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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… Massachusetts Senate from June 11 to June 15, and passed 26-11. Two days later the bill passed on the floor of the House, 193-59.[29] Finally…"

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

"Portland, ME: Longfellow Press, 1953. Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark. "Oasis of Wilderness." Down East Magazine, September, 1995. Leamon, James S."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"It used no machinery; the paper was pressed in hand screens and stretched on poles to dry. Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… similarly approved by the voters. The Portland Press Herald noted the general feeling: "There never was a time when Maine's annual liquor bill has…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… when he realized that he couldn't, he made them press on to the Skowhegan Falls, which, according to the men, was "made by the devil for the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"It used no machinery; the paper was pressed in hand screens and stretched on poles to dry. Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… obtained the name “Spanish Influenza” because the press in many belligerent nations during World War I minimized the impact of the disease at the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Lewiston ME: The Dingley Press, Inc., 279-435. Print. Goodwin, Kathryn. Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers Of Lincoln, Maine."

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

"Haigis Lists Many Firsts". Portland Press Herald and Sunday Telegram, 1975. Matson, Jess. Final Project: Dr."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… Same Band produced humorous advertisements and press releases for concerts and records, with slogans like, “Like it or Not, We’re Still Playing”…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… American was gracious enough to keep the presses rolling. Construction of a new office on the site of the old office began almost before the last…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Orono, ME: University of Maine Press, 1963. Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: Presque Isle’s First 150 Years."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Industry, 1830 – 1890, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996. Royle, E.C., Pioneer, Patriot and Rebel: Louis Delesdernier, 1972."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Perhaps lids were being pressed onto the filled cans waiting on trays on one side of each worker. Solder would still have to be used to seal the cans."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1977. Print. Kjenstad, Lowell G. The Collection-Cole Land Transportation Museum."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Frazier, Thomas B. "Stephen King." Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia, 2013. EBSCOhost…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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