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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
6
A European tale about the German Emperor recounts a Berlin review where Kaiser Wilhelm chides General von Meerahheidt for losing presence of mind. The exchange ends with a court ball quip urging the general to marry a young wife, proving the ruler’s blunt humor.
George William Titcomb, a station agent at Saco, has built a tiny locomotive 26 inches long. The engine runs on a track under four inches in gauge and includes a complete tender with a small water tank and coal capacity. The cab interior holds a steam gauge throttle and other controls, and the engineer and fireman seats are cushioned. It operates smoothly and could haul several cars if a small fireman could be found.
A Detroit Journal excerpt recounts a chilling tale where an Indian asks a bound captive to burn him to spur the sun to sickness, while the captive claims the solar eclipse will be delayed to the day after tomorrow after a long-parallax calculation.
A drug clerk recalls a serious mistaken prescription charge of 30 events instead of 35, causing a gloomy face. In a separate vignette a customer bargains over fabric price, insisting on six cents a yard while the seller stands firm at a higher rate, illustrating everyday miscommunications in commerce.
A collage of quips and scenes includes a stumped man hailed as a hero, a cautious bachelor remark, and a critic of Mrs Thompson’s art collection. It also notes playful lines about Tennyson, a city girl mistaking a Brahmin chicken, and an elevator boy’s duty. Odd anecdotes reveal humor on fame, manners, and travel.
An earnest minister, in a Sunday sermon on little things, said the hand that made the heavens also made a grain of sand and a daisy. His homily framed creation from the tiny to the towering, tying the grand to the simple in a prairie parable.
I A Flint of Stone Farm House New Ipswich Mass will be at the Pine Grove House to welcome a limited number of people seeking a salubrious climate. The home will be open for those obliged by health or inclination to leave their homes for a healthier setting during the heated term.
The store advertises departments from Dry Goods and Notions to Gents Furnishings Hats Boots and Rubber Goods and Furniture. It features Groceries Fresh Meats in Cold Storage Stoves Tinware Crockery Glassware and Silverware plus Stationery and Grain Hay and Feed Stuffs. Stock is sourced from Northern markets with quality as the standard.
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