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Article: 100 Years Ago, 1906
- Article from:
- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- May 13, 2006
CopyrightCopyright 2006 Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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From the little town of Oxford, come a large part of the baskets
which are used in the two cities. Here there is located a basket
factory employing nine men who are able to make ten dozen bushel
baskets per day. Four varieties of wood are used, viz.: Ash, oak, elm
and birch, beside brown bass which is used only for the bottoms of
the round baskets. The bottoms of the baskets are cut by machinery
with a knife-gaged for the different sizes. All the machinery is run
by a dynamo.50 Years Ago, 1956
Showers, thunder and lightening, baking sunshine, the highest
temperature of the year and brisk winds - the weatherman tossed them
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