Portland city guide, Part 35

Author: Writers' Program (U.S.). Maine
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: [Portland] Forest city Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 506


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Jensen, Dorothy Hay, 136, 138


Jewell, George, 8 Jewell Island, 8, 11


Jews, 61, 62, 99, 116


Jewish Community Center, 116, 226 Home for the Aged, 285


Jocelyn, Henry, 10


Johnson, George P., 279


Johnson Rock, 11


Johonnot, Samuel C., 170


Jones, Herbert G., 162


Jordan, Dominicus, 28


Jordan, Rev. Robert, 21, 23, 24, 25, 104


Joselyn, Henry, 22


Joselyn, Sir Thomas, 22


Josselyn, John, 7


Junior League, Portland, 204


Junk of Pork, 10


Kahill, Joseph B., 136 Kahill, Victor, 141


Kaler, James Otis, 161


Kavanaugh School, 114


Keep, Mrs. George C., 306


Keiff, Captain, 9


Keiff's Garden, 9


Kellogg, Rev. Elijah, Sr., 37, 107, 110, 180 Kellogg, Elijah, 161, 179


Kelly, Eric P., 162


Kennebec & Portland R. R., 42, 124


Kennedy, Myra Lee, 163


Kerfoot, John Barrett, 129


Kidd, Captain, 8 Kimball, Charles Frederick, 132, 142 King Philip's War, 25, 281


King Street, 28, 104 King's Academy, 256


Kinsman, Nathan, 255


Kittery Formation, 11


Kotzschmar, Hermann, 184, 185, 188, 190, 192, 193, 229 Kotzschmar Club, 190 Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, 193, 229


Labor, 36, 86-92 Journals, 176 League, Maine, 91 Standards Act, 92 Laborers' Benevolent Union, 89


Ladies' Literary Union, 165 Lafayette, General, 230, 240, 308, 310 Lafayette Elm, 310 Lafayette Hotel, 240 Lafayette Restorator, 290


Lancaster Hall, 121, 200, 216


Land title disputes, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28 la Rochefoucault, Duc de, 38


Larrabee, Benjamin, 27 Latin School, Portland, 96


Latitude, 3 Laughlin, Arthur Wood, 175


Lawn vases, mfr. of, 73 Laws of Massachusetts, 30, 31, 93, 94, 95, 118, 179 Lawsuits, Cleeve's, 22, 24


Lee, 'Mother' Ann, 109


Lee, General Fitzgerald, 273


Lee, Jesse, 110, 228


Legislature, Maine, 40


Leighton, Clifford E., 191


Length of Portland, 4


Leonard House, 147


Levett, Christopher, 7, 9, 19


Lewis, Thomas, 20


Libby, Francis Orville, 137


Libby, Joseph R., 238, 254


Libby Memorial Bldg., 238, 242


Libel suit, Nathaniel Willis, 171


Liberal journals, 176


Libraries, 35, 40, 149, 217, 225, 239, 245


Library, Portland Public, 147, 239


Ligonia, 44; Patent, 20


Light Guards, 44; Infantry, 44


Lime Alley, 41


Limestone, 11 Lincoln, Enoch, 151


Lincoln, Rev. Thomas O., 111


Lincoln County set off, 56


Lincoln Elm, 244


Lincoln Junior High School, 99, 193, 294


Lincoln Park, 45, 244


Liquor, 40


Literature, 149-168


Little, Paul, 127


Little, Dr. Timothy, 113


Little Chebeag Island, 10


Little Diamond Island, 8


Little Samaritan Aid Society, 313


Littlefield, Louise Hall, 168


Littlefied, Nahum, 253


Livingtone, Chancellor (steamer), 43, 121


Loan and Building Assn., 78


Lobster fishing, 75 Long, Mrs. J. H., 191


Long, Col. Stephen H., 42


Long Creek Point, 309


Long Island, 7, 58 Long Is. Methodist Church, 110


Longfellow, Alexander W., 292


Longfellow, Henry W., 44, 45, 47, 95, 96, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 196, 199, 216, 272, 273, 279 Longfellow, Stephen (1), 31, 94, 95


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Longfellow, Stephen (2), 81, 266 Longfellow, Stephen (3), 180, 216, 272 Longfellow Birthplace, 279 Garden Society, 217, 294 House, 279 Monument, 140, 273 Park, 290


Longshoremen's Benevolent Society, 89 Longitude of Portland, 3


Lord, Dean Everett W., 258


Lord, George, 130


L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum, 133, 135, 141, 142, 148, 235-237


Loring, Harold A., 191 Lottery, 41, 81, 305 Love Lane, 41 Lovejoy, Rupert Scott, 138


