Maine Memory Network

McArthur Public Library

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… "old-timers" outfitted in long-johns, to raise money to give a wrist watch to each graduating high school senior."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"… brought the butter to the customers and collect money. She sold the butter for seventy-five cents per pound."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… Civil War & Biddeford X Confederate money, 1862Biddeford Historical Society "It is with feelings of patriotic pride that I refer to the…"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Steep Falls Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… had three daughters, wrote, "She managed to save money & bought her a nice album & wanted me to draw her home in it & write a poem which I did."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… year after the station was built they raised more money to put more pipes and hydrants out. In the 1900s the whole town purchased a bigger hose…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"They would have better roads, better government, and better businesses for the town to earn money. Another feeling was pride because not many small…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"That way they still had money coming in to pay for their house, their crops, and feeding their animals. Ben also had sheep and cattle."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"That was a lot of money in that day and age! On March 28, 1830, Jeremy married a woman named Deborah Stevens, and a year later they had their first…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… When the fall comes, the children save up their money from the summer and they go to the Solomon’s Store to buy new school clothes."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"That was a lot of money when most people earned a $1 an hour at work. Bear hunting was really popular, and sometimes each town would shoot close to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"… of stocks that had been sold they had enough money to complete the project. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… budget of state-allocated funds comprised of money set aside from the sale or use of Indian lands. N.M. Francis and his wife in a canoe, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"… they might be able to work later, and get more money. Also, people would have different ways of heating."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"Isaac decided to go so that he could make some money. Then Joseph finally came back and they all built cabins for the family."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… Bridge was the first bridge built with town money. The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… to food, and he would exchange meals not for money, but for a personal item like a ring or some keepsake that the customer had access to."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"With seed money willed to the association by Elizabeth Stevens, a retired employee of the Laconia mills, and the energy of Robert McArthur, an Agent…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Money could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities."