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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 24, 1903

JIRS ELIZA BECKETT HUNNEWELL llah Attended Campiueetlns fr 73 year Mrs Eliza Beckett Hunnewell whose pleasant home is on the corner of Charles and Park streets in this city where she and a sister ftnd niece live together is supposed to bear the palm for constant and regular attendance upon the campmeeting of the Metho dists in eastern Maine Mrs Ilunnewell began when these annual gatherings were held in Liucoln ville and afterwards went to Bucksport yearly until 1848 when a campmeeting was held at Islesboro at which a com mittee was appointed to select a per manent location East Xorthport was chosen and in J une of the following year the Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Association was formed land purchased on a shore site and tlie place named Xorthport Camp Ground Mrs Ilunnewell was present at the organization and the first camp meet ing in the new grove and has beer a zealous participant in all the services there ever since This year therefore will round out the 73d of this camp meeting devotees uninterrupted service in these first temples of the Lord Mrs Ilunnewell was born in Orono Xov 12 1814 Her father was William Beckett a captain of

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 5, 1919

Ip provides Home For Actresses at Camp Dix N J ay In the Liberty Theater at Camp Plx N J find a touch rs House which the housing committee of the Young ssociation of which Mrs John P Rockefeller Jr Is r them Because of the distance from any town where is necessary to provide some sort of living accommoda The Y W C A built the house supplying it with all sewing machines washtubs ad Ironing boards Camp nilar liouse s NIFORMS HOT STUDENTS Workers Will nmless Stu tzerland he Young Wo iation minus j Association in I t winter by e been strand m tlie war and i funds inabili me country a versity courses no family to i min there next I I ho lias been in i mrs under the m Federation nal Student A for cloth women stu i he scarcity of u these almost necessary for coat so that ses or go out cases of all g save hats n have been j mien college j gland States Pennsylvania I by the Stu National Y W response to clothing will made over in Adng collected nearest New is which have C A secreta ml

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Library of Congress1910

Life of Hiram Paulding, rear-admiral, U. S. N.,

Pages 19-84, Paulding's visit to Bolivar in his camp, reprinted from his "Bolivar in his camp", New York, 1834. Pages 180-200, The capture of William Walker. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1917

Military map of the United States of America : showing location of all forces in training

Relief shown by hachures. Includes text. Includes "Allentown" in Pennsylvania and "Camp Joseph E. Johnston" in Florida. To the right of the copyright statement: 8-1'-17. In lower right corner: 5095. In lower left corner within text box: 595. Historical text, illustrations (some color), lists of camps, stations, and barracks, and publisher's list on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 24, 1907

AT VALLEY EORGE Dedication of Memorial Tablet to Maine Soldiers Valley Forge Pa Oct 17 In i the presence of a large assemblage of men prominent in Maine and Pennsyl t vania a monument to the memories of soldiers from the State of Maine who were at Valley Forge in the winter of 17771778 wasunveiled this afternoon at the historic camp George E Fellows president of the Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presided at the exercises Governor Cobb of Maine presented the monument to the Valley Forge Park commission and it was accepted by W H Sayen a member of the com mission Gov Cobb spoke as follows Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen The whole country owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who justly proud of their ancestry have done so much to perpetuate the deeds and memories of those who participat ed in the struggle for independence and constitutional liberty in America A definite motive inspired the great commonwealth upon whose soil we stand today and whose guests in a sense we are to set aside to care for and to consecrate forever to a reverent patriotism this hallowed and historic

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 22, 1908

The First Maine Cavalry A Regiment With a Fighting Record The annual reunion of Co D First Maine Cavalry Veteran Association was overlooked at the time it was held in Ellsworth but it is worth recalling now in connection with the history of this famous regiment The only representa tive present for Waldo county was Abner K Gray of Prospect The meeting was held in Grand Army hail which was dec orated for the occasion with flags and cards bearing the names of 108 battles and engagements which Co D had the proud distinction of being in The First Maine Cavalry saw more fighting than any other cavalry regiment in the service The regiment was organized in the fall of 1861 It was a State regiment the com panies being appointed among the differ ent counties the larger counties being al lowed a company each while of the smaller counties two were allowed a com pany Company D was raised in Wash ington and Hancock counties The reg iment went into camp at Augusta where it spent the long severe winter of 18612 living in Sibley tents banked with snow and heated only by a little stove hung on a

