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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
9
The fragment presents a publication date and outlet name The Outlook Publishing Company dated Turday December 16 1905 The readable text offers no clear event or named entities to summarize beyond the paper’s date and attribution
A vivid vignette depicts a crowded station with a placid woman reading a book, a fussy man, a bored official, restless children, a college widow, a Western traveler, and a cat in a basket. Various travelers and bystanders, including two colored gentlemen, a nursemaid, and a tug of wartime bustle, fill the scene as the speaker notes train sounds and the crowd’s comic dynamics.
A nostalgic verse lists Christmas desires from family members including Tommy wanting skates and a hankerchief and Mamma a calendar while Papa wishes a cow Dolly seeks a watch and chain Johnny drums and a painted box. The poem reflects on the gap between wants and what is received and ends with well wishes for a merry Christmas.
A putting contest at The Inn drew a seated crowd as players used a sheet iron disk and allowed three puts at four distances. Prizes from F. W. Kenyon and Mr Jillson went to the top scorers with Mrs W Hetherington of Rochester winning first with fourteen, Miss Mary C Dutton second with eleven, and Master Richard Tufts third with ten. Notable participants included Joshua Tobin, George G Hill, Leonard Tufts and Esther Tufts, Harry Dutton, Alice Dutton, John H Packard, W A Johnston, Aug F Brombacher, E P Goodwin, and J H Fahey.
Waldo E. Lyon of Leominster Mass renowned for trick bicycle skills gave a fine exhibition at The Inn Saturday evening after the Book Party. He performed daring stunts on an unruly mount to hearty applause and coin tipping. The anecdote includes a wedding trip stop in Pinehurst where a groom and bride shared a honeyed table moment and a comical miscommunication with a waiter.
An Advertisement Party is announced for this Saturday evening at The Inn. A general invitation is extended to attend a show of well known advertisements without lettering and participants will supply missing titles. Prizes awarded for the most correct interpretations.
A humor piece explains why some women hold their heads back and stare at the ceiling during rides. It notes other methods to avoid seasickness in elevators and cites a Whistler anecdote about painting nature. The dialogue contrasts practical, humorous elevator fears with artistic wisdom.
The par son thundered that modern dance is merely hugging set to music while a rough young man suggested cutting the music, provoking a chorus of opinions on how to improve the present method of dancing.
The Village Administration offices move to the commodious old Casino building, now termed the Administration building. The interior blends quiet dignity with admirable harmony to the Village, with facilities on both floors including an information desk, telegraph and phone offices, library, handicraft shop, reception room, and offices for the Resident General Manager and cashier.
A group of southern golfers led by Dr. F. Holland and Clarence Angier of Atlanta and R. H. Thach and W. P. Ward of Birmingham enjoyed ten days at The Village. They spent nearly all day on the links, even lunching at the Country Club House and playing extra holes while awaiting meals. They left delighted with the Village and its course and planned to return. a photo of the group appears on page two.
Trainer John T. Benson leaves Boston with his birds and animals on January eighth and plans to open about the fifteenth of the month, continuing the rapid work pushed at the Menagerie building.
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