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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"11. Twelve more deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars in additional damage were caused by the flooding farther south from the same storm system."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve cents a meal. Prior to the hot lunch program many students went home for lunch or brought lunch."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Eleven of their twelve children died before reaching middle age. Dr. Robert Southgate, ca. 1830Scarborough Historical Society & Museum One of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"It would be twelve years before settlers returned to Scarborough. The Eighteenth Century Resettlement occurred in the fall of 1702 when eight men…"

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

"… Company offered dial telephone service to the twelve exchanges in Somerset and Franklin counties in 1959, the era of individual community telephone…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… Electric Railway made its maiden run down the twelve mile stretch of track from Bangor to Hampden."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve year-old’s fist. It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in Vietnam."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Molly Avery at Lubec Elementary School. Twelve Lubec school children drowned that day, June 19, 1936."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"Jeremy Nelson was also the father of twelve children, and without him, some people might not be here because there were most likely a lot of people…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… child that works in a factory might work eight to twelve hours for a day, six days a week, to earn one dollar."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… sources Lubec Herald, “Tragedy Takes Lives of Twelve Children,” Thursday, June 25, 1936. Portland, The Press Herald, “Wyman Ramsdell, Lubec, Added…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row Street for their workers' families, a stable and two barns."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"But now twelve ? it is clear and we have to go to work again after dinner. So you see, we don’t get much time to write."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Electric Railway made its maiden run down the twelve mile stretch of track from Bangor to Hampden."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"For example he was a drummer boy, at the age of twelve. Playing a instrument is a very big deal and very respectful."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… Diary, Today at the farm, I had to go put down twelve foxes. I don’t really like hurting an innocent animal but it’s an easy job that pays good…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter past one."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"The games back then were played in three twelve minute periods, and according to The Gossip, “each period was full of thrills to the last second.”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"George Sawyer collection is on display at the Nylander Museum in Caribou. 5. Bruce Bourque “Twelve thousand Years: American Indians in Maine"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Others soon followed so that by 1771 twelve families had settled in a village area they called Conduskeag."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… town was officially incorporated in 1808, just twelve years before Maine separated from Massachusetts and became its own state."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… feet increased the capacity from ten to twelve cars. The cost for an automobile was $1.00 and the cost for a passenger was $0.25."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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