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What or who is Moxie?

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Druggist Augustin Thompson, of Unity, concocted Moxie as a “nerve tonic” in 1876. The odd-tasting soft drink — now made in Atlanta — is honored each summer with a Moxie Festival in Lisbon Falls.

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