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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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