Pinehurst Nurseries Emphasizes Native Plants and Global Reach
North Carolina’s Pinehurst Nurseries markets native flora to a global audience, recounting import restrictions and strict pest controls. The piece highlights seed exports, expert seed houses, and farmer employment spurred by a world interest in native shrubs, perennials, and seasonal botanical displays.
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North Carolina
North America
Pinehurst
United States
Old World
England
France
Germany
Australia
South Africa
Noteworthy Changes at Pinehurst Inns and Berkshire
The Holly Inn expands with twenty seven new rooms and a music room to serve an expected 240 guests. Treadway from Red Lion Inn Stockbridge will manage guest comfort while Atwood maintains high cuisine. The Berkshire consolidates Oaks and Shinover with a new dining room and meals for cottagers. Peck and wife will host guests. The Pine Grove House gains improved heating, and I A Flint of Boston will oversee its operation. Cedars adds plazas. Mrs Upham takes charge of the Casino. Waldheim reserved for future use.
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Holly Inn
Pinehurst
Allen ‘T. 'Treadway
Red Lion
Stockbridge
Mass
JH. Atwood
Berkshire
Oaks
W. 10. Peck
Peck
Pine Grove House
I. A. Flint
Boston
Pine Grove
Cedars
Lake Seluwik Shows Salt and Fresh Water Layers
An Alaska traveler reports remarkable lake phenomena at Seluwik near the seacoast. Tides may connect the lake underground to the sea causing saltwater at the bottom and a top layer of sweet water.
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Alaska
Seluwik
Post Office staffing changes and new leisure facilities noted
Lodgers who take meals at the Casino will see Mrs Herbert L Legg replace Miss Upham as assistant to Mr Ben Bow in the post office. The issue mentions a new golf links elsewhere and notes a well equipped bowling alley on Dogwood road near the Casino with a barber in attendance.
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Herbert L. Legg
Ozone and the Joy of Living at Pinehurst Feb Morning
A first person reminiscence describes stepping from a Seaboard line train into a clear February dawn at Pinehurst. The narrator muses on ozone, modern science, and the simple pleasure of being alive, noting a diary shows only routine days and small chosen joys rather than eventful living. He contrasts activity with quiet choice, finding contentment in breathing the moment and in personal observances.
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Seaboard Aw
Movne
Arcturus
Pinehurst
Lord Houghton
Buck
Tam
Thad
Tiny London Padlock and Flea Chain Curiosity
In Elizabeth I’s twentieth year blacksmith Mark Scartliot forged a lock of eleven iron and steel pieces with a matching key weighing one grain. He made a gold chain of forty three links attached to the lock and key, placed on a flea’s neck, yet the whole weighed a little under one and a half grains.
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London
Mark Scartliot
Trass
Thur of the Day Adage About Ship and Effort
A proverb notes it is idle to await a ship’s arrival unless one has sent a vessel out first. The quote emphasizes proactive effort over passive hope.
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Pinehurst Nurseries
America
San Jose
The
Union
China
Sam
New England
Otto Katzenstein
Berkshire Hills
Mt. Everett House
South Eyremont
Waldheim
Salmagiiudi
BB. Hale
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