Clean Drinking manor linked to Washington lore 1750 estate near DC
Historic Clean Drinking manor near Washington DC traces to 1680 family line and Col. John Coates. Built in 1750 the frame house remains largely intact with old kitchen quarters, stone walls, and a famed boxwood hedge. Washington drank from a spring on the hill and postmaster Thomas Monroe sheltered here during 1814 British invasion.
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Great Britain
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Republic
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Judah
England
Mount Vernon
White House
Jones’ Mill Road
Rock Creek
Pittsburg
Braddock
Thomas Monroe
Washington City
Clear Drinking Manor
Monroe
United States
Capitol
Clean Drinking Manor
John Coates
Col
Henry Coates
Sproxton
Elizabeth
Charles Jones
Clean Drinking manor and its ancient family legacy
The Maryland land records trace Charles Jones gent husband of Eleanor Selden to Mount Vernon ties and a 1400 acre Clean Drinking manor now reduced to 25 acres. The drawing room holds heirlooms including a 14 year old West Point cadet portrait, a 200 year old black walnut chair, and a corner cupboard. The family graveyard lies behind the manor, and the widow of John Coates Jones preserved heirlooms for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Visitors are urged to tour the estate’s beauty and driveways. The piece also explains the water spider’s air filled silk nest and its underwater life process.
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Maryland
First Court
Montgomery County
Committee of Safety
Charles Jones
Eleanor Selden
John Augustine Washington
Gen. Washington
Washington
Mount Vernon
Clean Drinking Manor
Virginia
John Coates Jones
West Point
Col
Robert Hanson Harrison
George Washington
Harrison
Copeland Parker
Norfolk
Jackson
John Coates
Smith D
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Clever Indian Idea Ties Horses to Ground Holes
A desolate California desert scene shows desert Indians using ground holes as hitching posts. A photographer captured an Indian kneeling to dig a two foot hole, lowering the halter rope, packing sand, and stamping to secure the knot. The method is praised as clever and effective for desert travel.
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Alka
Death Valley
Desert
Gibraltar
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Johnnys Checker Story Reminisces a Nimble Board Battle
A family scene unfolds as a boy learns checkers from his father. Moves, jumps, and clever plays dominate the match in a rustic home setting, ending with the elder’s defeat and a fond retort about a smart aleck. The piece, attributed to W D Nesbit in Woman's Companion.
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W. D. Nesbit
Woman's Tome Companion
New Dental Anaesthetic From Fresh Animal Capsules
A Berlin dentist develops a local anaesthetic using fresh suprarenal capsules from oxen and calves. When injected into the gums it induces numbness as deep as the bone, enabling procedures with reduced pain.
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Berlin
The Butterfly Experiment With Cork Ball Pressure Relief
Describes a miniature gas experiment using a glass funnel bottle filled with water and powders to generate carbonic acid gas. Cork balls in the funnel alternately seal and release the opening, regulating gas escape until exhaustion. Suggestions include painting balls different colors and adding tissue paper butterfly wings for display.
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V. ‘Tribune
Catarrh Remedy Peruna Praised by Richmond Family
Mrs. M. K. Bousch of Richmond and her eleven year old daughter Pearl report complete relief from chronic catarrh after using Peruna. They credit rapid improvement to the remedy and urge others with catarrh to try it. The Peruna Medicine Co. and Dr. Hartman offer free literature and personal advice for readers seeking help.
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Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Ohio
M. K. Bousch
Richmond
Pearl
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