Dream shape of home inspires Payne to write Home Sweet Home
The article recalls John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, and his life as a wanderer. A vivid dream of rural peace inspired him to compose the song, while notes recount his struggles, exile, and death as U.S. consul in Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howard Payne
New York Weekly
Paris
Berlin
London
Sweet
United States
Tunis
Payne
John
Free Press
Tom
Sarah
Cuthbert High School To Reopen Soon
Readable fragments indicate Cuthbert Male High School or associated institution planning to reopen in the near term. Details of date and arrangements are not provided in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthbert
Santa Claus
Wonders of Animal Life and the Interwoven World
A historical column surveys animal life showing trades and roles from miners and masons to spiders and wasps. It notes parasites aiding ecosystems, examples of animal architecture, and even a sensational tail growth claim from the American West. The piece ends with a playful pun about potato hoeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Agassiz
South America
West
Value of Toil and the Pitfalls of Idleness
The Taunton Gazette cites a prudent view on toil over idleness noting that rest comes from labor and that a life of constant amusement grows wearisome. It contrasts the unhappy fate of perpetual laziness with the relief found in work and finishing with a humorous tale about a devout widow who ceased praying for her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. White
Mr. Brown
Mrs White
Brown
Mr. White
Taunton Gazette
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Detroit Free Press
Ruta
Liberty County
Baggs
Detroit
W. B. Tackett
Gillespie’s Corner
Abner T. Smith
Cuthbert, GA
Bufie
H. Fielder
1Dus L. Fielder
H. & J. L. Fielder
Georgia
Randolph
Stewart
Quitman
Clay Early
Calhoun
Terrell
Supreme Court of Georgia
U.S. District and
Southern District of Georgia
J.L. Varner
America
England
Jas. H. Guerry
Dawson, Ga
S. G. Robertson
Westmoreland
South Lumpkin Street
Webb House
Bort Gaines
Virginia
J.G. Wearr
Fr. Gaines
R. WM. J. Johnson
Fort Gaines
Am. E. Kennon
United States District Court
J. L. Warner
Cc. C. Burke
Aving
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
B. W. Ellis
Male High School
Pes Institution
A Mercantile Department
Jyout
M. A. McNulty
Andrew Female College
Jed
Board of Instruction
A.h.flewellen
A. M
Anxie H. Porter
Janie Warn
Lucie Williams
A. H. Flewellen
U. Ss
Jeweller
H. J. Geeslinghas
College Street
Satterwhite Hotel
Janellet
T. J. Pratt
T. J. Powell
T.S. Powell
Wonders of Animal Life
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