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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
5
A refined building designed for resident comfort offers a Ladies Parlor and Cafe on the lower floor. The second floor houses a Reading Room with Daily Papers and popular periodicals, plus a Billiard Room, Smoking Room, Bath Rooms and a Barber Shop.
The Powell Hotel remains under H. H. Powk's management and is famed for its appointments and cuisine. Sportsmen from the North will receive special attention. the proprietor knows Moore County hunting grounds and will assist guests with gun and dog.
October Scribner's notes harsh Klondike winter conditions for miners. Even early arrivals must be well equipped to endure the Arctic cold as thawing soil requires bonfires in July to dig paying gravel. Most mining is placer with gravel and water. large nuggets are rare though many claims show paying results.
William George Jordan notes in October Ladies' Home Journal that Louisiana planters dumped poor molasses into bayous until barred, then used it as fuel on bagasse. The molasses burns hot, has high coal value, and over 100,000 tons were used as fuel last year.
Mushrooms are 90 percent water though the rest is more nutritious than bread. Menelek cannot secure Abyssinians to accept new dollars with his image as they want Maria Theresa on coins. A British nobleman serves as a Johannesburg groom while a duke's brother-in-law leads a black mine gang. The US Agriculture Department plans to test bromis inermis forage grass in arid western regions.
In a vivid excerpt from the October Ladies' Home Journal Nathaniel Prabcock recalls Moody and Sankey's first revival meetings in New York City in 1876. The piece describes diverse crowds at the Hippodrome, the electric night scenes, and Moody's farewell promise to “meet you all in the morning.”
The text advises against using soap on the face to avoid closing pores and warns that powder spoils the skin. It recommends warm water baths, gentle drying, and cucumber juice or a mild baking soda solution for sunburn. It emphasizes air on the face and careful routines for children.
An unnamed patriot visits Bunker Hill on a day of remembrance, recalling Is rael Putnam Warren Prescott and Gridley. He pays 20 cents to ascend the monument, then observes six fakirs selling wares outside the enclosure, calling the scene a reminder that business is business.
Miss Anna L. Bicknell notes that the dauphine had a 120000 livre wardrobe allowance while the dame d atour controlled purchases. Unapproved yearly accounts greatly exceeded the sum amid marked extravagance with daily ribbons and silk for trivial items and deficient comfort.
A poem excerpt from Harper's Magazine October issue narrates a beggar who begs for love and is scorned by the beloved. Pity shifts from rejection to love too late as the suitor remains changed by unreciprocated desire.
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