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Site Pages
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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools
"In total there are three schools that suffered that fiery fate, and like the Phoenix they rose out of the ashes each time as a testimony to the…"
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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2
"… Hardware moved to the site around 1980 and suffered great damage during the flood of 1987. Lovell's Guilford Hardware still occupies the site…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a seven-year effort toward statehood that began with a petition to Massachusetts for separation."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation
"The deer herd in Western Maine had suffered greatly by the 1890s. In the late 1800s game laws were put into place that regulated how many deer you…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women
"Sadly he passed away the next year, after suffering from tuberculosis. From 1863 to 1865 she worked as a government clerk in Washington, D.C."
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… two people had seen and known such hardship and suffering, yet they carried on. On May 7, 1879, Benjamin Lord deeded the family homestead to Phebe."
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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3
"The expansion came at an opportune time, as Maine suffered a significant nursing shortage during the 1950s."
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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu
"… unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain triggered an…"
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"… individuals, Tribes, and Nations, continue to suffer the repercussions of not conforming to the border’s dictates of belonging to one state."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"… Gallery at Bowdoin College in 1894. "In Maine I suffered much from thirst," he wrote until a waitress in his hotel told him about, or rather hinted…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School
"It called attention to the suffering of public education in Maine due to an overwhelming amount of “incompetent teachers,” and set out terms for the…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby
"… but due to the carelessness of a cashier, Crosby suffered much financial loss through his position at the bank."
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"In 1932 the Inn suffered the same fate as the hospital had and burned to the ground. Rusticators traveled to and from Maine by great steamships of…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"Although Scarborough never suffered a direct attack from the British, many from the town played an active role in the struggle for independence."
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"… venture, only to be treated unfairly, or to suffer from a failure of the employer. His discussions, especially in the second scrapbook, of Bangor…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"In 1914, the Music Hall suffered severe damage from an explosion due to a gas leak. In 1925, the Music Hall changed ownership to a pool hall, and the…"
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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years
"… that more of the business section of town did not suffer. The three story hotel portion that remained was moved approximately 150 feet up the road."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4
"… substantial contribution to the Union effort, and suffered significant losses that were felt for years to come."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"He suffered financial losses after the Revolution War, deciding then to make a new start in a new country."
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"Mill Closes Lincoln and surrounding communities suffered another major blow in 1968 with the closure of the Eastern Fine Paper and Pulp Division of…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… to Maine, although for the rest of his life he suffered from malaria that he probably contracted during the war. Charles came home, too."
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Colby College Special Collections
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"A few years later, in 1783, the entire town suffered when early frost destroyed corn and wheat crops."
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"In addition, the industry suffered from over production, decreasing prices, and the shortage of large herring."