Keywords: Drinking
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Site Pages
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5
"… everybody ice cream cookies and something to drink. That is how my grandmother, Edwena, spent her life in the potato fields in The County."
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"… to expand as the demand for chilled food and drinks grew. Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration was created in the…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134
"… Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats, boots Women drinking John thomas Thomas McAloon Nellie Chapman Cornelius Driscoll Cornelius Sullivan Bill Stevens…"
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Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard
"… the "Maine Law"-An Act for the Suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops-the state's first prohibition law. His son, Gen. Thomas H."
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Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"They would sit at the table drinking coffee and sharing stories. They had the living room closed off with a blanket to keep in heat."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall
"… area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks. The third floor is reserved for I.O.O.F. members."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life
"… of a wholesome nature." Gambling, strong drink and profanity were prohibited. They hosted village suppers and talent shows, as well as the annual…"
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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals
"… place, thirteen arrests of people selling illegal drinks or drugs, ten seizures of intoxicating liquors , one assault and battery, four thefts of…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3
"The Safe Drinking Water Act of the 1990’s made open reservoirs, unless treated prior to consumption, unacceptable in Maine."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"The Minister declared “The cup would stay”, “Well at least they were drinking pure water with their whiskey.” Later when the Main Street was widened…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators
"… the Oasis (founded in 1874) where men gathered to drink and talk. Women, excluded from this men’s association, founded a social club of their own…"
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"… and Hallowell was worried it would run out of drinking water. A man from Newport died from carbon monoxide poisoning produced from his generator."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears
"… came out and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in the best interest of all concerned if the bears bathed somewhere…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement
"… to rivers and streams gave early settlers drinking water, a good source of food, power for mills, and ease of transportation and shipping."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3
"… surveillance against possible sabotage of drinking water sources. The patrolman who utilized the cabin was Asa West, who resided with his wife…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"Because of the lack of very clean drinking water and proper food supply, many people starved or died from disease."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"In 1975, the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed, and the Department of Human Services required residents to boil their drinking water."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"… had joined got kicked out because they used to drink and anybody who tried to get in that drank would not be able to join."
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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the pail of fresh water. Students said the Lord’s Prayer, sang "America," and saluted the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell
"… oatmeal, Cup o' Soup, and Tang instant breakfast drink, or powdered hot cocoa. In honor of Mame's spirit of fun manifested largely through her love…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"She said, “Each year the lavatory and drinking fountain at the front of the classroom froze in December and remained frozen until April.” Heating in…"
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"There wasn’t easy access to drinking water and insulating the homes for the winter was a challenge. Malaga Island Cemetery Malaga resident cemetery…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"… try to get prisoners to join their cause and stop drinking. However, at one point Bangor also had what was called the Bangor Plan, which allowed…"