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Shakespearean Descendant Seeks Bride Marriage Claim
The notice reports William Shake eare, a printer from Waltham Massachusetts, claiming direct descent from the famed playwright and planning to wed Anne Hathaway on December 2. The item also notes a missing man from Kentucky, Jefferson R Bouton, last seen October 12 in Lexington, described as about 46 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with gray hair, prompting a nationwide search.
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William Shake‘eare
Anne Hathaway
Willon Shakespeace
Waltham
Mass
Jefferson
Bouton
Montgomery
Ala
J. P. Bozeman
Ashland Bra Nut
Lexington
Pojee
Misshgeman