Payne Wrote TV Songs With Home For Their Theme
In Schenectady on May 2 a long feature recalls Union College alumnus John Howard Payne born 1791. The piece traces his youth as an infant prodigy at Union, his poems Hone Dear Home and Howe Sweet Home, and his early ambitions to act. It notes his later success with the song popularized in Covent Garden in 1823.
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Payne and Seaman Advocate Classical Education for Payne
A letter reveals John Seaman urging Union College President Nott to reform the wayward Payne through a classical education and discipline. Seaman argues such cultivation could curb Payne's reckless worldly attractions and channel talents into useful public service, possibly as a newspaper editor to aid his father and family.
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Reprimands From Beaman Spur Youth to Forge Path in Arts
A youth labeled by Beaman faced rejection of patronage while vowing to fund college via starting a student publication, The Pastims. He debuted at 16 as Young Norval at Park Theatre New York on February 24, 1809 to strong notice, performing in Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore before appearing at Drury Lane in 1813. He later shifted to screenwriting and sold Home Sweet Home for 250 pounds, ending in business difficulties.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
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Payne
Cherokee Indian writer Payne’s varied life and honors
The piece notes Payne’s early song sales of 300000 copies in a year and his later literary work, his advocacy among the Cherokee in Georgia, his 1842 consular appointment to Tunis, recall in 1846 and reappointment in 1851, his Tunis death in 1868, and reinterment at Oak Hill in Washington, with presidential attendance.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Chester A. Arthur
Union
Mida
Payne as Early American Drama Figure and Dramatist
The article discusses Payne as a prominent early American actor and dramatist. It notes his status as a leading American figure in European reception, his approximately 63 plays including adaptations, and his notable work Brutus or the Fall of Tarquin which evolved from earlier Brutus tragedies and achieved immediate success when staged by Edmund Kean in 1818.
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Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Heals Family's Battle
A narrator describes severe stomach and liver trouble and despondency before trying Mayr's Wonderful Remedy on cousin's advice. He reports improved health after fifteen years and credits the simple preparation with removing intestinal mucus and inflammation. One dose convinces. money refunded. Sold at all druggists.
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Mayr
Notable Names and a Record Packing Feat From Brewster
The report mentions Brutus McCullough Edwin Worrest and Edwin Booth and notes JHd Not Fulfil Promise with Payne cited for potential but unfulfilled promise. It highlights Delbert Munson an apple packer in Brewster Washington packing 378 boxes in nine hours and 0 minutes as a remarkable achievement.
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Delbert Munson
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A Sure Way to End Dandruff
A remedy claims to dissolve dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night. By morning, dandruff should be gone and three or four more applications destroy all signs. It promises instant scalp relief and noticeably softer hair.
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