Arriving at my house today via UPS was my eBay grab: literally hundreds of newspaper clippings and documents, mostly pertaining to other families from Mehoopany -- not my family. Clipping after clipping contained names that are familiar to me from my research. Every once in a while, a JENNINGS popped out, most from the "other" Jennings family (in other words, not William's descendants).
I was about halfway through the newspaper clippings, when I unfolded a clipping that was about two inches wide and about a foot long. The headline at the top caught my eye:
FIRE AT MEHOOPANY
Could it be? I unfolded it and, once again, couldn't believe my luck:
Hotel, Store and Several
Dwellings Went Up in Smoke
Yes, you guessed it! My own, actual newspaper account of the fire that destroyed Grandpa Will's hotel! What's more, this account differs from the first, giving just a few more details about the fire than I had already known. More details to follow!
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