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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Company, a Saginaw Michigan concern that processed and sold mint flavored toothpicks, in order to be nearer a large source of white birch when…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Beef processing costs 55 cents per pound dressed; federal beef processing costs 70 cents per pound dressed. They charge $50 to kill a cow either way."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1979, Strong began the process of designing and building a new system, consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution."

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Guilford, Maine - STUDENT CORNER

"… verification of historical facts, is still in process.) Around Town By: Piscataquis Community Middle School Students PCMS Students Visit…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… late 1880s, rayon is the product of a chemical process that converts cellulosic (plant) material into long filaments."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… a venue for many people to learn about his scientific voyages and feel a part of the preparations and process of the trips. View this Exhibit"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more efficient process of turning wood into pulp). That same year Eastern Corporation and Standard Packaging…"

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"SPORTS Soccer (photos scanning in process) Text By: Elaine Riitano & Belle-Natalie Wingert Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"During this process, Maine's status within Massachusetts Bay remained in question, particularly as European expansion exacerbated tensions between…"

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… whistles blowing, parades and torch light processions. Once more we would welcome our soldiers home and once more we would live in peace for a…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"[32] For more on the process and matters discussed in the convention, see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 148-183 and Webb, Lee, “Maine’s Constitution…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… just prior to the availability of the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"In the process, he acquired ancestral daguerreotypes and ambrotypes that formed the basis for his collection of early images."

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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The Lincoln townspeople complained about the long process it took to receive mail and to send out mail."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"This is my least favorite part of the process, because I don’t like to see the hides separated from the bodies."

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In 1811, a milldam was built making it possible for an increase in industry. A tannery was constructed soon after this along with a foundry and a…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The people that were included in the process of making this bridge were Fred Palm, Olaf Swenson, Olaf Sodergren, Thure Larson, Anders Gunnerson, Swen…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… to starch factories in the area which then processed the potatoes into starch; factory owners sold this powdery product to cotton textile mills in…"

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Here in Bath, the collective result of these processes is a deep, straight, five-mile shoreline ideally shaped for shipbuilding and easily reached by…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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