Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… produced bags used for small groceries, sugar, coffee and tea, flour, charcoal, poultry sacks, nail and shot bags, bananas, and also bottle bags."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The mill finally closed around 1990 and today stands empty. Peru is now considered a bedroom town, mainly for the employees of the paper mill in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can, you know how coffee used to come about that high in the cans? We’d put it on the stove and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"In the 1970s, the hall housed the 'Coffee Shop," a place for teens to hang out. Arthur Stinson started the Coffee Shop and served as chaperone."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… place to catch up with friends and get a cup of coffee. Eureka Hall is open on Thursday nights, Friday nights, Saturday, and Sunday for breakfast."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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