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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1836
Page
4
The speaker laments a life spent chasing wealth and earthly pleasures, spurred by ambition and Mammon. A dying boy and divine judgment lead to a reproof of worldly gains and a longing for revealed heaven. The poem contemplates sin, conscience, and the soul’s fate after death.
A Missouri correspondent urges the Farmers Department to consider sugar beet cultivation as a viable crop for Missouri and the Mississippi region. He cites France’s beet sugar growth, explains cultivation methods, expected yields, and notes the sugar beet byproducts for animal feed.
A compilation from the Temperance Herald and the Illinois Temperance Society reports activity in Putnam and La Harpe, including pledges signed by residents, formation of local societies, officer lists, and a Black Hawk era anecdote. Also notes demonstrations in Apple Creek and a humorous Niagara Democrat item involving a cherry liquor binge by a sow.
The Connecticut Convention in Farmington reports 220 delegates, with Judge Williams presiding. The body adopted a resolution urging entire abstinence from all drinks that intoxicate, praising Dr Hewett and other speakers, and acknowledging the strength of the temperance movement while noting the pledge’s limitations.
Epwarp C Deravan declares in a brief closing letter that a certain beverage is harmful and should be universally abandoned, addressing a correspondent with a formal sign off.
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