CHECKERS CHRONICLES AND GAMES OF DECEMBER 15 1880
Charles F Barker editor notes readers can submit communications to him at Cambridgeport Mass. The column lists multiple checker games with players G D Bugbee Walter Smith and Mr 8 Delap and game results including draws and wins across positions and scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
End game and checker problem solutions in a 19th century issue
The page presents multiple checker problems and solutions by Isaiah Barker and others. It includes position analyses labeled as Solution of Position No. 781 and No. 782, discussions of Bugbee’s moves, and end-game notes. It also carries reader correspondence and acknowledgments from Sunderland England, Belfast Me, Greenford, and Sackett's Harbor N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Barker
W. Wie
S. C. Bancroft
Mr. Melling
J. P
Sunderland
England
Belfast
Fife
Theo
W. K
Greenford
Pittsburg
Penn
Edwin F. R
Worcester
Mass
Carl P
Sackett’s Harbor
N.Y
Walter S——h
Carmichaels
Kimley Notes Variation In Chess Game No 1076 Draw Tactic
Theo W Kimley comments on game 1076 published last week in Gioor He notes a variation at move 13 in variation 4 where 23 26 should be played to avoid a drawn line because black can force a draw with the alternative move He labels the corrective line and its impact on the game outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. W. Kimley
Greenford
Sesiva
E.bowen
G.r.gristy
John W. Brock
R. E. Bowen
al. T
Pate
Mr. Kimley
K. R. E. Bowen
Cincinnati
Roe
White
Walter Smith
Carmichaels
PENN
Woah Be
Gioor
Sunderland Weekly Echo Debuts January First
The Sunderland Weekly Times will become the Sunderland Weekly Echo from January 1, priced at 1d per copy. Postage to America is 2s 3d plus a quarter. Millbury Mass golf scores include Bowdish and Bowen with 12 6 and draws. Dr Clute plans a 30 game $100 match against James Reed Jr and a later challenge to C F Barker for American championship. Turf note records a New York friendly match of fifty games to decide the better player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland Weekly Times
Sunderland Weekly Echo
America
Millbury
Mass
Bowen
Merry
Clute
James Reed, Jr
C. F. Barker
Messrs
Coakley
Davie
Nix
Wephe A
New York
National convention reform discussed by Senator Mahone
Senator-elect Mahone of Virginia weighs in on nominating reform and argues national conventions misserve the country. He calls for bottom-up change, education of the people, and possible constitutional adjustments to better reflect sovereign will and curb party control. He warns of risks if reforms stop at conventions and urges practical action from the people and states. The piece closes with a book note about Home Sweet Home and a plug for Hop Bitters as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahone
Virginia
St. Paul
Minn
State
Congress
Massachusetts
OS Ne
Madge
M. Young
Greenwich St
N.Y
Harris Remedy Coo
MFC
St. Louis
Grist Mill Puzzles and Prize Winners Update
Communications to W H Todd in Boston. multiple puzzles from New York New Haven and Dexter with crosswords involving Adonis SQUARE PROGRESSIVE DIAMOND and other grids. Readers submitted solutions labeled Gus AziL NutMeg Night-hawk Opossum and more with prize lists and replies from editors and contestants across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opossum
Gus
Titus Marx
P. P
Pe Night-hawk
Cent A
X. T.C
Possum
Clio
Trebor
Little Sam
Momus
Jennie
Annie
Korn Kake
Joker
Boston
Sphinx
Mass
Night-hawk
Dexter
Judsonia
Ark
Salem
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. D. Bugbee Black
Walter Smith Black
Delap
Black
Hester
Messrs. Dempster
Dempster
Ske Fock
Providence
R. L
G. D. Bugbee
C. H. Freeman
Freeman
Bugbee
Checker News
Senator Mahone
Lee & Shepard
John Howard Payne
Ooomus
W. H. Todd
Washington Street
BAC
PACOS
Adonis
New Haven
Conn
Waterloo
Ind
New York City
Manx, P. P
Afghanistan
China
Azile
Halp Square
Danbury, Conn
Bises
South America
Armenia
Germany
Newburg
N. Y
Brazil
Twe Weekly Globe
Library
The
Portland Argus
the Argus
D. BR
Weekly
GLOBE
SLOAN _ & Co
George St
F. C. Vernon
Lerms
H. Hallets & Co
Portland
DEMAS
IPMAN
Rochester
L. H. Humphrey
Andrew
Journal of Commerce
Kwy
D I. C
Drugwista
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
Toronto
Ont
HOMES
Texas
Whitney
Whitney Chemical CO
Washington St
U.S.A
Geo. H. Bailey
Court ST
Specia
Bailey
Harriage Segrets
W. BE. A
West Street
Betsy
Furlong
Broadway
Dre
Mitemiller
Piqua
Northford
Farmer's Manufacturing CO
Elm Street
Dr. Butts
Raptore
Ettrem
H. G. Root
Pearl Street
Cei
Nate
Sara
Eggleston Truss Co
Chicago
Ili
Erewyes Yy Ny
Moorr
National Book Co
Beekman St
World Many. CO
Nassau St
London Mfg. Co
4Th Avenue
S.M
Dan. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Nursery Pub’ Co
Bromfield St
Mataveny
CTS
Epeche
Hinsdale
Northford- Conn
Organs Agans
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington
N. J
Potter & Co
Montonese
Delaware
A. P. Griffith
Smyrna
Kew England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
WossuM&wvly Jy3
Twombly Knitting Machine Co
J. H. Reeves
Chatham St
Caxton Printing Co
Popular
Alth Distribution Co
Auley’'Sttre
Louisvi
General Assembly of Kentucky
Newport Printing and Newspaper Co
United States Circuit Court
Commonwea
Tisdra
Arch 31St Ren
Bach
Express
Cardman
Courier-Journal
Louisville
Manufacturers
J. B. Chapman
Madison
Reserve Fund
Chris
Elie
Cresent
HL. C. Dean
Metropolitan Plack
Ill
Uagt
Big Outfit
Globe Card Co
Eowyly dl
Romine
Kentucky
Upington
M. J. Richmond
Covington
W. Fox
Fultonville
Seavey Bros
the Weekly Globe
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Appleton’s Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist Art Amateur
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
Brainerd’s Musical World
Barnes Educational Monthly
Beadle’s Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye Boys
Ballou’s
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Country Gentleman
Chicago Advance
Courier-Journal Weekly
Donahoe’s
Demorest’s
Dwight’s Journal
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Forney's Progress
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
Lady's Journal
Boys’ & Girls
Lady's Magazine
Wit Forest and Stream
Germantown Telegraph Gardener’s Monthly
Godey’s
Home Circle
Harpers’ Magazine
Herald of Health
Home and Farm
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer Independent
Rest International Review
Iowa Homestead. Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
Lippincott’s Magazine
London Lancet
Methodist
American History
North American Review
N. Y. Medical Journal
N. Y. Weekly
N. Y. Sportsman N. Y. Observer
Ohio Farmer
Poultry World
Puck
Portland Transcript
New
Phrenological Journal
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Ladies’ Magazin
Popular Science Monthly
Philadelphia
Medical Time
New Yorker
Saturday Evening
Pos Scientific American
Sunday School Times Scribner's Monthly
St. Nicholas
Sunny South
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
San Francisco
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Western Stock Journal
Rice Rithekly
N. B
I. AS
Weekly Globe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!