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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Father and son making ice cream, Swan's Island, ca. 1942Swan's Island Historical Society Families would also make ice cream when they had enough…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… romance, operating a butchering cart with his father, working at Eastes and Whittiers Stove Store, and his move to Bangor to work for Rufus Prince…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… documents about murdered French Jesuit missionary Father Rasle of Norridgewock; and reports of the Massachusetts and New York Border Commission…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… a drummer boy, so he fought along side his father, Thomas S. Libby. The day he went was August 21, 1862."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… Dedicated in honor of Jacob Stinchfield, Founding Father of Lincoln X Responses from four students in Mrs."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"One month before her second birthday, her father died of consumption. When she was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… printing experience came from working for his father, William Howard Gannett's lucrative and famous, Comfort monthly magazine."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The first attack on the village occurred when father Rasle was in the forest. His home and library were burned and items were stolen."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… brother George in 1898, who, with the help of his father moved the structure back 75 feet from the road and turned it into a home for him and his…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… by his son, Theodore Norris Mitchell: “When my father was a young man he worked as a bellboy at the Malvern for at least ten years."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Musicians, and Artists Leonard Atwood 1852-1902: "Father of the Skyscraper;" inventor of the elevator (sold his patents to Otis); designer of…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… adds the vital role in survival played by her father in this recorded account. Coincidentally, the calamity occurred on the 125th anniversary of…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Her father and her whole family went in the car to the fair, which was about four miles from her house in the country."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Go tell your father of your plans.” That night it was quiet at the dinner table. Both parents were surprised that their son was going into the war."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… suicide? No How did your family take it? My father was fortunate, he ran restaurants in Boston, of course running a restaurant he had access to…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Charles and his father Levi Herring used to have cattle come into Guilford on railcars. In 1946 the Herring Brothers Slaughterhouse was expanded into…"

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Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Robert Low Jr. is one of the founding fathers of Guilford, Maine. Robert Herring Sr. and Robert Herring Jr. were the the other two founders."

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused two-by-fours to go flying through the air."

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Porter Memorial Library

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John Bapst Memorial High School

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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Dixfield Historical Society

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