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Site Pages
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13
"A MARKET FOR STARCH Marketing potatoes at starch factories, Houlton, 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many…"
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"… to subsist off the land and to produce for markets, and it would assure that they could pass that prosperity down to future generations."
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"… elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson
"… father's experience with investments during the stock market crash. Did you have any troubles getting the basic necessities? Andrew Anderson, clip…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads
"Considering the amount of stocks that had been sold they had enough money to complete the project. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire
"… tax began to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding
"… about people committing suicide about the great stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4
"was to purchase the outstanding stock of National Geographic Society's wholly owned subsidiary, Champion International, in Massachusetts, on June 4…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4
"To maintain healthy stocks and assure consumer food safety, clamming is highly regulated. Clams are an important resource not only for human…"
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"There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish market operated by Dan McEachern and Nick Stanley. The photography shop of Isaac T."
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"… were still two grocery stores in town but their stock was significantly reduced. There was only one gas station in Northeast Harbor, down from four."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"… on, Joseph Fairbanks lived by buying and selling stock, frequently driving cattle to Quebec City. He later moved to the “Fairbanks” area, north of…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… $150,000 and $250,000 (through a combination of stock sales and bootlegging ventures) and within five short months he erected the building that…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
"… at work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads on hand. Our cattle must be so fed as to be able to work constantly; for this purpose…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson
"… Kristen Sawyer: What do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4
"Toward the end of the 1800s the lobster stock seemed to be in decline, spurring the enactment of laws to protect and conserve the lobster population."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"… jobs and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."
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"… connection to Boston the town had the best stocked stores in the county. It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"… Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs. The photo on the left is of a hot air balloon that…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… Aroostook County focused on the potato with table stock, seed and starch potatoes as the three most important market outlets."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931 The stock market crash of 1929, however, brought the country's prosperity to a sudden end, and in Bangor…"
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"… Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams built in Eastport, one…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."