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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1837
Page
3
Articles describe a British Reformation Society meeting at Exeter Hall chaired by Finch M. P. noting anti slavery and Protestant causes, Catholic advances and mission work. Reports include Baptist and Universalist church statistics, funding for foreign missions, and sermons on temperance, war on sin, and providence amid disturbing crime and violence in the era.
A compilation notes the Rising States brig sailing with an orderly crew under Captain Cuff, contrasts with common pre-sailing drunken delays, reports on a Lake Huron fishery, cholera in Central America, Greek military strength, Missouri amalgamation stories, a runaway slave ad scene in Cleveland, and remarks on Haitian intellectual progress and new musical instruments observed by the Haverhill Gazette.
The item blends humorous social anecdotes and notable notices. It reports a debutante’s music lesson quip about instruments and a servant absence, along with assorted literary extracts, medical tips, postal remarks, dramatic incidents, and sensational curiosities from Boston to Hartford and Mexico, including reformist sentiment and a crime anecdote.
Shipments of Lehigh coal exceed last year by 50 000 tons as exports from Mexico reach 12 100 000 dollars in specie. Captain Jones reports over 100 sailors reformed by temperance. Maryland moves to form Juvenile Temperance Societies in all schools. Massachusetts Temperance Society proposes a New England convention. In Boston four innkeepers are fined 20 dollars for Sunday liquor sales. Jane Wetmore dies after a fall from a window during intoxication with her last words It is all over with me now.
The subscriber acknowledges receipt of 17 37 1-2 dollars for the A. B. F. M. monthly concert of the Carlinville Presbyterian church. Also five dollars from a brother and sister Protestant Methodists of Belleville Illinois. Eussan P. Lovesor.
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