular agent of the B. & A., returned from Dixmont where he had a farm. Mr. Buswell had a potato plant of 25 acres and his crop averages 90 barrels to the acre. He also thought of Aroostook as the cream of New England agriculturally, he also believed that there were many fine farms and good farming opportunities in southern Maine.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 4, 2019

115 Years Ago - Nov. 2, 1904 Starch -- A.C. Duncan who has been superintending in the making of starch in W.B. Hall’s Factory, was in Caribou Monday on his way home to Washburn, the factory having shut down for the season. The Town of Washburn is noted for the number of starch makers who go from there every fall into nearly every factory in the country.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 6, 2019

Harvey Carter, son of Charles Carter, who graduated from high school in June 1917, was in the U. S. Navy all summer and was stationed at Thatcher’s Island, Rockport, Mass. Young carter applied for a radio course at Harvard.

Houlton area From our Files – November 4, 2019

115 Years Ago - Nov. 4, 1904 New hook and ladder truck — The Houlton Fire Department has recently received a new and up-to-date hook and ladder truck.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 28, 2019

115 Years Ago -Oct. 26, 1904 Telephone poles -- New telephone poles are being placed in position this week on North Main Street, the line extending as far as Mr. Gagnon’s store, about seven miles out. It is the intention of the telephone company to extend the line through to Van Buren.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 30, 2019

Pamphlets on the uses of concrete issued by the Portland Cement Association, Chicago, had been added to the collection of references on building at the Presque Isle public library.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 28, 2019

115 Years Ago - Oct. 28, 1904 Change publication date — The Aroostook Pioneer, hitherto published on Tuesdays, will next week change its date of publication and will be issued on Wednesdays.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 21, 2019

115 Years Ago - Oct. 21, 1904 Opened to the public — The Cary Library opened to the public last week and is being liberally patronized by the public. New books are arriving daily. Miss Anna Barnes is the librarian in charge.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 21, 2019

101 Years Ago - Oct. 24, 1918 Pleasant WCTU Function -- The Presque Isle WCTU held a 10-cent social Oct. 11, at the home of one of the members, Mrs. Levi Crory, at her pleasant home on Highland Avenue.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 21, 2019

115 Years Ago - Oct. 19,1904 Potato picker -- A dispatch from Monticello claims that Warren Brocker has made a new world’s record picking potatoes, having picked 150 barrels in nine and a half hours. This is not equal to the feat performed by a Caribou boy, Frank Bishop, who picked 148 barrels in about seven hours while working for John B. Lyon.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 14, 2019

Presque Isle was well over the top in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. With a quota of $244,300, her subscription totalled $151,350, a good showing, creditable to those who subscribed and also creditable to those in charge of the campaign.

Houlton area From our Files – October 14, 2019

115 Years Ago - Oct. 14, 1904 New owner — Mr. Geo. Niles has recently purchased the White Front Shoe stock and will continue to carry on the business at the same stand. Mr. Niles is thoroughly familiar with the boot and shoe business and is worthy of his share of patronage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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