Lumber, 24, 30, 46, 66, 67, 72, 77 Lutherans, 115 Lygon, Cicely, 20


McAuley, Catherine, 296 Macclanghan, Rev. William, 108


McCullum, Bartley, 202


McDonald Lumber Co. B'ldg'., 148 MacDowell Club, 190


Macfarlane, Will C., 187, 193


Machigonne, 3, 22 Machinery, mfr. of, 73 Mackerel fishing, 74, 75


McKim, C. C., 133


M'Kown, John, 173 Mackworth, Arthur, 20, 22, 23


Mackworth Island, 19, 20 Mclellan, Harry, 191 Mclellan, Jacob, 253, 264


Mclellan-Oxnard House, 253 Mclellan School, 264 MacMillan, Com. Donald B., 261, 276 Macy, Edward H., 191 Mail, 37, 241 Maine, 39-40 Maine Agricultural Fair Grounds, 294 Maine Art Project, 138 Maine Bank, 79, 80, 82 Maine Bill, 53 Maine Broadcasting System, 207


Maine Central Railroad, 124, 265, 288 Maine General Hospital, 137, 147, 267, 268 Maine Historical Society, 139, 158, 165, 217, 239, 271 Maine Publishing Co., Portland, 175 Maine Savings Bank, 82, 84 Maine Steamship Company, 122 Maine Writers' Research Club, 168 Maitland, Arthur, 204 'Major Downing Letters,' 41, 155, 158 Maloney, Fanning J., 191


Manley, Daniel, 84, 85


Manufacturing, 43, 47, 67, 69, 73, 77 Maple Street, 45


March, Maj. John, 27


Marine hardware, mfr. of, 73


Marine Hospital Service, 286


Mariner, Adam, 252


Mariner, James, 252


Mariners' Church Bldg., 252 Spring, 252 Market Accessibility, 71 House, 45 Square, 39, 214


Marks Printing House, 167


Marrett House, 81


Marsh Island, 10


Marston, George W., 190, 191


Marston Club, 191


Marston's Tavern, 32, 215


Martin's Point Bridge, 120, 157, 286-287


Mary Brown House, 303


Mason, Dr. Edward, 246


Mason, Capt. John, 19, 20


Masonic Bldg., 222


Massachusetts Bay Colony, 23, 25, 26, 27, 78, 93, 95, 104, 120


Mast Industry, 29, 30, 65, 66, 72


Mathews, Stephen E., 138


Mayor, first, 41


Means, Capt. James, 308


Means House, 308


Meat packing, 73


Mechanics Blues, 44 Hall, 108, 198, 225


Medical School of Maine, 267, 268


Meetinghouse, first, 24, 245, 247, 280-281


Mellen, Prentiss, 81, 156, 224, 256


Men's Singing Club, Portland, 187


Merchants' Exchange, 250


Merchants' Wharf, 261


Merrill, Henry F., 117, 283


Meteorological Station, 311


Methodism, 110


Metropolitan Apartments, 220


Michael's Island, 7 Middle Range, 5


Middle Street, 27, 28, 46


Military Hall, 214


Militia, 33, 35, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 57 Mill Dam, 309 Miller, William, 115 Miller and Beal, 148


Milliken, Chas. R., 264 Milliken, Philip, 305 "Million Dollar Bridge," 50, 120, 265


Ministry at Large, Portland, 112 Minneapolis (warship), 48 Missouri Compromise, 40, 53 Mitton, Michael, 7, 24, 303


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Mob violence, 31, 33, 215 'Mocking Birds,' The, 182 Modoc, Frank, 315 Molasses, 36, 43, 66, 67, 72


Monastery of the Precious Blood, 256 Monkey Wrench Corner, 250


Montague-Castle-London Co., 271


Montauk (battleship), 48, 58


Montgomery, Claude, 136


Montreal, 42, 46, 60, 68, 123


Monument Square, 215


Monument Street School, 138, 276


Moody, Joshua, 28


Moody, Capt. Lemuel, 38, 274, 275


Moody, Maj. Samuel, 27, 28


Morang, Alfred, 162


Morehead Tavern, 233


Morgan, B. B., 115


Mormonism, 113


Morrill, Edward F., 163


Morrill, Mary S., 231, 313


Morrill House, 313


Morrill's Corner, 315


Morris Plan Bank, 83


Morse, George T., 132


Morse, Ruggles S., 254


Morton, Thomas, 20


Mosher, Thomas Bird, 166, 258


Mosher Press, 166, 258


Motley's Tavern, 119, 199


Mottling process, 130-131


Moulton, Augustus F., 159, 298


Mount Calvary Cemetery, 266


Mount Sinai Cemetery, 315


Mowat, Capt. Henry, 9, 32, 33, 34, 127, 145, 215 Munger, Clara E., 191 Municipal Court, 55


Municipal limits, 3 Municipal Orchetra, Portland, 188


Municipal ownership, 49


Munjoy, George, 7, 9, 274


Munjoy Hill, 4, 24, 26, 32, 35, 42, 46, 60, 123, 211, 274-287


Munjoy's Garrison, 7, 281 Island, 7 Murray, John, 111


Museums, 147, 148, 199, 200, 201, 219, 231, 235-237


Music, 177-194 Music Festival, Maine, 191, 192


Music Teachers' Assn., Portland, 193 Musicians' Assn., Portland, 90 "Musquito Fleet," 38 Mussey, John, 253


