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8th Annual Report of the Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine
Get PDFThe State Institution known as the Temporary Home for Women and Children, although now eight years established, is yet in its infancy as to strength and capacity, because comparatively few people are fully aware of the good work being done and of the great need of money to carry on the same.
Great misunderstanding of the character of this Home has been widespread, but those who have been conversant with its workings from the first, with others more recently connected with the management, unhesitatingly say that no more worthy charity exists in this State.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1014/thumbnail.jp
Fire Service of Bangor
Get PDFA brief history of the Bangor Fire department from the beginnings to 1890.
Subtitled: A Souvenir Containing an account of the service from leather bucket times to the present fire department.
The proceeds to be donated for the benefit of Disabled Members of the Bangor Fire Department.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bfd_book/1000/thumbnail.jp
Whiton\u27s Carriage Repository, 60 Harlow Street, Bangor Maine circa 1890-1900
No full textWalter F. Whitson sold carriages and sleighs, including, upon closer inspection, secondhand carriages, at 60 Harlow Street in Bangor, Maine.
None of the people are identified, but it feels safe to assume Mr. Whitson is the older man under the store\u27s sign.
Sign boasts: This Is The Place Headquarters For The Finest Line Of New And Second Hand Carriages In Eastern Maine
Utility poles can be seen, so this could be no earlier that 1887/8, the time period Bangor got its first electricity.
Mr. Whitson died in 1907.
This block would be destroyed by the Bangor fire of April 1911.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1194/thumbnail.jp
Bunker\u27s text book of political deviltry. A record of Maine\u27s small bore politicians and political bosses
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There seems to be an honest difference of opinion among politicians of both parties, as to what constitutes political deviltry. As a Maine Republican as to the deviltry of his party, and before he has talked sixty seconds he will give you a complete account of all the crimes and deviltry ever committed by Democrats, from a culler of staves in a small town to the Governor last elected by the Democrats. Ask a Maine Democrat about Republican deviltry, and he will cautiously ask if you were born a Democrat, and before he settles down to facts, he will prove that he voted for Jackson, refused to vote for Horace Greeley, and finally wind up with a confession that Republican deviltry has been offset by Democratic blunders and stupidity.
For the purpose of setting the public right on these matters, and placing the deviltry where it belongs, the author has concluded to publish some facts that are matters of history in this State.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1007/thumbnail.jp
The Ramona Mission and The Mission Indians
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Ramona, the fascinating Indian story by H.H. -- Mrs. H.H. Jackson -- the scenes of which are laid in Southern California, is based upon facts learned and reported by the author on an official inspection of the Mission Indians there in 1883, and it very truthfully and graphically reveals the present condition and hardships, as well as the past sufferings, of those tribes.
The story is one of the saddest of many sad records of the race, and is in itself a most moving plea for whatever atonement it is now possible to make to that long-suffering people. But direct appeals for aid in their behalf have also come to The Women\u27s National Indian Association, first, from H. H. herself, and since then from others.
In response to these calls a mission is now to be opened by the Association, among the Coahuillas in the village of that name, extending later, it is hoped, to others of the about twenty villages occupied by these Mission Indians. From the official report of Mrs. Jackson, and from later official and other sources, the facts herein presented are taken. But in order to convey an intelligent, general view of the character and circumstances of these Indians, and in response to many requests, these facts are prefaced by a brief historical sketch, and a glance at their present general condition.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1177/thumbnail.jp
7th Annual Report of the Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine
Get PDFThough the circle of seasons has been seven times completed since we began the work of the Temporary Home for Women and Children we have nothing new to offer to its untiring and ever-hopeful workers, but make our most earnest appeal to those who know little of us except through these yearly statements of facts.
The young girl sent to us by her mother for safety from the evil surroundings of her home, the baby needing the care which its sick mother cannot give, gladly left with us for a small sum by its father, and the poor young girls who are brought to our refuge where they are helped to resist their many temptations are all strong witnesses of the need of our labors.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1015/thumbnail.jp
6th Annual Report of the Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine
Get PDFIt has been said that crime is the product of a defective character under given temptation, and the defective character has often an ancestral basis. In some cases which have come under their care, the Managers of the Temporary Home for Women and Children have found it too late to eradicate hereditary vices: shall we, because disappointments have come, class all unfortunates, who seek our home and aid, as beings without a spark of the true womanhood?https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1016/thumbnail.jp
Map of the City of Bangor, 1888
No full textMap of the City of Bangor. Published by W. A. Greenough & Co., 28 Oliver St. Boston, 1888. W.A. Greenough Lith.[ographers]. This map is mounted on a linen backing and separated for folding.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/maps_bangor_city/1009/thumbnail.jp
Leading Business Men of Bangor, Rockland and Vicinity: Embracing Ellsworth, Bucksport, Belfast, Camden, Rockport, Thomaston, Oldtown, Orono, Brewer, Maine 1888
Get PDFProvides a sketch of each town listed, as well as extensive biographies of many of the leading businesses/businessmen of each town.
Book is 262 pages. Bangor consists of pages 1-123. Rockland is pages 124-160. Thomaston 161-167. Ellsworth 168-188. Old Town 188-203. Camden 204-213. Rockport 213-216. Bucksport 217-225. Brewer 225-230. Orono 231-234. Belfast 235-256. Last six pages are advertisements for primarily Bangor businesses.
[File size is large to maximize the clarity of each page].https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1367/thumbnail.jp
Message of the president of the United States communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Fiftieth Congress and interview of Hon. James G. Blaine upon the message
Get PDFAn address concerning trade and tariffs of President Grover Cleveland presented to the 50th Congress on December 6, 1887, followed by an interview of James Gillespie Blaine in Paris which was critical of Cleveland\u27s address.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1166/thumbnail.jp