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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
3
A veteran narrator debates stunsails and the twilight of clipper ships. He contrasts modern steamers and railed transport with 19th century clippers driving fast voyages for teas and coffees. The piece recalls Yankee seamanship, topmasts, spinnakers, and the crystal ball superstition as relics of a fading maritime era.
The piece discusses using a crystal ball for concentration and intuition, noting a north light aids focus but is not essential. It explains seeing or foreseeing events as the outcome and observes that believers pay high prices, citing the temperament of belief and the value placed on the object by the rich.
The New York Tribune reports a dark brown basalt rise nearly 2000 feet high along the Columbia River spanning six to eight miles. Indigenous lore of a moving mountain proving true in part describes forward and downward motion that shifts railroad tracks and, geologists say, results from erosion of underlying conglomerate or sandstone.
A Boston merchant known to a white preacher was invited to Sunday services at the preacher’s church. The merchant hesitated fearing discomfort for his wife and congregation. The preacher assured him that many Sundays the pews resemble a bowl of milk with blueberries, mixing whites and colors.
The Boston Transcript captures a sharp exchange where Hicks challenges Hicks on funding a public statue, accusing him of professing love for art while withholding support. Wicks counters, asserting the noted affections for art.
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