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Newspaper
Augusta Evening Dispatch
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1858
Page
3
Advertisements must be handed in by eleven o'clock in the forenoon to appear the same day. The heavy pressure on newspaper columns allows no reception after the stated hour.
A large audience heard Prof. Fowler discuss self culture and tame of children emphasizing vigor of body for intellect and guiding by precept and love over fear. The event promoted by public interest and featured life laws and natural science in family relations. The column also notes a large crowd at a Russian War diorama with gifts and widespread attendance and anticipates Prof. Vowner's lecture on love courtship and magic.
An Edgefield emphasis on Augusta as a regional trade center argues that Hamburg and Augusta function as one city for commerce. The article urges Edgefield to back Augusta, predicting mutual gains and cultural uplift, then reports a meeting of the American party in the 2d Ward approving a mayoral candidate and council selections.
An Irishman, Brennan, entertains heavy losses from quartz mining at Grass Valley. He poisons his wife with wine, smothers her, then feeds poison to their two children with sugar, killing all. He later writes to Martineau, secretary of the company, to ensure they are all dead. Local citizens are deeply moved by the tragedy.
Official notices list Sparta Academy Lottery draws with numbers from Class 349 and 350 and dates in 1858. The page also publicizes Liverpool and Augusta coal, warehouse services, cash advances, and supplies with commissions and rates offered by J. R. Simpson in Augusta, Georgia, dated August 24.
Commercial Intelligence notes latest dates from Liverpool Havre and Havana. March 31 sales report shows 834 bales traded this morning before Persia news with various lots at 10 to 14 percent. No transactions since the steamer's accounts.
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