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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?
"… blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash). If that residue was baked in an oven, the carbon in the residue would cook…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"That first year, workers produced about 15,000 pounds of cheese, which was sold mostly to Lewiston and Portland businesses for 15¢ a pound."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… the world’s only moontide springs Mines that once produced some of the nations’s finest mica The mine that produced the world’s largest tourmaline…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"Farming continued to keep families in produce and meat. With the many varieties of fish available in the Gulf of Maine and the surrounding waters…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"… provided the opportunities for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and starch making…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4
"… the same canning process as that used for farm produce, such as corn. After 1873 Burnham & Morrill moved to Jones Creek at Pine Point."
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"… Washington Counties bring crafts, prepared foods, produce, handiwork of all types and more to show and share with the community, and to compete and…"
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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory
"… business for over forty years, a leading producer of shoes for ladies, had employed 450 workers, and made over 2.5 million dollars a year."
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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"Economy By 1870, Surry was producing goods for the clothing, building, and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… the ingenuity of these highly skilled workers to produce top quality and unique creations and still be able to compete favorably against the…"
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"People spent their days toiling long hours to produce the basic necessities of life for themselves and their immediate family."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"… booklets, but not enough to pay their expenses or produce much of a profit. According to Mr. Newell's short biography of Mr."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"… time, the land was more mature and yielded better produce. New Portland was continuing to develop and more people came to the area."
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"The homestead offered its guests fresh produce and dairy products from local farms. The Homestead offered activities, like sailing expeditions…"
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"… 1821 • Twenty smokehouses operating in Lubec – produced 50 to 60 thousand boxes of fish annually."
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"… At this time there were 20 smokehouses in Lubec producing 50 to 60 thousand boxes of fish annually, bringing employment and prosperity to the town."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"These specialized ventures produced items to support lumbering but also made commercial products such as stoves."
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians
"… periods, and today, Maine and Bangor are still producing tremendous leaders. Resources “1868–1898 The Origins of the University of California…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… & Lumberman Hiram Pease Livestock & Country Producer John Newell “ “ “ “ Levi Williamson “ “ “ “ Stimans & Webb “ “ “ “ J.S."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… high costs, islanders frequently took their produce to Castine to sell to the British stationed there."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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