Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"If a student did not pay his or her tuition, expulsion quickly followed. As more options became available to them, students began to gravitate…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… every month you had monthly dues that you had to pay. The dues did not cost much now, but then 10 cents was a lot of money."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"People were willing to pay for the ice because there was no refrigeration for their food. People kept their food cold using large blocks of ice."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… they would take it to the grocer, who might pay you two red ration points. Fat made glycerine, and glycerine made explosives; it was said that a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… of the postmaster and mail carrier The pay was so small that great difficulty was experienced in getting a mail carrier and it was carried so…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… of Massachusetts needed to raise money to pay off its huge war debts. The Committee of the State of Eastern Lands became the vehicle for veterans…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… unless it had run its course and was no longer paying.” Whatever the reasons, Riverside Park ceased operations in September 1916, but not without…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… thought put into the Sagadahock House would soon pay off. John O. Shaw bill, Bath, 1882Patten Free Library As a result of constructing the…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The pay for firemen was either $3 per year or their poll tax. The water supply came from the river using a pump in the Piscataquis Woolen Mill."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Andrew Carnegie agreed to pay the $750 if the Town of Guilford agreed to pay 10% of the $750 annually to help support the library."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… towns of Olamon, which only had one phone at the pay station, Passadumkeag, one phone at the pay station, Burlington, Enfield, Montague (now known…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… financial contribution seemed a small price to pay to spend the summer amid the spectacular landscape scenery of Mount Desert."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… given almost 10,000 acres to the park, along with paying for millions of dollars worth of construction costs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Johnson if he accepted Gould’s offer, Gould would pay him in full in cash the next morning. This was an unusual offer as most business men did not…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"Other people pay $40 for a library card each year. This information about the Patten Free Library in Bath highlights the past and present…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… use it gasoline was well it cost money and had to pay it and we had to be careful what we did with the money we had we walk to school had no such…"

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 - Thomas S. Libby

"He mostly needed the money to pay the mortgage on his house, and died at age 48 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… on at home to make sure it fit and come back to pay for the clothes within a few days. Carney’s just added to the mix of shopping for local clothes…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I get paid monthly; it’s just enough for me to pay my rent here. I normally move around until I feel settled."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"My family can’t afford to pay for clothes for me on their own. Solomon's Store Poster by Tanner McCarthy X Solomon’s Store is famous for their…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"He was paid in lumber, a common form of pay at the time. By that time the school had one official school, this was in the Prouts Neck section of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… child.” Five teachers spent about two-week’s pay to purchase their own desks to assist in furnishing their rooms."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The pay, by today's standards, was low. In 1918, teachers in charge of all eight grades, earned $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local…"