Pinehurst North Carolina as a New England escape
Descriptive letter from Pinehurst, North Carolina, dated March 9 1899, detailing travel from Dedham Massachusetts, arrival via Jersey ferry and Pennsylvania Railroad, and impressions of Holly Inn and Tufts properties. Highlights include golf, social mix of New England guests, electric lighting, water quality, lodging options with weekly rates, hospitalities at the Casino and several hotels, local amenities such as a department store, post office, and carriage rides, plus leisure activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Dedham
Mass
N. C
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New England
New York
Jersey Ferry
Pennsylvania R. A
Southern Pines
James W. Tufts
Boston
Holly Inn
Atwood
Treadway
Hotel Register
Norfolk County
Brookline
Boston Stock Exchange
Tufts
Rye Beach
N.H
Berkshire
Magnolia
Radcliffe
Pine Grove House
North
Piny Woods
Winter bonnet compliment sparks neighborly chat
Mrs Jones and Mrs Smith share a neighborly call about a winter bonnet. Mrs Smith recalls seeing it at church last Sunday and praises its beauty, noting it looks just as well as last year. The exchange showcases cordial tone and feminine wit from a Chicago Nears brief.
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Mrs. Jones
Next to it your husband doesn't smoke Mrs Price
A brief Chicago Record quip notes the remark about a husband who does not smoke but sometimes fumes, hinting at domestic tension or humor in a local anecdote.
Berkshire Pinehurst description from The Berkshire ad
The Berkshire in Pinehurst North Carolina offers modern conveniences including running spring water bathrooms steam heat open fires and electric lights. Nearby golf links tennis croquet grounds and horse rentals available. Electric cars from New York area railroad lines will transport visitors six miles to Pinehurst. W W Peck manager and Mt Everett House proprietor in South Egremont Massachusetts.
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Berkshire
Thne Hurst
New York
Penn
R. A
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Department Store Ad Lists Broad Retail Departments
A historic department store catalog style outlines many shops within the store. It lists drugs and proprietary medicines, groceries, dry goods and shoes, hardware, crockery, furniture, electric supplies, paints, silverware, party goods, and a meat market with cold storage. The page emphasizes stock from Northern markets and latest hat and cap fashions.
Pine Grove House For Such, 1. A. Flint
A fragment states A. Flint of Stone House Farm at N. Kear. The terse note identifies a Pine Grove House item and a property connection to Flint in a rural locale, with limited accompanying detail.
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Stone House Farm
N. Kear
Ing, Mass
Pine Grove
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Chicago
the Berkshire
Pinehurst, N. C
K Electric
New
A. Flint
United States
Canada
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