100 Years Ago: Sept. 22, 1910
• Miss Louise Thomas began teaching at the grammar school in Stockholm on Monday of this week.
• The following ladies have recently joined the Woman’s Literary Club: Mrs. Charlotte Roberts, Mrs. Margaret O’Grady, Misses Edna Thomas, Elsie Berce, Marguerite Smith and Helen Farrington.
• While unloading at the C.P. Station Saturday, Archie August’s team started to run away. Mr. August made a run for them, but became entangled in some barbed wire, with the result that his clothing was torn to shreds and his body badly lacerated. The team was stopped on the bridge without doing any damage.
• John Trusty has resigned his position with B. Michaud in his bakery of the S. and S. Company, taking the place of Thomas Bouchard, who has gone on the road as salesman.
• Charles Barrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Barrett, left Friday for Washington D.C., where he goes to attend college. This is Mr. Barrett’s third year and he stands well in his class.
• A.B. Havey has been wearing one of those large smiles this week — the smile that won’t come off. The reason being an eight-pound boy that arrived at his home on Monday, Sept. 19. The new arrival has been named Joseph Gary Havey.
75 Years Ago: Sept. 19, 1935
• Plans are now in consideration for the formation of a badminton club for Caribou during the coming winter. This will be open for both men and women.
• The many friends of Irvine E. Peterson are congratulating him on his admission to the Maine Bar which was announced at Houlton yesterday. Mr. Peterson is making ready to open the practice of law in this town and is fitting up the office on Washburn Street formerly occupied by John Lyons.
• E.J. Pangburn has a very fine flock of Rhode Island Red pullets that are laying well at six months of age. One pullet has attracted attention by laying a triple yolk egg.
• As an added attraction on Monday and Tuesday evenings the Powers Theatre had on the stage Madame Hudspeth, billed as the world’s greatest mental marvel. She was greeted by a good-sized audience both nights and her act was very well received.
• A large truck with a smashed-in cab attracted considerable attention in the alley back of the Caribou Motor Company last week. Inquiries disclosed the fact that the truck, which is owned by Bert Sands of Woodland, went into a ditch near Portland during an exceedingly foggy spell when it was almost impossible to see the road ahead. The truck in striking the ditch hit a large rock and brought up very suddenly. The load of 40 barrels of sacked potatoes behind the cab, pressing forward, crushed the cab to the front of the car and it is a miracle how Mr. Sands and the two other occupants of the cab escaped with their lives. The doors sprung open at the time of the accident and they were able to get out without being hurt.
• Miss Gwendolyn Phair of Limestone, who is attending Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton, spent the weekend at her home.
