10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Whether or not tests prove that a ‘mystery beast’ is a dog or something else, the story that has captured headlines from coast to coast won’t go away anytime soon, according to an expert in human behavior.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “President Johnson opened a fast-moving speech-making trip into New York and New England today by telling a Buffalo audience the nation is well on its was to purifying the waters of the Great Lakes. The three-day tour takes the President to five states and into Canada for a meeting with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The shoe factory people in Saco are advertising for help in Massachusetts and almost daily someone floats into Saco to go to work in the new factory.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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