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 17, 1908

THE CALL OF THE SEA Capt John Hill a Native of Maine After 25 Years of Ranch Life Returns to Salt Water Spokane Wash November 27 After a quarter century of struggle against the never ceasing call of the sea during which he was a rancher at Wardnerin the heart of the Coeur d Alene mining district in northern Idaho east of Spo kane Capt John Hill 76 years of age has decided to pass the evening of his life on salt water He is going to Puget Sound thence down the coast to southern California back to San Francisco sail ing thence around the Horn to the north Atlantic coast where he put out of Port land harbor for the gold camps on the Pacific 57 years ago Captain Hill sailed on foreign waters and on the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans 36 years before coming to the Spokane country and he knows every rock and inlet reef and shoal between Halifax N S and the northern straits of Alaska and now that he has plenty of money as the result of a satisfactory settlement out of court with a mining companyafter seven years litigationfor damages to his ranch

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 17, 1910

The Hoop Pole Man the Maine Forests tor Materia HeVot W anted by Others hoop pole man makes ever than his brother the gunr T1 hoop pole man follows f of the loggers 0ci growth as the young called These spring j tting stumps of great tP man takes a horse with He cuts the poles and them to camp by day the pole man fashions aw shave sitting he re and pulling at his poles are sold round who trims his own the hoops receives two it for the finished prod The hoop pole busi ady work but the even after all with the the crackle of the ble of story telling pending outside looks lows at the light and is ears and wishes he r up 1 poles are sold each h red chalk a little some time in certain ns did a snug busi es But nowadays any that have been sometimes the canny ends that bear the man sold his hoop marked them and Then the seller it stole the poles them to another iif barrels It may that the city man tricks If this en nan could have got n re he would have and

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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 4, 1918

o __ HOW TH1S NERVOUS WOMAN GOTJVELL Told by Herself Her Sin cerity Should Con vince Others Christopher 111For four years I Buffered from irregularities weakness nervousness and was in a run down condition Two of our best doctors failed to do me any good I heard so much about what Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound had done for others I tried it and was cured I am no longer ner vous am regular and in excellent health I believe the Compound will cure any female trouble Mrs ALICE Heller Christopher 111 Nervousness is often a symptom of weakness or some functional derange ment which may be overcome by this famous root and herb remedy Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound as thousands of women have found by experience If complications exist write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for suggestions in regard to your ailment The result of its long experience is at your service Letters From Camp Devens Horace Baker Atkinson of Searsmont writes interestingly of a recent trip of Battery Commanders details from Bat teries C and D and Headquarters Com pany to the drilling range They were equipped with shelter tents rifles cloth ing and

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Library of Congress1917

Image 4 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 18, 1917

Press Comments Favor Premiers Speech Berlin Papers Underscore the Reference to Rus sia as Outstanding Feature Editorials Say Von BethmannHollweg Has Won Adherents by His Stand Ielrn 11a 1G via London May 17 Press comment today on the chan cellors speech aimoct unanimously underscores the reference to Russia a th significantly outstanding fea ture of the Premiers utterance The speech as a whole is generally com merdtd as one of the boldest and best that von BethamnnHollweg has yet made in parliament and personal criti cism of the chancellor is conspicuous ly absent The editorial discussion dilating upon all angles of var aims and peace terms emphasizes the widely divergent views entertained on all sides In many quarters the speech has had a pronounced conciliatory effect and is interpreted as pointing the way to a common meeting ground The impres sion prevails that the Conservatives came out of the fray bally battered although the chancellor was equally emphatic In disowning any predilection for the Socialist Democratic program of territorial and indemnity renuncia tion Standing guard between these two millstones the bloc of the Middle parties helped the chancellor to carry the day The chancellor has won adherents and camp followers

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Library of Congress1938

Image 12 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), January 20, 1938

r TCHULA 5 4 4 Continued from page 8 Mrs R G Williams and son Bobby of Jackson and Miss Elmarie Lacy of Goodman spent the week end with Tchula relatives Rev and Mrs A R Beasley visited home folks in Hickory Flat and Blue Mountain last week Mrs Boyd Sheppard and Mrs Byrd Jones spent Friday in Greenwood Ann and Carl Fincher came home with them for a few days visit Mr and Mrs J C McNeit of Jack son spent Friday and Friday night with Mr and Mrs Roy Walt and family Mr and Mrs J N Bedwell have re cently had several most interesting let ters and pictures from their son James D Bedwell who is stationed in China with the U S Marines He stated that he would be moved to Peking China at an early date to be one of the guards at tho American Embassy The ninth grade of the T H S had a picture show party in Belzoni Thurs day night Mr Dave Longinotti Mr John Camp bell and Mr Wm Beachman retired rail road men of Durant accompanied Louis Longinotti to Tchula Monday to visit friends Mrs Evelyn Sweet was accompanied