Mussey Boarding House, 240 Musters, 40, 42, 274, 288


Names of Portland, 3, 22, 23


Nathan Clifford School, 138 National Bank, Portland, 83


National Bank of Commerce, 219


National Banking Act, 82, 83 National Broadcasting Co., 206


National Guards, 50, 251


National Maritime Union, 91


National Youth Administration, 101


Native-born, 59


Natural History, Portland Soc. of, 219


Naval Battles, 39, 44, 276, 278, 282


Naval Militia, Maine, 48, 50, 58


Naval Reserves, 48, 58, 232


Neal, John, 44, 131, 151-153, 156, 158, 159, 168, 174, 201, 257, 266, 284


Neal house, John, 45


Neale, Capt. Walter, 21


'Neck, The;' see "The Neck'


Negroes, 60, 276


New Casco, 27


New Casco Parish, 30


New England Architecture, 143, 144, 145


New Gloucester, 31, 109, 119


New Hampshire, 42, 67


New Jerusalem, Church of, 113


New Portland Academy, 196


New Proprietors, 28


New Theatre, 196, 247


Newspaper, first, 150


Guild, American, 176; Portland, 91 Newspapers, 169-177


Nichols, Rev. Ichabod, 107, 112, 159, 222, 248


Nicholson, Marjory, 279


Nicolet, C. C., 176


Nigger Hill, 60, 274


Nonesuch River, shad in, 17


Non-importation resolution, 32


Nordica, Madame, 192


North Deering Community Church, 107, 303 North School, 279 North Street, 37


North Yarmouth, 42, 121, 123


Northeast Airways, Inc., 311


Northeastern Business College, 101 Norton, Edwin A., 257


Noyes Park, 290


Nubble, 7 Nye, Frank A., 191


"Oaks, The," 270 Obeds Rock, 11 Observatory, Portland, 38, 229, 274-275 O'Connell, William Cardinal, 243 Ogden, Charles T., 291


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Ogden, Marguerite, 191 Old Dart rum, 39, 67 "Old horse, old horse," 38 Old Jerusalem, 105, 221 Old Pottery, 288 Old Proprietors, 28, 29, 30 "Old Rosie," 49 Oldham, John, 20 103rd Infantry, 50 O'Neil, Tom F., 133 Opera, 201 Orchestral Society, Portland, 188 Organ, Kotzschmar Memorial, 193 Oriental Trumpet (newspaper), 171 Orphan Asylum, Roman Catholic, 234 Orpheus Symphony Club, 188 Orr, Clifford, 163 Orr Island, 14 Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, 299 Osteopathy, 299 Otis, James S., 158 Ottawa House, 10


Our Lady of Mercy, convent of, 234 Outer Green Island, 10 Outer Range, 5


Overseers of Poor, 54


Owen, John, 157 Oxford Canal Corporation, 60 Oxford County, 41 Oxnard, Edward, 253 Oxnard, Thomas, 112


Paah Deuwyke Society, 153 Packets, steam, 46 Packing, food, 69, 73, 75, 77 Pagan, Robert, 34 Paine, Daniel, 182 Paine, Jacob S., 188 Paine, John Knowles, 184-186, 190 Paine, John Knowles H., 188 Painting, 131


Paleontology, 11-12 Palmer's Island, 7 Panics, financial, 36, 42, 49, 52, 66, 67, 82 Paper, 69; first mill, 29 Parent-Teacher Assn., 100 Park Commission, 54 Department, 240 System, 15, 288 Park Street Block, 254 Park Street Church, 253


Parks, 45, 47, 49, 244, 264, 269, 270, 281, 282, 284, 290, 291, 293 Parton, James, 172 Partridge, Capt. Jesse, 307 Patent (Casco Bay boat), 42 Patrick house, David, 307 Payroll, local annual, 92


Payson, Donald H., 193


Payson, Rev. Edward, 96, 107, 158, 230, 248, 291 Payson, Edward, 291 Payson, George, 292 Payson House, 291-292 Park, 269, 291 Peabody, Judge Webster, 232


Peabody Law School, 102, 232


Peak Island, 7, 24, 58, 123, 270


Peaks Island Ferry Co., 123 Peaks Island Methodist Church, 110


Peaks Island Pavilion, 202 'Pearl Diver,' 236


Pearl Street, 27, 45


Pearson, Moses, 250


Pelican (ship), 282


Pennell Family, 182


People, Pattern of, 59-62


Perkins, David Page, 191


Petroleum products, 68, 77


Pewterers, 127, 128, 288


Philharmonic Orchestral Soc., Port., 188 Phips, Sir William, 27 Phoenix Square, 45


