Thomas L. Haskell was an American journalist from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. Haskell worked covering marine news for

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's the

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newspaper from 1857 to 1920. In that year, he joined the Portland Press. He continued with the newspaper when the Argus and Press merged to form the

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and continued working until 3 months prior to his death in 1928. In 1924, the Portland local of the

International Typographical Union The International Typographical Union (ITU) was a US trade union for the printing trade for newspapers and other media. It was founded on May 3, 1852, in the United States as the National Typographical Union, and changed its name to the Interna ...

called him the "dean of active American newspaper reporters." He served for 24 years as treasurer of the city's branch of the ITU. He was survived by his wife, 4 sons, and a daughter.

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