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At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health ministry said.Military and security sources said that the army had seized a fuel storage tank hidden by black marketeers and was handing out gasoline to residents when the explosion occured.Lebanon is suffering from a severe fuel shortage, leading to long line
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Taste the Civil War as
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stanley cupe Jennifer Pictou. They made blankets. They made towels, quilts. They sent wine, brandy, whiskey 鈥?always very important in war 鈥?jellies, and pickles, things that would make the trip to Virginia or other southern states where Maine units were stationed.According to Pictou, the Bangor Sanitary Commission also held fundraisers to purchase supplies needed by Maine soldiers. During a three-day Ladies Fair held in December 1864, the Bangor Sanitary Commission raised $15,000, equivalent to about $220,000 today, Pictou said.Throughout the three days they had dinners. They had items for auction. And they sold food. There was a lot of food, a lot of jellies, a lot of cakes, a lot of creams, a lot of different types of foods, she said.One unidentified woman painstakingly wrote down all of the recipes that were sold at the Sanitary [Commission] fair. The collection of recipes found its way into a little book that is about 4 inches long by about 6 inches high. The opening page says, Sanitary Fair Cookbook Bangor 1864, Pictou said.Soon after its compilation, this book was lost to time, she said. Then an envelope postmarked Palos Verdes, Calif. arrived in the Bangor Historical Societys mailbox in 1967; inside the envelope was the or
