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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by Fred Morrill and Arthur Dunn. The greenhouses were later sold and moved to Allen Farms in…"

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"A Civic Improvement Committee worked with a Boston consultant to make recommendations to rebuild and improve the city."

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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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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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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"At the time of purchase, the mill was equipped with a rotary, planer, lath, clapboard, and two shingle machines."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He married Elizabeth Winslow of Farmington in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850, and worked as a brick mason in Saco, Bowdoinham, and Freeman."

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The Abenakis went back to Canada after that but returned years later. However, the village was never the same, and eventually they all went to other…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… My father was fortunate, he ran restaurants in Boston, of course running a restaurant he had access to food, and he would exchange meals not for…"

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Father Rasle was shot dead and his scalp taken to Boston for display. Thirty natives died that day and half that many were wounded."

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"and M.S. in nursing at Boston College. Sister Mary Consuela was Director of Nursing at Mercy from 1952 until 1974, and named Acting Director of the…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"His insurance providers would not pay for the experimental treatment he needed, and his family underwent severe hardship securing care."