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Library of Congress1901

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 17, 1901

MYSTIC GRANGE FAIR Mystic Grange held their annual fair at Helmont Centre Oct 2nd The weather was not all that could be wished but quite a ovd was in attendance and a good time as enjoyed by all The awards of prem i in the various departments were made i follows CATTLE ie yoke three year old steers Everett nnell 1st Albert L Marriner 2nd Hoy Marriner 3rd ne yoke two year old steers Oscar kins 1st Herbert Donnell 2nd Jersey cows F L Batchelder 1st 2nd I 3rd ne heifer two year old W S Foss 1st i ne heifer one year old G W Marriner F L Batchelder 2nd ne line Jersey heifer two years old A onnell 1st also had four generations of sey cows and heifers DRAFT HORSES ii draft horse a nice drawing pair Geo gilt 1st POULTRY Leghorn chicks Everett Donnell 1st yniouth Bock chicks Howard Elms 1st nett 1 hmnell 2nd ekin ducks Carl Brewster 1st SHEEP AND SWINE est flock of lambs W S Foss 1st L F Vnwood 2nd Kamboiilett ram Oscar Shibles 1st uck Y S Foss 1st L IS Marriner Ernest Piper 3rd st flock sheep Ernest Piper 1st

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 28, 1905

THE MONROE FAIR The races and matters in general at the Monroe fair were reported last week Following are the premiums awardee POLLED ANGUS Herd pure blood A J Kenniston llermon Corner 1st Hull A J Kenniston llermon Corner 1st Herd dairy cows A J Kenniston 1st Cow with stock A J Kenniston 1st E I Allen llermon id Heifer 3 years A J Kenniston 1st E L Allen id T Heifer 2 years and under A J Ken niston 1st E L Allen id Heifer 1 year E L Allen 1st A J Kenniston id Heifer calf under one year E E Allen 1st A 1 Kenniston id HOLSTEINS Bull A J Clark Winterport 1st Bullcalf F L Bicker 1st Heifer P M Elwell Brooks 1st and 2d Heifer l year and under1 2 1 E Ricker 1st Heifer calf under one year 1 M Elwell 1st and id SHORTHORNS Herd pure blood A E Murch 1st Eli West Monroe id Bull Eli West 1st Bull 2 years and under 3 i Shields Winterport 1st Bull l year and under 2 Eli W est l st Bull calf under l year 11 M Lane Frankfort 1st and id _

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 2, 1919

Beauty is Only mlm Skin Deep but a beautiful skin is possible only when the liver and kidneys are active and the bovves functionate properly The secret of beauty as well as of health is to maintain perfect digestion and elimination Beechants Fills help to preserve beauty and maintain Leah h because they influence liver kidneys skin and stomach to functionate in harmony and efficiently 4 Sold by druggiiiU throughout the world In boxesJOc 2 So v l I tklORT Miss Frances Eldridge received lirst premium for best tatted yoke at Monroe Fair Miss Agnes Morrill of Portland is hav ing extensive repairs made on her old home Miss Charlotte Thompson has accepted a fine position as teacher in a school in Connecticut Miss Harriet f Moody has begun her duties as teacher in the public schools of Dover Maine Mrs Lotta Eagleston has moved into her new home which she has recently purchased on Deane street Miss Esther Ford has moved into the George A Cole house on Washington street which she has leased Miss Mae Ellingwood received first premium on ladies driving horse exhib ited by driver at the Monroe Fair Mrs C C Homer of Boston has

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Library of Congress1907

Image 8 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), September 5, 1907

STATE NEWS HANCOCK m SARGENTVILLE The fair held by the Library Associ ation was a decided success netting 235 The school committee have been re pairing and painting the schoolhousc School began Sept 2 taught by Miss Gleason of Cherryfleld The Eastern Steamship Co is repair ing the wharf at this place Mrs Mc Auley wife of the superintendent who has been stopping here with her hus band has returned to her home in Camden Ernest Grindle who has been living on what is known as the John Katon place is moving into Mrs Mary Wares house Merton Page has moved from North Sedgwick into J W Grindies house Several Sargentville people attended the fair at Bangor Friday William K Ialor has been entertain ing his father and two sisters at his summer cottage Raymond Bridges has purchased a house lot of W X Means at Curriers Corner and is preparing to build a house Edward Skelton of West Brooksville was the guest of Clarence Chatto Sat urday and Sunday Harold Sargent is passing a few days with his mother before entering the University of Maine The Dluesedgbrook S S Association will hold its annual session at Sedg wick Sept

