10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “As the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack nears, President Bush is finding it increasingly hard to make good on foregin-policy promises or threats. The biggest source of his frustration is the ‘axis of evil’ – Iran, North Korea and Iraq – that he warned four years ago imperiled world peace.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “France and Cambodia today called for evacuation of all foreign troops from Vietnamese territory. The call came in a joint declaration ending President Charles de Gaulle’s official visit to this Southeast Asian Kingdom.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Herman Bryant of Old Orchard, who is employed by Will Milliken as a teamster at Old Orchard, was fined $10 and costs and in default to serve 60 days at Alfred jail, by Judge I. F. Ferris in the Old Orchard court Friday afternoon on a charge of cruelty to animals. ”
— Marissa Heffernan
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