Lays Mother Kept Tavern and Kentucky Link
The Watkins family ran Watkins Tavern in Versailles Kentucky shaping local politics and news, with Mrs Elizabeth Watkins Clay notable for her wit and vigor. Henry Watkins and his wife maintained the tavern until 1815, later transferred to poverty, while connections to the Clays Hudsons and Virginian aristocracy colored the era.
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Henry Clay
Versailles
Chiy
Watkin
Versailes
Kentucky
Tuttemamey
Richmond
Watkinses
Wautkins
Carshor
Main Street
Court Square
Henry Metcalfe
Marshalls
Henry Wat Jans
Watkins
T. EB. Watkins
Lexington
John Clay
Tarleton
Virginia
Watkinges
Elizabet Hudson
Virginia Fanny
Benny Clay
Endens
Rey
Spanish sailor joins American Navy apprentices at Newport
The story follows a Spanish boy who served under the Spanish flag, later seeks U S Navy enlistment, faces language barriers at Brooklyn yard, and arrives as an apprentice at Newport. He stays in cottage No 6 under School Master Fox, learns English quickly, and aims for the bugle squad as his future path unfolds amid growing local interest.
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Anon
New York City
Brocklyn Navy Yard
Owen
Navy Yard
Newport
Fox
Tie
Ife
Goneva
Sam
Pedro Origa
America
Pedro Oren l
Spain
Pedro
Bingler
Vizcaya
Atto
Cervera
Cuba
Satiago
Tombs of Rappists at New Harmony Indiana
In New Harmony Indiana the Rappites rest within a unique two acre enclosure ringed by a brick wall. They buried without headstones or mounds, following a New Testament burial code that ended individual identity at death. The colony once flourished with common property and grand holdings but now numbers fewer than forty.
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New Harmony
Rapp
Ol¢ Owen Colony
Indiana
John Rapp
Alda
Erat
Ohio River
Gwens
William MacClure
Rappites
Reppites
Harmony
John Duss
Tapp
Rans
Remnants of a Lost Harmony Colony Cemetery Tale
In a long vanished Ohio era colony, the Rappites maintained a rotating burial unlike typical families, inscribing death details in a colony book and guiding kin by grave markers. The group relocated to Pennsylvania in 1825, built Economy, embraced celibacy, and dwindled to seven women. A mysterious benefactor in New Harmony was buried apart with no remittance afterward, while notable graves mark the Owen homestead and scientific figures in the old burial ground.
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Lie
Lee
Rappitns
Pennsylvania
Harmony
Owen
Ingund
Ian
New Harmony
Monamie
Owen Homestead
William MacClure
Fragmented science note on American exploration career
A partial OCR fragment hints at a discussion of a scientist and a father figure in American zoological research. The text mentions varied years or eras and potential interest from an audience, but the fragment is too incomplete to identify names, dates, or specific events.
SWEETS THROUGH THE AGES OF CONFECTIONERY HISTORY
The article traces the origin of candies from Roman era dragats to burns almonds and praline. It cites Julius Dragatus as inventor of sugar coated almonds and John Pastilla as Florentine introducer of many bonbons. It notes various flavors and the nobility’s fondness for sweets across centuries.
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Julius Dragatus
Fabius
Dragoes
Faius
Europe
France
John Pastilla
Mana de Medici
Henry IV
Pastilla
Wrenel Court
Wearybody
Marshal Duplensis-Prajin
Lasangne
World’s Largest Grapavinea to be Cut Down in Santa Barbara
The La Para Grande grapevine, 248 years old and grown on a Montecito ranch near Santa Barbara, is dying and will be removed by owner Albert Magee. It stood on a trellis reaching six feet and once yielded about four tons of grapes annually. The Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce will preserve the vine as a museum curiosity illustrating regional soil bounty.
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Montecito Valley
Santa Barbara
Cal
Albert Magee
Pittsburg
California
St. Louis
Post-Dispaten
Veterinary Surgeon Dr John J Smith Dies of Anthrax
Dr John J Smith of Chambersburg Pennsylvania a veterinary surgeon and University of Pennsylvania graduate died after contracting anthrax while investigating livestock deaths at Berlin farm near town He autopsied animals on August 25 sent tissues to the State Veterinary for analysis and amid alarming symptoms he contracted the disease and died despite medical care.
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Chambersburg
Penn
John J. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Berlin
Town
Pearson
Smith
Man
Beret
Beachfront tragedy ends in brutal waves rescue attempt
A man named Lope fights to rise after being hurled by breakers on a beach. By the time help arrives, his blue lips part and he gasps his final plea to Marla as waves keep battering the shore. The scene, described by the New York World, captures the peril and desperation of the coastal rescue.
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Waa
Marla
New York World
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Old Watkins Inn
Watkins Tavern
Old Indiana
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the Rappist Cemetery
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