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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1844
Page
2
The Washingtonian notes that post masters are legally empowered to remit money to newspaper publishers for subscriptions. Readers can pay for their papers by giving the amount to the post master with a request to remit it, avoiding postage costs.
The Forsyth convention report shows a small delegation and limited proceedings. The piece questions temperance publications and pricing, suggesting the committee humbugged readers and that state conventions are a failure and serve the enemy.
A North reform ed gambler Mr Green stirs public interest with lectures exposing card tricks and gambling deceptions. The piece praises anti gambling agitation and calls for stricter enforcement of laws, arguing theft by false keys is punished while large scale card crime is overlooked.
The piece warns that betting ran rife during the presidential canvass and huge sums changed hands locally. It laments the lack of sympathy for losses and argues arrests are unlikely unless effective measures curb the betting vice.
The author urges friends of law and order to resist wagering on elections, arguing betting on elections is as iniquitous as gambling on cards or any other activity and should be left to sportsmen.
The piece advocates reducing postage via a bill proposed to Congress. Public opinion calls for reform of the Post Office Department citing unjust taxes and outdated rates. It argues for a universal five cent letter rate across the United States to boost mail volume and cover government costs.
The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company named five new directors Wm W D Antignac Wm Harper T J Parmelee H Bowdre and James Hope at Monday’s meeting Wm M D Antignac was unanimously re elected president by the board.
The column advertises Mr Rus SELL the Aeronaut offering a Christmas balloon ascent. It notes Wisx’s fifty three successful trial flights and the marvel of a man rising to the skies, once feared as impious. The piece frames the stunt as a sublime display of science and progress and foresees strong public interest.
A traveler aboard a ship bound for Charleston recalls a French sailor named Cora suffering delirium tremens. The crew debates giving him brandy. a steward volunteers to help but Cora panics, leaps overboard, and drowns after a struggle with the steward. The narrator reflects on the tragedy as the vessel continues toward its port.
An essay extols music as a powerful temperance instrument. It argues music elevates and calms the soul, aids self control, and reduces vice and crime. It proposes state support for concerts and music in schools to reduce taxes and foster a temperate society.
A pamphlet style argument extols music as a tool to curb rum and vice. It asserts music can reform society by replacing intoxicants with harmony, citing universal love of song from birds to people and verses about music’s power to temper passions and uplift virtue.
An account of a lavish funeral reveals a wealthy businessman's death attributed to alcohol. The speaker laments missed warnings by doctors and clergy, criticizes fashionable drinking, and warns that hundreds are still endangered by social intoxication. He urges personal responsibility and notes six hundred thousand Americans face a murder by alcohol.
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