Christmas hoaxes warned by Kennebunk chamber
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce warns shoppers about Christmas season scams. National Bureau outlines common gambits including street peddlers mail order firms rebottled perfumes and fake charity solicitations. Shoppers are advised to allow three to four weeks for delivery verify purchases in writing deal with reliable retailers and inspect goods before Christmas.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Henry B. Twombly
National Bureau
C.O.D
NBBB
Kennebunk groups report meetings and events across town
Kennebunk clubs and churches list upcoming gatherings, receptions, and post event notes. Olive Rebekah Lodge postpones roll call and plans Christmas party with York County posts. receptions honor Helen Bennett and Margaret Masterson announced. Other notices include WMS and Legion Auxiliary meetings, Thanksgiving baskets, and a 50-Plus Club planning a Christmas Fair.
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Olive Rebekah Lodge
C.F. Hall
Noble
Dorothy Hubbard
York County
Helen M. Bennett
Norma E. Murphy
Lois E. Weston
Water Street
Gardiner
Margaret Masterson
District 1
Marshall
Pelace
Rebekah
North Berwick
Lillian Matthews
Marion Bedard
Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society
Webber-Lefebvre Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Lillian Hicks
High Street
Marion Hodgdon
Hazel Coyne
Independent Service Club
Ross Stahl
Sally Matthews
Peterson's Ointment Heals Piles Fast, Says Advert
Advertising copy touts Peterson's Ointment as a painless pile relief used by millions over forty years. It claims rapid itching and smarting relief with overnight sleep, priced 95 cents, with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Peterson
Quick Quiz Q A Electoral College and Origins of Life
A brief Q A summary noting that electoral college membership equals a state's total Senate and House seats, DC gained three votes per Amendment 23 ratified in 1961, and that most scientists place life origin in oceans and lakes. It mentions Clever Hans the famous talking horse from the early 1900s.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
San Francisco Bay Area
Eagan
BART
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
Bay Area
Alameda
Contra Costa
Congress
U.S
District of Columbia
Hans
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Edmund Cashen
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Carroll Matthews
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Barry Roberts
Fayetteville
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John Walsh
George Anderson
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Churchill Cressey
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Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Donald J. Handel
Richard Spath
St. Francis College
Handel
Maine
Biddeford College
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Bowdoin
Colby
Nasson
St. Joseph's
Thomas and Westbrook
Your Sunbeam Bakery
Delorge Baking UK
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Fortunes Rock
Clifford Park
Memorial Park
FAO Goat Yard
Roland Lemieux
Lemire
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