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Library of Congress1893

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), June 15, 1893

WOE AND WIT r _ Gath Tells ai a Chicago Banquet lor journalists Some Kemlnioenoe of Newspaper Work fa War DayPublisher Scott and Kohlsuat a ComradesSomething About French Papers COPTBIGHT 1893 After the worlds fair had been well under way I was invited to a dinner at the Union club in North Chicago by Moses P Handy to meet some persons of the foreign press and in the art de partment and as we mingled together from halfpast seven oclock until one in the morning and I may not have leisure soon for another such bout I will narrate the appearance and ad ventures ofsomeof these persons We had of foreign journalists Mr Villiers Mr Senior and My Millet Mr Millet is also an artist who resides about equally in England and the United States He is the author of an adven turous trip down the Danube river in to the Turkish regions Then we had Mr Atwood the chief architect of the worlds fair and the only author of the magnificent Art building which is the admiration of all beholders and turns out to be equally happjy in its in ternal arrangements Mr Atwood is a finelooking man rather

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Library of Congress1953

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1953

Weather Forecast Fair tonight lowest about 66 degrees To morrow fair and warmer Full report on Page A2 Midnight 67 6 am 65 11 am 74 2arn__64 8 am__ 66 Noon 75 4 am_ 65 10 am 70 1 pm 76 An Associated Press Newspoper 101st Year No 145 Phone ST 35000 WASHINGTON D C MONDAY MAY 25 1953FORTYFOUR PAGES Nations First AShell Fired On Nevada Flat Brilliant Flash Seen in Las Vegas 75 Miles Away By the Asociatd Press LAS VEGAS Nev May 25 The Army fired the Nations first atomic shell today from a huge cannon dubbed Atomic Annie It burst with a brilliant flash over a simulated enemy target The shot fired from the 280 millimeter cannon on French man Flat came at 830 am 1130 am EDT Within five minutes the cus tomary atomic cloud formed visible in this resortgambling town 75 miles away It developed a lazy S form and appeared to have an ice cap Sunlight glinted on the white top of the cloud Its wispy stem led down to a purple base Cloud Rises Swiftly The cloud rose swiftly and seemed to be traveling fast It did not have the true mushroom shape

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Library of Congress1962

Image 6 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), December 7, 1962

We are for these things whatever helps most of us even at the expense of some of us cCUuaI WE SEE IT THIS WAY We are against these things whatever helps some of us at the expense of most of us A slim hope that a good reap portionment bill will come from a housesenate conference next week is held out by State Rep Karl Wiesenburg of Pascagoula A bill calling for establishment of a legislature of 100 representa tives and 51 senators was passed by the house Wednesday Con ferees from the house will negoti ate with this as a starting point It is possiblethough barelythat a true reapportionment might be worked out What will come forth however most probably will be just another rearrangement plan disguised as fair reapportionment The house bill passed Wednes day though is closer to a fair one than any other suggestion yet to come from the legislature Its 100 man house allows for one member from each of the states 82 coun ties with 18 other seats available for dividing among the most heav ily populated counties Fiftyone senators most probably is the opti mum number for the upper house Wiesenburg believes that

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Library of Congress1909

Image 4 of East Mississippi times (Starkville, Miss.), June 4, 1909

The East Mississippi Times PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI Office in Times Building Opposite East Entrance of Courthouse Wm Ward Kclltor and Proprietor A Texas prophet predicts that the world will come to an end in July We advise delinquents to pay their subscription 2 r s Kangaroo meat is being served in New York restaurants People who have eaten it are undecided as yet whether to re gard it as a luxury or a misdemeanor Jackson has organized a crusade against the pestiferous and deadly housefly When Jackson cant organize a cru sade against some evil its a dull day at the capitol city Hear in mind that we are going to have the grandest big gest and best Fair this fall in the history of the Fair Associa tion The officers are doing their partlet the citizens do theirs Tippah county claims to have discovered coal and iron mines within her borders With these commodities in North Mississippi and oil gushers on the coast Mississippi may yet come into her own It is said that there are a number of SIOOOO counterfeit bills circulating in various portions of Mississippi and Presi dent Pirdsall editor of the Yazoo

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