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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1898
Page
3
The notice describes a two level facility with a Ladies Parlor and Cafe on the lower floor and a Reading Room on the second floor offering daily papers and popular periodicals, plus a Billbird Room Smoking Room and baths.
Advertisement offers bulbs 15 to 18 inches long, available postpaid at 10 rents each. Bulbs can be mailed ready for use or in shell with seeds, to any address while supplies last. Include a postal card with recipient addresses to receive a free sample copy of THE OUTLOOK.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Americans adore peanuts with annual U.S. consumption near 4,000 bushels and traces growth from a holiday luxury to a staple after the Civil War. Virginia and North Carolina now produce about 4,000,000 bushels yearly, aided by Southern cultivation and soldier consumption. Norfolk, Virginia, stands as the world’s peanut center, handling 8,000,000 bushels annually. The piece details growing practices from vines to harvest and processing, and mentions peanut origins in Africa and ties to olive oil in France.
An elderly caller unwraps a bright Columbian half dollar and asks its value. The dealer values it at 50 cents, but the man seeks a higher return and hands the coin to a poor boy, hoping for better interest. The scene captures a small tale of thrift and generosity in Chicago.
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