10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “There are some things we shouldn’t do in life, but sometimes we can’t seem to stop ourselves. 1.) You should never argue with your parents. 2.) You should never argue with your boss no matter what you think is right. 3.) You should never argue with the United States Secret Service. Number three is the number I should take more seriously, but on that Tuesday morning, I just couldn’t stop myself.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “At Elm and Lincoln Street, Biddeford, a crash injured two people Saturday afternoon. One woman, who was the passenger in a vehicle driven by her husband, was struck from behind by another car operated by Roger E. Macomber, 16, of York Street in Saco, according to the police. Mrs. Teralis, the woman in the struck vehicle, complained of a neck injury and was taken to the Webber hospital by the Biddeford City Ambulance manned by Biddeford firefighters. She was examined and released, Biddeford police officers say.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Not to be outdone by May, in the matter of precipitation, June has started in the eclipse of its sister month’s record for wetness by letting down upon long suffering humanity 4.1 inches of rain and the month little more than one-third gone. Should it keep up the programme that grand total will not be far from 10 inches but there are whole lots of people who hope it won’t.”

— Krysteana Scribner