Pier, Portland, 123, 261


Pierce, Chester, 131


Pierce, George W., 216


Pierpont, Jonathan, 104 Pilot boat, 260


Pine Grove Cemetery, 298 Pine Street, 41 Pioneers, 59-62, 71


Pirates, 8, 38, 218


Playhouse, The, 219 Plough Patent, 20


Plummer, Col. Edward, 167


Plymouth Company, 18, 19


Plymouth Congregational Church, 292 Plymouth, Council of, 20, 22


Poe, Edgar Allen, 198, 247


Poles, location of, 61 Police Department, 49, 55, 207, 245 Station, 148, 245 Polyphonic Soc., Portland, 187


Pomroy Rock, 11


Pond's Island, 7 Poor, John A., 42, 124


Population, 24, 28, 29, 37, 39, 40, 47, 48, 59-62, 66, 94, 196 Port of Portland, 43, 46, 52, 67, 68, 69, 70 Port of Portland Authority, 52, 56, 260 Porter, Allen, 128 Porter, Freeman, 128


Porter, Capt. Seward, 42, 121


Portland, Town of, 53; becomes capital, 53; becomes a city, 82 Portland (steamer), 14, 122


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Portland Band, 188, 189 Portland Bank, 37, 79, 80, 251 Portland Club, 256 Portland Company, 43, 88 Portland & Forest Ave. R. R., 47, 124, 125, 316


Portland Glass, 73, 74, 88, 130 Portland Head, 3


Portland Island, 10


Portland Junior College, 101


Portland Junior Technical College, 102, 208, 258


Portland Lightship, 4


Portland Museum, 199, 216


Portland Museum & Opera House, 201


Portland & Ogdensburg, R. R., 124, 175, 305 Portland Packing Co., 271 Portland Players, 204, 219


Portland, Saco and Portsmouth R. R., 42, 43, 87, 88, 123, 124, 259 Portland Savings Bank, 82, 250


Portland Sound, 3


Portland Steamship Co., 121


Portland Terminal Co., 124, 265


Portland Theatre, 111, 219


Portland University, 268


Portland Water District, 49, 299


Portsmouth, 42, 119


Post Offices, 40, 46, 148, 232, 241, 250 Pottery, first, 73


Powell, Charles Stuart, 196-199


Powell Company, 197, 198


Power, Margery Palmer, 163 Power export, 176


Preble, Com. Edward, 38, 95, 198, 218, 227, 272, 277


Preble, Gen. Jedediah, 33, 34


Preble, Judge William Pitt, 42, 123, 255


Preble Chapel, 98, 113, 227 House, 218 Precipitation, annual, 13


Prentiss, Seargent S., 223


Presbyterians, 30, 107, 108


Press (newspaper), 161, 172, 232


Press Herald (newspaper), 172, 174, 176, 191, 232 Presumpscot Falls, 22 Park, 293 River, 19, 24, 29, 41, 313


Price, F. Newlin, 308


Prince, Helen Albee, 162


Prince of Wales, 255, 282 Prince Edward Island, 60 Pring, Capt. Martin, 18 Printers and Publishers, 77, 165-168 Printing presses, 169 Pritchard, John, 28, 122


Privateering, 36, 39, 66, 67, 72, 87


Prizes, captured, 36, 39, 67 Proctor, Samuel, 28


Prohibitory Law, 40, 44, 67, 74


Propellor Club, 267


Property damage in 1775, 35; in 1866, 45 Property valuation, 48


Province of Maine, 19, 20, 23, 25, 78, 105, 113, 118


Provinces, emigrants from, 60


Public Library, Portland, 137, 147, 239


Public Market, 76, 245


Public Utilities, 45, 47


Public Works Administration, 56


Publicity Bureau, Maine, 76, 266, 267


Pullen, Elizabeth Jones, 161


Pullen, Stanley T., 161, 232


Pumpkin Knob, 10


Punch Bowl Cove, 8


Purington, William, 315


Puritans, 23, 28, 95, 103, 177, 178, 195


Purpooduck, 28, 30, 94


Purpooduck Parish, 108


Quack, 19 Quakers, 106, 108, 109


Queen Street, 28


Queen's Hospital, 257


Quilting, 130


Quinby, Moses, 307


Quinby, Thomas, 306 Quinby Hall, 306


Racial groups, 6, 12, 59-62 Radical journals, 176


Radio, 206-208, 246 Railroad machinery, mfr. of, 73


Railroads, 41, 42, 46, 47, 59, 60


Rainfall, 13


Rale, Father Sebastian, 103, 113, 154


Ralph D. Caldwell Post, 293, 299, 300 Ram Island, 10 Ledge Light, 10


Rand, James H., 44


Rand, John, 171


Randall & McAllister, 260


Rapid (privateer), 39


Ray, Dr. Isaac, 159 Raymond, Mary J., 246


Recreation Commission, 54, 283


Recreation industry, 76 Red Cross, Junior, 100 Red Network, 206, 207 Reed, Lieut. Charles W., 44


