Checkers Report of Games and Correspondence
The column notes recent checkers matches at New England rooms in Boston and Providence. Bugbee defeats Davis with multiple variations. Davis wins later in another game. Freeman defeats Wright in Providence. Freeman and Robinson, plus others, are discussed with correspondence from readers and notes on publications and forthcoming items.
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Fragmented humor and political quips from late 19th century papers
A mosaic of quips and odd quotes from newspapers including Blaine, Belford, Schurz, and Wheeler. Snippets touch on politics, weather, weddings, and social scenes with playful wordplay, skeptical observations, and satirical asides across several papers.
The Grist Mill Charades and Puzzles Startle Boston
The page from The Grist Mill edited by comus presents puzzles and poems. It features Charade clues with Plantagenet symbolism and a witty stage actor description, plus acrostics, transposed squares, crosswords and a prize puzzle from Boston and other New England locales.
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Time rolls on in a rural call for chores and supper
The speaker urges townsfolk to pull weeds and slay the grass as time moves on toward dinner hour. The verse repeats the rhythm of daily work and the impending meal, framing chores as a communal rhythm.
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