Payne and the song Old Home Sweet Home and its founders
A reflection on the centenary of John Howard Payne and the creation of Home Sweet Home. The piece traces Payne’s life from New York birth in 1793 through stages in Boston and London, his rise as an American actor and playwright, and his enduring legacy via the famed song. It notes the opera Way and its composer Bishop, plus Payne’s final years as consul in Tunis and burial in Georgetown with national honors.
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John Gickinson Sherman
John Sloward
Layne
Bjelka Gurstet
Mostur
Cheisling Nilsson
Annie
Java
Newida
Vegue
Payne Hinselt
Tuira
Junid
Bishop
Tishop
Theo
Payne
Parla
Chav
Henry Bishop
Bogton Ballo
Ilo
Shelley
John Howard Paine
New York
Teart Street
Wilton Payne
Massachusetes
John
Yorl
Thesplay Mirror
William Coleman
New York Evening Post
Union College
Old Park Theater
Norval
Douglas
Boston
Baltimore
Allminsger
England
London
Drusus
Amelia Pennitess
Copsul
Tunis
Jon T Howard Payne
Ora Gate UA
Georgetown
D. C
Arthur
United States
Richest Territory in Industrial America at Auburn Conference
An Auburn highway conference drew government officials who claimed Muscle Shonla territory spans 800 miles and is richest in the world due to mining advances. The piece urges Alabama landholders to hold estates, noting the virgin field status of the South as industrial capital.
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Auburn
Alabama
America
Tava
Anniston
Ala
Grapefruit Industry Consumes Six Million Boxes Here
A garbled note claims about 6,000,000 boxes of grapefruit were consumed in the country in a year, but the text is unclear on dates, amounts, and exact context. The断 fragment suggests economic activity around citrus, with no precise figures or entities identifiable.
Doctor William Nolan Reveals Tuberculosis Treatment
Dr. William P Nolan of the Westmoreland County Hospital Greenburg presents research claiming carbon fumes can cure tuberculosis. He argues only practically pure carbon in amorphous form and calcium salts can dissolve tubercular lesions, prevent spread, and aid recovery.
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Pennsylvania
Washington waits as China hostage crisis stirs talk of action
Washington officials and diplomats weigh possible responses to the Ly Shantung kidnapping. Powers from the Washington arms conference may seek joint steps to protect foreigners if the Chinese central government cannot restore order. Belings Unit reports Chinese governance remains uncertain while talks about foreign control of the Tientsin Dukow railway surface. no confirmation yet on American deaths.
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Washington
China
Ly Shantung
Cin
Belings
Nile Isterad
Uplemiotic
Tientsin-Dukow
State Department
Diplomatic Corps
I'eking
Scharman
United States
Department of
Canada Seeks Reciprocity Pact With United States
Ottawa May 12 Canada is ready to enact a treaty of reciprocity with the United States when Washington authorities are prepared. This was stated by W S Plesding Canadian minister of finance in delivering the annual budget speech to the Canadian commons.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Washington
W. $. Plesding
Tug
Harebell Sent to Murman Coast Amid Soviet Interference
London May 11. Britain dispatches warship Harebell to the Murman coast after Soviet gunboats interposed against Piyish vessels beyond the three mile limit. Undersecretary Roland McNell told the House of Commons of the move.
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Great Britain
Harebell
Russia
London
Three Mile
Eigrebell
Murman
House of Communions
Roland McNell
Pension plan sets pension at one dollar daily
In Storrisburg Pennsylvania on May 11 Gov. Gif ford Winehat signed the bill creating old age pensions. Applicants must be at least seventy years old and meet additional requirements. The pension limit is one dollar per day.
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Pennsylvania
Storrisburg
Gav
Gifford Winehat
Daylight Robbery In New York May 12 at Ostermoor & Co
Twenty employees of Ostermoor Co three armed Dundits Bitduy robbed the treasurer of 1500 dollars in daylight. They fled in an automobile. Also a St Louis note on a resignation from a Production Enforcement Agent amid controversy claiming job was too much like catching dogs.
