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Catalogue of Books in the Sabbath School Library of the First Congregational Church, Brewer, Maine
First Congregational Church, Brewer, Maine
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History of the Town of Pownal: written for its centennial, Sept. 2, 1908
Ettie J. Latham
Opening Paragraph:
One hundred years. One hundred years of hopes and fears. One hundred years of joys and tears. Five times within this hundred years has history repeated itself. Five generations have completed their life work and passed to the great beyond. As many more have taken their places, and still the long procession is slowly moving on. The pendulum of time that has swung untiringly and unceasingly for so long a period of years is now ticking away your life and mine. In childhood, when our lives are young and our hearts are strong, the hours pass all too slow, and we would fain move ahead the hands of the clock were it in our power; but in after years as our life has passed its meridian and we are moving down the western slope, so quickly do the years slip away, that before we are aware, the shadows of late afternoon are falling far across our pathway.
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Athletic Talk of Maine
University of Maine, Orono, Athletic Department
Booklet lists the 1907 football scores, the 1908 basketball schedule, track and field results and standing University of Maine records, and University of Maine revised laws for its athletic association. Features advertisements for Bangor, Orono, Brewer and Old Town businesses circa 1907-1908.
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A booklet devoted to the book plates of Elisha Brown Bird, being a collection printed in photogravure
Elisha Brown Bird
Sample Passage:
An artistic book-plate is the expression in decorative illustration of the tastes of the owner, and properly, made by an artist who can sympathetically realize the feeling desired. It may express one or two salient characteristics, of temperament, habits or pleasures of its owner. There are innumerable ways in which to make such a book-plate, and as each one of us has some trait not common to all, the aim of the artist should be to embody same in decorative form, simple and direct, the simpler and more direct the more satisfying the result. In other words, one should not set the artist an impossible or aesthetically distasteful problem to solve; but recognizing the fact that in matters of composition and technique the artist is usually the better equipped, after suggestive initial directions give to him absolutely free play. The real book-plate is a matter of genuine inspiration, at least it should be made so, and its charm, value or utility depends as much on the artist as on the individual who desires it. It should be planned with care and executed with feeling, and like no other book-plate in that it shall possess some feature that is private and personal.
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The Lackawannas at Moosehead, or, The young leather stockings
George Selwyn Kimball
Opening Paragraphs of Chapter 1, Down Brakes:
A long sharp whistle, another, apparently in reply, a sudden application of the brakes to their utmost limit, the shuddering of the cars as the moveless wheels ground along the resisting rail, a crash, a terrific shock, a crushing in of the front of the car, flying fragments of doors, windows and broken glass, the sickening lurch as the car swung diagonally across the track and settled down still right side up.
Then arose a Babylon of cries, screams of women, shrieks of children, and loud shouts of men as they struggled to extricate themselves from the confused mass of humanity heaped and pent in the car.
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History of Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine
Albert W. Paine
Preface
Coeval with the existence of Bangor as a City in 1834, or about that time, the prevailing sentiment of its citizens strongly favored the selection of new cemetery grounds for the burial of its dead. This sentiment having been successful in the establishment of Mt. Hope Cemetery as the result, many thousands of its citizens have since found there a resting place for their bodies, including the largest portion of those then alive, besides thousands of others since born or otherwise become inhabitants of the city. The history of the Cemetery has thus become one of great interest to the people generally, and the duty would seem to be imposed upon some one to see that the work of compiling such history should be performed, not only for the present inhabitants, but for those who may succeed the present during the long ages of the future.
The undersigned having been one of the very few, now alive, who were present at the dedication of the Cemetery, and for a half century since having been continuously entrusted, as Treasurer, with the collection and disbursement of its funds, and having had a prominent part to perform in the purchase of its premises and in the sale and conveyances of its very numerous lots, which have, during all such half century, been disposed of to citizens and others, the work thus alluded to would seem to be very appropriately chargeable to him. Freely accepting the call, he respectfully submits the following report.
Albert W. Paine
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Vacation Days in Washington County, Maine
Washington County Railway Company
Subtitle: Gazetteer of Lakes, Streams, and Points of Interest with Maps and List of Guides
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Bangor Maine Its Summer Attractions and Industrial Advantage, Issued by the Bangor Board of Trade 1906
Bangor Board of Trade
A overview of the industrial, recreational, and day-to-day life of Bangor circa early the early 1900s. Contains many sketches or photographs of downtown business buildings and churches, many which are still standing as of 2021.
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Bangor -- The Queen City: Industrial, Commercial, and Social Interests
R. J. Lawson
Opening
As a commercial centre, there is no city in Maine that rivals Bangor. To thousands of people, north, east, west, and even south of it, it is the Mecca of tradesmen, on the one hand coming to town, laden with produce or stock; on the other hand, returning to their household carrying all sorts of necessities or luxuries; or having left an order that demands freight transportation. Commercially then, Bangor ranks first in inportance in the Pine Tree State and has such advantages in location, water power, shipping facilities and abundant profitable surrounding acreage, that should she ever assert herself in these lines, she would become a leader in industrial and manufacturing centres.
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Pamphlet for Ouananiche Lodge and Sunset Camps, Grand Lake Stream, Washington County, Maine
Will G. Rose
Advertisement for a fishing lodge in Grand Lake Stream, Washington County, Maine. Included are a history of the area, as well as photographs of camps and lakes, a map, and letters to the owner of the lodge, W.G. Rose.
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Bangor Local Postal Guide v.2 1905
Bangor Maine Post Office
"Bangor's postal history begins with the establishment of an office in 1801, at Treat's Falls, near the present pumping station of the Bangor Water Works, which was at that time, the head of navigation and the original settlement of Bangor. It was not for some years afterward, that the business portion of the future city, far famed for its lumber interests, was removed to its present site farther down the Penobscot. 'I'he first office was a nook in a corner of Buckley Emerson's store, and Mr. Emerson had the honor of being the first guardian of the correspondence of his fellow townspeople."
