About billiards and its evolution through history
A fragment on billiards tracing origins to ancient times and English usage, notes on Caligula and Shakespeare, early English and French adoption, and famous players like Washington Hamilton Lafayette and Schaefer. It covers table sizes, cushions, balls, and a tale of a Quincy incident leading to discarded composition balls. Practical advice on gripping the cue and stance ends with nerves and concentration in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
O. Lilliards
Caligula
Lucullus
Re: Mortimer
Knights Templar
Richard de Leon
Mann
Leis XI
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Lafayette
America
England
Washington
Michael Poew
East India Ivory Co
Second Hwai Soul Rooms
Jim
Quincy
Ill
Thvan
Syear
Furlong
Quincey
Tit
D.ll
Imoe
Leasacrest Faverite
FBI
Schaefer
Uc Bank
A Home for the Cyclers Chicago Club House Opens
The Chicago Wheeling Club unveils its new club house at Fifty seventh Street near Jackson Park. A pressed brick three story building includes a wheel room kitchen dining rooms and billiard and directors rooms with tower views of the park and lake. Cost about 225000 and members include many of America's oldest cyclists with a championship team from Buffalo 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Cycling Club
Rosalie
Fifty-seventh Street
South Parl Station
Jackson Park
Illinois Central
Chicago Club House
Hirror Makinis
Cinease Club
America
Buffalo
Chess and Checkers chess problem No 32 From Brevity and Brilliancy
A short chess problem from Brevity and Brilliancy presents Black to move. The puzzle tests tactical precision and deep calculation to achieve a decisive outcome for Black, highlighting the era’s strategic themes and composition style.
White to play and mate in three moves in checker problem No 32
Black pieces positioned with numbers 1 10 14 noted from Lyman's Selected Problems. White to move and force mate in three moves according to the source checker problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman
Dressing for Duck Shooting Outfit Costs and Tips
A New York Sun style guide outlines proper duck shooting attire from multiple underlayers to heavy outerwear. It details boots gloves hats and water proof coats, plus a cost list totaling about 579 dollars for a full market outfit with gear like decoys batteries and a gun. It notes market shooters on the Great South Bay may invest up to two thousand dollars for boats and equipment and compares outfits for battery and blind shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Adirondacks
Sony Este
Aadhac
Great South Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gi' Schaefer
Louis xrVote
Louis XY
Schaefers
Jake
Chicago
Vignaux
Tom
Harry
Wheeling Club
Fogarty
Philadelphia
Tom Brown
Kelly
Hanlon
Ward
Young
Carters
Carter
Carren
Carter Medicing CO
New York
Wolff
Wolff & Randolph
Tatucal Us
Peumanslup
Austress
A. W. Smith
Meadville
Warren
Watson
J. Nesmith
A J Hazeltine
Iizector
L. F. Watson
D. H. Hunter
Nnham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
L. R. Freeman
Finzer & Bros
Louisville, KY
Truss
Fisai A
Nyhan Uiegheny Veley
Noli Rallroad
Itions
Dunkirk
Fredoma
Laoua
Agsanage
Sint Tairvillé
Ross’ Mai
Falconer
Junction
Jewsburg -Fentonville
Ackleyussell
Orth Warren
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Titusrilie
JT. Mit Ater
Warrer
Trade Rey RE
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerould
Cashion
H. A. Jamieson S. V. Davis
8. P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmiee
A. T. Scofield
Unite States
L. D. Wetmore
Pres
M. Beecher
Gash
Warren County
Ireland
Europe
West
John C. West &Co
Johnson & Siegfried
Pitcher’s, Castoria
Joseph A. Schotiela
oOffice Scofield
iMoreck Drug Store
Charles A. Peterson
Qoftice
Beatty Block
Brown, Stone & Rice
Attorneys AT Law
Second Street
First National Bank
BROWN
H.E. Brown
C. W. Stone
W.E
D. M. Schermerhorn
Ofice
Scofield
Hazeltine
Liberty Street
S. T. Neill
New Exchange
Block
Leonhart Bros
Ball & Thompson
A. A. Davis & Co
Dr. Ball
C. C. Thompson
Binsmoor & Cable
Waterstreet Scofield
Hunter & Son
Chas. Dinsmoor
JAS. Cable
Wetmore, Oyes & Hinckley
Onice
Johmson
L.D. Wetmore
NOYES
Hinckley
W. & Trankey
Odlice
W.Y
Bre. A. Love
Ffice
F. W. Whitcomb
Hickory Street
Warren, Pa
Moses
Watts
D. Preston
M.D
High S Warren
Pass Permanen
A. G. Healpine
Hird St
N. Danforth
Second
Liberty Streets
John Sager
Wise
Carver House
C. Smith
First Nationial Bank
W. A. Greaves
Episcopal Church
Revere
E& D.A.V
Wm.y.&p Br.r
Prins Metz¢ar
Warren Hotel
J.,w. Clements
Liberty and
Water Streets
Penna
Court House
E. W. Sealy
KE. R. Bumpus
Railroad St
North
Clarendon, Pa
Keystone Hotel
K. of L
Anewk
Lanny
Allegheny
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