Keywords: August 1888
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Site Pages
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889
"… on page 80 of a scrapbook he wrote beginning in 1888. Under the illustration, he wrote: "At the head of the casket were immence Boquets No 1 & 2…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"1888: Operations were halted for five years due to the distance of the timber to market. The mill could not compete with the growing number of mills…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
"… the May School until Sara's death on December 30, 1888. Julia's grief was so great that she was unable to continue and spent her time writing…"
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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations
"Police, City Marshal and Officers, Hallowell, 1888. 2011. Maine Historical Society. 13 Apr. 2011 <http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=35062>."
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… starting with Captain Mark Pendleton (1811-1888) and continuing through his son Fields Coombs Pendleton (1842-1915) and grandsons Fields Seely…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"The Free Text Book Law enacted in the year 1888-9, which went into effect August 1890, required that all towns provide schoolbooks to all students."
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"… and Biographical Sketches, originally published 1888, Border Historical Society, 2003. Lawrence, E.M., “A History of Sardine Canning”, The Canning…"