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Southbound Appalachian Trail Crossing at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

Southbound Appalachian Trail at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

1768 Birth date of Joshua Hall of Frankfort, legislator and Governor of Maine in 1830, elected by the Legislature after 49 ballots.
1883
Birth date of William J. “Bill” “Rough” Carrigan who managed the Red Sox to World Series wins in 1915 and 1916.
1886 Farmington sustains its “Great Fire” that destroyed much of the downtown.
1908
 Birth date of Maine author and humorist, John Gould.
1918 The Maine Anti-Tuberculosis Association claims::

“Spanish Influenza is undoubtedly due to lack of sunshine and fresh air, to dampness outdoors and in getting wet feet; and is spread by careless spitting, and by coughing and sneezing without covering the mouth. The measure of our patriotism may be indicated just as truly by where we spit and how we cough or sneeze, as by the number of Liberty Bonds we purchase.

 

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