Leadville to Santa Fe Grand Tour of Rocky Mountain Scenery
Special Boston Globe report describes a Colorado overland rail journey from Leadville to Santa Fe via the Royal Gorge, detailing the Arkansas River gold fields, narrow gauge lines, the Royal Gorge Bridge, Pueblo landscapes, and life in Santa Cruz and Santa Fe pueblos. It notes mining potential, railroad tangles, and frontier character of the Southwest.
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Boston Globe
Santa Fe
N. M
Colorado
Union Pacific
Great Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
Theorth
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
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Leadvlle
Arkansas River
Leadville
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Park Range
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Piogstes
Los Cerilos
New Mexico
Spiders Build Balloons to Sail Over Water
Philadelphia World notes a spider anchored on a pole in a waterway forms a buoyant balloon from silk. After trial and error with three different designs, the creature attaches the balloon to a guyrope and tests it, eventually sailing freely away in a display of ingenuity and independence.
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Philadelphia World
Honey Shower Covers Leaves In Talbot County Claim
Columbus Times reports Mr. John Kee of Talbot County describes a Sunday morning honey like dew shower that coated tree leaves and porch, sticky to touch and seen by a dozen neighbors. The witness cites two trapped chicks freed from leaves and a cloudless sky source for the honey dew. Judge McGowan of Albany, N Y., credited St Jacobs Oil for curing severe rheumatism.
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Columbus
John Kee
Talbot County
Judge McGowan
Albany, N.Y. N. Y
St. Jacobs Oil
American Checker Player with 634 variations issued
Charles F Barker announces the American Checker Player a new 179 page book with twenty two openings and 634 variations plus thirty five critical positions contributed by Wardell and Lyman priced 75 cents postpaid bound in cloth. End game noted as Black to move and win in position No 855 from Leeda Mercury.
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Messrs. Wardell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Charles Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Glove Editor Invites Checkers Match With G H Powell
Boston July 13 1881 a letter from the weekly Glove editor expresses eagerness to play G H Powell in checkers Osby stayed at the Earley House two weeks after June 19 no reply received Powell urged to meet in August or September for a match of any length for at least $60 with $25 set aside George Oak at No 15 Pemberton Square is authorized to arrange the match and other top players are ready for practice in friendly contests.
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Boston
Checker
G. H. Powell
Checkers
George Oak
New England Chess and Checker Rooms
Pemberton Square
Powell
Portland Gentlemen and Matches in Bahama Chess Gossip
The item lists Messrs Isaiah Barker G D Bugbee A J Heffner J H Irwin H P Garrity C W Bailey G N Briggs John Busby C L Blaney Merriam and Portland men J Carten C Kimball William A Golden seeking matches with Hexperrt Z of Boston. It notes letters about a potential contest with G H Powell and mentions Moir’s two months tour of the U S and Canada and his limited play, plus receipt of the June New England Checker Player.
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G. D. Bugbee
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J. H. Irwin
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C. W. Bailey
G. N. Briggs
John Busby
C. L Blaney
Merriam
Portland
J. Carten
C. Kimball
William A. Golden
Captain Broughton
G. H. Powell
Hexperrt
Wricut
Mr. Mercer
Coar
Cyrus Field Autograph Surprises Philadelphia Press
New York correspondent notes Cyrus W. Field heads a $250000 subscription for Mrs Garfield. An anecdote about Field’s autographs recalls theater manager Dan Frohman once placing his signature to avoid writing orders for money, illustrating Field’s guarded generosity.
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Philadelphia Press
Cyrus W. Field
Garfield
Field
Dan Frohman
J. H. Haverly
Madison Square Theatre
Daniel
Frohman
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