TIME MACHINE ... 1923, 1893, 1955, 1903, 1932

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July, 1923

An advertisement in a Canadian newspaper (The Letherbridge Daily Harold) reported on a 2,500 mile tour of a standard stock model of the "Star" car made by the Durant motor company that included a route from Oakland, Md. to Cape Charles, Va.

"The roads were generally good, but between Pocomoke and Cape Charles- 72 miles- 62 miles were plowed dirt and sand undergoing improvement work. I was told by many not to try it. An owner of a higher priced car said that after twelve miles of it he had spent all the next day tightening up his bolts. Another owner of a car the same price as the Star had broken two springs. I knew by that time, however, the Star could go where any car could, and it did. We went through those almost impassable roads without any trouble. Never once was I bumped off the seat. It held the rough road as well at slow speed and handled as beautifully as on concrete at more than 55 miles per hour."

  Durant dealers were notified in advance so they could inform the public of the Star car's arrival along the local tour route. The Star's usual speed on the tour was said to be 25 to 35 miles per hour, with gasoline mileage of 25 miles to a gallon and "over 400 miles on a quart of oil" with no other expenses except for the gas and oil. The Star car was advertised at $810.


October, 1893
(Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac Court House, Va.)

The movement on foot for the establishment of a bank in the town of Onancock, of which there is a notice elsewhere in this paper, is certainly a step in the right direction. Whether or not a bank should be established there is hardly a debatable question. The necessity for it is so great and the reasons for having a bank in the county are so many, that the only question now debatable, is not whether we shall have a bank in Onancock, but why have we not had one before this time. Of course we should have it and the bulk of the stock should be taken by our own citizens and be controlled by them.



January, 1955
(Salisbury Times)

Pocomoke Lions To Entertain Farmers

POCOMOKE CITY - Members of the Pocomoke City Lions Club will be host to the Ruritans of the Atlantic District of Virginia and to farmers of this area for a meeting Tuesday night in the firehouse.

Last spring, Pocomoke City Lions visited the Ruritans and Tuesday's meeting will give them the opportunity to play host again in the series of yearly meetings. Approximately 150 are expected to attend.

Lions President Vaughn Wilkerson also announced that the local club will sponsor the sale of tickets for a special basketball game Feb. 19 between the Greenbelt Lions Club and the Pocomoke Chiefs. Proceeds will be contributed to the Pocomoke City Boys Club.



March, 1903
(Newark Advocate- Newark, Ohio)

Tomato Growers Getting Together.

At a recent meeting tomato growers in the Fairmount district of Somerset County, Md., decided that they would not contract to grow tomatoes for less than 15-cents for a five-eighth's bushel basket to be sold by the basket, and the cannery to furnish baskets for the grower to dump his tomatoes in at the factory. There was another meeting held at Jamestown attended by tomato growers from Westover and Brinkleys districts Jan.17, and the action of the previous meeting was endorsed. A committee was named from each district present to get tomato growers of their respective districts to support the measure.　



March, 1932 (Time Machine archive)
(The Morning Herald- Hagerstown, Md.)

Mob Threatens Worcester County Prosecutor

Berlin, Md., March 24 (AP)- An investigation to establish the identity of the members of the mob which surrounded the Atlantic Hotel early today and threatened State's Attorney Godfrey Child, was promised today by Charles R. Mason of Pocomoke City, a member of the Worcester County Board of Commissioners.

Mason said the investigation would be conducted by the County Board of Commissioners.

Meanwhile, State's Attorney Child was resting comfortably at his home in Pocomoke City after being conducted there by Sheriff Wilmer S. Purnell after the latter and state troopers had dispersed the mob about the hotel. He made no intimations today concerning any actions he may take against the persons in the crowd.

The mob action followed the rendering of the decision by Justice Of The Peace William J. Bratten in dismissing the kidnapping and assault charges against Robert Allen, Chief of Police of Ocean City, and George K. Jarvis, prominent cattleman. The charges had been preferred by Charles W. Brown who said he had been waylaid and held a prisoner by Allen, Jarvis and two other men for five days last week.

State's Attorney Child presented the evidence for the complainant at the hearing last night and the attitude of the crowd wanted to know why the decision had been in the favor of the defendants. A window in the hotel where Child planned to spend the night was broken and the State's Attorney's automobile was wrecked.

 After the hotel was darkened and the doors bolted, Sheriff Purnell and state police were called to break up the mob. Later the Sheriff took the prosecutor to his home.

　
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