Keywords: Boston Store
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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"These items were taken to Willard Kane's store where he weighed and stored them after paying the going price for the same."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"Some of the stores had barber shops or pool parlors in them. Today there is still a sawmill in town."
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and some from as far away as Ohio."
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"… with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby
"tobacco By Philadelphia iron By truckage to Boston By a Paper of Pins By 1/2 bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"… Topsham until 1800 when he married Ann Frazier of Boston and relocated to Bath. After the move to Bath, William represented that town in the…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties
"The loss of the local fishing industry devastated many small coastal communities. Shipbuilders, Kennebunkport, 1901Brick Store Museum The…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"… the incorporation of the township, traveling to Boston with others to secure approval from the Commonwealth."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"Around 1853 a general store was established in the village and a store/restaurant has operated in the original building ever since then."
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"… of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan Weston, Jabez…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston. Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second…"
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"… led us to local archives in Maine and one in Boston, to find documentation of what happened leading up to the eviction and it's aftermath."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4
"… that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by Fred Morrill and Arthur Dunn…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History
"… dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond. Several generations of Dolloffs used the premises primarily as a…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… Railroad soon followed. About this same time, the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company launched weekly trips to coastal stops and then went on to…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"But those same folks coming from Boston or New York could enjoy the fineries provided by fresh linen on both tables and beds, because Farmington also…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… managing a clothing store for a time in Boston. In 1869 he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea captain Levi Marston."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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