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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
2
Several apartments are rented by guests in advance for the season, with a number of new guests already securing rooms. A few premium rooms remain. inquiries on prices and location may be sent to Mrs. Alice M. Stwey, who oversees the house this season.
A letter from SLAMPDEN WALDRON in New York dated Nov 1 1900 praises the Pinehurst Outlook first issue No 1 for November 1900. WALDRON encloses fifty cents for six months subscription and compliments the illustrated indigenous prints such as dogwood.
A New Haven Pallencham item describes Torrington evolving a progressive peanut party. Guests at a table use family tongs to draw peanuts from a central pile, the one with the most peanuts at the bell moving to the next table. Prizes are peanuts prepared in various forms.
Westminster Budget recalls a Sunday when Highland shepherds brought dogs to church and the pews. two rival dogs clashed before a puzzled congregation. The minister finally quips about the dogfight and bets a half crown on the collie. A second note records a golfing friend asking to keep a date open for a possible marriage contingency.
The piece notes golf’s rapid spread in the United States with clubs multiplying and both sexes joining. It discusses the sport’s popularity, the estimated 300,000 players, and the dominant expense of golf balls. It explains materials for balls, notably gutta percha, India rubber, and pricing, plus issues of seasoning and import duties on gutta percha.
The New Bedford Standard notes that with gutta percha costing about $2 per dozen before moulding, U S manufacturers could quickly gain market control by producing well made balls. Current consumer prices run $3.50 to $4.50 per dozen, with $3.50 and $4.00 as common figures and $4.50 as a premium.
Alec Ross and his brother Donald Ross headed this season at the Links, posting scores that outline a total of 38 for Ours and 41 for In-S after a long day. The detailed hole by hole results list four, two, one, five, four, six, and other numbers across the eight- and nine-hole segments, culminating in the final totals.
Dr Nathaniel P Rice aged seventy two dies at a private sanitarium on Sixty second Street after paralysis struck him at his Massachusetts summer home last May He was Harvard College class of 1849 Harvard Medical School graduate Civil War surgeon Medical Director in Virginian and North Carolina 1904 05 later in the Bond Department of the New York Custom House Survived by a wife a brother and a sister He spent winters at Pinehurst Molly Inn and was known in social and medical circles in New York City New York November 11 1900
A brief Philadelphia Press quip notes the cold weather limiting riding a wheel. The speaker recalls still paying installments on the bicycle, implying lasting purchase obligations amid winter conditions.
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