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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1843
Page
8
A Temperance voice laments the ruin of drinkers and the social toll of alcohol. It urges avoidance of inebriates, calls for temperate companionship, and cites biblical wisdom to promote sobriety and virtue. The piece stresses the deep harm of intoxication to health, wealth, and character and seeks data on temperance societies.
A 19th century treatise argues alcohol as a non conductor of wealth happiness respectability health and community well being. It asserts no man gains wealth pride or virtue from drinking and notes social harms from tipplers and drunkards as it questions national respectability and prosperity.
The ship Monument under Capt Marshall sailed for Liverpool bearing the Temperance Banner at the masthead. Every crew member from captain to cabin boy is a teetotaler, seen as a notable triumph of temperance among mariners with broad social impact.
An eyewitness recalls burden cars bound for Boston with relics from the last local distillery in Portsmouth, noting the building site will no longer host such activity. The item sits among a broader set of scraps discussing London breweries, prison whisky terms, and a factory scene in Pawtucket with a sharp retort about steam power.
Publication notice for a weekly miscellany issued every Saturday in Augusta Georgia by James McCafferty announcing the prospectus and publication details.
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