A rich history of the Bangor Post Office is presented throughout this pamphlet. Highlights include photographs of the postmaster, assistant postmaster, and clerks and carriers.
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Harvey Loomis: a Historical Discourse
Charles Herrick Cutler
Same paragraph:
The small beginnings of great things are always impressive; who does not feel the charm of the spring, or stream, or lake -- in the woods up among the mountains -- which form the sources of the river, upon whose banks is one's birthplace and home, and which bears upon its broad current the commerce of a city, as the river flows majestically to the sea? Is it not with something of the same fascination that we think tonight, of that memorable day in the annal of Bangor, when four men, whose names we gratefully recall, gathered with Harvey Loomis, then a young man of 25, to form a Church of Christ in this community? And it must have been with some sense of the importance of the occasion that this little church of four members was organized, and Mr. Loomis was ordained and installed as its first minister.
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A Souvenir of the Treaty of Portsmouth New Hampshire
Frank Jones Brewing Co. Ltd.
A souvenir of the Treaty of Portsmouth New Hampshire. Signing of the Russian-Japanese Peace treaty at Portsmouth, N.H. Sept. 5, 1905
Compliments of the Frank Jones Brewing Co.Ltd.
Much of the text is actually advertising for the Frank Jones Brewing Co.
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Marquis Fayette King
Nathan Goold
Biography of Marquis Fayette King, the Vice President of the Maine chapter of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
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23rd Annual Report of the Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine
Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine
The purpose of our Home, as expressed in an old by-law, is "to provide shelter and employment for t he women and children of the State of Maine who may be found on the streets, in bad houses, in stations or public institutions, or are reduced to dependence upon public charity, and who need to be protected from temptation to vice."
The doors of the Home are never shut to a woman in need. But with the experience of years and with the growth and development of the work have come an enlargement of aim and a deepening of purpose. This Home means not only shelter and protection, but it means for the children plenty of pure food, sunshine and fresh air, proper medical attendance when ill, and always loving, tender, motherly care.
For girls and young women our Home has come to mean the abandonment of rough speech, careless dress, bad temper and idle habits for gentleness, neatness, obedience and industry. It means a respect for labor and its wholesome influences and a quickening of the whole moral nature. The stewardship of the managers and the matrons is not merely planning and directing and superintending, it means sympathy and faith and devotion. It means a personal interest in the daily life of the girls and in their efforts to become good women, sympathy in their failures, and inspiration to new endeavor. It means that the magic wand with the transforming power is the wand of Love in the hand of a friend.
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Eastern Steampship Company to Maine: 1903-04 Season Pamphlet
Eastern Steamship Company
Lists locations and rates for departures and arrivals for steamships from various points in Maine to Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company circa 1903-04. Also lists agents for the company. Eastern Steamship Company offered service to Bangor, Hampden, Winterport, Searsport, Bucksport, Belfast, Camden, Rockland, Stonington, Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Bar Harbor, Portland, Bath, Popham Beach, Richmond, Gardiner, Hallowell, Augusta, Eastport, Lubec, St. John (New Brunswick), and Boothbay Harbor.
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Aroostook War: Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men Called into Service for the Protection of the Northeastern Frontier of Maine, from February to May, 1839
Kennebec Journal Print
Among the many important events in the early history of the State of Maine one of much interest is that known as the Aroostook War, a brief sketch of which is given below. By the treaty of 1783, at the close of the Revolutionary struggle, one-half of the St. John's River belonged to Maine.
After the war of 1812, the British claimed the whole of the upper part of the vast valley of the St. John. They demanded all the land above the forty-sixth degree of north latitude, which included about one-third of what was supposed to be the territory of Maine. There was at this time, on the north or eastern side of the river, an American settlement extending for a distance of nearly twenty miles.
The inhabitants were principally of French descent, and had emigrated to that American region when the English took possession of Arcadia. This plantation had been incorporated as the town of Madawaska, and a representative was sent to the legislature of Maine. In June, 1837, Congress sent an officer to Madawaska to take a census of the people, and at the same time to distribute the surplus money which had accumulated in the United States treasury. A British constable arrested this agent and carried his prisoner to the nearest English shire town. But the sheriff there, alarmed, refused to receive the prisoner, and he returned to Madawaska, and continued to prosecute his mission.
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Reports of the Water Committee of the Citizens' League of Bangor, Maine
Water Committee of the Citizens' League of Bangor, Maine
Report originated due to concerns about typhoid outbreaks Bangor and surrounding communities in 1903 and 1904. Details that "one person in about every forty of the people of Bangor has had typhoid fever since the first day of last March [1903]."
The report includes a map of street-by-street cases of typhoid. Unfortunately, our copy of is map is not complete. There are suspected other pages missing from this document.
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Bowdoin College Class of 1853, 50th Anniversary
Bowdoin College
Provides, among other features, a Roll of the Bowdoin College Class of 1853, whith dates and places of death of those deceased, and residence and occupation of living members, (so far as known) in 1903.
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Souvenir Program 1902 Grand Auspices of Combined Labor Organizations Labor Day
Combined Labor Organizations
Contains the official directory of local unions located in Bangor, Maine, as of Monday, September 1, 1902. Advertisements for local businesses are included. A parade occurred that day, running from "Up Main to High, to Hammond, to State, to Exchange, to Washington, to Oak and Broadway, to Otis, countermarch to Park View Ave., circle Chapin Park where a rest of 15 minutes will be made for refreshments. Take up line of march down Forest Avenue to State, to Harlow, to Central, to Main, to Maplewood Park, where the parade will be dismissed."
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