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Newspaper

Augusta Washingtonian

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1844

Page

7

Temperance Society Returns Praise and Pledge Signatures

A temperance gathering features unanimous thanks to Secretary Mrs W S Williford for faithful service and notes 25 new signatures to the pledge. Speakers recount lessons from experience and urge continued vigilance against intemperance with a next meeting set at 7 o clock in the Methodist Church lecture room.

Strobel W.S. Williford Hillsign Sam Interance Broughston St Temperance Society Graves Reynolds Quantock Methodist Church Sav, Siar

Temperance Banner Reports Growth of Movement in Harris County

In Wakesville Georgia on February 20 1844 the Mountain Creek Society reports over three hundred members pledging total abstinence. William White and John J. Little addressed Beech Spring Academy crowd urging the temperance cause and inviting participation by local women and youth.

Wakesville Mr. Brantly Friends of Temperance Old Harris Mountain Creek Temperance Hall Beech Spring Academy William White John J. Little

Local Speaker Billy Jones Praised for Ambitious Address

The speech by Billy Jones of Jonesville drew strong cheers as he described a plan he called a scientific spludge of immense magnitude and preponderosity. Attendees applauded his earnest delivery and urged further discussion on the proposal.

Billy Jones Jonesville Billy

Temperance Growth in Western Georgia Temperance Societies Flourish

An 1844 letter from Florence Georgia praises temperance progress in Stewart County. A Sardis Baptist Church society grew to about sixty with few pledges violated, reforming drunks. A Sumrville Baptist Church temperance group soon followed with sixty to seventy members. The writer hopes churches and state will soon discountenance drunkenness and urges others to join the cause.

Georgia Sardis Summerville

Editor Troubles and Notable Notes in a 19th Century Paper

A lively reflection on editor life describing critics who push for fearlessly voiced opinions and those who demand conformity. It notes a New Indian Chief honor for Col. William L. Stone of the New York Commercial Advertiser for impartial Six Nations reporting and hospitality. Also reports Mormon proselytizing in Mississippi near Alabama and indigo cultivation in Louisiana promising high output with low effort compared to cotton.

Ao Jackanapes Sysyphus William L. Stone New York Commercial Advertiser General Council Se‘neca Brant Red Jacket Louisiana The Baton Rouge West

A Doctor's Bill and Curious Medical Items

A humorous fragment lists an extravagant doctor bill for various services from attending at home to listening to symptoms and checking pulses. The text moves to brief notices about insurrections in Cuba, political turnover in the United States, a New Jersey stone deposit, and assorted advertisements for a Truss and stationery in Augusta, Georgia, with dates in 1844.

Timothy Snooks John Caremal

Exchange Table Specie Basic and Checks

Fragmentary note shows exchange table related to specie basic and checks. It mentions a company or firm abbreviated as ee ie and sas ig Co. with unclear context or amounts.

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