After Newport, Rhode Island, Bar Harbor was the resort of choice for wealthy eastern Americans until the great fire of 1947 destroyed many homes and forested areas. Acadia National Park dominates tourists’ itineraries when the town’s population swells each summer. The College of the Atlantic is located here.
The Baskenhegan Stream flows through this Aroostook County town, emptying into Baskenhegan Lake in Brookton Township. Rising from Mattawamkeag Lake the Mattawamkeag River flows through the town and the main village.
The Maine Department of Economic Development had a hand in delivering two white tail deer from Maine to the Disney studios in 1938, in response to a request for model photographs for the animation artists in the forthcoming movie Bambi. In 1968, the Department recalled its role, with the help of Maurice “Jake” Day of…
Born Martha Moore in 1735 Oxford, Massachusetts, she married Ephraim Ballard in 1754. In 1777 she joined her husband in Hallowell, to which he had traveled seeking land and work. The following year Ballard began her practice as a midwife. It was not until 1785 that she started her now famous diary, which chronicled daily…
Ephraim was born May 17, 1725 in Billerica, Massachusetts, then moved with his parents to Oxford the following year. In 1754 he married Martha Moore, better known today as Martha Ballard, who kept a diary of her life as a midwife and citizen in Hallowell. He journeyed from Massachusetts up the Kennebec River and leased…
During a period when anti-communism almost became a national hysteria, a number of politicians used the opportunity to attempt to limit civil liberties and to intimidate their political opponents. When very few others would challenge this anti-democratic behavior, U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith delivered a speech on the Senate floor denouncing such tactics. This is…
STATISTICS FROM A SURVEY FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR STATISTICS REPORT, 1892 [pp. 150-151] Out of a total of 2,583 there are 115 who cannot read and 124 Who cannot write the English language, or between four and five per cent. They are found in seventeen different industries which are given, together with…
[pp. 13-17] LIST OF EMPLOYMENTS. Women were found engaged in the following employments. Artists. Art stores. Bazaars. Cigar stores. Crockery stores. Confectionery stores. Dry goods stores. Dry goods and notion stores. Dry goods and carpet stores. Dry and fancy goods stores. Drug stores. Drug and perfumery stores. Fancy goods stores. Fruit stores. Glove stores. Jewelry…
Text of a 1875 law giving women the authority to solemnize marriage and administer oaths. (Click to enlarge.) Prior to 1875, women, who could not yet vote, had no authority to act as a justice of the peace, administering oaths, acknowledging signatures on deeds, or performing marriages. In 1874 the Maine Supreme Court was asked…
Here are sample town warrants, school and health reports from a variety of times and places. Many more are available at the Maine State Library and the Maine State Archives in Augusta. Such documents give an insight into the concerns about, and responses to, the problems faced by local communities. School Report from Topsham Annual…
Annual Report of the Superintending School Committee and Superintendent of Schools I herewith submit my second annual report as Superintendent of the Schools of the town of Topsham. This is the twenty-first report since the organization of the Brunswick-Topsham District. It is designed by a report of this kind to bring to the attention of…
Town of York Report of the Health Department 1933 Health Department Salary $ 800 00 Office in Realty Building 55 12 Rent $ 37 50 Telephone and Telegram 15 62 Lights 2 00 ________ Construction at Fire House $197 70 Tower & Adams $ 36 00 D. H. Austin 9 18 Earl B. Smith 10…
The following is the annual report of the Piscataquis County Nursing Service rendered for the period of January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942, for the town of Dover-Foxcroft. Emphasis has been placed on the health of the child of school age and Tuberculosis prevention. School Health Assistance of the nurse was given Dr. Noel…
OXFORD, 55. STATE OF MAINE To J. L. Mason, a constable in the Town of Porter, in said county, Greeting: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Porter, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the…
TOWN WARRANT ________________ STATE OF MAINE LINCOLN, SS: To P. B. McPhee, Constable of the Town of Boothbay Harbor, in said County of Lincoln: In the name of the State of Maine, yon are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet…
To F. G. Creed, Constable of the Town of Sidney, in the County of Kennebec: Greeting: In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Sidney, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall in said…
To Irving C Trufant, or any Constable of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, in the County of Piscataquis: GREETINGS: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Central Hall in said town,…
State of Maine County of Oxford To Garland Bell, a Constable of the Town of Buckfield. Greetings: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the voters of the Town of Buckfield, in said County, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Buckfield Town…
