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  Siamese twins receive visitors; Brooks village school, 16 cents per week; Albion B. Colcord to attend West Point

  Jul 16
  July 12, 1838 Hollis Monroe is still at his old stand, No. 4, Main St., Crosby's buildings, - always ready to dispense Health to the sick, and ...
  

• Imposter suddenly decamps, brackets and fancy work at Mathews Bros., night cart to deliver lacteal fluid

  Jun 11
  June 8, 1837 An imposter calling himself Caleb Eaton pretending to be a medical practitioner and religious teacher, recently made a stand at ...
  
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  Schooner carries away 20 feet of bridge, draw, telegraph poles and wires

  May 14
  May 14, 1840 Stray Mare – Strayed from the subscriber in Camden a brown mare, black mane and tail six years old, of middling size, low in flesh. ...
  
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  'Lasses candy: Sweetness long drawn out and sold for a cent a stick

  Apr 16
  April 11, 1845 Belfast and Quebec Railroad: The legislature passed a bill for the extension of the time for the construction of the contemplated ...
  
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  Gillman Mill for sale; piling finished across Unity Pond; a fine toned bell for East Northport chapel

  Apr 02
  March 29, 1832 For Sale: One half of the Fulling Mill in Frankfort, which is called the Gillman Mill; the other half of the mill is for sale by ...
  

• An evening of dancing and mirth; rail-road fairly on foot; St. Patrick's cotillion

  Mar 19
  March 18, 1829 Private Ball. Benjamin Shaw Esq. of Frankfort gave an entertainment at his residence, on the evening of the 4th of March, in honor ...
  
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  Leaves practice, property, family for war; clamming expedition caught in ice; first casting for piano plate

  Feb 26
  Feb. 28, 1845 NOTICE: The Spring Term of the Searsport (lately West Prospect) High School will commence Monday, March 17th, under the instruction ...
  
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  Recruits wanted for the Gallant Fourth Regiment: good pay, good clothing and plenty to eat

  Feb 12
  Feb. 9, 1855 The recent death of Mrs. Talfourd Durham, the oldest inhabitant of our city, at the advanced age of ninety-seven, seems to demand ...
  
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  Roads rendered impassable; for three months a sober life; Belfast-built brig wrecked; gold ring dug up with clam worms

  Jan 29
  Jan. 24, 1845 Snow Storm: A heavy fall of snow occurred here on Tuesday, accompanied by a violent wind. The wind continued to blow until ...
  
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  New county proposed; fire at Mathews Bros.; Coast Guardsmen at Belfast Barracks

  Jan 15
  Jan. 18, 1856 The Proposed New County: We do not propose to take an active part in the question as to whether a new county shall be erected, with ...
  

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  Starbird’s Cheap Clothing Store, comforts of bed and board at American House, A.E. Durham's fine supply of fish

  Jun 18
  June 16, 1848 We are glad to hear from Mr. Eddy that the telegraph project through Maine is likely to succeed. A bill incorporating the company ...
  
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  Romeo and Juliet very 'spooney' in harbor, a case of stolen chickens, the funniest movie ever made

  May 28
  May 29, 1846 The Huntress has been withdrawn from this route. The Governor will run tri-weekly in connection with the railroad. The Penobscot will ...
  

• New highway wanted; Infant School to commence; spring in unpleasant guise

  Apr 30
  April 26, 1832 To the County Commissioners of the County of Waldo, at their session, held at Belfast: the subscribers respectfully represent that ...
  
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  Determination to build the railroad; advertising 'putty lips'; an excellent clam stew

  Apr 09
  April 7, 1843 Mr. Homan, portrait painter, has returned to this town, after an absence of several months at Augusta, and taken rooms at the ...
  
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  The most despicable kind of scoundrelism; no state builds so many vessels as Maine

  Mar 26
  March 26, 1852 For the Eye of a Certain Person: The individual who sent us last week a fictitious marriage notice, purporting to have occurred in ...
  
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  Importance of town meetings; ice jam below Bucksport; steadfast Journal patrons; angleworms signal spring

  Mar 05
  March 3, 1848 Death of John Q. Adams: The venerable ex-president was struck with paralysis on Monday of last week, while in his seat in the House. ...
  
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  Rugged country boy wanted; thanks for generous ministration; Winterport smelt catchers in our harbor

  Feb 19
  Feb. 16, 1837 An Apprentice Wanted: Wanted to work at the sail making business, a steady rugged boy from 14 to 16 years of age. One from the ...
  
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  No news from steamer Atlantic; a Victor Talking Machine recital; City Letter Carrier retires

  Feb 05
  Jan. 31, 1851 Mr. Samuel Locke and Mr. Wm. Clark, both of this place, arrived here from California on Sunday evening. Mr. L. has been very ...
  
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  Ice, with mercury about zero; new sardine industry; long live Aroostook potatoes; balmy, with signs of spring

  Jan 15
  Jan. 24, 1862 Chaplain Chase writes to the Rockland Gazette that the Maine fourth regiment is in a fine condition of efficiency and health, and ...
  
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  Adjutant reports to Maine 8th; ice made in harbor and bay; Truitt Shoes sell in 50 states

  Jan 08
  Jan. 10, 1851 Reading Room: We have now completed arrangements and opened a reading room sufficiently large in its arrangements, we think, to meet ...