Keywords: Progressives
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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School
"… by students and teachers; Show good annual progress. The Community came together to celebrate at the school with a barbecue and plaque…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5
"… plains before buildings and trees obstructed it progress. It was the most impassable section between Weld and Dixfield in winter, according to…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips
"… same original page repeated if the transcription progresses through multiple pages. These multiple pages are numbered, for example, 31, 31a, 31b…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"… themes and topics, while facilitating a progressively deeper study of Maine history from multiple perspectives."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… Places and continued restoration efforts are in progress. It remains an extraordinary and valuable part of the Island's history."
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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal
"We had an ice storm in progress. I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… then on, the paper contains articles about the progress of the railroad bridge and depot in nearly every edition of the paper until the train…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast
"… of cooperation instilled a spirit of endeavor and progress. “Endeavor” was the name they gave to the first saw mill. As the early historian R.G.F."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4
"These boards have progressed all the way to current day where we use whiteboards also know as dry-erase boards."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4
"… Settlements grow into Town Villages Settlement progressed rapidly in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American Revolution."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company
"… New York, while work at the Rumford Falls factory progressed rapidly. In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"The years progressed, and, as the population grew, other forms of recreation were found: dance halls, pool rooms, boxing matches, horse racing, a…"
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"Anna Stratton was an excellent student and progressed well beyond the basics. But that family security did not last, either."
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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence
"… phases, coordinated for individual and group progress, with family reunification, independence, housing, and sobriety as the goals."
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"Progress on the Roosevelt Bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society I-beam placement on bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society Both…"
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Colby College Special Collections
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"… of Riverside Park began to fade with the progression of World War I and the arrival of the automobile, which allowed area residents freedom to…"
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"Sources: “Lubec … 1800: A Century of Progress”, The Herald Magazine, December 1899. The New York Times, July 8, 1902."
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"The picture to the left shows a race in progress during the third year of the Fair. Postcard of the trotting park in Blue Hill ca."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4
"The books came in a set of six and each book progressed in difficulty for each student's separate reading needs."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4
"As society progressed onward to the early 20th century, school was considered much more important, but homework was blamed for children's problems…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era
"Much of her most progressive work took place in Bar Harbor and through the school and performance center she founded here, she helped shape the…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2
"So, as the day progressed and we realized that the heat wasn’t coming back on, we had to think about what kind of heat we could get."
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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"… in this scheme? The Lubec Herald followed the progress of Passamaquoddy’s El Dorado very carefully throughout 1898 and, initially, very favorable…"