Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"It did finally suffer some damage in the fire of 1927. The town’s first telephone switchboard was located in this building in Hodgden’s Plumbing."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"In 1950, the community had suffered yet another blow when construction of the interstate highway system divided its most valuable farmland and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"He is said to have lived an exemplary life thereafter, but his marriage had not survived and his family had suffered humiliation."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… want to go to any other town, nor I don’t want to suffer too much… It is the hardest times that ever I see.” The population of Mount Desert Island…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Narrative of Privations And Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers While Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… with considerable justification, about suffering as a result of rivalries between the Great Proprietors (as the speculators became known after the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next year he improved, but his cattle suffered from a disease known as murrain, and his stock dwindled considerably."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… sicknesses including hypothermia, people also suffered from dehydration. These two events were very unfortunate and we will be very lucky if we are…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… due to severe changes of weather, the inmates suffered much sickness and mortality from dysentery and typhoid."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… with poor health, failing eyesight and had suffered a nervous breakdown in 1926. She was no longer able to live in Phillips year round, but would…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School suffered a major fire that killed Captain James C. Kent of Engine 6 and injured five other firemen."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"The next day, his wife Jill, suffered some odd muscle spasms. “Boy it’s a bad week for the Jimenez’s,” said Jack while driving his suffering wife to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… happened it really hurt the community and they suffered financially. Thousands of dollars were spent to replace and repair power lines throughout…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… in weather extremes, and eagerly document their suffering with photographs. The January 11th Lubec Herald also reported that by Tuesday the 16th…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… would be drawn in to these battles by both sides, suffering greatly during what was probably the most violent period of Biddeford history."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Horton reported regularly suffering from diarrhea and dehydration. The prisoners at the camps had to buy their own food and John would sometimes sell…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… District's handful of remaining Granges, it suffers from the effects of a declining population and lost industry."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"White came and watched. Carrie so sick and suffering so much. We sent for Dr. B.; she died at one. I arranged the clay cold form and laid down and…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"She suffered from an extended period of poor health and never left the house. Eliza was especially close to her sister Zilpah, who was one year older."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… asylum" in Binghamton, New York, to help cure its sufferers. Prohibition on the Horizon X In Maine, liquor laws were gradually strengthened…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Although I suffered, and don’t feel strong yet, my days with you will be a happy memory.” Mercy became known for boosting spirits as well as healing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… tell neither can imagination picture what we suffered bodily and mentally." Charles T. Lord to wife, Baton Rouge, 1863Patten Free Library…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"He also suffered a head wound in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Libby prison was located in Richmond, Virginia."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"These men and women suffered difficulties they had not previously encountered and subsisted on the land and sea like they had probably never done…"