Pinehurst Winter Social Life Expands in Decade-Deep Comfort
The December scene at Pinehurst shows a growing influx of guests with extended visits and full house counts at The Berkshire. Thanksgiving passed with quiet New England dignity, while social events multiply at The Berkshire and Village Hall. The Pinehurst Outlook plans timely distribution and local editor notes. Progress reported in the Philippines and a new turnpike road over the Blue Ridge are described as notable developments in education, infrastructure, and governance.
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Pinehurst
Berkshire
New England
Dr. Hale
The Horse Still Lives in an Automarket World
The New York Sun notes that horses persist despite bicycles and rising car use. In Long Island fashion colonies, horses remain central to leisure and sport. Automobiles serve utilitarian needs while hunting, park saddle, and trotter racing endure as enduring social activity.
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Long Island
Park
New York Sun
How the Romans Built Roads
The Romans understood road-building so thoroughly that their work stood for a thousand years, demonstrating the stability and solidity typical of the great nation. The top surface was made of square stones.
Virtue It Own Reward in a Shoe
A crippled Chicago shoemaker found 3500 in a shoe he was cobbling. The owner soon proved the property and paid 15 cents for repairs, happy to have the money returned. The tale lauds honesty as its own reward and notes a thrifty man who hid the cash would not merit a reward.
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Chicago
New York Sun
Western North Carolina towns push road improvement groups
The people of the extreme western portion of North Carolina are becoming aroused to better highways Buncombe and Haywood have organized road associations of enterprising citizens and Macon plans to follow suit with a progressive effort to improve roads.
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North Carolina
Buncombe
Haywood
Macon
Virtue versus Endurance in a Tough Long Run
A Philadelphia Record aphorism notes virtue as its own reward while persistence tests endure the longest. The proverb contrasts moral aim with stamina, framing endurance as ultimate longevity in life.
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Philadelphia
Horseless Horse Show Satirizes Dress and Fashion
A Bangs parody on an annual horse show mocks spectacle over substance. It lists many horse types and riders while shifting focus to costumed spectators and titled dames. The verse laments horses’ decline to pageantry, ending with a quip about a heavenly stall.
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Utlook
Moore County
James W. Tufts
Leonard Tufts, Herbert L. Jillson
Leonard TurFts
N.C
Southern Pines
The
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Taft
Boston
Blue Ridge
Wilkesboro
Blue Ridge Mountains
Jefferson
N. C
John Kendrick Bangs
Harper's Weekly
Army Corps
LiLorse
Madame
Tarbell D'Hate
Asterbilt
Miss Rich
Miss Bullion
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