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December 2, 2023
100 Years Ago: 1923 The first step towards making Monticello a national shrine has been taken by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation with the payment of $100,000 towards the purchase of the home. Hereafter the board of directors announced it will have a direct part in the care and supervision of the property pending payment of […]
December 1, 2023
100 Years Ago: 1923 The committee in charge of the 22nd annual Auburn Fireman’s ball wishes to thank the following firms for their generous cooperation: Bradford-Conant Co., furnishings for the cozy corner; George M. Roak Co. for the flowers and plants and Griffin and Boynton for the beautiful decorations. The crowd was estimated at more […]
November 30, 2023
100 Years Ago: 1923 Said a Lewiston oculist to the Lewiston Journal Wednesday, “It is surely tough.” I have sent a man to the hospital with blindness. He may get some relief from treatment; but we can promise him none. Two years ago he had eyes for a lifetime. What has brought about the change? […]
November 30, 2023
Excerpts from the Thursday, November 29, 1934 Paso Robles Advertiser: Burglars net $100 from empty safe at warehouse Thief doesn’t believe in signs; leaves message […]
November 29, 2023
100 Years Ago: 1923 Fourteen cases of whiskey were seized in the deposit vaults of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co. yesterday by Deputy Customs Collector Harold P. Higgins of Southwest Harbor. Collector Charles M. Sleeper, of Portland was notified today. The liquor, the report said, was stored in the bank this fall by […]
November 29, 2023
A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo and Echo Journal weekly newspapers
November 29, 2023
Exhibits offers a weekly glance at whats on display at Charlottesville-area galleries and other venues.
November 28, 2023
100 Years Ago: 1923 F.W. Jackson, chairman of the committee in charge of the annual Auburn fireman’s ball, which is to be given at Auburn Hall this evening and Chief Harry Fogg of the fire department, together with other workers were busy last night decorating and getting the hall in shape for the “big event.” […]