Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… granite cutter received between $2.80 and $3.20 daily for his labors, making him an established, middle class craftsman-no matter his nationality."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The train continued a daily trip to Farmington to collect milk and cream at the creamery in West Farmington until the 1970s."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"According to the Bath Daily Times of June 13th, 1912, William H. Van Dorn was a performer at the Dreamland."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… almanac in the September 5, 1883 issue of Bath Daily Times, people said that they heard gun shots a little after 11:00pm."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"1804The General Henry Knox Museum Daily, Knox kept rough entries of his various business dealings in wastebooks, ledgers that contained rough…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the January 21, 2003, edition of the Bangor Daily News recalled the events. "Within a three-day span..."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

""Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) 1954, Lincoln Historical Society ed.: 285-86."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"In its twice-daily movement, the tide sweeps nutrient-rich water into the ocean and feeds offshore fish and their young."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… who live idly and exercise no ordinary or daily lawful trade or business to get their living by..." could be bound out for up to a year, or "sent…"

Abbe Museum

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United Society of Shakers

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… French to grades K-8; Enjoy a 95 percent average daily attendance by students and teachers; Show good annual progress."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… game and trapping were also important jobs for daily survival. Berrying in the summer was an annually awaited event."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… like sailors of the time, were fueled by a daily ration of grog, served at eleven o’clock. Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… are essential for teachers and students on a daily basis. Discipline Olivia, grade 6 Scottow's Hill Rural School, Scarborough, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Presque Isle Historical Society Sources: Bangor Daily Commercial, Sept 22, 1922, page 1. Bangor Daily News, April 7, 1995, page C2."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… transition team to deal with details." Bangor Daily News. 11 Dec 1997. Maine Newstand. Web. April 24, 2013. William S. Cohen."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Trains ran three times daily and the fare was 37 cents one-way. Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… novels of the great unknown...all this duly and daily advertised, not only brought fish to the net of Ezekiel Goodale’s “Sign of the Bible,” but…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the queen of mermaids. According to The Bath Daily Times of November 24, 1913, she showed a “magnificently staged scenic production, introducing a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Library According to his obituary from the Bath Daily Times in 1908, Francis Henry Fassett, the architect of the Courthouse, was a Bath native who…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"You must therefore observe daily that every part of the arrangements of the farm and lime works, digging clay, etc., goes on with fidelity and that I…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"261-282. Print. (N) Biddeford Daily Journal (Biddeford, Me.) newspaper, 1941-1942. (N) Clayton, W.W., et al."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Honors 2 Soldiers for Bravery in Somalia." Bangor Daily News (Bangor) 5 April 2010. "Gary Gordon." Web. Editorial. 23 May 1994."