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6 years ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 25, 2019

101 Years Ago – Nov. 28, 1918
Trip to the County — J. B. Bucher, of Lititz, PA, was in town, this being the second trip he had made to Aroostook seeking seed potatoes for the farmers in Lancaster County, who specialized somewhat on potatoes.

6 years ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 25, 2019

115 Years Ago -Nov. 23,  1904
Blacksmith — S.M. Straight, who is employed in the blacksmith shop of B.C. Knox, probably holds the record for shoeing horses. One day recently he shod seven horses in four and a half hours in the forenoon and in five hours in the afternoon he shod 10 more.

6 years ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 18, 2019

115 Years Ago – Nov. 17,  1904
Railroad — The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad has compiled a list of the potato houses along its lines in Aroostook County showing the size of various houses and the capacity as well as their owners.

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Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 18, 2019

115 Years Ago – Nov. 18, 1904
     Big storm — The big storm of Sunday night was the cause of heavy damage throughout the New England states. It was the fiercest storm Maine has experienced in forty years. The heaviest damage was done to the telegraph and telephone companies.

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Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

115 Years Ago – Nov. 11, 1904
     New buildings going up — The report of the building inspector shows that seventy-three new buildings have gone up in Houlton this season. With this large increase the demand for buildings has not yet been satisfied.

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Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

115 Years Ago – Nov. 9,  1904
Store — L.J. Sherwood is excavating for a cellar in the rear of his store preparatory to erecting a stouthouse. Anyone may obtain free all the earth he wants for grading purposes by applying the shovel to the bank of loose clay at the rear of Sherwood’s Store. Act quickly before Jack Frost takes hold.

6 years ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 13, 2019

101 Years Ago – Nov. 14, 1918
Mr. Buswell, agent — Mr. Willis Buswell, the popular agent of the B. & A., returned from Dixmont where he had a farm. Mr. Buswell had a potato plant of 25 acres and his crop averages 90 barrels to the acre. He also thought of Aroostook as the cream of New England agriculturally, he also believed that there were many fine farms and good farming opportunities in southern Maine.

6 years ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 4, 2019

115 Years Ago – Nov. 2,  1904
Starch — A.C. Duncan who has been superintending in the making of starch in W.B. Hall’s Factory, was in Caribou Monday on his way home to Washburn, the factory having shut down for the season. The Town of Washburn is noted for the number of starch makers who go from there every fall into nearly every factory in the country.