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A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo weekly newspaper

Excerpts from Wednesday, September 23, 1931, Paso Robles Advertiser: Committee final plans for Pioneer Day fete All plans are shaping up well for the celebration […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Among the Lewiston-Auburn Kiwanians registered at the New Ocean House, at Swampscott, Mass., who are attending the New England convention are Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Strauss, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller, Rev. and Mrs. George F. Finnie, Mr. […]

The Norwegian was in charge when the club brought the five-time Ballon d’Or winner back to Old Trafford.

“Nourish” and “Encounter,” two halves of the “Along the Road” podcast whole, are back with a second season. Building off last season’s discussions for ruling elders, deacons and other leaders at congregations and mid councils, season two will feature inspiring conversation for anyone in the church seeking to pair tradition with creativity. This being a General Assembly year, there will be looks up the road to Salt Lake City.

100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. Evelyn B. Levine of Waterville, a member of the Massachusetts Bar, was admitted to the Somerset bar by Judge Philbrook. Her name was presented by County Attorney James H. Thorne. Her husband is an attorney in Waterville. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Wednesday State police were attempting to track down a […]

Jim Sitton is a Grower Relations Manager for Sierra Valley Almonds, an almond handler in Madera Calif. He describes a tough almond season, especially for the Nonpareil variety.

100 Years Ago: 1923 Life for the lighthouse keepers on islands along the Maine coast has changed much in recent years. Last Friday night Keeper Napoleon Fickett of the Seguin light and his family listened in on their radio and heard the story of the Dempsey-Firpo fight just as did folks on the mainland; also that […]

In 1838, Elias and Sarah Abba Bailey Aldrich packed their belongings and left Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with their 18-month-old son, Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

A previously classified cabinet transcript reveals a mix of shrewd judgments, prophetic concerns, and miscalculations by the late prime minister.