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...Biddeford. Today, only eight cities in the U.S. and Canada still have Toonervilles* clang-clanging through the streets. But in odd meadows and on discarded old cross-country rails, U.S. trolley buffs have put some 300 relics back into mint condition and occasional service. The revival started in Maine back in 1939. For old times' sake, three Bostonians rode up to Biddeford one Fourth of July to be aboard the last run of the Biddeford & Saco Street Railroad's Car 31. At the end of the line, they spontaneously passed the hat among the passengers, added enough...
Like other New England states, Maine has seen many of its industries move off to the South, in search of cheaper labor and raw materials. But instead of crying to the Government for aid, Arthur F. Maxwell, president of the First National Bank of Biddeford, and some other Down East bankers and businessmen decided to solve the problem for themselves. They founded the Development Credit Corp. of Maine, the first and only banker-businessman "coop...
...Biddeford, Me., a carpenter named Alfred Beaudoin was awarded $1,000 in damages against a sports promoter after he told a jury that, at one of the promoter's wrestling shows, a lady wrestler, twice tossed out of the ring by her opponent, twice landed on him. The first time, Beaudoin helped the lady climb back. The second time, he was hauled away to a hospital with a broken collar bone...
...Biddeford, Me., members of the Stackpole family nailed big printed signboards to trees, warning hunters: "Don't shoot, it may be a Stackpole...
...billion more than any year before or since), New England textile rajahs have sat on uneasy thrones. In 1924 many were forced to cut employees' wages 10%. In recent months, barely noticed amid prosperity literature, they have again made cuts. The Pepperell Manufacturing Co. (sheets & pillow cases) of Biddeford, Me., started it early in December with a 10% wage decrease. Quickly followed the Bates and Andrescoggin mills of Lewiston, Me,, and the Edwards mill of Augusta. Then the Amoskeag Co. of Manchester, N. H. (largest textile mill in the world) announced a 10% cut, and the game...