Keywords: fairs
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools
"… lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated items."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"… citizens of Rumford are shown at the many craft fairs during the holiday season, and summer festivals."
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"Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg, Fair to the Wind, 1995, Penmor Lithographers, Inc., Lewiston, Maine."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"… Historical Society The highest interest in "the Fair" came in the 1920's when the local Mooseleuk Club purchased the race horse, John R."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn
"Their morning dawned fairly, and I hope their setting sun may be as cloudless. So far as temporal comforts are concerned, I should think they might…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland
"… that amount of money is the Wire Bridge, it seems fairly certain that is what the item refers to. Whether the information in Mr."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy
"In 1848, the ladies of Hampden held a fair, and with the proceeds purchased a bell to be placed at the front of the school building."
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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"… work that you put in, do you feel that you were fairly compensated? S: Well, no I don’t. But we all had to work and we all were very fortunate to…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"… a school orchestra, agricultural clubs, a senior fair and drama production, public speaking contest, and a girl's club."
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"… what they could to eke out a living on Maine’s fairly unforgiving coastline. But, while island life stayed somewhat constant, the world around…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"During the Annual Sewing Circle Fair, residents are given the opportunity to visit the many displays of their handiwork and make purchases for…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"… of the building itself, the Music Hall was a fairly large, rectangular structure designed for large social functions."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home. John Holyoke, a man from Brewer, was another abolitionist from the…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… those persons who may wish to attend the State Fair at Augusta. August 25, 1870: Up to Tuesday night, 20th, the Railroad Company had driven about…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"… their importance in running the New Portland Town Fair. Other groups included the Odd Fellows, the Fernwood Grange, the Farm Bureau, and the…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… to Jehovah’s Witness; the Northern Maine Fair is still an important rite of summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"His customers knew that they would receive fair treatment from Arthur and he assisted them in any way he could."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"The schoolhouse is now open during the Farmington Fair, and has an amazing collection of old school memorabilia from the Red Schoolhouse’s heyday."
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