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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the banner "On Maine's Historic Ground" and the opening of the Skowhegan special: "Captain Jonathan Oak was a pioneer of Skowhegan. He was not a young man when he went there with his family in 1772."

Image · dated 29 April 1899 · source: Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, via Newspapers.com (image 827989173).

Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the banner "On Maine's Historic Ground" and the opening of the Skowhegan special: "Captain Jonathan Oak was a pioneer of Skowhegan. He was not a young man when he went there with his family in 1772."

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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. Confirmed as printed (the left text of column 1 is dark and damaged and is not transcribed).

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