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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Supply brought his desire for music and education to a young settlement. And provided support to the town while it was considering becoming an…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… from Asticou Summer at Asticou Order of Supplies from Morse Co. for A.C. Savage & Sons, Northeast Harbor, 1898Mount Desert Island Historical…"

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Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Cotton mills in the north had to buy the supplies when the southern states were saving money with their machinery."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… of fishing reels (also see business leader below) Supply Belcher 1751-1836: American composer, singer, and compiler of "tune books"; dubbed the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… had necessary roles in local agriculture and were supplying food and goods. Farmington men who received the Deferred Classification designation…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in the best interest of all concerned if the bears bathed somewhere else."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"As lumber supplies there were depleted, several individuals relocated their shipyards downriver to Thomaston, which became the more active of the two…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… so many of the early pioneers who needed to get supplies and get around settled along the coast and on the islands."

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… auctions in Exeter and Corinna and local farmers supplied them with beef. Lorin Herring turned over his half of Herring Brothers to his son Stephen…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… else that needed more power than could be supplied by men or animals. In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Many inlets supply the lake from all sides, as well as natural springs. The shoreline is now heavily developed with family camps, cottages and homes."

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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We were under staffed, we needed even more supplies, and we had to be at five different places at once. There were more and more power failures."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"The coopers must be so regulated, and supplied with heading, as to be kept constantly at work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Because of the lack of very clean drinking water and proper food supply, many people starved or died from disease."

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Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"The windows were 7 feet by 9 feet. Ira supplied all the lumber for the school. The school was used for three years then was sold to the town for $142…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people. If the Weatherbee store didn’t exist people would have to go to a different town…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… and clams from open areas generated a larger supply. When Thurlow Shellfish Company closed, Pine Point Seafood Distributors, Inc., which operated…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… granite quarries were in a good position to supply stone for buildings and streets to the growing cities of the Eastern seaboard."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"A new water treatment plant, with major supply lines and many miles of stainless steel pipe, was installed to deliver the purest of waters to all…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Shaw who sold stationary supplies, books and other random gifts (see receipt). The key person that has a connection with the building was Captain…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"JHallowell residents, Jude Rice and Dr. Hill, supplied the money to build the automobile. George McClench, Frank McClench, and Charles L."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… were: Supply Belcher - 1751 - 1836 Supply Belcher PortraitFarmington Historical Society Supply Belcher Homestead, Farmington, ca."

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… Prince Charles replaced the local names supplied by Smith, changing North Virginia to New England and Segochet to Norwich, today the site of…"