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Biddeford Saco Journal in Biddeford, Maine

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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1976

Page

7

Television listings and program notes from a 1970s broadcast schedule

A dense broadcast grid lists shows and times including Euthis Is Baseball, The Unsuspected (1947) with Caulfield and Rains, Santa Bicentennial salute, Maude, On the Avenue, Squeeze Play, and The Tonight Show. Also features Jigsaw John reports, medical drama, and a bold classic film noir mission with Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant.

Sand Dunes Ironside Jmovie Joan Caulfield Claude Rains GABC Phyllis Phyllis Lindstrom America Mormon Youth Symphony Forrester Archie Dick Powell Madeleine Carroll Maude Maude Tuckahoe John Medical Center Gannon Jardin Des Etoiles Herlock Holmes Orson Welles Mary Hartman WCBS Ingrid Bergman Cary Grant Brazil Superman Man of Steel Clark Kent Daily Planet

Feud and Growth of Biddeford and Saco 1752 to Revolutionary Era

The text traces a 1752 church friction in Biddeford and Saco, the east side breaking from the west with shared ministry, the later name shifts to Pepperellboro and finally Saco. It notes tavern life, prices, early town roads, medical arrivals, and the first Committee of Correspondence in 1774. It also mentions prewar districting, support for Sullivan’s expenses, and local mobilization.

Twin Cities East Side Saco Pool Road Eastiddeford West Biddeford Pepperellboro Sullivan Continental Congress Buxton Arundel Lexington Concord John Fairfield Continental Army

Wells and mills of bygone days in Maine history

The article recalls historic water wells and windlass devices used by settlers, noting the toil of women pumping water, gravity-fed springs on slopes, and later pump installations with electricity. It mentions mills as year round but often seasonal, and highlights Old Orchard Beach's 1883 incorporation as part of Saco, Maine, with aviation interest.

Old Orchard Beach Saco

Occupations in the 1884 Biddeford Daily Journal

The 1884 directory lists occupations including apothecary artist material blacksmith broker cigar coal dentistry groceries insurance jewelry hardware legal musical painting photography physicians and tailor. The Biddeford Saco column notes four tramps sought shelter at the station house after yesterday’s storm. The Biddefords and Bow doins polo at the rink tonight.

Biddeford Daily Journal Biddeford-Saco Biddefords Bowdoins

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Newburg Virginia New Sheraton Inn South Portland Maine Mall Hawaii Saco-Biddeford Ts4velog International Ic Middle Street Maine CanaDa J.D Rousseau Elm Street Biddeford Insurance Agency Biddeford Pool Fred Waterhouse Charles Hatch McArthur Library Pepperell Unch Flip Sampson Joseph Swett Downeast Jimmy Grand Ave Mt. Royal Motel MON Washington and Federal Streets BOY Scout ST. Joseph’s Hall Green ST Pard & Countrymen AOR Beiter Car Care TIRES Saco Yacht Clubers Woodward’s Common Street Bill Woodward Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute Sanford Robert A. Wermont Smvti Fort Road SMVTI Service Neil’s Motors Alfred & Barra
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