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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1843
Page
3
The community weighs licensing as a revenue source and curb on vice. Arguments condemn corruption from revenue through gambling and lewdness, urging repeal of laws sanctioning vice and stressing virtuous public opinion. A temperance note praises Washingtonian efforts and recounts social improvements due to reform.
Domestic tip explains cleaning glass surfaces including mirrors window panes and lamp globes using damp and dry newspaper. It notes rubbing with moist paper then a dry wrap yields bright clear glass and suggests brimstone fumes remove fruit stains and mildew from linen and cotton.
A scrambled financial list shows various Georgia banks and branches with notes on specie basis and bonds. It lists Bank of Augusta, State Bank, Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Planters Bank, Central Rail Road Bank Macon, and many city councils, railroads, and exchange offices among others with scattered figures and notes.
A brief death notice from the city records shows John, son of James and Mary McCagferty, died Wednesday morning after a pertitlressy illness. He was aged one year, seven months, and twenty two days. The notice notes the sorrow and references the biblical sentiment about little children.
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