Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Dating from the 1890s to 1918. It was a hard farming life, no doubt. One can picture the young family toting water and feed to the barn animals."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… to work in the printing department of the mill in 1918. He told the audience that they printed labels of all types, from soap wrappers to whiskey…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"In March of 1918, the U.S. Food Administration endorsed “Farm Implement and Repair Week.” Every farmer in the nation was urged to make necessary…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But the school’s last commencement was in 1918. In 1924, Oren Haskell attempted to reopen the school and return it to its former excellence; over the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In 1918, a tennis court was built at the rear of the building and electric lights were installed for the first time in the main room of the building."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Yet it wasn’t until 1918 that the official closing of the Park was solemnly announced in the newspaper. “The Bangor Railway and Electric Co."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"McGraw would have been dismayed to learn that by 1918, the town of Surry's Carrying Place was providing the perfect place for rum runners."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He worked at Percy’s Store until 1918, when he permanently retired at the age of 68. Married to Kate Howard Fisher for 60 years, he passed away on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… was severely disrupted when the bay froze over in 1918, 1923, and 1934. The mail had to be hauled across by hand sleds or horse and buggy."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"By November 11, 1918 when an armistice brought WW I to a close, over 30 Bangor men had died. Bangor entered the "Roaring Twenties" like other cities…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He died on May 31, 1915, and his wife died on 1918. They were both buried in the West New Portland Cemetery. G.A.R. Post No. 134, Strong, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… History of Farmington) The Abbott School (1844-1918, 1924-1928) The Abbott School, circa 1920Farmington Historical Society The Abbot…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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