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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1844
Page
7
A Carthage Republican excerpt argues for temperance citing Proverbs Romans and Isaiah. It condemns wine and strong drink as deceptive ruinous to virtue and happiness and warns of poverty and judgment for drunkenness. The piece asserts the tester will show its virtue if examined and promises relief from misfortune.
A column criticizes intemperance and its harms, contrasting religious duty with drinking practices. It cites the broad destructive impact of alcohol on happiness and finances, and urges readers to reject temperance ridicule while highlighting a parable about loving enemies as a warning against vice. The piece ends with a note on small sins leading to great evils.
A request invites friends to help compile statistics on Georgia temperance societies. Readers are asked to supply names of societies, total members with gender breakdown, and the pledge nature. The goal is to extend a published table showing the temperance movement's strength in the state.
A prospectus outlines a forthcoming book by Ky publishers Campagno and Rice on baptismal debates. It details six propositions with affirmations and denials, notes publication in octavo volume for two dollars a copy, and discounts for bulk orders. Subscriptions are solicited with a February 1 deadline to D S Burnet Louisville.
Great National Work by MPYAPPAN and Dennett offers life of Washington in fourteen monthly numbers at twenty five cents each with numerous steel and copperplate engravings and facsimiles. Subscriptions invited from postmasters and agents with incentives for distributors. publication begun in Boston in 1843.
For sale a bargain two story house and lot on Reynold street near Lincoln street in the lower part of the city adjoining a vacant lot owned by Mrs Gardner. It will be sold low for cash. For further particulars apply at this office. June 24 3 tf mee.
An appeal to sustain a Southern periodical to defend regional interests and literature. It outlines aims to review books, discuss topics in a calm dignified style, and promote Southern institutions. Published at Charleston with quarterly issues and notable contributors. Subscriptions 5 dollars yearly, renewal rules apply.
In its second volume the Washingtonian announces a Friday through Saturday weekly sheet of 20 inches, priced at one coin per year in advance. The editors, led by Augusta Society officials, vow to promote temperance morality, agriculture, science and current prices while offering a six copy club and postmaster distribution through a broad reader base.
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