Checkers lessons offered by Charles F Barker in Cambridgeport
Charles F Barker announces checkers instruction at his office 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass on Monday Wednesday and Friday from 30 cents per hour with a 100 price for fourteen variations and one opening with three variations Also promoting The World’s Checker Book second edition by William R and Charles Barker with 22 openings 845 original games and 24 original positions available in board and cloth covers and by mail
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Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
William R
Charles ¥. Barker
Maas
Chess problems by Barker Ingalls and Elmes
Position numbers 650 651 652 show white to move and win for Barker and Ingalls with black to move and win for Elmes. Each item presents its author and stipulation in concise notation suitable for a puzzle column.
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Ingalls
Black
Position No 647 to 649 checker nines notes and letters
Reader submissions detail checker positions and game variations from 1879. Includes solutions by Isaiah Barker J A Maynard and C Be hner, plus correspondence from Belfast Maine and editor notes on delayed columns and paper prices.
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Barnett
Teaiah Barker
Mr. Barker
Isaiah Barker
J. A. Maynard
Blake
C. Behner
Assa
Belfast
Checker
the Globe
Drar Sim
Bristol
James R. Patterson
C. D. Moore
Moore
World’s Checker Book correspondence and corrections
A batch of reader notes and confirmations regarding the World’s Checker Book and its second edition. Several readers report correct solutions, accepted matters, and forthcoming matches. Some mention forwarded copies and advertisements in the checker department.
Barre checker duel for state title eyed at Christmas
Mr E N Hyzer of Barre holds the champion board and faces Captain Monahan of Underhill in a series of checkers games for the state championship to begin a few days before Christmas at Barre. The second edition of the Worlds Checker Book has been published, revised, and corrected, praised as the best work on checkers and the cheapest for value with widespread praise in this country and Europe.
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E. N. Hyzer
Barre
Monahan
Underhill
Europe
Checkers
San Francisco
Cal
Talking Machines and Their Voice Imitation
Galignani's Messenger describes M. Faber's talking machine with wind bellows, an ivory larynx, a vocal articulator and fourteen keys to imitate syllables. The device creates vowels consonants and nasal sounds, but its speech remains monotonous and inferior to the human voice, leaving the question of practical use.
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Galignani
M. Faber
There is Yet Hope Doctor Engelbart Treating Chronic Disease
A periodical notice from Buffalo New York highlights Doctor Engelbart founder of the Physio Medical Institute at 564 Main Street. It notes his thirty six years of practice offering cures for chronic lung and throat diseases and claims a large number of recoveries at reasonable charges. A Baltimore dentist testimonials to Simmons’ Liver Regulator and Bull’s Cough Syrup. A Philadelphia ad promotes Hop Bitters as a consumer aid saving doctor bills and illness.
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Rafferty
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Lightning Rod Fraud Tale From Wisconsin Farm Visit
A Chicago Tribune piece recounts a lightning rod salesman who admits past frauds and winds up a dubious order for a farmer. The exchange turns comic as the agent pretends to offer the rods free and accepts $90 to “wind up” the device amid warnings of a thunderstorm.
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