101 Years Ago – Dec. 12, 1918
Moving the stable — Mr. Lewis Whitten bought the stable and lot of E. O. Johnson on Main Street and had had the stable moved nearer the street. It was understood that he was to move the phair stable and connect the two, making a large sized sales stable.
101 Years Ago – Nov. 28, 1918
Trip to the County — J. B. Bucher, of Lititz, PA, was in town, this being the second trip he had made to Aroostook seeking seed potatoes for the farmers in Lancaster County, who specialized somewhat on potatoes.
101 Years Ago – Nov. 14, 1918
Mr. Buswell, agent — Mr. Willis Buswell, the popular agent of the B. & A., returned from Dixmont where he had a farm. Mr. Buswell had a potato plant of 25 acres and his crop averages 90 barrels to the acre. He also thought of Aroostook as the cream of New England agriculturally, he also believed that there were many fine farms and good farming opportunities in southern Maine.
