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Southbound Appalachian Trail Crossing at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

Southbound Appalachian Trail at Moxie Pond (October 2007)

1775 Benedict Arnold expedition arrives at Norridgewock Falls
1897
Neal Dow, crusading prohibitionist, Mayor of Portland, member of the Maine House of Representatives, and Presidential candidate of the Prohibition Party in 1880, dies in Portland
1918 Women Suffrage was beaten today in the U.S. Senate.  By a vote of 53 to 31, the Senate failed to adopt the resolution passed by the House submitting to the states the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment to the Federal constitution. Maine senators split their vote, with Fernald favoring and Hale opposing. (both Republicans)
1918 To slow influenza spreading, Lewiston and Auburn officials mandate closure of schools, churches, theaters, pool rooms, dance halls, and business college. Bates College will remain open.
1932
Shipwreck of the two masted fishing schooner Lochinvar off Portland Head Light in thick fog. The crew escaped just before it sank.
1940
Francis Stanley, one of the two brothers that invented the “Stanley Steamer,” dies from injuries sustained n an automobile accident
 

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