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- Who was the first man to successfully extract Pilocarpine from the Jaborandi leaf?
- Who founded Boston's Faulkner Hospital and where did he spend his summers?
- What prominent Boston attorney recently built a 9,000 square foot cottage at the Belvidere shore?
- What company makes Arm and Hammer baking soda and where did its founder live in the high season?
- Had he lived to seek a second term, where was President John F. Kennedy going to make the official announcement?
- What is the modern day term for a "powered tender?"
- Where did Helen Hayes, Dorothy Hamill and John Travolta stay when they visited Falmouth?
- Who was lead counsel witness for the prosecution in the infamous Newport, RI, murder trial of Sonny vonBulow's husband?
- Who owned the first Budweiser beer franchise in New England?
- What university has more alumni on Belvidere Plain than any other?
(For answers, read the book!)
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