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

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; plus Holiday Time: 1904, 1966, 1969, 1955.

 

Mrs. Katherine Etchison was my great-aunt and was a local teacher. In 1960 she presented me with my first subscription to an unknown (to me) magazine called "National Geographic". I never threw away a copy and stored them under my bed to be pulled out and surreptitiously scanned at night, when I was supposed to be sleeping. By the time I graduated high school there were over 100 copies under there!


Your friend,
Slim




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December 1904

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Democratic Messenger

December 1966

Pocomoke Messenger

December 1969



Democratic Messenger

December 1955

The Salisbury Times


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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1980, 2002.

 


                                                      

                                






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*November 1980
Salisbury Daily Times

*March 2002
Baltimore Sun



I was there in Cole Field House for the final game in March of 2002. The outcome was a pleasant surprise. Danny and Nancy Miles were in the same row. Can't remember who else, after all it was well over 20 years ago.

Your friend,
Slim


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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, plus 1923, 2004.

 


(As in the previous week's edition much of the news space was devoted to the newspaper's subscription drive, with social notes also occupying much of the front page.  An exception was the news of a fire at St. Mary's as noted below.)




*August 1923
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The News Journal (Wilmington)


*October 2004





Salisbury Daily Times

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