The Six Towns Times was a six-column, eight-page weekly newspaper focused on the news of six towns in southern Maine, United States.[1] It was published on Fridays in Portland, Maine,[2] by Libby & Smith,[3] between 1892 and 1916.[4][5][6] It reported the news of six towns: Cumberland, Freeport (where the newspaper was headquartered),[7] Harpswell, North Yarmouth, Pownal and Yarmouth.[8]
 A front page of the newspaper from 1894 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Libby & Smith |
| Editor | Charles Thornton Libby |
| Founded | November 3, 1892 |
| Ceased publication | 1916 |
| Headquarters | Freeport, Maine, U.S. |
| Circulation | 900 |
In its early days, the newspaper's title was Six Towns Times: Yarmouth Gazette and Freeport Sentinel.
The newspaper had a circulation of 900 during its peak years.[9]
Its editor was Charles Thornton Libby (1861–1948).[8] Yarmouth historian William Hutchinson Rowe called the publication a "lost but not forgotten institution."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Maine Newspaper Project | Maine State Library Research | Digital Maine". digitalmaine.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ The Town Register: Benton, Clinton, Fairfield, 1909, Mitchell Publishing Company (1909), p. 152
- ^ American Newspaper Directory (1899), p. 403
- ^ "Looking For Volunteers" - Freeport Historical Society
- ^ a b Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)
- ^ "National Newspaper Directory and Gazetteer" - Google Books
- ^ Marketing Communications, volume 17, "Printers' Ink" (1896), p. 31
- ^ a b Report, Maine Press Association, p. 31
- ^ A Statistical Study of the Newspapers of the United States, Roy Laverne French (1924), p. 172
External links
edit- Six Towns Times - Google News
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