Finds Big Market for Popular War Pastime

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Full Text: Frank H. Gathercoal, north shore inventor and vice-president of the New Trier Commercial association, has succeeded in having his latest invention, a soldiers' and sailors' checker board game, which has as its object the ilimination [sic] of the terrible Huns, placed in several State street stores, in Chicago. The game, invented by Gathercoal some months ago, has proven particularly popular with the men in war camps and naval stations as well as with the people at home.
Featured Link: Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Mar 1918, p. 1
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Clippings
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Date of Publication: 14 Mar 1918
Subject(s): Board games
Personal Name(s): Gathercoal, Frank
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.287615
Language of Item: English
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