A Look Back: July 29

Looking Back: July 29

This photo originally ran in a book produced by The Herald titled “Images In History, Roanoke Valley 1860-1960.” This photo was submitted by Ann Parks Cox and shows the agriculture class of Seaboard High School in 1935. The Looking Back…

Looking Back on July 29

100 Years Ago: 1923 Unusually large midsummer attendance at the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club Friday at the Auburn Y indicates the sustained interest in Rotary matters. Eleven boys are to return Saturday from the Cobbosseecontee Y camp, where they have been placed by the Rotary Club. The boys have had the funnest of summer vacations. One […]

A Look Back: July 29

200 Years Ago■Orenzo Parsons and Douglas Hurlbut have entered into co-partnership in the business of cloth dressing, under the firm of Parsons and Hurlbut. They have erected a convenient shop for their business at a little distance north of Mr. Enoch Lyman’s house in Westhampton. They will pay a gen...

Sports Looking Back: July 29, 2023

IN LOCAL HISTORY • 40 YEARS AGO — After falling behind 3-1 in the first half, Richard Smith scored in the final minute to give the Minnedosa Centennials a 4-4 […]

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100 Years AgoWilliam Lafary Dies At Seymour

Looking Back

100 years ago 26 July 1923 ‘Dear’ Gas The fight between the Metropolitan Gas company and its customers over the 40 per cent rise in the price of gas is ongoing. One of the arguments used by the Company’s manager for increasing the price is that the company may have to pay still higher prices for coal. Another was that the company’s stocks being depleted, its coal reserves must be built up. Why consumes should have to pay an increasing price bec…