From Stage Coach Days to Present Communication Speed
A survey traces the evolution of faster communication from stagecoaches to steam era innovations. It covers Concord coaches, Butterfield mail, postal systems, postmasters Franklin Lincoln Nye, and early telegraph ideas leading to Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Washington
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Missouri
California
Concord
Western
New Hampshire
Butterfield Overland Mail Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Fulton
Hudson
John Ericsson
William Murdock
England
Samuel Smiles
Murdock
Richard Trevithick
Trevithick
Metropolis
Plymouth
London
Mr. Devil
United States
Massachusetts
General
Continental Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Bill Nye
Lincoln
New Salem
Illinois
Hatton
Laramie
Wyoming
Nye
Senate
P. M
Pony Express
Samuel Morse
Yale College
Europe
Royal Academy
Annual Cosmopolitan Club closes year with new president
Mrs. Charles R. Farnham was elected president at the Cosmopolitan Club annual meeting held at the club house after a supper for 84. She will lead the Maine Progressive Union and related welfare groups. New officers and committees were announced and reports given by secretaries, treasurer, and various chairmen. The event featured community singing and piano by Mrs. Carl F. Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Farnham
Cosmopolitan Club
Farnham
Miriam W. Kimball
Maine Progressive Union
Women's Club of
Freeport
Progressive Club of
Lisbon
Winneganee Community Club
Democratic State
North Center
Bath High School Alumni Association
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Farnham Homestead
Emma E. Walker
Helen E. Hartwell
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Jennie P. Perkins
Elsie L. Trott
Lillian C. Miller
Leland R. Mitchell
Alice F. Johnson
Frank W. Jaqua
R. Clinton McFadden
Bertha V. Bellerose
Thompson
William R. Freeman
Carl F. Pierce
Kimball
Daniel T. Dougherty
Marcia Moulton
House
Moulton
Minnie A. White
Christine C. Curtis
Troop
Paint and Repair Fund
Stearns W. Scott
Singing Club
Clinton D. Wilson
Cosmopolitan Players
Charles W. Avery
Drowning narrowly avoided as car plunges through ice
John Hartley, 31, of Lewiston, and two Lewiston women escaped a pond plunge when a Hudson sedan crashed through a fence on the Blind Crossing curve and sank into Lemont’s Creek. Hartley, said to have chauffeured Governor Brann, faced a DUI charge, was fined $100, and treated for exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hartley
Nichols Street
Lewiston
Hudson
Blind Crossing
Lemont’'s Creek
John P. Crosby
Hartley
Louis Brawn
Bath
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath City Hospital
Legard
Crosby
Brunswick
Alphonso Burnham
Officer Crosby
Burnham
Ice floe dents Kennebec bridge fender damaging pier
A large ice field struck the No. 2 pier of the Kennebec bridge early Tuesday, damaging the fender and much piling estimated at about 35,000. Granite piers remained intact, no harm to the bridge, divers to assess full damage after river frees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Bridge
Floes
Briggs
Merrymeeting Bay
Maine Central
Woolwich
Bath
Department of Commerce
National Grange Head to Speak at Orono Farm Week
Louis J. Taber national Grange Master will speak at Farms and Home Week in Orono on Wednesday afternoon March 29 at 415. He will discuss Grange work and rural America service. Taber has chaired national committees and served in World War I on the Wheat Price committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Orono
Harry B. Crawford
Maine State Grange
Master Taber
Grange
America
Taber
Maine
Hoover
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Boy Scout Committee
Mrs Kimball Returns from Winter Sojourn in Portland
Mrs Frederick H Kimball who has been staying at the East Land hotel in Portland arrived home on Wednesday. She will spend a few days with Mrs Albert H Shaw before returning to her home on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Kimball
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Kimball
Albert H. Shaw
High Street
Morse High School honors four seniors with top scholastic awards
Principal Arthur B. Scott announced four honor parts for high scholastic standing at Morse High School. Valedictorian Lois C. Swett led with a 92.65 average, followed by salutatorian Iona M. Dunton at 90.03, Marjorie E. Furber at 89.89, and Dorothy M. Bryant at 88.85. Five additional essay-based awards will be chosen for June commencement, including the class oration by Richard E. McEliman. Swett, Dunton, and Furber are National Honor Society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Arthur B. Scott
Lois C. Swett
Lewis B. Swett
Iona M. Dunton
James F. Dunton
Woolwich
Marjorie E. Furber
William A. Furber
Washington Street
Dorothy M. Bryant
Maude E. Bryant
Witch Spring Road
West Bath
John H. Bryant
Richard E. McEliman
George H. McElman
Bedford Street
Swett
Dunton
Furber
National Honor Society
Commander Vroom Speaks to Central Church Men’s Club
Lieut. Commander G. B. Vroom addressed the Central church men’s club on Military and Naval Jurisprudence. He outlined Judge Advocate General authority, deck and summary courts, and general court procedures, noting differences for officers and enlisted men. Supper was provided by the supper committee. The next meeting is Tuesday evening, March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
G. B. Vroom
Vroom
Marius Page
Thomas Huston
J. Maurice Haynes
Bath banks reopen after holiday with deposits surge
All four Bath banks including Bath National and First National, Bath Trust Co., and Bath Savings Institution opened simultaneously after a 11 day holiday. Deposits outpaced withdrawals as customers rushed to bank, with withdrawals limited to 10 per depositor weekly in savings departments to prevent runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
State Banking Department
Bath
Bath National
First National
Bath Trust Co
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cosmo Club
Mrs. Farnham
Bridgham
City Hospital
Brann
Eak Lewiston
State House
Prescott
Isabel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bath Iron Works
John North Willys
Mr. Willys
Navy Department
Philippines
Rapidan
Scott
Commander Vroom
Johnson Brosco
Bath-Maine
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