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Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"… library books were kept in stores, so the storekeepers were also called librarians. It started in 1847, when pioneers were interested in library…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Then storekeeper Tobias Roberts took the lead in Bar Harbor with Agamont House (1855). After that, the hotel race was on – and Bar Harbor won."

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas. Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W. Kelley, druggist; Pike’s Market; A. Rowell; A.B."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"And the storekeepers and the fishing community and the church…it was a close-knit community.” Steamboat crew, ca."