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Library of Congress1887

Image 2 of Helena weekly herald (Helena, Mont.), August 25, 1887

IN ANNUAL SKSSION Third Yearly Meeting of the Mon tana Press Association Fraternization of Territorial Quill Drivers Addresses bv President Alderson and F President Mills FIRST DA VAUGUST 23 The Montana Press Association met this morning at 10 oclock in the council hall of the new court house W W Alderson Avant Courier Presi dent in the chair Members present W H Sutherlin First Vice President Rocky Mountain Husbandman Eobt E Fisk Second Vice President Helena Herald Jerry Collins Secretary River Press I W Fisk Helena Herald J E Hendry Helena Independent Hobt C Walker Helena Herald George E Boos Montana Live Stock Journal Alexander Devine Helena Independent It H Howie correspondent Van H Fisk Townsend Tranchant Will Kennedy Helena Independent James H Mills New NorthWest J It Widmyer Glendive Independent A K Yerkes Bozeman Chronicle Samuel W Langhorne honorary mem ber Wm F Wheeler correspondent Lambert Mollinelli Helena Independent NEW members elected Philip Schmitz Montana Free Presse Leslie Sulgrove Live Stock Journal James B Walker Helena Herald Wm M Dulliver Helena Herald Walter M O Dwyer Great Falls Tribune W it Harber River Press George Alderson Avant Courier J D Whelpley Billings Gazette C B Camp Billings Gazette The

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Library of Congress1905

Image 4 of Fergus County Democrat (Lewistown, Mont.), November 28, 1905

FERGUS COUNTY DEMOCRAT Subscriptionper Year2SO TOM STOUT Proprietor Published Weekly LEWISTOWN MONT November 28 PAST AND PRESENT About 23 years ago an awkward looking young chap started a news paper in the town of Maiden at that time in Meagher county He sent the paper to about every resident of this part of the state at any rate to every resident of Maiden and vicinity al though very few of them had sub scribed When some of them a year or two later mildly objected to pay ing for something they had not order ed the young man became very indig nant That young man of those days has become a rather patriarchal old gentleman with a very forgetful mem ory In those days with no opposition he spent many a tearful night and w r ailed his discouragement from one end of Maiden to the other and only the material assistance of numerous big hearted men of the camp prevent ed him from turning his face toward eastern relatives One lucky day for him he tossed a penny in the air to determine which his paper should be democratic or republican in politics and it landed tails up That

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), August 22, 1936

Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper In the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL WÜ tatory anseveraothereditorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of e Bannack News u e Din S w2L tne P nenom Su iP y 4 M ni k a 5 her 52 r vfSÎT foini e L g0l f S r

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), August 21, 1936

PAGE TWO Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper in the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL Wil bur F Sanders who wrote the salu tatory and several other editorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of the Initial issue of the Bannack News Letter came the news of the phenom enal strike by Bill Fairweather

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Library of Congress1917

Image 9 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), August 31, 1917

TITLED IRISHMAN WAS FIRST REAL GAME HOG OF MONTANA KILLED 104 BEARS AND 2000 HEAD OF OTHER WILD ANIMALS TRAVEL LICHT IS WORD TO SOLDIER MONTANA BOYS GOING TO AMER ICAN LAKE NEED VERY LITTLE BAGGAGE Two Changes of Clothing and Toilet Articles in a Bundle No Bags or Suitcases Should be Taken Gov ernment Will Furnish Other Things on Arrival When the men of the new Nation al army leave their homes in Mon tana for American Lake Washing ton about September sth they will be permitted to take with them on troop trains only hand baggage pre ferably bundles The war depart ments order to travel light is for the purpose of conserving space on the troop trains The great military writer Richard Harding Davis once said that trav eling light meant carrying only a toothbrush He said any man could travel light in a military campaign if he had plenty of good friends and was an expert at the game of bor rowing But at Amerian Lake the men will have little time to chase all over the camp to borrow a safety razor and all the wise soldiers will place in their travel kits all the

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Library of Congress1925

Image 7 of The Ronan pioneer (Ronan, Mont.), November 27, 1925

EDITOR OF MONTANAS OLDEST NEWSPAPER RECALLS BALMY PLACER DAYS OF DIAMOND CITY AND CONFEDERATE GULCH By DAN R CONWAY IN GREAT FALLS there resides a Krayhaired old Kontleman now well paat the fourscore mark who continuously for the past fifty years has been editor and publisher of the states oldest newspaper the first agricultural publication in the entire Rocky Mountain region and the only weekly farm paper published in the Northwest On November 25 1875 just 50 years ago R N Sutherlin printed the first copy of the Rocky Mountain Husbandman at the old mining camp of Diamond City M T This same R N Sutherlin has just issued his fiftieth anniversary number of that paper which is now being published in Great Falls A firm believer in the agricultural future of Montana Editor Sutherlin has from the beginning conducted his newspaper as a farm journal In the early gold days as is the common condition there were many disap pointments There were not a suffi cient number of claims to satisfy all and many took up claims which did not prove profitable As a result scores of those who had been lured to the foothills of Montana by the

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