Reed, Thos. Brackett, 267, 235, 280 Registration, Board of, 54 Registry of Deeds, 31 Religion, 103-117; revival of, 14


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Religious journals, 174, 176 Reporters, first local, 175 Reservoirs, 268, 284 Retrieve (privateer) , 36


Revolution, 31-32, 35-36, 72, 86 Rhodes, Herbert W., 148, 218


Rhodes, Philip H., 148 Rich, Walter H., 138


Richardson Field, 270


Richmond (bark), 21


Richmond Island, 21, 65, 78, 86


Rifle Corps, 44 Rifle Guards, 44 Rigby, Alexander, 23 Rigby, Frank J., 193 Rigby's Band, 189


Riverton, 313-316 Films, Inc., 316 Park, 49, 315-316 Park Theatre, 203 Riverside Municipal Golf Course, 316


Roberts, Kenneth, 161


Romagne, Father James, 113


Roman Catholic Institute, 99


Roman Catholicis; see Catholicism Rone-walks, 158, 254 Rose, Philip, 128 Ross, Alexander, 223, 248


Ross and Tyng house, site of, 248


Rossini Club, Portland, 187, 190


Rotary Traffic Circle, 267


Round Marsh, 36 Rowe, William Hutchinson, 164, 309 Rub-a-Dub Society, 188 Rudoerf, Prof. Nicholas, 199 Rugmaking. early, 129 Rum, 66, 67, 72 Ryan, Father Dennis, 113 Rvan, William, 269


Saccarappa, 38, 225 Saco, 20, 25 Sacred Heart, Church of the, 115, 271 Sacred Music Society, 181, 182, 183, 184 Safety program, 100 St. Angar's Church, 115 St. Catherine's Hall, 296 St. Christopher's Church, 115 St. Dominic's Church, 114, 255 St. Elizabeth's Academy, 234 St. John, N. B., 68 St. Joseph's Academy, 98, 296 St. Joseph's Church, 296-297 St. Joseph's College, 99, 296 St. Lawrence Church (Wright Memorial), 107, 117, 190, 283, 284 St. Lawrence River, 46, 68 St. Louis' Church, 115, 266


St. Luke's Cathedral, 115, 147, 187, 255 St. Patrick's Church, 115, 303


St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 35, 106, 241, 243


St. Peter's Church, 61, 115, 246, 299 St. Rocco celebration, 61


St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 147, 240 Salt, 309


'Salt Box' dwellings, 127, 144


Salt-fishing industry, 74


Salvation Army, 223


Samplers, 129


Sanctuary, bird, 15, 291


Sandy Point, 37, 38


Sanford, Frank W., 116, 117


'Sanfordites,' 116


Sara Sands (steamer), 43, 121


Sardine fishing, 75


Sargent, Lena K., 163


Sawmills, 24, 29, 30, 63, 71


Sawyer, Edith, A., 163


Scales, William, 28


Scammel, Alexander, 9


Scandinavian Bethlehem Church, 107, 242


Scandinavians, Customs of, 61


Scarborough, 25, 206, 207


Scotch, early, 59; customs of, 61


'Scalp money,' 31 School banks, 84, 279


School Committee, functions of, 54


School of Commerce, Maine, 101


School for the Deaf, Maine, 98, 235


School of Fine & Applied Art, 102, 141, 237 Schoolmaster, first, 94 Schools, 30, 40, 93-102


Schraff, Alfred, 231 Scitterygusset, Chief, 20


Scribblers' Club, 162


Sculpture, 139-141 Sea and Shore Fisheries, experiments of, 76 Sea Fencibles, 42


Seacomb's Point, 38


Seals, 17 Sears, John, 7


Sebago Lake, 41, 45, 46, 60, 122, 268, 304 Second Advent, Church of, 115


Second Bank of the United States, 82 Second Baptist Church, 111, 200


Second Maine Infantry, 50


Second Parish, Congregational, 37, 96, 106, 107, 179


Second Parish Presbyterian, 108, 230 Seining, 74, 75 Selectmen, first, 26 Separation of Falmouth, 30, 36, 37, 39 Settlements, 22, 24, 27 Settlers, early, 24, 59, 60


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Seven Day Advent Church, 271 Shaarey Tphiloh Temple, 116 Shailer School, 284 Shakerism, 109


Shaw, Alice Harmon, 137-138 Shaw, Thomas, 151 Shaw Business College, 101 Shaw's Quartette, 182


Shepley, Ether, 256


'Shilohites,' 116, 261 Ship Yard Point, 309


Shipbuilding, 59, 65, 71, 72, 86


Shipping, 30, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 65, 66-70


Ships, small sloops, 72


Shipyards, 32, 38, 66, 72, 309 Shohet, Rabbi H., 116


Shooks, trade in, 72


Shrimp fishing, 75, 76


Shrubs, kinds of, 16, 17


Sidewalks, brick, 148


'Silver dew' hoax, 79


Silversmiths, 127 Simmons, Franklin, 139, 141, 214, 237, 273 Simpson's Symphony Orchestra, 188 Singing Beach, 7 Sisters of Mercy, 98, 296


