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No. Gray, ME Tornado July 1907   Portland, ME City Hall Fire Jan 1908
     

Maine Newspaper Records

 

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor, Maine at rootsweb.com

Clinton Advertiser, Clinton, Maine - at USGenWeb archives

September 30, 1886

Thursday, April 16, 1891

October 18, 1888

June 12, 1890

April 23, 1891 part 1, part 2

Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine at rootsweb.com

Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine at rootsweb.com

Lewiston, ME Daily Evening Journal, December 24, 1861 - Marriage and Death Notices at USGenWeb archives

Machias Union, Washington, Maine - Vital Records Extracts - at USGenWeb archives

Jan 4 Jan 1881, 11 Jan 1881, 18 Jan 1881, 25 Jan 1881
Feb 8 Feb 1881, 11 Feb 1881, 15 Feb 1881, 22 Feb 1881
Mar 8 Mar 1881, 15 Mar 1881, cont 1, cont 2; 22 Mar 1881, 29 Mar 1881
Apr 12 Apr 1881, 19 Apr 1881, 26 Apr 1881,
May 3 May 1881, 10 May 1881, 17 May 1881, 24 May 1881,31 May 1881, continued
Jun 7 June 1881, 14 June 1881, continued; 21 June 1881,28 June 1881
Jul 5 Jul 1881, 12 Jul 1881, 19 Jul 1881,26 Jul 1881
Aug 2 Aug 1881,9 Aug 1881,16 Aug 1881, 23 Aug 1881, 30 Aug 1881
Sept 3 Sept 1881, 6 Sept 1881, 13 Sept 1881, 20 Sept 1881, 27 Sept 1881
Oct 4 Oct. 1881, 11 Oct. 1881, 18 Oct. 1881, 25 Oct. 1881

Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine at rootsweb.com

Portland Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine at rootsweb.com

Newspaper Database at Rootsweb

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History of the Press in Maine  at USGenWeb archives

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