Chess Expert Mieses Career and Taubenhaus Victory
Jacob Mieses, born Leipsic February 7, 1865, is a young chess expert and prolific writer. He defeated M Taubenhaus in a best out of five match and has made a name as a reporter of chess contests while competing in major German and international tournaments.
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Water Sports News From Ivy League Regattas
The Pennsylvania Cornell regatta will take place in Ithaca on May 11 while Schuyl Vill navy holds its annual regatta on June 23. Yale varsity crew averages 175 pounds per trainer. Cornell seniors vote to donate a shell for Henley regatta raising 3600. Captain Haff reportedly received a rabbit foot mascot for Defender, though the crew aims for speed and discipline in the international race.
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Checkers and Chess Problem No 820 by J EK Hanshew
Black to play and win. Chess problem titled White-1 with board coordinates 28 27 28 31. Provided by J EK Hanshew.
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J. EK. Hanshew
All on Only Split Y and Run of Luck Enriches a Gambler
In Washington years ago two gamblers, Bill Lunsford and Adam Koch Ther, chased high stakes at the faro table. Koch, initially broke, built a remarkable run, turning chips into wins with bold shifts and single-card bets. He ended the night $1,400 ahead, and by morning paid a $2,690 roll with two $10s, the luckiest gamble in Washington history.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Canine Etiquette Compared With Human Dignity
The piece compares dog behavior to human ritual, detailing how a first dog signals a stranger through a sequence of crouching and lying, akin to a prince approaching a diplomat. It notes the behavior as a survival relic and as social convention, then shifts to Russia where begging dominates villages, with 8000 beggars in Ta ar and Saransk and a village system where all residents, even dignitaries, join begging groups and share loot as common property.
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Labor Commission
Tagar
Saransk
Aveal
Etymology of the Cigar From Cigarra Grasshopper Roots
The term cigar traces to the Spanish cigarra meaning grasshopper and cigarral meaning a garden where the insect sang. Tobacco grew in cigarrales and hosts described cigarral origins to guests, shaping the word from grasshopper habitat to the cigar itself.
He Needed One Cholly Chrumpleigh Mystery
A garbled note notes a man named Cholly Chrumpleigh and a quoted line about staying out late, referenced by a Miss Coldeai. The text hints at a social or domestic scene from a New York setting with informal dialogue and a mention of an elder.
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Smoking in High Minds A Historical Pipe Debate
An excerpt from Edmund Yates' Recollections discusses how famed figures like Gladstone Arnold Ruskin and Thackeray viewed tobacco. It recounts Huxley’s shift from antitobacco stance to enjoying a cigar, portrays a bishop and poet laureate with pipes, and ends with praise for tobacco as a tempering, moderate pleasure.
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Latakia
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Perique
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Highlander
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Brittany
Mourmeis
Grbans
Curious prophecy in Gulliver's Travels on Mars satellites
A Popular Science News note highlights a Gulliver's Travels passage from around 1726 describing Mars satellites and their speeds. It claims the author foresaw the concept of Mars having multiple moons, with precise orbital hints, long before astronomy confirmed it, suggesting prophetic insight or flashes of vision among imaginative writers.
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Dining Customs in the Dark Ages
The article notes peasant meals served from a porringer with few spoons, guests drinking directly or sharing a spoon, meats in a central vessel, and diners using fingers and borrowed knives. It observes lack of napkins and personal utensil use, citing Lippincott's as the source.
Chinese worst ed causes war pun mix up
Mrs Wickwaure expresses irritation over a misread line in the Indianapolis Journal about the Chinese war. Mr Wickwire asks what is wrong. The couple laughs at the mistaken lane in the paper and its confusion with new dress goods.
Damaged Name Poem Rejected by Editor Over Alias
A damaged excerpt notes a poet asking if a piece titled Spring's Advent was accepted by The Asterisk. The reply cites signing as Yblirt and an editor remark about readers and subscribers, implying a rebuff for the unfamiliar pseudonym.
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Boston Transcript
Nobody Pays Debts Like Men in That Era
A fragmented column discusses debt collection and social attitudes. It references Alden Advance and a quote about paying debts squarely. It also notes English literature phrases and cites Charlotte Bronte letters. It mentions Humboldt with a broad countenance and a fondness for life’s pleasures.
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Charlotte Bronte
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