10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Two men, passersby, dragged a third man to safety Tuesday in Shapleigh after his Mercedes collided with a dump truck and burst into flames. The driver of the Mercedes, Roman Czepyha, 20, of Sanbornville, N.H., returned in fair condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Friday.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Thirty members of the Thursday Club, Biddeford, attended yesterday’s banquet at the Glen-Mor Restaurant, Portland Street, Kennebunk, and heard guest speaker Oscar Young of the Portland office of Social Security and Medicare, whose topic was on Medicare.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “A member of the Maine National Guard forces, which are returning home from the border, was picked up by the crew of a passing train near the Boston and Maine railroad station here today with his right leg cut off and suffering numerous bruises. At the hospital to which he was taken it was said his condition was such that physicians could not learn his identity.”
— Angelo J. Verzoni
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