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  • Author: Paradis, Patrick

Date: 1980 October 16

Publication: Church World: Maine's Catholic Weekly

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4038541

Extended article on Augusta, Maine, Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Valmond Gilbert, celebrant of St. Augustine Church. Discusses his community involvement - religious, economic, political, and otherwise. Includes photos of Fr. Gilbert at mass, with…

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  • Author: LaFlamme, Mark

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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Effect of the Cowan Mill fire on traffic in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.

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  • Author: Sun Journal Staff

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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A time line of the history of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, published on the day following the great fire that burned the defunct mill to the ground.

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  • Author: Slover, Daryn
  • Author: Pelletier, Justin

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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Captioned photos of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, after it was destroyed by fire in the summer of 2009.

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  • Author: Slover, Daryn

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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A series of captioned photos chronicling the crumbling, tumbling, and ruin of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as it burned in a spontaneous fire.

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  • Author: Phelan, Joe

Date: 1991 February 15

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

A photo of St. Augustine Church in Augusta, Maine.

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  • Author: Betit, Paul

Date: 1976 September 25

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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From a Kennebec Journal special six-part series on local history, this article focuses on Rev. Joseph Casavant of St. Augustin Roman Catholic Church in Augusta, Maine. Fr. Casavant served the parish from 1919 to 1958.

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  • Author: Thoet, Denis

Date: 2009 December 4

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states.

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  • Author: Manlove, George

Date: 1994 September 14

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Some older tenement buildings at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, are evacuated as their demolition begins - "part of a federally funded neighborhood improvement project."

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  • Author: Vanderweide, Doug

Date: 1994 September 15

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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As a plan is set forth to demolish five old housing tenements at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, local historians consider their historical significance.

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  • Author: LaFlamme, Mark

Date: 2009 July 16

Language: English

Find in a Library: 26622903

Kennebec Journal printing of article on Lewiston, Maine's Cowan Mill fire by Lewiston Sun Journal writer, Mark LaFlamme.

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  • Author: Frank Pomerleau's Inc.

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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16-page add featured in the Kennebec Journal's 150th Anniversary Edition paper.

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  • Author: Herter, Sara

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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An article on the mills of the Kennebec River in central Maine, the immigration wave at the turn of the century, and the Franco-American workforce. Featured in the 150th Anniversary edition of the Kennebec Journal.

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  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Excerpt from the forthcoming book, "The Franco-Americans," by Augusta, Maine resident, Maurice Violette. Discusses the purported logics behind French-Canadian immigration to New England in the 19th century.

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  • Author: St. Augustine Federal Credit Union

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Advertisement for the St. Augustine Parish credit union in North Augusta, Maine.

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  • Author: Le Club Calumet

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Advertisement for Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet, featured in the 150th Anniversary Edition of the Kennebec Journal.

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  • Author: Marriner, Ken

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article on central Maine sports in and around the 1970s. Features two large action photos of Augusta North Little League baseball players.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 May 24

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1915 May 26

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on a Lowell, Massachusetts, meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club and the election of its president.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 July 6

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the celebration of Franco-American Day at Lake Champlain (New York and Vermont) in 1909.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1912 September 14

Language: English

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Article on the creation of Republican political clubs in Essex County, Massachusetts, which includes the towns of Salem, Lawrence, Lynn, Merrimac, Methuen, and others.

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  • Author: Drummond, B.J. Roscoe

Date: 1929 August 22

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on French-Canadian immigration as a point of concern for the American Institute of Politics, especially with regard to debt policy in the United States.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1914 December 31

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the New England institution of the "town crier" - one who yells out public announcements from a central community area to alert those in earshot.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1919 November 10

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article reflecting on the work of a Québec social scholar, and exploring the idea that there may or may not exist "a distinct French Canadian patois."

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 April 20

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1918 July 8

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on multiple criminal alcohol seizures from a number of Vermont social clubs in the 1910s.

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  • Author: Frutig, Judith

Date: 1975 October 17

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the translation of baseball into the cultural registers of French Canada and the vernaculars of the Canadian French language.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1958 August 19

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on French-English roadsigns planned for Vermont highways in the 1950s.

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  • Author: Handy, Mary

Date: 1957 March 7

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on a controversy surrounding the city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of its public buses.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1957 April 3

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Article on controversy surrounding city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of public buses. A group of citizens opposing the measure confronts Augusta City Council members.

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