115 Years Ago – Aug. 8 1907
Improvements being made — Tornquist Brothers have made several changes and improvements in their store, partitioning off an office and also painting the counters and shelves. Miss Albena Caughey is employed as the bookkeeper.
115 Years Ago – Aug. 1, 1907
New machinery — M.L. Hutchinson & Co., proprietors of the Caribou Steam Laundry, have been placing considerable new machinery in their laundry on Main Street, including a domestic pollsher, collar turner, extractor, boiler, in fact, refitting the plant throughout with new machinery.
115 Years Ago – July 25, 1907
Returned from trip — J. P. Donworth, accompanied by Electrical Engineer C. F. Millar, returned Friday from a trip to Green River, Edmundston and other places, being met by capitalists from Boston and the other province, and looking over the prospects for generating electricity from water now going to waste on the Green River.
115 Years Ago – July 18, 1907
Exciting runaway — There was an exciting runaway on High and Sweden streets about 3 o’clock Friday. A pair of spirited gray horses, owned and driven by Emery Knowlton, became badly frightened in some way, and started down High Street at a 2.40 clip, turning into Sweden Street and continuing on up the street to the residence of A.V. Goud, where they were stopped, after partly freeing themselves from the heavy jigger.
115 Years Ago – July 11, 1907
Contract to build library — Astle and Page have the contract to build the Carnegie Library at Presque Isle to be built from plans furnished by S. C. Page. The building will be brick. They begin work on Wednesday.
115 Years Ago – July 4, 1907
Traveling to buy potatoes — Percy L. Logan left last week for New Jersey, where he will engage in buying potatoes for a couple of months and return to Caribou when the shipping season opens here. Mrs. Logan and children will remain in Houlton during Mr. Logan’s absence.
115 Years Ago – June 20, 1907
Teddy bear craze has struck — The ‘Teddy Bear’ craze has struck Caribou. Clark & Jerrard have a window full of these little animals and they are attracting a lot of attention.
115 Years Ago – June 6, 1907
New sign — The L.J. Sherwood Co. have placed a new sign 21 feet long over their store front. Raised or block letters covered with gold are used in its construction. These letters are as beautiful as they are rare and it is another proof of the fact that the best is none too good for this progressive corporation.
115 Years Ago – May 30, 1907
Returned from trip — W. R. Smith of the firm Hines & Smith Company returned Friday from a trip to Patten, Sherman Mills, Houlton, Bridgewater, Monticello and Mars Hill where he had been on a business trip, calling on the agents of the company in the towns named.
115 Years Ago – May 16, 1907
A trip to Boston — C.S. Patterson is on a week’s trip to Boston. His place as clerk at the Vaughan House is filled during his absence by George Calkins.
