Fire Strikes Pinehurst Residence. Community Seeks Aid
Last evening just after 10 o'clock the residents of Pinehurst heard the fire whistle and found Mr. Lewis Letien’s house near the north fence fully ablaze. Neighbors fought the flames to save adjacent buildings, but the home and most belongings, including about $80, were consumed. Letien and family escaped in night clothes. he was injured while rescuing a child. Subscription papers for relief are at Holly Inn and the local drug store.
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Lewis Letien
Letien
Holly Inn
Broken breastpin mending debated by shop names
A thrift shop exchange humorously debates where to mend a broken breastpin. The child suggests Glasspy, but others mock his high prices, finally endorsing Mugger's as the more affordable option in a light Chicago Tribune tone.
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Muamma
Glasspy
A War-Time Christmas Dinner At Petersburg 1864
An eyewitness account relays a Christmas truce between Confederate and Union lines at Petersburg Virginia in 1864. After visiting picket lines the officers shared supper and tobacco with opposing soldiers as gunfire paused. The exchange included gifts and a cordial toast ending with a shared wish for a merry Christmas.
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oWell
Battle of San Juan Told by Shafter or Davis
Brooklyn Life presents a classroom prompt where Teacher Willie asks which historical account to discuss the Battle of San Juan. Students debate perspectives, choosing between Shafter and Davis as the narrative guide.
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Willie
Battle of
San Juan
Shafter
Davis
Brooklyn
Magnificent new hotel opens with 250 rooms and suites
Rates start at 4.00 per day and 21.00 per week for a superb season’s hotel. It features 250 richly furnished rooms, 49 with baths, steam heat, open fireplaces, electric lights, call bells, elevator, Pinehurst Springs water, top cuisine, and a first class orchestra conducted by Mr. Trey Sharp.
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Pinehurst Springs
Trey, Sharp
Holly Tun
Hotel Manager H W Priest Career Highlights
H W Priest has served as manager for six years at the Highland Park Hotel in Aiken South Carolina the Magnolia Hotel in Magnolia Massachusetts the Pine Forest Inn in Summerville South Carolina and the Preston Hotel in Bed Bluffs Massachusetts.
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Highland Park Hotel
Aiken
S.C
Magnolia
Mass
Pine Forest Inn
Summerville
8. C
Preston Hotel
Bed
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Moore C.O
Arthur H. Spinney, Pualisher
Arthur TH. Spinney
Moore County
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Petersburg
Virginia
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Meade
George F. Williams
New York World
Gilder
The
Carolina
Pinehurst, N. C
H. W. Priest
N. W. Priest
Summer St
Boston
Priest
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pines
Allen T. Treadway
Moore Co
North Carolina
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