Skillin, Anton, 138, 276


Skillings, Benjamin, 28


Slate, 11, 12


Slavery, 44


Sleet storms, 52


Small game; see Flora and Fauna Small pox, 36


Smelting, 17


Smith, Albert Willard, 204, 219


Smith, Rev. Elias, 111


Smith, Elizabeth Oakes, 155


Smith, Francis O. J., 217, 266, 286, 295 Smith, John, 7


Smith, Capt. John, 18 Smith, Jonathan, 310 Smith, Philip, 298


Smith, Seba, 41, 44, 154, 155, 158, 174


Smith, Rev. Thomas, 29, 31, 36, 37, 86, 94, 103, 104, 119, 121, 159, 244, 247 Smith, Parson, on: conditions after bom- bardment, 35; McClanathan, 108; music, 178; repeal of Stamp Act, 32; separation, 30, 106, 107, 220 Smith house, Rev. Thos., 144 Smith's Island, 7 Snow, duration and record fall of, 13 Soap, exported, 72 Social customs, 40, 42


Society of Art, Portland, 133, 141, 236, 271 Society of Friends, 109 S. P. C. A., Portland, 232


Soldier Ledge, 10


Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, 214-215 Solka, 69 Soup Kitchen, 39, 45 South Portland, 3, 5, 28, 50, 58 High School, 148


Southworth, Rev. Francis, 167, 315


Southworth-Anthoensen, 167, 239, 249


Southworth Press, 167, 249


Spanish-American War, 47, 48, 57, 58 Veterans' Monument, 241


Spanish fleet, 47, 48


Sparks, Jared, 107


Sparrow, John, 88


Spaulding, Dr. James A., 191


Speculation, 79


Spinning, 130 Spiritualists, 115


Spring Street, 41


Springs, mineral, 7 Spurwink, 20, 22, 25


Spurwink, River, 20


Stagecoach, 37, 119, 120


Stamp Act, 32, 308


Stamp demonstrations, 31


Standish, 81


State Art Commission, 135


Bureau of Industrial and Labor Sta- tistics, 90 Pier, 4, 52, 260


Statehouse, 40, 230


State Street, 114, 148, 214


State St. Congregational Church, 107, 192


State St. Hospital, 254


Staves, trade in, 72


Steam engines, 43, 73


Steam Packet Co., Portland, 43, 121


Steamships, 42, 43, 46, 48, 121, 309


Stephenson, Capt. Samuel, 279


Stephen, Ann S., 158


Stepping Stones, 11 Sterling, Robert T., 163


Stevens, Augustus E., 45


Stevens, Caroline W., 191


Stevens, Isaac Sawyer, 296


Stevens, John Calvin, 132, 137, 141, 147, 227, 228, 235, 262, 266, 268


Stevens, John Howard, 147, 227, 228, 235, 262 Stevens, Josiah, 315


Stevens, Lillian M. N., 241, 306, 307


Stevens, Zachariah Brackett, 128, 297


Stevens Ave. Church, 107, 298 Stevens Homestead, 296


Stevens' Plains, 128, 288


Stinson, Alonzo, 278 Stockbridge, Ira C., 192


Stockbridge Courses of Music, 192


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Stogummer, 22 Stoneware Co., Portland, 288 Store, first, 26, 71 Storer, Ebenezer, 253 Storer, Deacon Woodbury, 199


Stove Foundry, Portland, 242 Stoves, Ouaker, 109


Street railway strike, 50, 51 Streets, 29, 41, 47 Strikes, labor, 50, 88, 91


Stroudwater, 22, 24, 29, 71, 120, 126, 135, 301-312


Baptist Church, 111, 306 Bridge, 29, 306 Cemetery, 307 Parish, 30


River, 24, 29, 309


Student Aid Fund, 101 Sturgis, Russell, 143


Sugar, 43, 67 Act, 31 Company, Portland, 43, 261 Refineries, 72 Sullivan, James, 35


Sumner, Charles, 215


Sumner, Increase, 284


Sunday Press and Times (newspaper), 175


Sunday Telegram (newspaper), 176, 261 Sunday Times (newspaper), 175


Superior Court, 31, 55, 56


Supreme Judicial Court sessions, 55 Swamp, 41 Sweat, Lorenzo De Medici, 142, 235 Sweat, Mrs. Margaret T. M., 141, 235 Sweat Mansion, L. D. M., 145, 236 Museum, 148 Swedenborgians, 113 Swedish customs, 61 Symmes, William Joseph, 245


