Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… under owner Colonel Fred Dow (son of infamous Temperance advocate, Neal Dow), but starting with Guy Gannett’s ownership in 1925, the Evening…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, temperance man, and Republican, also wrote that during temperance years, Hayford imported alcohol and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance organizations…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… stage coach business, gardening for Hinkley, the temperance movement and his desire to stop selling liquor, and his continued interest in dancing."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… our readers that the Hallowell House is now a Temperance House. We bespeak a liberal share of the public's patronage for its incomparable meals…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… of a father, mother, and their son are tempered by the affectionate holding of hands by father and son and the boy’s Napoleonic pose of his other…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"A community that well understood that the rewards of a life at sea might be few organized a Seaman’s Relief Society in 1848 forwarded relief packages…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and Olive Branch Encampments, Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Grange. . Prosperity continued into the first several decades of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… half of 19th century American history: suffrage, temperance, and abolition. In Bangor, the last two caused considerable debate and some…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… The water surrounding Islesboro makes for a more temperate climate than that of the mainland, usually several degrees cooler in the summer and…"