American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Sunday schools -- United States -- Periodicals
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Chess, Checkers and Halma in one. Price $1.75; for $2 in new
subscriptions. Goes by express.
Checker board on one side, halma on the other, with cherry frame and
trough for the men, 19x19 inches: chess, checkers and halma men and
directions for halma.
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Carpet Bowls. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
Postage 32 cents.
[Illustration]
Like quoits, except that the balls are rolled instead of tossed, and
the hub is a ball that gets moved about as the game goes on.
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Snap. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 4
cents.
Teaches quickness.
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Social Hours. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
Postage 10 cents.
A pamphlet of games, tricks, illusions and puzzles, with a box of
requisite things to play with. A very large number; too many to count.
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Matched Pictures, scenes in the far West. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents
in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.
[Illustration]
Forty oblong pieces go together in a great many ways and make as many
different pictures.
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Doll’s Dressmaking Bazaar. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions.
Postage 25 cents.
Paper dolls’ heads, arms, legs, dress-stuffs, laces, ornaments; an
immense variety. Patterns to cut by. Instructions. The figures are
handsomely lithographed on varnished paper.
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Interchangeable Combination Circus. Price 75 cents; for 90 cents in new
subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.
[Illustration]
A set of sectional pictures. The circus performs whatever part of the
programme you choose amid the huzzahs of the spectators.
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Evening Party. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.
Postage 6 cents.
A boxful of games, puzzles, charades, rebuses, tricks, conundrums,
etc.; a houseful of frolic and fun.
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[Illustration]
Checker and Backgammon boards, hinged boxes, with dice-cups and men.
No 1, 8x14 inches closed, price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions.
Postage 25 cents. No. 2, 7x12, price 75 cents; for 90 cents in new
subscriptions. Postage 20 cents. No. 3, 6x10½, price 50 cents; for 60
cents in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents. They differ also in wood
and finish.
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Kindergarten souvenir-material (Bradley’s). Tinted card with diagrams
and colored illustrations, by which children are taught to cut, fold,
embroider and make a great variety of beautiful useful things. A
generous boxful. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 26
cents.
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[Illustration]
Chess Men. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage
10 cents.
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