Chess Archaeology

Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research. — W. Steinitz

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Editor: Orchard, IE (1879-1880); Balaguer,EA (1884-1887?); Hendricks,LC (1887?-1899); Witsell, Edward F. (1899.01.08-1900.06.17); Unknown (1900.06.24-1901.05.12); Unknown (1901.05.19-1901.05.12); Holmes, George S. (1904.03.27-1906.01.28)
Chess Columns: [P#107] was published in the Charleston News and Courier 1880.12.25; 1882.01.01-1882.06.18 [P#160 to P#184]; 1882.07.02-1884.11.30 [P#186 to P#310]; 1884.12.14 [P#312] (Exact same column is republished on 1884.12.21); 1884.12.21-1886.08.29 [P#312 to P#399]; 1886.09.12-1886.12.19 [P#400 to P#414]; [P#415] was published in the Charleston News and Courier 1886.12.25; 1887.01.02-1888.04.22 [P#416 to P#484]; 1888.04.29 [P#483] (Problem misnumbered); 1888.05.06-1890.07.27 [P#572 to P#603]; 1890.08.03 [P#603] (Problem misnumbered, sequence corrected); 1890.08.10-1890.12.07 [P#605 to P#622]; 1890.12.14-1892.07.17 [P#623 to P#706]; 1892.07.31-1894.12.30 [P#706 to P#869] (Repeat numbering of P#706 without correction); 1895.01.06-1898.06.12 [P#1 to P#339] (Problem numbers restart for solving contest?); 1898.06.26-1899.10.22 [P#342 to P#374/P#375]; 1899.10.29-1900.08.05 (Problems not numbered); 1900.08.12-1901.04.28 [P#6/P#7 to P#75/P#76]
Missing Chess Columns: 1879.01.??-1880.12.19: [P#1 to P#106] (Issues unavailable); 1880.01.02-1881.12.25: [P#108 to P#159] (Issues unavailable); 1882.06.25: [P#185] (Issue not found at Google or GB); 1884.12.07: [P#311] Possibily not published (Issue appears complete, but no chess); 1892.07.24: No column found. Incomplete?; 1898.06.19: [P#340 to P#341] Issue missing from GB; 1898.09.25: No column found. No problem numbering skip, so probably no column this day; 1899.11.26: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not); 1900.05.06: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not); 1900.05.20: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not)
Notes: Orchard, I.E. (see Hartford Weekly Times 1879.01.30; see Cincinnati Commercial, 1880.11.20); Balaguer,EA (see Nashville American 1884.07.07; see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1887.05.28); Witsell, Edward F. (see Charleston Sunday News, 1899.01.08); Searched 1884.12.01 through 1884.12.13 for P#311. Column not found. This column may have been skipped, hence the double publishing of P#312?; 1884.12.14 and 1884.12.21 contain the same column; 1892.09.18 inc at GB?, 1894.02.04 missing at GB, 1894.03.18 MIA; 1901.06.23: Issue missing pages.; No columns found after 1906.01.28 through 1914
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives (News and Courier); Google Newspaper Archives (Sunday News); GenealogyBank.com

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