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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1843
Page
7
A fragmented temperance excerpt laments the scourge of rum and drinking, showcasing mournful imagery of ruined families and moral decay. It praises temperance efforts and calls Washingtonians to persist, citing a Cincinnati Star quotation and urging continued public pressure against alcohol.
A prose plea urging a drunkard to abandon intemperance and return to friends and faith. It portrays the drinker as a fallen brother, describes the compassionate outreach of kin and church, and emphasizes mercy, resolve, and the hope of redemption through spiritual renewal.
In Sumpter County Georgia on July 3 or 4 1843 a man traveled to Americus to buy liquor for a local celebration. He drank excessively then fell asleep leaving his eight year old son to drive the oxen. The oxen ran away overturning the cart and crushing the boy while the drunken father slept. Neighbors later recovered the child’s body.
A Lancaster 1843 item recounts a taunting letter from C W Appleton, claiming arrest in New Jersey and accusing opponents of temperance damage. The piece notes a jail transfer and hints at Governor notification. It also cites astronomical and naval court martial notes from distant events.
The text lists birth years of several figures: Tior Tr. Van, Cass, and Fohicon born in 1782, making them sixty one. Webster born in 1782 as well, Clay in 1777, Tyler in 1790, and John Q Adams in 1767.
A Philadelphia inventor has devised a machine intended to replace steam engines. The design uses atmospheric air admitted into a cylinder where a chemical agent rarifies it, moving the piston to power the mechanism.
An individual named Joan 8 Curorox has been apprehended in England as the person who forged to defraud Jacob Little Co of New York of about twenty thousand dollars. The facts suggest a strong doubt he is the guilty party.
In Bangor a Danish 40 page settlement document for an estate in St. Thomas was untranslated until Worcester’s Mr Burritt, the learned Blacksmith, produced a translation after twelve days of labor. The Whig editor calls the work highly praised and notes Burritt would expect eighteen dollars for the effort, a typical blacksmith rate if done by hammer and tongs.
The Philadelphia ledger describes making cold water by surrounding a water vessel with damp coarse cotton to evaporate and cool to the freezing point. In tropical regions ice is scarce, so workers can keep two covered pitchers at their stations one for drinking and one for evaporation to stay cool in warm weather. A finger test confirms the chill after repeated dipping and exposure.
The Tuscaloosa Monitor shares household recipes for bread and cream substitute. Mix warm milk water flour and malt yeast, let rise three to five hours, then salt solution and more flour to form four loaves. Adjust salt for flour quality and weather, with variations for seasons. Also describes preserving apples and pears by sand-lined jars in a dry place.
A garbled excerpt suggests methods to loosen a bottle stopper by heating the neck with a fixed object and a makeshift lever, plus a home remedy of pepper in a feather bed to combat musty odors and insects. The text reflects practical, old fashioned household lore.
The document lists subscribers who paid their subscriptions to the Washingtonian up to June 10 1844. Names include Augusta Dr Paul F Eve Waynespono Mrs James Cates McDonoven P S Owen and others. Attorney John Milledge offers legal services in Burke Scriven and Columbia counties.
Charles E Grenville and Co 244 Broad Street offer wholesale and retail sale of school classical medical law and miscellaneous books blank books paper quills pens stationers supplies music instruments and related items. Law and medical libraries furnished on liberal terms. schools and institutions supplied at low prices. July 4. WM Haines Jr. advertises Nile Compound Syrup of Pink Root as a worm remedy.
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