Checkers Correspondence and World Championship Debate
The Globe reports on checker play including correspondence from Greensburg and Greenford, discussions of the world championship match, and critique of players Wylie Yates and Barker. It notes Wylie's challenge rights, the draw conclusion, and calls for open-ended game lists to determine champions. An upcoming match between A J Heffner and H Z Wright is arranged for March in Aubtly Brown, with Barker as referee.
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Greensburg
Ind
Checker
the Globe
Sin
Kimley
F. J. Feidler
Greenford
The
Globe
Dear Srk
Theo. W. Kimley
Austin Brown
Giants
Checker Arena
Wylie
Yates
Wyllie
Barker
Fiedler
Aubtly Brown
Blockbridge
A. J. Heffner
H. Z. Wright
Duth
Boston
George Oak
Charles F. Barker
Glasgow
Mr. Kimley
M. H. Dimock
Churchill
Vicksburg
Ayer
Jd. W. Whitley
Wyllie Barker match proposal and checker notes
The article discusses a rematch to be played for 50 dollars a side within three weeks, with daily play except Sundays, and comments on editorials in the Leeds Mercury about Barker and Wyllie. It also mentions Barker’s book Barker’s American Checker-Player, its contents, price, and orders to be sent to Charles F. Barker in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.
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The
Leeds Mercury
Mateli
Fiedler
Wyllie
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Piredoro
Penn
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Convict and Consul. The Old Mortality of Ander inville honored
Derence Atwater a Connecticut veteran who kept a list of Union prisoners who died at Andersonville. He faced court martial and prison for alleged theft, then won release with Miss Clara Barton’s backing. He later served as consul, marrying a local princess and gaining wealth, illustrating a felon’s rise to high office.
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Derence Atwater
Connecticut
Union
Twenty-second New York Cavalry
Hagerstown
Belle Island
Richmond
Smith's Tobacco Factory
Andersonville
J. H. White
Angus
Washington
War Department
Erryville
Conn
BeEepere
Washngton
Colonel Breck
Department
Atwater
Secretary of War
Stanton
Clara Barton
Barton
J. M. Moore
Wilson
Breck
Auburn
N. Y
Miss Barton
Seychelles
Africa
Zanzibar
Boston
Tahiti
Society Islands
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted By World’s Dispensary
A puffed historical ad claims a concentrated remedy cleanses blood and cures a range of ailments from pimples to scrofulous ulcers and early consumption. It touts benign effects on internal fever and ulceration and directs readers to Part II of the World's Dispensary Dime Series pamphlets for more details, with a Buffalo NY address for postage-paid orders.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Dog helps rescue miner by delivering note tied to tail
Mrs. McDonald lay helpless in Mineral Point Wisconsin for a day after breaking both legs. A neighbor dog wandered in and returned with a note tied to its tail, enabling her to seek help and avoid starvation. The item endorses Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for pulmonary relief.
Readership note from The Boston Weekly Globe ad section
A reader appeal urges mentioning The Boston Weekly Globe when answering any of the paper's advertisements, requesting readers to cite the source in replies and inquiries.
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Boston Weekly Globe
Grist Mill Puzzle Submissions and Solutions Chief
The Grist Mill edited by Comus invites communications to W H Todd at 26 Lincoln Street East Somerville Mass. Readers are urged to contribute and submit solutions for puzzles No 1239 1240 1242 1248 and 1249 with titles Sawarra Nut Abket Loove Coria Grassy Meadow in that sequence.
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W. H. Todd
Lincoln Street
East Somerville
Mass
Royal
Upper
Gloucester
Cyril Deane
Unabridged Dictionary Preface and Puzzle Entries
A long column of word puzzles and clues from various city notices. It lists multiple numbers and across down clues from Boston and Maine areas, with names such as REENE MORSE DEANE OVERLOCK and references to Rex Magnus preservative endorsements and editorial notes. The text combines puzzle instructions, entries, and an advertisement-like endorsement.
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Rex Magnus
Hamiston
8. W. Johnson
New Haven
Connecticut
Charade puzzle entries in Boston Globe weekly page
A dense OCR collage lists multiple charades from a Boston paper persona, including Sphinx, Rhomboid, and Rhomboid themes. It cites East Somerville Massachusetts, participants such as Jennie May and Momus, and mentions prizes, grists, and a complete list of correct solutions from Winnewaug and Will A Mette.
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Winnewaug
Brooksville
Will A. Mette
Newark
Will I. Am
Twilight
Trebor
Mabel
A.J. K
Mary Et
Skeleton
Globe
George W. Warren
Jesse Overlock
How He Got Up a Circus in Utica Observer
A Seneca Falls four year old warned against eating meat at supper to avoid dreams despite his insistence. At breakfast he recounts his dream of bears snakes a camel and an elephant as his uncle quips about meat causing bad dreams. The boy replies he wants to see a circus. Swindlers Abroad cautions readers against bogus Hop Bitters claims.
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Utica
Seneca Falls
Fragmented inquiry mentions THE tn in ad context
A reader asks about a phrase seen in an advertisement noting THE tn and requests clarification on reference or meaning. The fragment suggests a local ad shorthand or branding term without further context.
Word Hunt Based on Oscar Wilde
Readers race to form the most words from the letters in Oscar Wilde with prizes listed including historical Russian Empire description, two cloth bound novels, and short subscriptions to The Weekly Lobe and The Weekly Globe. Entries due before April. Conditions require words found in the body of the text.
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Oscar Wilde
Russian Empire
LOBE
GLOBE
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