1899- From courting to courtroom

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see her former beau in court and not at the altar.  

Read the news articles here at The Pocomoke Public Eye and maybe guess your own verdict outcome.

Read it Monday, May 1st

Read it Tuesday, May 2nd

Read it Wednesday, May 3rd

Read it Thursday, May 4th

 

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ESP_0428_up.pdf (easternshorepost.com)

 

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Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

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1993  ..         

    Pocomoke Kiwanis aids in energy savings-      

1935  ..   

1925  ..  

1962  ..                                

(Circa 1910)

NO POCOMOKE 4TH FRIDAY EVENT 4/28

 

         (Downtown Pocomoke Association Facebook)

Governor signs Senator Carozza's bill aiding widow of ECI offficer

 

       Governor Moore and Lena Williams

Governor Wes Moore meets widow Lena Williams at the bill signing.

The Beebe Ranch is saved

 

(Museum of Chincoteague Island Facebook)

4/24 Update: 

Today, we share the most exciting news yet! The Museum of Chincoteague Island has the Beebe Ranch under contract! 

This is a dream come true! It absolutely could not of happened without YOU! 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

We are planning to work as hard as possible to continue to raise every penny needed before the closing date. 

When we reached $317,000 , David Landsberger offered a matching grant, if we raise a $100,000 more he will match it! We are right in the middle of this challenge with $375,000 having been raised so far! 

If you haven’t donated yet, and are able to, this is your call to action! We need your help. Every dollar will be doubled! 

Wallops sounding rocket launch

 

Monday evening's sounding rocket launch from Wallops was postponed due to instrumentation technical issues.

The next launch opportunity is Tuesday evening, 4/25, during a 715-815p.m. launch window.

Come out and support our young athletes!

 Saturday's opening day for our Pocomoke Little League teams.

See more:

(4) Pocomoke Little League | Pocomoke City MD | Facebook

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, 1943, 1989, 1935, 1979, 2002.

 

Note (article below): Declamation requires students to select a speech that was delivered in public and perform an excerpt of that speech to an audience.

(Article below- Cringe alert!) Is publishing allegations from a speaker who is soliciting financial contributions from those attending, and who is also selling a book, a legitimate news story for any section of the newspaper?  And this article was given top of the page front page placement.  Also, the article writer seems to be interjecting  personal opinion or gullibility as news.

(Article below) Racial characterizations were common during this era both in small town and large city newspapers.  Does this article stray from a factual news account to a hint of endorsing a sentence of constitutionally banned cruel and unusual punishment?  

September, 1943

(The circus in Crisfield that's mentioned in this article had a tie-in with an incident involving a future President of the United States.  It's explained in the item that follows this one.) 

Crisfield Times

April, 1989 

(George H.W. Bush)

Parade Magazine

October, 1935

Democratic Messenger

*March, 1979

Sunday Times (Salisbury)

*September, 2002

                                                                         Baltimore Sun

(Water covers the roads leading into and out of Snow Hill in Worcester County after heavy rains during the weekend.  More than 14 inches of rainfall were reported in the Lower Eastern Shore town between 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.)