115 Years Ago-Feb. 16, 1898
• Miss Grace Shaw left Wednesday for business college in Portland.
• Shaw & Mitton, the hustling market men, killed an ox Saturday, the dressed weight of which was 1,172 pounds. It is the best native beef we have seen for a long time and was purchased from C. W. Loud of Woodland.
100 Years Ago-Feb. 12, 1914
• Votes for Women setback — The women suffrage delegation of 400 which stormed the White House to line President Wilson up in advocacy of “Votes for Women” failed in its mission. The president stuck to his position that he could not, as leader of the Democratic party, advocate any legislation that was not approved by the party in its national convention.
• News from New Sweden — Mr. E. Nordlund, who is working for Mr. H. D. Collins at Crouseville, spent Sunday at home. Miss Hilme Ullrich returned last Saturday to Boston to resume her studies at the Commercial College. A. H. Nelson has been busy the past week building a snow plow for the Center district. Owing to the scarcity of cars, the potato market is practically at a standstill and a great deal of the crop remains to be shipped.
75 Years Ago-Feb. 16, 1939
• Landau five-and-dime opens in Caribou — The most modern of all M. N. Landau stores, and the most modern store in the State of Maine will open in Caribou Friday. It is also the largest store of its kind north of Boston. At a cost of approximately $100,000, the M. N. Landau Co. purchased the site at 56 Sweden Street, formerly occupied by the town hall, and constructed a new building.
• Of local interest — On the Madawaska Road, there is quite an epidemic of whooping cough in the neighborhood; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lewis have had their children, Darrell and Cynthia, inoculated. In Limestone, Arthur Fenalson was admitted to the Young Farmers’ Association; Clayton Noyes and Frederick Getchell, who have returned from Lawrence, Mass. where they had been employed, will also become members. One of the farmers in New Sweden who enjoys raising good cattle is Fritz Sjoberg; this winter he sent down to the University of Maine for a Guernsey bull calf.
50 Years Ago-Feb. 13, 1964
• Frogs’ legs on the menu — Prime roast rib of beef (more than 600 pounds), roast caribou meat, and fried frogs’ legs will highlight a 15-item menu at the 4th annual Caribou Lions Sportsmen’s Banquet this Thursday evening. Sportsmen, 500 strong, will be on hand for the conclave which is the largest of its kind held in Maine. Funds realized from the Lions-sponsored event are earmarked for the Lions Picnic Grounds, Washburn Road, and for the many other civic projects and financial aids the club provides.
• Hairdressers host Caribou competition — Mrs. Fern Boudreau of Caribou was crowned queen of National Beauty Salon Week at the annual Valentine tea and hairstyle competition sponsored by the Aroostook Cosmetologists’ Association. Mrs. Boudreau won first place with Mrs. Annette Corrow as her model. Second winner was Mrs. Lauretta Blackstone, and third, Mrs. Bertha Bourgoine, both of Caribou. Miss Peggy Plourde won honorable mention.
25 Years Ago-Feb. 15, 1989
• Vietnam Veterans organize —Vietnam Veterans of America, a congressionally-chartered nonprofit veterans’ organization, will hold an informational meeting for the purpose of forming a chapter in Aroostook County to be held at Cary Medical Center on Saturday, March 18. Vietnam and Vietnam era veterans are urged to attend. Craig Fay, a disabled Vietnam veteran, is spearheading efforts to organize the chapter.
• Five wrestlers advance to State meet — Twin brothers Cary and Carl Grant captured individual titles in their respective weight classes to pace the Caribou Vikings at the regional meet held at Rumford Saturday. The Grants will advance to the state championship in Kennebunk this Saturday, along with teammates Todd Albert, Mike Michaud and Scott Pelletier, who all finished in the top four in their divisions.
