![]() ![]() The book is divided into “chapters,” with every few pages devoted to a particular school. Bailey is shown at his Augusta home on Thursday. The book contains pages of newspaper clippings from Maine high school and college football teams in 1926. Kennebec Journal staff writer Dave Bailey flips carefully through the yellowing pages of a 1926 newspaper clipping scrapbook that he purchased on eBay. #WATERVILLE ME MORNING SENTINEL FULL#A full chronicle of a season none of us alive experienced firsthand. What I received in the mail surpassed my wildest expectations: This wasn’t a football book, this was a time capsule. Let’s see … spend my cash on a football scrapbook or some groceries? Needless to say, the chicken, milk and eggs had to wait a few days. The return address: Framingham, Massachusetts. Instead, I found a listing for an ancient scrapbook filled with Maine-related football articles and photos. Six years ago, I searched “Maine Football” on eBay, hoping to find something cool like an old University of Maine jersey or program. On the cover, in very faded white letters, you can barely make out the title: “FOOTBALL 1926.” When one (gently) removes the cover, the reader finds more than 150 pages of newspaper clippings, all concerning - you guessed it - football. In 1926, a football superfan in Maine meticulously chronicled the state’s high school and college gridiron adventures in a thick scrapbook. ![]()
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