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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
2
The article catalogs fall and autumn flora noting pink gerardia with fragile petals, greenish-white gentian ochrolenca, vivid blue gentian, and a sturdy holly and mistletoe display. It argues these plants, along with remaining blossoms, prove the term pine barrens is misleading, inviting reflections on nature’s resilience.
The Aberdeen area hosts a Cuban famine relief appeal dated January 22, 1898. Residents solicit meat flour corn wheat non perishable foods light clothing blankets and money for shipment by February 15. Signers include J R Page I A Page J Men Johnson and others. Pinehurst invited to join and Sunday offertories fund the cause.
Impromptu verses respond to Mayor Fagan on welcome day in Aberdeen. Poem extols the Pine as a noble evergreen, a sovereign of Caroline woods, enduring cold and storms, while noting other trees and distant lands. Spirit of memory and merit elevates the Pine above crowns and monarchs.
A Moore County notice describes old bear traps and wolf-pits in ruins, notes deer and wild turkey hunting from doors steps, and reports new state laws lasting five years to protect game. Landlord Powell of the Powell Hotel in Aberdeen offers hunting guidance to visiting sportsmen, with open season details from November 1 to March 1 and a five year deer protection rule against dog chase or hunting over blinds.
Turkeys are plentiful and self reliant, quail provide fine sport with bags of twenty five to forty in a half day. The speaker envisions in five years the finest hunting kind in the state, a vast game preserve. Open country for fox hunting exists, allowing riders to go miles without obstruction, unmatched east of the Mississippi river.
A summary of the first United States Congress meeting in Federal Hall New York on April 6 1780. It notes Major L Enfant’s role in preparing the hall, Washington's inauguration on the portico, and early pay rates for Speaker Muhlenberg members and staff. It mentions a closed Senate for five years, and Washington reading his messages in person.
Northern tourists wintering in Pinehurst organize excursions to nearby towns where they perform recitations songs and music. They recently visited Aber deen and were warmly welcomed by the mayor and citizens. A Sanford reader is invited to see the Pinehurst Outlook article by Dr W H Parcels titled Yold Yet Again.
A fragment notes admiration for a celebrated physician and a famed author, mentioning esteemed doctors and a popular figure nicknamed “tar-heels.” It references Lamartine and Leiris, with a tone of pride over good health and broad recognition, sourced from the Pa. Daily Courier.
Southern Pines notes G B Blanchard of Auburn Maine as a guest at the Ozone. J R Bird of Philadelphia and T S Drake of New Rochelle also stay there. JL W Forbush and wife of Gorka, N U L and F J Blanchard with wife are lodging at the Ozone. A drive to Pinehurst by Clark J Brown A C Wilcox and Charles E Gibson and wife is recorded. A Kings Daughters benefit for Congregational church netted 63.00 with Cuban sufferers relief. trolley visits by Pinehurst residents and a late evening silent drill and gramophone entertainment marked the event.
Aberdeen items report visits by Adams, Edes, Primrose and others to relatives in Rockingham and Biscoe. Mrs. Bryan notes millinery trends while Addie Goodwin heads to Bethune Adams Archire. A fire damages Allen Moore’s home and Rev. Emery preaches at Presbyterian church. Dr Bethune and Lena Adams wed in Biscoe with a breakfast reception before moving to Lumberton.
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