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“It must be true, it was in the paper!”

Posted on August 11, 2021 by schsuser
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A Deadly Explosion. Calais, Maine, 29th. The boiler of a dredger burst in the harbour here today. The explosion killed seven persons and injured several others. The bodies of the killed were horribly mutilated. Newspapers in the 1800s were highly … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Calais | Tagged Calais, fake news, france, Maine, newspapers | Leave a reply

Bits and Bytes: The St. Croix Valley in national news

Posted on August 6, 2021 by schsuser
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The Calais Western Union Telegraph office is shown above at the lower right at the corner of Main and North Streets in the 1920s. By the 20s the telegraph was becoming an outdated technology, but it had had a long … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Calais | Tagged Calais Maine, news, newspapers, stories | Leave a reply
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