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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1881

Page

8

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.

New England Davis Providence R. L H. Freeman Mr. H. Wright Boston Wright Todd Mae Se Freeman Checker News James Wyllie Messrs Schenectady N. Y Clute Robinson Albany James Pelletier Iowa Irwin Glasgow McCulloch Anderson

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.

United States Comus Beat VT Checker Chas. F. Barker RELIA

14 Months 1 Year Offer for The Weekly Globe

Attention is called to our new offer of 14 months for 1 dollar, liberal enough to induce every reader to form a neighborhood club for THE WEEKLY GLOBE. Offer limited to clubs formed under the club offer and to members. single subscriptions are 81 per year. Orders via agents enter for 12 months only.

Cole Rogers & Brittin Aus Ag A. H. Moore Moore & Wilson Broadway New York GLOBE

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.

England VoLiy Sphinx San Francisco News-Letter Gore P. S

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