The Newspapers

According to the Maine Newspaper Archives in Fogler Library , University of Maine, the Dixfield Citizen had a run from 1887-1888. The four Dixfield newpapers I have are from 1887.

The same source says the Rumford Falls Times began in 1893. I have two copies from 1899.

According to The Dixfield Star - a Newsletter from the Dixfield Historical Society of 1996- "The Dixfield Citizen"  Vol 1, No. 1 was first issued on Jun 12, 1883, T.H. Thornton, editor

The first Dixfield Citizen newspaper I have is Vol. 1, No. 4 dated May 12, 1887, E.N. Carver, editor. I cannot explain the discrepancies in the dates.

The Dixfield Citizen was made from a single sheet of paper about 39 inches in length and 25.5  inches in width. It was printed on both sides. It was folded down, then from left to right.

The papers I have are deteriorating rapidly - I'm scanning and converting them to text files to preserve their content.

          Scanned Dixfield Citizen Newspaper from 1887 

                   The following items from the newspapers were scanned and converted with OCR to text files.

Dixfield Citizen text file from May 12, 1887

Dixfield Citizen text file from Jun 2, 1887

Dixfield Citizen text file from Sep 1, 1887

Dixfield Citizen text file from Nov 3, 1887

From HW Park's series on the early residents of Dixfield May 12, 1887

From HW Park's series on the early residents of Dixfield Sept 1, 1887

From HW Park's series on the early residents of Dixfield Nov 3, 1887

Boston Letter by Shomer Sep 1, 1887

Not so nice items found in the newspapers

Health article from Jun, 1887

Some people mentioned in the Dixfield Citizen that I have researched can be found off site at the following sites: ROOTSWEB or  GENCIRCLES