Thursday, October 15, 2020

Special Edition Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye we take you back to 1879 and the trial of a young Pocomoke City woman charged in the shooting death of her close female companion at the large residence of the victim's parents on Willow Street.  The trial made news nationwide .. a real life soap opera-like drama being recounted in court proceedings in Snow Hill. The headlines-

              








                

Read the stories behind these headlines this Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.


 

Confederate Monument Hearing

 (Shore Daily News)


NORTHAMPTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT PUBLIC HEARING DRAWS RANGE OF OPINIONS

The public hearing on the future of the Confederate Monument on the Historic Courthouse Green in Eastville drew a wide array of opinions Tuesday evening.

Most of the speakers supported Dr. Art Carter’s idea of adding to the Historic Courthouse Green, rather than taking away or tearing down. Carter proposes adding a monument to a Union Solider who is carved in “an African-American likeness.”

View full news article:

https://shoredailynews.com/headlines/northampton-confederate-monument-public-hearing-draws-range-of-opinions/

Monday, October 12, 2020

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Time Machine: 1941, 1972, 1883, 2008, 1967, 1977.

 


October, 1941




Worcester Democrat And Ledger Enterprise


February, 1972









Daily Times (Salisbury)

Footnote:  Meinster's father was a longtime Pocomoke City dentist. Anyone remember when his office was at a second floor location on the east side of Market Street, vicinity of the F.W. Woolworth store? Later Dr. Meinster's dental practice  was located at his home on Second Street.


September, 1883

Delaware State Journal (Wilmington)


March, 2008


Baltimore Sun


March, 2008

                         Baltimore Sun


1967  ..  At the top of the music charts-

1977  ..  We have a Triple Crown winner! It's Seattle Slew.

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Check for a special edition of The Time Machine next Sunday. More about it this coming week.
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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.