Symonds, Capt. John, 35


Symphony Orchestra, Portland, 187, 188 Syrians, location of, 61


Taber, John & Sons, 79 Taber notes, 80 Tacony Affair, 44 Tappan, Amos C., 173 Tate, George, 308 Tate, George, Sr., 307, 308


Tate, Capt. Samuel, 32, 308 Tate House, 307, 308 Tax rate, 31, 47, 51, 52 Taylor, Elizabeth R., 235 Taylor, Joshua, 110 Taylor's school, Master, 272 Tebbetts, Leon, 163, 168 Telegraph, 47, 295 Telephone, first, 47


Temperance journals, 174 Temperature, 13, 14 Temple Street, 41, 120, 211 10th Maine Battalion, 57 10th Maine Regiment, 57 ter Linden, Johann G. F., 188 Terminal bridge, Portland, 4


Tewksbury, Dr. Samuel H., 268, 286 Thatcher, George, 170


"The Neck,' 3, 7, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 53, 58, 60, 71, 94, 106, 144, 178


The Universal Spelling Book, 170 Theater, 37, 48, 49, 170, 178, 195-205 Third Infantry, 50


Third Parish Church, 182


Thirteen Class, 117, 190, 283


Thomas, 'Aunt' Charlotte, 182


Thomas, Elias, 264, 265


Thomas, George, 182


Thomas, John P., 148, 266


Thomas, Norman, 136


Thomas, William Widgery, Jr., 257


Thomas B. Reed Battery, 50


Thomas house, Elias, 264 Thomas house, W. W., Jr., 147


Thomas Laughlin Company, 280, 281


Thomas Pond (canal terminus), 60 Thomes, Thomas, 28


Thompson, F. H., 133


Thompson, Col. Samuel, 32, 33, 215


Thompson, Sinclair, 191


Thompson Line, 122


Thorne, Thomas Elston, 137, 228 Thornton, T. G., 171


Thrasher, Harriette M., 167


303rd Field Artillery, 57


303rd Infantry, 57


Thurston, Samuel, 183


Tidal frontage, 4, 43


Tides, 5


Times (newspaper), 174


Tin peddlers, 128 Tinsmiths, 127, 128, 288


Titcomb, Benjamin, Jr., 111, 150, 169, 170 Tolman, Albert Walter, 163


Tompson, Frederick A., 222, 266, 269 Tonnage, commercial, 39, 47, 66, 68, 69, 70 Topography, 3 Tourist industry, 47, 48, 76 Town of Portland, 36, 38, 40, 41 Clerk, first, 28 Grants, 25 Meetings, 53 Town Watch established, 55 Townhall, 39, 111 Trade, 38, 39, 42, 46, 59, 65-70, 72


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Traders, British, 78 Trading post, 20, 21, 27 Transatlantic service, 43 Transcript (newspaper), 160, 161 Transition region, 15


Transportation, 37, 42, 43, 46, 47, 118-126 Treaties, Indian, 25, 27, 31 Trees, 15, 16 Trelawny, Robert, 7, 20, 21, 23, 65, 78, 86 Tremont (steamer), 122 Trinity Episcopal Church, 290 Trinity Square Park, 290


Tripoli, 38


Triton, 7


"Trolley car parks," 49 Trotts Rock, 11 True, Dr. Latham, 188, 191


Trust companies, 78, 83


Tubbs' Theatrical Troupe, 197, 198 Tubby, Josiah Thomas, 137


Tucker, Payson, 273, 281


Tucker, Richard, 8, 20, 21, 24, 59, 60, 65


Tukey, Lemuel, 120, 285


Tukey's Bridge, 38, 120, 285


Turner, Frances Wright, 164


240th Coast Artillery, 57


29th Maine Veterans Volunteer Regt., 57 26th Division, 50 'Two Lights,' 207 Tyng, Capt. Edward, 25, 248, 264 Tyng, William, 223, 248


Ugly Club, 153 Umbrella stands, mfr. of, 73 'Uncle Billy's' Tavern, 296 Uncle Zack's house, 297 Underwood Springs Theatre, 203 Unemployment, local, 92


Union Hall, 199 Union Society, 111 Union Station, 47, 268, 269, 303


Union St. Theatre, 184, 200


Unitarians, 30, 107, 112, 113


United Furniture Workers of America, 91 U. S. Army Radio Stations, 208 Customs House, 250 Marine Hospital, 286 Mint opened, 79 Naval Reserves, 58 United States Coastal Pilot (guide), 11 United States Hotel, 215 United Truck Drivers of Maine, 91 Universalist Society, 11, 112, 297


Vaill Island, 10 Valuation of industrial products, 77 Valuation of property, 48 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 43


Vaughan, William, 120, 267 Vaughan Street, 41 Vaughan's Bridge, 120, 267


Vegetable packing, development of, 73 Veranda Hotel, 157, 286


Vermont, 42, 67 Veteran Firemens Bldg., 252 Victoria Wharves, 282 Victory (steamer), 42 Vines, Richard, 19, 20, 22, 23 Visibility after storms, 13 von Rydingsvard, Karl, 131


