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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
3
The Berkshire has been enlarged since last season doubling capacity and refurnished with modern conveniences including running water from Pinehurst Springs baths steam heat open fires and electric lights. It will be managed next season by the proprietor of the Eagle Inn Orwell Vermont.
A string of witticisms and jokes from exchanges and letters, misheard phrases, and humorous retorts about language, fashion, public figures, and mining. Notable lines include a child’s boot misadventure, a plea for silence, and a quip by Dr Parr. The piece ends with a miner’s kidney lump remark and a light courtroom smile.
The item recalls a London bazaar scene where orchids and buttonholes fetched high sums and a noted elderly gentleman paid five pounds in one instance. A sharper, gentler anecdote follows, with a tea service moment and a quip about a guinea, illustrating the period’s social banter through an Argonaut fragment.
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