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Columbia Calls -- Enlist Now for U.S. Army -- Nearest Recruiting Station
No full textColumbia Calls date: 1916 illustrator/author: Frances Adams Halstead agency: U.S. Army size: 101.6 x 76.2 cmhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/wwII_posters_recruit/1005/thumbnail.jp
Experience of a Recruit in the United States Army
Get PDFWar Department: The Adjutant General\u27s Office, Washington DC, May 5, 1916:
With the view of presenting to all concerned the actual experiences of a young man who enlists in tho United States Army, the following extracts from the Columbus Citizen, of Columbus, Ohio, are republished. This tale of human interest was published in the newspaper mentioned from March 31 to April 4, 1916, and, as stated in the editor\u27s note, depicts the actual experiences of a newspaper reporter detailed to find out and tell the Citizen readers how the United States prepares its soldiers for duty. These articles are republished without comment, as it is obvious that comment is unnecessary.
H.P. McCain, The Adjutant Generalhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1127/thumbnail.jp
The Work of the Clergy and the Religious Persecution in Mexico
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Perhaps the principal argument employed by the reactionary party of Mexico before the government and in the press of the United States to attack and lower the prestige of the Constitutionalist Revolution, is the one which relates to the religious question.
Constitutionalism, especially since the rupture between the Convention party and Mr. Carranza -- has been presented by its enemies before the American people, as an implacable, and systematic persecutor of religion in all its forms and manifestations; as the vandalic destroyer of temples and images; as the insatiable and cruel executioner of timid and innocent priests; in one word, as an atheist and implanter and propagator of atheism in Mexico. They have even tried to demonstrate that this and several other dissolvent theories constitute the fundamental basis and the reason for existence of the constitutionalist policy, at least in that part which refers to the internal government of the Republic.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1103/thumbnail.jp
Traffic Regulations of the City of Bangor: Adopted by the City Council June 13, 1916
Get PDFRegulations cover 1) Vehicles in Motion ; 2) Right of Way ; 3) Speed of Vehicles ; 4) Stopping, Standing, and Turning ; 5) Control of Horses ; 6) Stealing Rides ; 7) Obedience to Police ; and more.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1256/thumbnail.jp
History of the old Bangor, Old Town, and Milford railroad 1836-1869
Get PDFAn extensive history of the railroad\u27s history compiled by Bangor Public Library Director Mary Curran from various sources, including newspaper and journal articles, and personal papers.
References a photograph that is unfortunately no longer part of this manuscript. Does include a drawing and a map.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1041/thumbnail.jp
Dole & Fogg, Company\u27s Catalogue for Wood Mantels, Stair Work, Etc.
Get PDFThis undated pamphlet (believed to have been published between 1910-1920) shows the styles of wood mantels, stair rails, and stair balusters manufactured by the Dole & Fogg Company. Dole & Fogg, established in 1855, was located on Front Street in Bangor. Included is a price guide for each item displayed in the catalougue. There are known missing pages (pages 5-6 and pages 51-54).https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1186/thumbnail.jp
Address at the graduating exercises of the Lowell Institute School for Industrial Foremen
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In this busy United States of ours there is a vast amount of work to be done. That work must be done by millions of individuals, and it must be directed by thousands of other individuals. In order to achieve the results all good citizens desire, namely, better living conditions for the people, and to leave the world a better place than when they came into it, it is necessary for those who work to understand that they cannot obtain the right to command until they have fully realized their duty to obey; and always to give consideration to others.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1032/thumbnail.jp
Maine as a Winter Resort
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Our sun is as bright as theirs; our skies as blue, our snow as clean and pure, our hills as steep, our air as rich in ozone and in life. Yes, our winter in Maine is as wondrous in beauty as that of the Alps or of Norway. We have the winter; we have always had it; we always will have it. The day will never come to Maine when, from Christmas almost to Easter, there will not be the crisp frosty dawns, so familiar to all of us, when the sled runners cry aloud as they pass down the road. There is nothing else in all the world so beautiful as a mid-winter day in Maine, with its dawn full of protest, its noon blazing in the sunlight, its sunset golden on the gleaming western hills, and its nights, with the snows glistening to the moon, and the pathway of the old country road stretching from your feet away into glory. This is the land of all the best of the white gods of winter. It is for us to appreciate it; to foster it; to spread about the truth concerning its health-giving properties; to convert its ancient liability and loss not only into a present asset but an increasing gain; to help it build up and invigorate new races of men and women, who shall stir and energize mankind. We must learn to love winter, talk of its beauties when we are at home or abroad, to describe truthfully its poetry and its loveliness. Then, with big and beautiful hotels, with civic sports and other increasing devotion to outdoor life, we shall see winter do its proper share towards enriching us commercially, as well as physically and spiritually .https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1102/thumbnail.jp