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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1880
Page
8
The column lists checker positions and moves with players and officials in Cambridgeport and Boston. Entries show Position No. 755 by Isaiah Barker with Black to win, Position No. 756 by Charles W. Umsted with White, and Position No. 757 for beginners with Black to move and draw.
Fragmentary text from a historical page shows a report titled Relution of Position No 752 by Charles F Barker with numeric figures such as 3.107 percent and dates like 2 10 16 7 16. It also includes a second author E M Harding with scattered numbers and references to Ena Game and 284 2. The legible items suggest a ledger or betting style record with performance or scoring data rather than a narrative.
The notice outlines checkers instruction by Charles F Barker at No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass with pricing and schedule, plus references to Barker brothers publications and mail orders. It also cites game analysis by Theo W Kimsey on Cincinnati Commercial game 214 and a Belfast Maine correspondence noting a drawn position and potential win sequence in a Labadie Reed match.
Theo W K y Greenford Ohio thanks for contributions. J Vv M Belfast Maine thanks for criticism received and published. H P Cuttingsville Vermont has written you. Biddeford Maine correspondent says positions differ in form but solutions are the same. George T M Harwich Massachusetts instructions on Suter game forwarded. Cc L Jt Monson Massachusetts games received and published, thanks.
The June New England Checker Player issue reports on G D Bugbee of Boston planning visits to Lowell and Providence to play with local players. It notes G W Halford of Detroit defeating Labadie and drawing with Reed, plus Hatch of Jackson beating Halford 7 to 1 with several draws. Mattison toured Newark and New York seeking games, but Newark players proved reluctant. The Newark match Symonds vs Bain standings show Bain ahead with a drawn result and a misspelled final segment context.
A humorous vignette depicts two women disporting themselves near a bath house and dealing with nerves, pebbles, and waves as onlookers watch. Their playful escape from the water ends with returning to the bath house proudly carrying the bathing gear and declaring the outing lovely and refreshing.
A handsome young man in a Louisville West End boarding house makes a nocturnal escape attempt to reach a back window. He climbs fences and dodges a cook, finally retreating to a coal shed before making a perilous dash to his room, narrowly escaping exposure. The episode ends with the cook's startled remark.
A London correspondent describes an English society woman's ethereal gown at the Grosvenor Gallery. A robe of sheer white muslin is cinched with a serpent chain, with jeweled eyes and Egyptian jewelry, evoking Pre Raphaelite mystery and exotic allure. Leadville notes follow with a resident rebuttal to mining town rumors and economic vigor.
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