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Wayne Reilly: Army of tramps headed through Bangor

"Throw out the life line.Pull in the clothes line. For the hoboes are coming to town."
Spring chores different 100 years ago

Spring came to eastern Maine a century ago in a burst of glory just as it does today.
Appreciative audiences helped establish Bangor as 'musical city'

IS BANGOR A MUSICAL CITY? asked a headline in the Bangor Daily News on March 14, 1908. 'Everyone Thinks So, But Grand Opera Season Will Be the True Test.'
Wayne Reilly: Remembering Bangor fire

Early on the morning of April 16, 1908, a century ago last week, a fire was discovered in J. Frank Green's hay shed at 156 Broad St. on Bangor's waterfront.