All posts tagged "Mechanic Falls Maine"
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8.7K8Crime and ScandalOliver Garrett, Boston’s Booze-Busting Million-Dollar Cop
When dashing Oliver Garrett was in charge of it during Prohibition, the Boston Police vice squad made 25,000 raids and 17,000 arrests...
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17.0K13Business and LaborMaine Twins Invent the Stanley Steamer, Climb Mt. Washington
Freelan O. Stanley and his wife Flora climbed Mt. Washington in a Stanley Steamer on Aug. 31, 1899, in one of the...
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