Wadsworth, Henry, 277 Wadsworth, Gen. Peleg, 216


Wadsworth, Philip S., 148 Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 148, 216 Wage earners, Portland, 92


Wager, Elder Philip, 110 Wages, 36, 51 Wait, Thomas B., 150, 169, 170, 195 Waldo, Francis, 31, 250 Waldo, Brig. Gen. Samuel, 29, 249, 309, 313 Waldo, Samuel, Jr., 31, 249 Waldo Patent, 29-30, 249 Waldo, Peter (cargo ship), 67 Walker, Joseph, 225, 239 Walker Manual Training School, 225 "Wall of Prejudice," 96


Walley, John, 26


War of 1812, 39, 40, 59, 66, 67, 87


War of the Rebellion, 44


Ward, Wally, 201


Wards eight and nine, 48


Ward's Opera House, 201 Ware, Ashur, 158, 224 Warren, General (boat), 43


Warren Ave. Methodist Church, 110, 315 Washington, George (canal boat), 122 Washington Ave. Methodist Church, 110 Washington Elm, 292 Washington Hotel, 215


Water Company, Portland, 45, 49, 268, 299 Water Front, 38, 43, 51, 52, 157, 259-261


Water power, lack of, 71


Water supply, 45, 49, 299, 313


Waterford, 15, 41, 119, 304


Waterhouse, Grovesnor, 248 Waters, Lt. Kirvin, 231, 278 Waynflete School, 99 WCSH, Station, 117, 206, 207, 238


WEAF Broadcasting Chain, 206 Weather Bureau, 251, 311 Webb, Jonathan, 95 Weber Club, 184 Weeks, Dr. Stephen H., 257


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Weeks, William, 173 Wesleyan Board of Education, Maine, 293 West Church, 107 West Indies trade, 10, 46, 65, 67, 72


Westbrook, Col. Thomas, 29, 30, 65, 72, 120, 249, 297, 301, 306, 309, 310, 313 Westbrook, 3, 30, 301, 305 Junior College, 97, 297 Seminary, 97, 297 Western Cemetery, 266 Promenade, 12, 41, 147, 262


WGAN, Station, 206, 207, 240


Whales near Casco Bay, 17


Wharves, 38, 43, 44, 47, 52, 260, 261


White, Elder E. G., 115


White, Elise Fellows, 191


White, Ellen Gould Harmon, 271


White, Nicholas, 9


White Head, 10


White Memorial Church, 115, 271


White Mountains, 13, 42


Whitefield, 'Great,' 105


Whitehouse, Florence Brooks, 162


Whitman, Jason, 112, 158


Wilde, Samuel, 295


Wilde Memorial Chapel, 295


Williams, Roger, 111


Willis, Nathaniel, Jr, 155, 169, 171, 172


Willis, Nathaniel Parker ('N.P.'), 44, 155, 172-173, 246 Willis, Sarah (Fanny Fern), 44, 155, 156, 172, 246


Willis, William, 7, 36, 103, 159, 173, 224, 239, 244, 252, 277


Williston Church, 107, 108, 136, 262


Wilmot, Richard, 27


Wilmot Street, 27


Wilson, Arthur, 187


Wind-Mill Lane, 71 Wind velocity, 13 Windmill Hill, 234


Wingate, Joshua, Jr., 173


Winslow, Edward B., 288 Winslow, John T., 288


Winslow, Nathan, 73 Winslow and Company, 288


Winslow Park, 288


Winter, John, 7, 20, 21, 22, 24, 65, 78, 86 Winter Harbor, 19


Wireless Club, Portland, 300


Wiswall, John, 32, 33, 106, 241


Witchcraft, 104 Woman's Literary Union, 165, 234 Women's Christain Temperance Union,


241, 272, 306, 307


Women's Club, Portland, 187


W1FCE, radio station, 208, 259


W1KVI, radio station, 300


Wood, General Abiel, 151


Wood, John T., 132


Wood, Madame Sally, 151


Wood pulp, 69


Woodfords, 288-300


Club, 292 Congregational Church, 107, 292 Congregational Parish House, 148


Woolson, Moses, 98


Woolson Primary School, 98


Work Projects Administration, 52, 164


Works Progress Administration, 52, 165, 204


World in a Nut Shell, The (newspaper), 174


World War, 50, 68, 123


WPFU, radio station, 207


Wright, Rev. Abiel Holmes, 283


Wright Memorial Church, 107, 283


Yacht Club, Portland, 261


Yankee (magazine), 168 Yankee (privateer), 39


YD Club, 242


Yankee Network, 207


Yankee stock, 59, 61


York, Edwad H., 276


York, 7, 19 York & Cumberland R. R., 42, 124


Y. M. C. A., 101, 148, 238, 242 Young People's Christian Endeavor, 108, 262 Y. W. C. A., 234 Youth's Companion (magazine), 172





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