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Irish Town

Posted on May 10, 2022 by schsuser
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Note: This piece was written by Harry Edgar “Ned” Lamb (b. October 10, 1874), founding member of the SCHS and noted local historian/journalist. It was published in The Calais Advertiser. The first road in Calais from Mill­town was down what … Continue reading →

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A walk along Main Street Calais 1960 (part 1)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by schsuser
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Carol Ann Obliskey graduation 1958 Most know Carol Ann Obliskey as Carol Ann Nicholson, a reporter and writer for local newspapers in recent years. Carol Ann was the daughter of Millie and Danny Obliskey and she grew up in the … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1937

Posted on February 14, 2022 by schsuser
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Ernest Hemingway with officers of the International Brigade Spain 1937 The international news in 1937 was dominated by the civil war in Spain, with nearly daily reports of fierce battles, atrocities and political intrigue. Many Americans fought Franco’s forces in … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1947

Posted on January 18, 2022 by schsuser
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INDIA’S BIG THREE – Earl Mountbatten, Governor General of India, Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of the Constituent Assembly – at the Government House where the two Indian leaders went after the midnight session at the … Continue reading →

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The Red Beach Bigamy Case

Posted on December 30, 2021 by schsuser
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The Red Beach community of 1901 was not the sort of small New England village likely to find its way into the national headlines, and it was even more unlikely the very ordinary Red Beach family of James and Margaret … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1901

Posted on December 29, 2021 by schsuser
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McKinley assassinated at Pan-Am Exposition 1901 1901 was an eventful year – especially on the national level. President McKinley was shot and killed at the Pam-Am Exposition in Buffalo by a deranged anarchist and Teddy Roosevelt, his Vice President was … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1903

Posted on September 27, 2021 by schsuser
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1903 was a relatively peaceful year. There were no major military conflicts and only a few political dust-ups, primarily those involving the European powers colonial land grabs, especially in Africa. Joseph Conrad, in his classic Heart of Darkness put it … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at 1929

Posted on September 27, 2021 by schsuser
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The roar of the “Roaring Twenties” became a whimper with just two months left in the decade Few folks are around today who remember 1929. After all, a 5-year-old child in 1929 would be 97 today. Nonetheless “1929” evokes, even … Continue reading →

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Harry Edgar “Ned” Lamb

Posted on August 17, 2021 by schsuser
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Ned Lamb and Emma Boardman, “Dueling Cameras at Ten Feet”, Calais Waterfront, probably in the 1920s The circa 1920 photograph above is titled “Dueling Cameras At Ten Feet”. The scene is the Calais waterfront and the two photographers are Ned … Continue reading →

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Go west, young man

Posted on August 17, 2021 by schsuser
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“Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.” – Horace Greeley Doctor Cyrus Hamlin, probably about 1830 Cyrus Hamlin, Calais’s second doctor and brother of Lincoln’s Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, would not have been familiar with Horace Greeley or … Continue reading →

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