Washington Total Abstinence Pledge
Washington society adopts a solemn pledge against all spirits, malt liquors, wine, and cider. Members declare they will avoid pernicious drinking to protect health, vigor, and mutual benefit.
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1843
Page
6
Page Fragment Names Committee Figures and Names
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including Dr F M, Dr D Hook, T Chapman Esq, James Harrer Esq, and ILLEDGE indicating a committee or roster but lacks context or positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Oh
D. Hook
T. Chapman
James Harrer, Esq
Illedge
Secretary of the Washingtonian Safety Pledge Drive Notice
The secretary William Baines Jr keeps the pledge ready for signatures at his drug store and invites applicants daily from 6 AM to 9 PM except Sundays. Do not wait for regular meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washingtonian Safety
Rumor of Fire Grippe Prompts Humble Home Remedy
A late appearing epidemic rumor spurs a household remedy: warm mustard foot bath, ten grains Dover powder, and horehound tea before bed. The physician endorses Amond Star and urges readiness to rout the disease with Providence. Ground mustard is the suggested measure.
Advertising pitch for a regional temperance paper
The notice markets our modest weekly as a growing advertising medium. It highlights broad city and rural reach across Georgia and neighboring states, with increasing country subscriptions and temperance audience potential, inviting advertisers to choose the paper to reach respectable families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Paper store praised by Southern press in Cheraw
Excerpt from the Farmers Gazette Cheraw praises Dunham & Buddley paper store in Broad Street opposite the U S Hotel. It notes quality and reasonable southern prices rival northern mills and urges more southern mills to reduce dependence on the North.advises Southern publishers to patronize local suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer’s Gazette
Cheraw
8.C
Messrs. Dunham & Buedley
U.S
Gazette
Greenville
Canouna Paven
Auhingtonian
Ong
Georgia
Mears, Douxnam & Broaxile
S.C
Temperance Convention Proposed for Milledgeville
The paper urges forming a large temperance convention in Milledgeville during the next legislative session. It calls for delegates from Georgia counties, noting many legislators are temperance supporters and suggests a statewide gathering could renew vigor and spread reform. County societies are asked for endorsement and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Friends of Temperance
Temperance Society
Georgia
Political Morality and Neutrality in Politics
The piece decries party politics and asks if political morality exists. It condemns suppression of truth, caricature, intimidation, and dirty tactics used to secure votes. It argues that dishonesty in politics sins against heaven and country, warning that immoral tactics threaten national destinies.
Just and Fear Not In Moral Political Strife
An editorial urges adherence to morality in political conflict. It warns that the end does not justify the means and emphasizes the value of justice over expediency, urging readers to act rightly even amid public unrest. The piece reflects on public sentiment and the calm needed to pursue virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Merry
Boston
Bradbury & Soden
S. G. Goodrich
Peter Parley
Drunkenness Warning and Robert Merry's Museum Mention
The piece quotes President Dwight on temperance and warns against daily drinking while promoting Robert Merry's Museum for juvenile reading. It reviews the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane report, detailing admissions, costs, and patient activities, and notes demographics from the 1830 census alongside historical references to epidemics and disease progression illustrated by past events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Merry
New Hampshire Asylum For the Insane
Georgia
Atanl Sea
St. Petersburg
V. Y. Sun
Call for local aid to the Sick Poor during summer
The Benevolent Society appeals for information on sick or needy families. Physicians and residents are asked to relay names and addresses of those requiring relief to the visiting committees. Communications go to Mr. Werrman for Division I, Dr. Fort for Division II, and Mr. Dov for Division III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent Society
Addres
Wrerrman
Fort
Campbell St
Dov
Campbell-st
Call to Temperance Reformers Rescue Fallen Brethren
The speaker urges temperance reformers to seek out and bring back drink sellers and others in wrongdoing. He calls for immediate action to rescue those in the temperance fold from “the den of the destroyer” and to renew ongoing reform efforts.
Reform at the Bar Thirties Era Judge Leads Abstinence
Thirty years ago Judge Scriven urged court reform by convening the Bar to end alcohol at the courthouse. Lawyers adopted a pledge to abstain, ending the practice that once saw counsel pleadings fueled by spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scriven
H—ly
Temperance bar scuffle prompts demand for water with gin
A man loudly asks the bailiff for water and quietly adds to mix it half gin. The remark draws attention to temperance actions at the Bar, provoking questions about what Temperance has accomplished.
History of the influenza through centuries as recorded
The text traces influenza from 1580 in Europe as a pestilential epidemic cough, notes global spread by 1743, and claims wide European reach with April appearance and June decline. It remarks few fatalities except the elderly or those with lung disease and mentions the French term La Grippe hoarseness, with later reports from the Troy Whig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Rambles on Merida Churches and Saintly Requests
Norman in his Rambles notes Merida Yucatan has 14 churches with saints famed for influence. He cites St. Ann’s church popular with ladies praying for good husbands and mentions travelers doubtless visit for similar favors. He adds a cautious claim about petitions of lonely spinsters often receiving favorable responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Merida
Yucatan
St. Ann
Temperance and St Ann church praised as social protectors
A writer compares the Church of St Ann and the Temperance movement, praising their shared goal of aiding the helpless and preserving domestic peace. The piece notes temperance supports competence and prosperity and urges readers to consider it, even if they do not attend meetings. Coress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miers
Church of St. Ann
Washingtonian
St. Ann
Merida
Questioning Liquor License Laws and Moral Effects
A civic essay argues the duty of informed citizens to assess liquor licensing regulations. It contends government bears responsibility for law outcomes, citing Augusta’s role in alcohol traffic and its link to poverty and social ills while urging careful public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
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Yale College
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