Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… Paper Bag Company, with 190 machines, had the production capacity of 17 million to 20 million paper bags every 10 hours and consumed approximately…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"for the production of heavier weights and brown papers. The A,B,C connotation was changed to 7, 8, and 9 in the 1960's after removal of the IP…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all other operations. New sources of fiber were needed, as was additional…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… achievements through the years, with his quality paper production meeting the demands of the customers and the ability of his fellow workers to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Rumford Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… water power for mills and factories producing products of every description: lumber, paper, flour, leather, shoes, toothpicks, bowling pins…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"In the River Valley towns, the NewPage paper mill dominates the economy. While the mill’s payroll is less than half of what it was 40 years ago, it…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… mill (a mill that creates large rolls of thin paper that is then sent off to other manufacturing plants to be converted into a multitude of tissue…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He tried selling some of his homemade products, but gave it up because his appearance was so startling that he frightened women and children."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… prize speaking, proms and all manner of school productions were held at the Opera House. Even in 2013, the backboards still hold the memories and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other products. Potatoes that are not suitable for sale as table stock are processed into…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Hardware stores carry newer products than what they used to. E.A. Weatherbee Store, Lincoln, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… way, the company made more money by sending out production themselves. In 1886, it was officially administered as the John MacGregor Corporation."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… and from the land, and some of them worked at the paper mill in Bucksport. “Summer people” in Surry and in Blue Hill provided seasonal employment…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… to expand his business he began to advertise a product for the relief of heart trouble which he manufactured under the name of The Heart Cure…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… water cups out of half sheets of arithmetic paper. In 1931, the school got electricity and stove jackets were placed in each room, and in 1940…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The remaining papers were The Portland Daily Press, a paper owned by Senator Frederick Hale, and the Portland Evening Express, owned by Colonel Fred…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… often spent time simply reading through the paper for a given year or years to get a "feel" for the time--specifically before and during the Civil…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… how much he was producing, who he was selling his products to, and how he was delivering those products."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… at all, for it was natural and was in major production, but metal, on the other hand,was hard to find and was not in major production."

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

"… to handle and have been wholly replaced by the paper sacks which hold five, 10 or 25 pounds.” Croswell Fancy Patent Stencil The Croswell…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"They hauled pulp and paper, petroleum, mill products, and chemicals. In 1962 the railroad running through Guilford was torn up."