Services Last Sunday at Village Hall
The morning 10 45 o clock service was led by Rev Me Thomas of Southern Pines with a New Year sermon and a fine children's choir. Sunday school at noon drew a large crowd. Miss Lewis led the children's class and Mr W A Peele led the bible class. An Episcopal service at 3 15 featured a tuneful offertory anthem by Roberts sung by Mrs Bradbury. Evening prayer and praise at 7 15, led by Rev Mr Dickinson, attracted many and the choir showed progress under Mr St Clair. An invitation to attend the evening service was issued.
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Me. Thomas
Southern Pines
EB. Smith
W. A. Peele
Gregory
Roberts
Bradbury
Sunday Evening Concert at Holby Inn
The regular public concert in the Holby Inn music room drew a large audience last Sunday. The orchestra under Mr Trev Sharp performed with strong expression. Soloists Mr Alfred Sommer and Mr A D St Clair received high praise. The program included works by Marek De Koven Moses and Tobant with audience encore.
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Holby Inn Music Room
Trev. Sharp
Sommer
Marek
Germany
Moses
A.D. St. Clair
Hothnan
Alfred Sommer
Tobant Volonaise
Moses Hutit
God
New Years at the Magnolia
The Magnolia hosted a pleasant New Year observation last Monday with a Holly and fern decorated dining room. Landlord Pottle served a noted menu to regular guests and cottagers. After dinner guests visited Jackson Hamlet colored church for Christmas tree exercises. An afternoon program pleased Northern guests and a whist party closed the day in the Magnolia parlors.
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Magnolia
Pottle
Jackson Hamlet
New Year’s Hop at the Holly Inn
A large New Year’s Eve gathering at the Holly Inn drew cottagers and guests into the music room. Guests danced Virginia reel, waltzes, and two steps as the Holly Fan Orchestra led by Trew Sharp provided music. Mr Treadway led the reel with Mrs Lowry of Buffalo. lemonade at the door marked the toast to the New Year.
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Holly Inn
Treadway
Pleasing Entertainment Next Wednesday at Vilkyre Hall
An evening program directed by Mr. A. D. St. Chair is announced for next Wednesday in Vilkyre Hall. The first part features the one act farce Turn Him Out with Nicodemus Noble and a cast including Charles Baxter Mackintosh Moke Matthew F. Black Elegantine Roseleat A. K. Kennedy Julia Moke's wife Miss Annette Slow Susan the maid of all work Mise E. Smith Two Porters Jd. L. Stephens C. B. Vale. The program ends with readings and musical numbers by the Hollynn orchestra.
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A. D. St. Chair
Vilkyre Hall
Nicodemus Noble
Charles Baxter
Mackintosh
Moke
Matthew F. Black
Elegantine Roseleat
A.K. Kennedy
Julia
Annette Slow
Susan
Mise E. Smith
Jd. L. Stephens
C. B. Vale
New Train Service To Pinehurst Via Southern Railway
The first train on the new route from Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington to Pinehurst via the Southern Railway rolled into Pinehurst station just after 11 am last Monday. The train carried one combination car and one passenger car hired by an A& A locomotive. The coaches are attractive and comfortable in the long‑orn style and the service should prove popular with many residents from the North.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pinehurst
Southern Railway
A& A
Colored Christmas Celebration Gathers Local Attendees
The colored residents connected with Jackson Thunler church held Christmas tree exercises Monday afternoon with many villagers attending. The Pinehurst group donated toys handkerchiefs money and other gifts to support the event. An evening concert at the same venue featured a novel entertainment enjoyed by attendees.
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Jackson Thunler
Bankruptcy Court Humor in the Face of Debt
A quirky view of bankruptcy court framed as humor with creditors smiling amid proceedings. The piece notes referees and trustees facing endless eccentric combinations and looming gray hair from daily challenges in a brisk, period-voice tone.
Surreal Bankrupt Tales Surface in New York Scene
A New York bankruptcy recital features Eugene Canfield admitting debts around 8000 dollars and claiming two New Jersey land parcels as assets. He recalls buying one lot in Philadelphia with partner George Richards after an auctioneer offered more, while a trustee searches for the lots amid creditor claims. Other snippets joke about a suspender button as a cost of mercy and a debtor claiming only two shirts as personal property. The report also mentions a bankrupt who owns unbroken horses in Oregon and a note asking creditors for ten cents for a messenger fee to attend a meeting, all illustrating comic misfortune in bankruptcy cases.
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Eugene Canfield
New Jersey
Canfield
Philadelphia
George Richards
Gelaetor
Mitchell
Ile
Armatilla County
Oregon
New York
The El Cuney Affair and the Loud Laughter of a Soldier
General Lawton recalls a night near El Paso when his tired division marched in formation and a negro soldier’s restless humor sparked laughter. Major G Creighton Webb, inspector-general, watched as the men, exhausted yet spirited, filed past and an unseen speaker rode down the road with continual chatter and mirth.
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Lawton
el Cuney
el Paso
G. Creighton Webb
A Soldier's Dog Carrying Fatigue Beside a Black Troop
Webb mocks a tall corporal from the twenty-fifth Infantry who marches through the night and day with two guns and two belts while carrying a tired dog. The corporal explains the dog is tired, drawing Webb into boyish laughter. The scene is relayed by the Chicago Record.
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Webb
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Ile
Corport
Tere
Chicago
Mystery Birthday Across the Week in Chicago Tribune
A brief, playful exchange questions the day on which a birthday falls over different years. The mother confirms Sunday, Monday, and Saturday references across prior years, highlighting how the weekday of a birthday shifts annually.
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Chicago Tribune
Landscape Accounted For in Greek Golf Legend
A Detroit Journal excerpt riffs on Greek myth and golf, noting Greece as rough terrain where goddesses learned to play golf. The playful line imagines a goddess wearing a large-scale garment as golf introduces havoc on the landscape, reflecting humorous mythic satire.
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Greece
Detroit Journal
The Graceful Jest Recalled by Lifr Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue shows His Grace recalling a capital joke told last week. Lifr notes the joke’s humor and raises a brief exchange about timing and memory, reflecting a light moment in a medieval or fantasy setting.
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Lifr
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