10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “In the 1870’s the city produced 78,000 pounds of butter each year. ‘It was the butter capital of York County,’ said Jim Leary, during a lecture at the Dyer Library on Tuesday as part of a presentation on Farming in Saco, sponsored by the Saco Historical Society.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Car buyers will have to dig deeper into their pocketbooks when they buy a 1967 model. Ford Motor Co. set the pattern Tuesday when it became the first U.S. auto firm to list new prices. General Motors, Chrysler and American Motors are expected to follow suit. The size of the price increase depended on your viewpoint. Ford’s official release said the increases averaged $25 or about 1 per cent for the entire Ford line. A comparison of the price tags on 1966 and 1967 Ford Motor Co. products without regard for any factor but money showed the increase averaged $113 or about 4 per cent.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The ceremony incident to the taking of the oath of allegiance by new recruits, held in Athens yesterday, was attended by King Constantine and the royal family, says a Reuter dispatch from the Greek capital under date of September 20. The king, in a speech, says the dispatch, recommended blind devotion to their superior officers and their sovereign.”

— Marissa Heffernan