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New York
Ostermoor & Co
Migttrus
Hey
St. Tous
Louis YH. Gatrer
Soviet Envoy Slain in Cafe in Lausanne
In Lausanne on May night M Didrikowsky secretary to the envoy was killed by Maurice Alexandre Conradt. Didrikowsky was shot through the lungs, M Ahrens wounded in the leg, and the Bolshvik delegate Vorowsky killed is confirmed as a Russian emissary. Conradt claimed he avenged relatives tortured by Bolsheviks and said he saved the world from Bolshevism.
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M. Didrikowsky
M. Ahrens
Lausanne
M. Farawaky
Wwrs
le Sacardine Ner
John Ahrens
Ahrens
Didrikow
Diane
Conrad
Vorawatky
Bwlet
MS Vorowsky
Conradl
Didrikowsky
Vorowsky
M. D Dvikdwsky
M. Abrens
Conmidi
Lxuriuds
President Acts to Hold Tariff Rates Under Control
President Harding aims to keep Fordney McCumber tariff rates stable. He writes to W I Wakeman of the Protective Tariff League to ease fears some business leaders have that the tariff law changes may threaten prosperity.
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Washington
Harding
W. I. Wakeman
Treas
Irgan Protervtive Tariff League
Premier of China Flees Fearing Foreign Army in Chaos
A Tokyo cable reports Premier Chang of China fled Weking to avoid foreign complications after bandit kidnappings. He sought leave from parliament but left before a response. The Nippu Fiji notes American and British garrisons at Tientsin are being mobilized.
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China
Honolulu
Tokyo
Nippu
Fiji
Chang
Weking
Tientsin
Three Killed and One Hurt in Highway Crash
Three persons were killed and another seriously injured on the highway between here and Sterling when a car was turned into a ditch to avoid a passing vehicle. William Fritz Robert Dazy and Edward De Line all of De Walb were killed. Perry Pearson the driver was injured.
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Ditch da Kalb
Here
Sterling
William Fritz
Robert Dazy
Edward de Line
de Walb
Perry Pearson
Chicago Garment Workers Win 10 to 16 Percent Raises
Chicago May 12 Fifty five thousand Chicago members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America were granted wage increases ranging from 10 to 16 percent in a decision by a board of arbitration after weeks of hearings.
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Cheago
Chicago
AmalgaMnnted Clothing Workers of America
Polish Decree Cuts Food From Free City Danziyg
A Polish decree cuts the free city of Danziyg from its food supply, part of wartime actions tied to alleged Berlin-inspired aggression. The move accompanies broader military pressure and signals heightened tension in the region.
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Canalg
Warsaw
Danziyg
Berlin
California Grape Crop Near 400000 Tons Declared
San Francisco May 13. The wine grape crop in California will approximate 400000 tons this season, announced by H F Stoll secretary of the California Grape Protective association.
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California
San Francisco
Cub
H. F. Stoll
California Grape Protective Association
Woman's Health Restored by Vegetable Compound
Milwaukee Wisconsin woman Mary Salecueck reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes prior exhaustion after one child and improvement after stopping medicines and taking the remedy. The letter touts long standing praise for nearly fifty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wlaconain
Reindergall
Mary Salecueck
28Th Street
Wisconsin
Edgeworth tobacco praised by long-time user in letter
A letter from A F Whitlock of St Louis extols Edgeworth Plug Slice and declares the blend gets better with each day. Larus & Brother Co urges readers to share addresses for free samples and notes availability of prepaid Edgeworth cartons through retailers or direct orders.
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Edgesworth
Gates
A. F. Whitlock
Edgeworth
Tfme
Whitlock
Edgeworth Pisg SteearRy de Raphed
Larus & Brother Co
South 21St Street
Richmond
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Company
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