Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900

"… a part of a set, such person shall replace it or pay for the entire set." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"I also asked him how much people would pay for damages and his answer was “people would pay $200 to $500 for repairs”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"They both got little pay on some days, no pay on others. My father was a teenager before he could afford a bicycle."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… the emergency is, but for career firemen, they send a bell to the firehouse. Volunteer firemen play a vital role in saving lives for little pay."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"… the congregation from both near and far” helped pay for the church. On June 7, 1909, the original church was destroyed by fire."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… a huge debt crisis and many citizens refused to pay the tax assessments imposed by the city government."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… July to the end of November 1861, even though the pay was quite low. White had a reputation of being difficult to work for, Martin wrote, "His…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… started accompanied by Howard L Sampson who was paying us a visit from Harrison Maine we had no band of Music as is usual on such occasions ..."…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"It pays to have a mother in the house. Latchkey kids didn’t exist. But then when the war came along she was a nurse."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… fueled the economy and the trades that helped pay the way. Open the doors of their homes and the secrets of their health."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… Auto Sales) to get money from Skippy to pay for the taxi. So then Skippy would call me if I wasn’t there and say, “Would you give James a ride…"

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

"At least 319 individuals complied, paying the company over £6000 for lands they had occupied before the company had dispatched its first agent."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"After being forced to pay the locals for this land, some New Englanders said that “Indian deeds” were a valid form of title on their own, rather than…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"If you don’t know when to pay them, then your lights might get shut off or your water might stop working."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The family was already struggling to pay the bills, and the student would have to drop out to help pay them if unaided."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… they stayed with islanders pleased to welcome paying guests into their homes. By the early 1870s, rusticators had plenty of hotels from which to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… his merit.” Perhaps the fact that he refused to pay what he considered an illegal tax imposed by King Charles I appealed to those early residents…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… of young, educated professionals to better paying areas in New England and elsewhere was another blow to the local & state economies as early as…"

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… Memorial, and now, this exhibit in which we pay tribute to two examples of selfless heroes who have lived among us."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Porter Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… to a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay scale of those days, each laborer was to be paid $1.75 per day for a nine-hour day; a double…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… make it one of their first pleasures to pay their respects to Mrs. Madison. Although far advanced in life, she retains much of the freshness and…"

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

"Ms. McDonald was distributing the weekly pay envelopes when, according to Mitchell, they had a short verbal altercation."