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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1881

Page

7

Checkers Column by Barker in Cambridgeport

END GAME BY CHARLES F. BARKER details position No. 901 where O H Richmond of Cedar Springs Michigan plays William Barrenger of Pierson Michigan. Communications directed to Charles F Barker at No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass. Chess and checker players headquarters listed at No 15 Pemberton Square.

Bostox Charles F. Barker Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass Chess and Checker Players Pemberton Square O. H. Richmond Cedar Springs Mich William Barrenger Pierson, Mich Black Paterson N. J R. Cunningham James Wylie Cunningham Ayrshire Lassie John McEntee Syracuse James Wyllie McEntee River Point R. L Mr. Wyllie J. Mattheson Mattheson Lasgow Boston Isaiah Barker Edwin A. Durgin Durgin ME. J. Robertson Berwick Leamnot Macfarlane Wyllie J. H Glasgow Patten & CO Barclay N.Y John C. Abbott Col. Conwell Washington Arthur Steel Straits Arfield B. B Russell Garfield Henry Bill Publishing Co Norwich Conn V. E. A. Offic Winter Street

Wyllie Beats Edwards In Fast Pool Contest At Springfield

In Springfield Massachusetts Wyllie defeated Edwards in a rapid pool match with Edwards losing 27 games to Wyllie’s 21 and one draw. Wyllie praised Lyman’s Problems book calling it the best puzzle book for draught players. Wyllie later played and won most games in Newark Patterson and New York City exhibitions, while Brown Meredith and Reif prepared to test Cincinnati players.

Edwards Mr. Wyllie Wyllie Lymay Newark N.J Paterson Messrs Brown Meredith and Reif Richmond Ind Euphrat Cincinnati N. J Charles F. Barker Albany N. Y

Labor Migrants Sought as Winnipeg Rails Need Workers

Extract from a London Daily News letter from Winnipeg describes strong demand for carpenters masons laborers and general servants with high wages and ample jobs on railways farms and city works. It notes skilled tradespeople fetching up to 6s 6d to 7s per day and that abundant positions exist for girls and cooks as spring arrivals expected.

London Daily News Winnipeg

Whale battle and Arctic cold facts echo in Globe pages

Toronto Globe reports off coast near Placentia and St Marys bays a whale battles swordfish and thrashers amid blood colored seas before fleeing five miles out. It also notes Verkoyansk as cold pole of Asia with extreme temps, plus local notes on Stolen by an Indian Fifty Years Ago and obituaries of malleable iron inventor Alexander Boyden.

Toronto Globe Placentia St. Mary’s Bays Yakutsk Siberia Verkoyansk Yana Asia America Parry Islands North Pole Siberian Schwatka Franklin Back River Tropics Equator Toronto The Glove Nicholas Garland Beckwith Lanark Ont County Bruce Foxporo Alexander Boyden Uriah Boyden Boston Alexander Foxboro Almshouse Uriah Bridgewater

Confederate wagon drives north of the Potomac

In Douglassville Georgia a resident Baliss Richardson of A P Hill’s division and Jackson’s Corps is noted as the first to drive a Confederate ordnance wagon north of Mason and Dixon’s line during Lee’s Gettysburg campaign. His crossing of the Potomac drew a green shout from the army, a moment he recalls as the proudest.

Douglassville Harris Post Office Mason and Dixon Baliss Richardson A. P. Hill Jackson Gettysburg Lee Pennnsylvania Richardson Potomac

Crossword Puzzles and Word Games from The Globe

Puzzle items from The Globe weekly include crosswords, metagram, diamonds, and numeral puzzles. Names and locations such as San Francisco Boston Lawrence Dorchester Plymouth Augusta New Haven Penn Franklin and ODOACER appear among contributors and prize winners.

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