Dayhoff Time Flies: An ice storm on February 21, 1902
paralyzed Carroll County Time Flies Sunday, February 17, 2019 by Kevin Dayhoff
Almost 120 years ago. Carroll County experienced a rain and
sleet storm that the American Sentinel newspaper hailed as “The Great Sleet
Storm,” according to a published account written for the Historical Society of
Carroll County in Feb. 1994 by local historian and Historical Society executive
director, now Judge Joe Getty.
[…]
In 1902, Carroll countians were just starting to become
dependent on the telephone, telegraph, and electric power. So you can imagine
the paralysis which resulted as The Democratic Advocate proclaimed: “The
wreck of the system in this city of the Western Maryland Telephone Company was
nearly complete. Two-thirds of the poles were down, cross-arms broken off and
wires snapped and tangled all over the city, particularly from the railroad
east.”
[…]
Lately, February in Maryland has been living up to its
reputation and turning into an endurance contest. This column goes best with Antonio
Vivaldi’s “L’inverno,” the winter movement of “The Four Seasons”
violin concerto written in 1723. Who knew Vivaldi invented heavy metal in
1700s?
Read more here: https://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/features/cc-lt-dayhoff-021719-story.html
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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019
Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
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