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Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948

"The first store on the left was Bailey's Drug Store. Next was Carney's clothing store and the third building was Grindell's Mens Clothing Store."

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… arrests of people selling illegal drinks or drugs, ten seizures of intoxicating liquors , one assault and battery, four thefts of personal…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Lewis E. Wilson owned Wilson's Drug Store on 114 Front Street until he sold it in 1967; the business is still successful today."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"There was a drug store called Rexol. It served hot peanuts and ice cream. There was a terrible hurricane in the 1970s that knocked down trees."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"He was also active in promoting alcohol and drug treatment and prevention in Maine. Eaton W. Tarbell died in Venice, Florida in 1992."

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"Several new drugs and medical techniques were introduced during the period. In 1956, Mercy opened a Diagnostic Tumor clinic."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Born on April 13, 1881 to Orrin and Robina Webber in Vassalborro, he grew up in Bath and Georgetown. He entered the drug business in his junior year…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… Scales bought the building, he opened a small drug store in 1875, called the Hobart Block. It was located on the north end of the bridge."

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… century readers. Some of the state of the art drugs prescribed for assorted conditions included strychnine, which in 1928 was classified as “a…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"& C. Cos Sarsaparilla, Auburn Drug and Chemical Co., Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, Hoods Sarsaparilla Collections of Maine Historical Society…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Across Main Street was a drug store, originally owned Mr. Lemont, and a dry goods shop owned by Adelma Joy."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… contained a post office, a clothing store, and a drug store on the first floor, and the bedrooms and the kitchen on the second floor, with…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… room, kitchen, Jackson's Clothing Store, Ross Drug Store, the United States Post Office, and Mrs."

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Caribou Public Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"For Bath, this was the Swett Drugs business among many other drugstores. In 1892, Swett purchased the Webber Drugstore on Front Street."

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

"Page on the door step, the A. Hallet's Drug Store clock, and the words Thompson's Corner right on the sidewalk on the corner of Centre and Front…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… in need of treatment for patients suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. In 1988, the Sisters opened the McAuley Residence, as a small…"

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

"In the late 30s and 40s, there was a drug store, filling station, a garage and 3 grocery stores on the main street and Lester Henderson had a small…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Business flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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