Washingtonian Temperance Pledge Promoted in 1644
The Washingtonian announces a Total Abstinence Pledge for gentlemen against spiritous drinks. Editorials praise temperance advocacy led by Rev. W. T. Baantey F. M. Rogertson Wd. Harp and others. Lectures by Hawkins and Mr. Baird highlight European support and royal backing for temperance, with Sweden praising the reform and publications spreading as “Baird's Book.” John W. Hawkins returns from Athens to lecture, then heads toward South Carolina for a temperance convention.
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W. T. Baantey
F. M. Rogertson
Harp
Hobe
Hawkins
Baptist Church
Europe
Baird
Sweden
Mr. Baird
United States
John W. Hawkins
Athens
Ening
Charles
Tomy
Franklin College
Temperance Society Proposed at Medical College of Georgia
An editorial proposes forming a temperance society among Georgia Medical College students. It argues the society should be named The Medical College Temperance Society of Georgia and urges public interest in such a private initiative.
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Medical
Georgia
Washington
Medical College Temperance Society of Georgia
College Student Temperance Society Favored by Local Paper
The article argues for a college temperance society to counteract alcohol abuse among students. It urges public awareness through the paper and emphasizes safety for families sending sons to the institution. The plan anticipates annual return of members and praises the college’s character and potential success.
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the College
Loafers of Hindus and a hardened moneylender critique
The text contrasts a Dom caste Hindu practice of debt to celestial beings with a rum seller's destructive trade. It questions morality, noting the Dom claim of support from creditors while a civilized trader profits by selling liquor that harms society. The passage ends mid-thought, reflecting on human selfishness.
If Human Nature Is Bad We Must Improve It
A speaker counters objections to temperance reform arguing that humans possess moral sentiments and reason and can progress toward a higher destiny. He asserts philanthropy envisions future improvement, rejects fatalism, and urges opponents to assist in purifying human nature or accept failure of reform.
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Bethlehem
Abandon the old and take up with us the new philosophy
If we are the victims of a delusion it is not merely harmless to pursue a grand but risky plan. We may fail and gain nothing or succeed and reap rich rewards. The speaker speaks of assisting and building a vast moral work for future generations and hopes even the dead look on with interest from heaven.
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Heaven
le Gentlemen
Aaleigh
Bayard
Billingsgate
Grand Jury urges arrest of Sabbath traffic in city
The 1844 Richmond Grand Jury, led by Robert F. Pax, calls on City Police to curb Sabbath violations by venders selling spirituous liquor to negroes, stating the practice harms health and morals.
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Grand Jury
Richmond
Moral decline traced to heredity and temperance urged
The December issue of The American Phrenological Journal argues from family history that moral and intellectual traits transmit across generations. It warns that parental drinking habits corrupt offspring, urging young women to avoid suitors who drink. Fire-level losses follow at Clarke & Carswell, Kent, with no insurance. Local fusses by single critics are ridiculed as petty.
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American Phrenological Journal
O. S. Fowler
Messrs. Clarke & Carswell
Broad-street
Kent
Talking Machine Invention Demonstration Reported
A New York based talking machine reportedly by an Austrian inventor named Fe ber has spent nearly twenty years on the project. Col Webb of the Courier Enquirer says the inventor plans a public exhibition and claims he has conversed with it in Latin and English, indicating the machine is deemed masculine.
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New York
Feber
Col. Webb
The
Courier & Enquirer
The Man With Mighty Feet Saves a Lady in Muddy Street
In our city a tall, stout gentleman with enormous feet helps a young lady cross a muddy street during a recent downpour. He steps into her path, clears a safe crossing by placing his foot so she lands on firm ground, and she thanks him softly for his kindly deed.
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Iside
Eaven
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