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Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… wrote of the Mutual Store, "This store has been a curse to me ever since the day it was established it has made no difference what article I have…"

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Copy of Major Phillips sale of lands to Richard Russell, Biddeford, 1673

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… was the origin of the legend of the Saco River Curse. Lieut. General William Pepperrell, ca."

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Announcement for The Reformed Rumseller: Mr. Murphy, Wiscasset, 1872

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… from this home-destroying, heart-breaking curse of the liquor traffic." If it was the Ohio-based Anti-Saloon League, founded in 1893, that…"

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Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Whether viewed as a blessing or a curse, this separation has created a resilient community. Many of the old ties have been broken as the generation…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… redeemed from the home-destroying, heart-breaking curse o the liquor traffic." - L.M.N. Stevens, 1913. Home of Mrs. Lillian M.W."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

""The liquor traffic is a grater curse to the nation and a greater source of misery, wretchedness and pain to the people than are all other sources of…"