Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"One newspaper article states, “Due to the amount of livestock, it takes a lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… portion of the paper was sent back to Boston to a newspaper company. The buttons, considered useless, were carelessly thrown into a barrel."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… about North Lubec for the Lubec Herald newspaper, condensed in 1948 as a widely circulated but unpublished “History of North Lubec.” Myron Avery…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Working for newspapers like this helped Mary’s writing reach a broader audience. Mary Alden Hopkins wrote about her experience as a suffragette and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"A December 1893 newspaper article stated that Leavitt Brothers shipped 100 gallons of clams to the Soldiers’ Home each week."

Acadia National Park

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… fell mostly to the lot of the postmaster Few newspapers were taken here at that time Letters were merely folded and secured with sealing wax no…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"In October 1815, the Portland-based Eastern Argus newspaper began a thirteen-article campaign promoting separation."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… Falmouth Gazette—the District of Maine's first newspaper—was founded by fervent separationists and became instrumental in the early push for an…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… 1861 Collections of Maine Historical Society Newspapers 3-48 One of numerous publications aimed at preventing a younger generation from taking up…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to a Bar Harbor Record newspaper article dated 1898 and entitled "Harbor Cottage. An Old Landmark Which is Being Remodeled," A.C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Within only a few years, Hugh and his brother, the “Chisholm Brothers”, had contracts to provide exclusive distribution rights of newspapers, tourist…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The Whig and Courier, a Bangor newspaper, reported the event: About half past ten o’clock last night a dispatch was received in this city for Mayor…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"After the Hobby Shoppe, a small newspaper business called Daybreak Variety owned by Elizabeth Dingley was at the location for a year."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Magazine and newspaper reporters described the places one could go to experience dramatic scenery, and a developing market of tourist brochures and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… and his name appeared in dozens of newspapers across New England, especially Maine. Off stage, he was a hunter, guide, medicine man, and tribal…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… VIDEO: WGME, News Channel 13 1987, Flood of 1987 NEWSPAPERS: Bangor Daily News, Friday, April 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… at 25 cents each.” So advertised the Lubec Herald newspaper in its June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of Lubec."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"According to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible at Bar Harbor almost 50 miles away."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"In a newspaper account of his 80th birthday, Scarborough resident Aaron A. Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a…"

Skowhegan History House

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"In the Times newspaper commemorative interview on July 20, 1988, with Elmire Kimball, a 5-year-old child at the time of the fire, the scene was…"