Showing posts with label Local And National History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local And National History. Show all posts

Sunday, July 7, 2019

TIME MACHINE: 1895, 1893, 1996, 1921.




July, 1885


 Peninsula Enterprise

July, 1893



Democratic Messenger 


January, 1996


















Somerset Herald
July, 1921

 Worcester Democrat





1996..  Hundreds of thousands of Delmarva Power customers from Smyrna to Cape Charles face much of the day (May 15th) without electricity.

1978..  "Garfield" is a new comic strip being published in U.S. newspapers.


The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.







Sunday, June 30, 2019

TIME MACHINE: 1904, 2006, 1948, 1922, 1883.



August, 1904
(Philadelphia)

 Philadelphia Inquirer



November, 2006


Baltimore Sun

Footnote: Environmental concerns about an ethanol plant  curtailed plans for pursuing such a facility.


January, 1948


Salisbury Times



August, 1922

Democratic Messenger

April, 1883

The Morning News (Wilmington)





1955..  Pocomoke City's large modern J.J. Newberry store opens on the corner of Market and Second Streets.
                           Salisbury Times photo

1975..  The Vietnam war quagmire finally comes to an end.
                                                     United Press International

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.



Sunday, June 23, 2019

TIME MACHINE: 1971, 1943, 1889, 2004.





March, 1971

 Democratic Messenger


August, 1943

Baltimore Sun

August, 1889
Burlington Republican (Burlington, Kan.)


(From 15 years ago.. food for thought regarding a balance between tradition and progress on the Eastern Shore.) 
January, 2004



Daily Times (Salisbury)




1977..  Fire destroys the original Wicomico Youth And Civic Center in Salisbury.  

1966..  A new Sci-Fi series called Star Trek is making its debut on TV.


The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.