115 Years Ago – 1906Edwin H. Oxner has been painting his house on Story Street, occupied by G.H. Cressy and family. The house presents quite a striking appearance being in two colors, light yellow and red and attracts a good deal of attention.
Widening of the center of town, at the Town Common, started on Monday morning when Superintendent of Streets P. Edward Sweeney and his crew started the excavation of the new area to be made part of the road. Manchester’s newly organized Cub Scouts received their charter making them a recogni…
That Was Then... In Pictures
The Seasiders baseball team continued their winning ways last Friday by defeating the Essex Town Team, 3-1. Reggie Smith smashed out one of the longest homers ever seen at the local diamond and Warren Haskell pitched a masterly game.
115 Years Ago – 1906
Monday at one place at the Fall’s the mercury rose to 121 in the sun in the forenoon, but soon fell to 110. It was 92 in the shade at several places during the day.
90 Years Ago – 1931
90 Years Ago – 1931
Manchester had a fire scare Tuesday morning when shortly before five o’clock an alarm was rung in from Box 41 for a lively blaze in the new Nelson block on Union Street.
