120 Years Ago – April 28, 1904
Winners of the guessing contest — In the guessing contest which closed Monday night at the Combination Clothing Company Ray Gary won first prize and Mrs. John Allen second prize by guessing the nearest to the number of beans in a pint bottle, the former guessing the exact amount and Mrs. Allen guessed within one. Each was given a 48 piece dinner set.
Busy day on Saturday — Saturday was a busy day among Caribou traders and a very large number of people from the rural number of people from the rural districts were in town. Sweden street presented the appearance of a miniature Broadway. The Fox Clothing Company had their opening and on this day the Combination Clothing Company had a special sale and L. J. Sherwood was offering some special bargains in pictures. All three sales had been well advertised with the result that Caribou was a busy place.
115 Years Ago – April 29, 1909
New garage being built — W. E. Crockeet and son, Clair, are building a garage on Water street, where they will carry all kinds of repairs, etc. The building will be 40 x 80, and will have a machine shop in connection. With the number of automobiles which will be in Caribou and vicinity this summer, it would seem as if this new business would prove a good thing, especially as the Messrs. Crockett are first class machinists.
Great deal was made in Limestone — Quite a deal in Limestone real estate took place last week when the Mansor grounds, comprising about 3400 acres, were purchased by H. A. Chase & Son and Harry Leighton. It is the intention of the new owners to divide this property, which is two and one-half miles from the village, into farms, each to have 100 acres.
100 Years Ago – April 24, 1924
Good news about good business — S. E. Norberg of Quincy, Mass., formerly of New Sweden, was in town last week. Mr. Norberg is now associated with Wiened & Johnson, two other New Sweden boys who have ‘made good’ in the business world. This firm manufactures toys and games of all descriptions. Of course now the factory is making practically nothing but Ma-Jonng sets, turning out over 1000 sets per day..
Moved to Washburn — W. I Glidden has leased his farm to Amos Bouchard, and has moved to Washburn where he is employed by Mr. Woodman.
75 Years Ago – April 28, 1949
Caribou boy to compete at Augusta — Roy Barton Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barton, Caribou, will represent the Aroostook district at the State Spear Speaking contest to be held May 5 at the House of Representatives, Augusta Barton will compete with five other regional winners in the boys division. Miss Blanche Pike and Barton were chosen to represent Caribou high school at the northern Aroostook regional held in Fort Fairfield Friday, April 22. Miss Pike was eliminated in the girls division while Barton was awarded first place in his group. Miss Pike gave ‘River of Stars’ by Alfred Noyes. Barton chose ‘Elkanah B. Atkinson’ by Holman Day. Both speakers had been second place winners at their junior Exhibition last spring. Saturday the Caribou boy competed in the southern Aroostook regional contest at Houlton where again he won first prize and the right to appear in the State Finals at Augusta.
New assistant manager for Penney Store — Ray K.Callen, a native of Clarion, Pa. recently assumed new duties as assistant manager of the J. C. Penney Co. store in Caribou, it was announced by J. J. Howlett, manager. Callen comes to Caribou from Gardner, Mass. where he has served as assistant manager. He also worked with the Penney Company in Clarion and Oil City, Pa.
25 Years Ago – April 28, 1999
Levesque wins secretaries honor — Sandi Levesque of the Holy Rosary Rectory in Caribou was given the best secretary award in appreciation of Professional Secretaries Day on Wednesday, April 21. She was given a bouquet of roses and a balloon from Phil’s Florist. The contest was sponsored by Phil’s and the Aroostook Republican and News. Funland auction held — Connie Bondeson of Stockholm held on to her number and stood among other hopeful buyers waiting for the auction to begin. Bondeson was waiting for number 41, on the list of more than 74 items to be auctioned by D.A. Folsom Auction Services, Inc., of Gardiner, a baseball pitching machine that she knew her husband would love to own. The price was too high though. No one was interested in buying the entire amusement park in one lot, and so the business of selling off each inventoried item, and some that weren’t on the list, began. Mark Goughan of Caribou made a bid on the 250 foot fiberglass water slide and now owns the large blue landmark. Dale Folsom said the slide went for $8,000. The go-karts were sold and went off to the Belfast area. The 28 acres of real estate sold for $78,000.
