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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
2
Frank T. Spinney and Arthur H. Spinney appear in a fragmented notice from Pusitsver and Borron. The garbled OCR item references individuals with likely legal or public record context but lacks clear actions, dates, or locations.
Classified ads brief and public notice items regarding requests to place ads and mail matters. Includes address to Frank T Sprisby publisher and notes post office entry in Pinehurst Moore County North Carolina. Second class mail matter referenced.
Moore County Commissioners and county officials are listed including Johnson Th. Willson Toneshon William Currie Curriesville TB Creel Aberdeen Clerk Superior Court D A McDonald Sheriff Samuel M Jones Register of Deeds W H Battley Treasurer Daniel Hannon Coroner Dr G Mc Leod Surveyor J G Senwell.
A partial roster of townline and nearby area officials including Justices of the Peace W. W. Cole Rubicon Daniel Blue Mi L. Morris and others from West End Janes L Currie A. Thomas Jackson Springs M. Brown Patterson Bridge M. M. Thomas Chirk's Mills C.D. Benbow Pinehurst names appear among the listed authorities.
Detroit Free Press notes a trial where a justice of the peace challenges testifying witnesses grammar and insists on correct language. The prisoner is acquitted on the condition of returning harness and other chattels. The piece culminates with the adage The successful merchant is the one that advertises.
In Margaret Stith's Jour nil a disputatious man seeks lodging with Ward's wife in Whittier. Ward denies shelter for his cattle and advises the man to seek a tavern. The visitor cites scripture about entertaining strangers as angels, and Ward retorts that angels did not arrive on horseback.
A university professor narrates a bizarre tale of attempting to raise fowl with a neighbor’s help. He kept two lions and two large broods, but the chickens died quickly. The neighbor asks what the birds are fed, and the professor replies he feeds them nothing, assuming hens provide their own milk, a misheard joke in a rural incident.
Citizens protest incessant bell ringing at a colored schoolhouse. The principal explains the bell marks pupils ages and lesson milestones, with ringing increasing for correct spellings and mistakes. The tale ends with a polite greeting in dialect.
A fragmented OCR style passage features a fortune teller warning of wealth and fame, a sitter's regret about art, a wedding with a coercive twist, and a quirky remark about someone named Dorothy observing a freckled woman with a facial tattoo.
The poem resumes with the speaker stepping ashore and offering a limp hand to the Messenger. Conscience remains with guiding light and wisdom as life’s voyage ends, promising reward and a crown of victory after a righteous earthly course.
An official inspected a public institution’s kitchen at mealtime. He seized a steaming kettle, demanded a spoon and lid, and drank a mouthful. He called the soup undrinkable, noting it tasted like dirty water as two workers stood watching.
A London inventor creates a transparent umbrella hood to see ahead while walking. Nearby, a Dean recounts a Nottingham Church Congress tale of a parson away on holiday and a dog tearing pages from his sermon notes, prompting a quip about a shorter discourse.
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