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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… a Model-T Cruising Down Streets of Lincoln Going Home Again Works Cited Bradstreet, Taylor. "Bradstreet Ford ." Lincoln News. (1961): 10. Print."

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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… be no sleep, no relaxing until he would come home. Nothing anyone could do would make me stop thinking about what could possibly happen to him."

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Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… to get it done on the kitchen table at their own home. In 1934, the hospital was moved to Dr. Byron Porter’s house on West Broadway, and they then…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… who are fighting in those wars will be returning home safely. Aaron Goodine "Connect this topic to your own life" I am interested in war and this…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… my pocket and I run out the door and all the way home to show my mother.   Dalton Neal Interview on prices at Solomon's Part 2 of 2   Dalton…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… two villages of East North Yarmouth and Walnut Hill. Today, that venerable building on Route 9 is home to the North Yarmouth Historical Society."

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… the fair-goers to flee to the safety of their homes. They did not realize that they had crossed that bridge for the last time."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… large dried codfish, which customers would take home to hang in their cellars. In January, 1866, the store burned, but a portion was saved by a…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… day! When he began to take cases into his own home, his wife assisted him. When mill owner Charles Forster died, his estate funded a 16-bed…"

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

"On the following day, he arrived at the home of William Read, and he organized the first meeting with early settlers."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… schools where students could walk to and from home. Smith Crossing, with its predominantly Italian population, had the MacDonald School."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Years ago, one of the homes was built with the county line running through the livingroom. Whenever East Dixfield is mentioned, people think of the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… ferry made regular crossings within sight of her home, near where the Congregationalist Church is now."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… for the paper manufacture and all the residential homes and businesses in the Rumford Falls area had been stretched to its limit."

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… visit the poor and care for the sick in their homes, as well as to train low income women as domestic servants and find local employment…"

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"A number of women who called the Residence home attended or sent notes of thanks. These included the first resident, who arrived at McAuley with a…"

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… for people quarantining infected relatives at home. Churches in the city held open air masses to prevent infections from spreading."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"They graciously welcomed us into their homes and opened up to us in ways we never anticipated. In fact, we interviewed one descendent three times…"

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… to Dearborn, Michigan to play at Ford’s home. At the age of thirteen, Dunham bought a fiddle in pieces, repaired it, and started playing."

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… met and married Yvette LeBlanc, making Maine his home. The couple moved to Topsham in 1959 where Cox joined Charlie Gilliam of Orrs Island, and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"W.W. Small, now the home of Uno Mas Restaurant, was a store and mill. The mill put in an elevator so that grains could be loaded directly into the…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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