Olive McLean Bacon Calais Academy Yearbook photo 1930 Jayna Smith wrote an article in this week’s Advertiser [note: originally written October 30, 2020) in which she described the tragic drowning of Herbert and Olive Bacon in Woodland on Halloween in … Continue reading
Passengers arriving at Calais railroad station, early 1900s Passenger Train at Calais Station 1940s The Romance of the Rails – that bygone era when travel was as simple as getting yourself to the train station on Hog Alley and buying … Continue reading
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 In 1941 the world was at war: all of Europe, Russia, China and the Middle East were engaged in what was to become the most destructive war in the history of mankind. Only one major … Continue reading
By Lura Jackson [Note: This article was originally published in The Calais Advertiser] Almost two centuries ago, when the fortunes of lumber barons and shipwrights alike could be found floating on the river, Calais began to boom. The population quadrupled … Continue reading
Corner of Main Street and North Street 1906 MR. SMITH AT THE SYNDICATE HOTEL Stephen A. Douglas Smith writes of Calais, its industries and statesmen, both of whom are of international reputation.At the Hotel Trust.DEAR UNION:Still here and doing finely.I enjoy … Continue reading
The world stage in 1904 featured only two main events—both involving our dynamic and controversial president, Teddy Roosevelt. The photo above shows deliriously patriotic Japanese citizens sending their sons off to war against the Russians in early 1904. Tsar Nicholas … Continue reading
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
There were a couple of significant international events in 1902 which had a local connection—the purchase of the rights to the Panama Canal project by the United States from the French and the end of the Boer War in South … Continue reading
The Mona Lisa, the thief Vincenzo Peruggia and the return of the painting in 1913 One of the most sensational stories in 1911 was the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris. Adding to the sensation resulting … Continue reading
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