115 Years Ago – 1900
One of the first settlers of Caribou, Mrs. Matilda Hunter, passed away from earth on Wednesday of this week at the age of 80.
Thomas Rogers would like to know the name of the hunter who shot a cow in his pasture Sunday. According to Rogers, it may have been the act of a malicious person or “some fool hunter may have mistaken the cow for a deer.
100 Years Ago – September 31, 1915
Well represented — Aroostook County is well presented at Colby College in Waterville this year with 10 freshman boys and 4 freshman girls.
Early winter — Sunday morning gave Aroostook the first real touch of the oncoming winter. Snow fell for an hour or so before turning into rain and continuing throughout the day. The rain was cold and chilly, the thermometer registering but little over the freezing point.
75 Years Ago – October 3, 1940
Children’s book — A new book for children entitled “Along the River,” by Suzanne Reynolds from Caribou, has just been accepted for publication by Fortunay’s Publishers, Inc., NY., it was announced today. “Along the River” concerns the adventures of two little 10-year-olds, Eulalia and Jane, when they change places with each other.
Sweden Street widening — The second section of Sweden Street to be widened within the past month’s time is now in progress in front of the local post office. A strip of land 8 feet wide and 120 feet long was leased to the town of Caribou by the United States Government from their post office property to be used for street widening purposes.
50 Years Ago – September 31, 1965
New highway? — The County Commissioners will hold a hearing to inquire into the merits of a petition to lay out a county highway from Ashland to Daaquam, QC at an October 19 meeting at the Ashland high school. This hearing ordered by the County Commissioners last July 6 followed petition of seven county residents from four towns who represent “that said road would be of common convenience and necessity to the citizens of Maine and Quebec.”
Moose on the loose — A fairly large bull moose led dozens of local citizens on a merry chase Tuesday morning and afternoon in the northern part of town. The moose was first spotted in the area of the airport. Then he ventured to near Clover Street, then north of Pioneer Avenue and then visited homes on North Main Street before bolting up across Home Farm Road. In the afternoon, the same moose was spotted lingering in the vicinity of radio station WFST on the New Sweden Road.
25 Years Ago – October 3, 1990
Computerized phone system — Five new computerized call-switching systems began processing calls for an 11,000 Aroostook County customers of New England Telephone Friday. The new technology will require customers to dial all seven digits of a local call in order to complete that call. The services include call waiting, speed calling, call forwarding, and three-way calling.
The igloos are coming — The Tri-Community Sanitary Landfill has been awarded a $83,250 recycling capital investment grant from the Maine Waste Management Agency. The funds awarded will allow the district to purchase 35 “igloo” type containers and a 1991 model truck with a specially designed body with a crane to service the containers. The communities of Caribou, Fort Fairfield and Limestone will see the collection service start on Dec. 15.
