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Washingtonian
Augusta
Feruary
W. T. Baastig
D. Hox
W. J. Harn
James Hanrre
Don
LA WelNont
Senecaverus
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Augusta Awakens to Prosperity Through Industry
Citizens report a shift from passive consumption to active work amid rising prices for staples. Planters can no longer pay as much, so the community looks to steam or water power to spur manufacturing and restore sustained prosperity like the New England model.
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Augusta
Orthern Brethren
Oran
New England
Unseasonal Cold Arrives After Mild Winter
The text notes a sudden switch from an unusually mild winter to a sharp cold spell on Tuesday, contrasting with typical temperatures expected in the New York latitude and implying a harsher outlook for the season.
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New York
Temperance orator pleads to reform Philadelphia drinkers
J B Gough exhorts Philadelphia crowds to revive the Total Abstinence pledge and revive temperance zeal. He laments rum sellers and crime while urging Rewarder the correspondent to return with warning lights to shame drinkers into halting their traffic.
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J B. Gough
City of
Philadelphia
Augusta
Brother Rewarder
Fragmentary Editorial Note Reflects on Church Scandals
A damaged passage laments the Episcopal Diocese of New York and criticizes clerical treachery. The text questions public advocates abandoning their vocation and suggests Christianity suffers when malice prevails.
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New York
Temperance Reform Stirs Episcopal Clergy in Cities
The passage criticizes the Episcopal clergy of New York and Philadelphia for not supporting the Temperance Reform. It argues most denominations backed the cause, and suggests bishops would have guided their parishes toward benefit if they had shown endorsement.
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New York
Philadelphia
Decanter Label Quip Refers To Poison Drink
A preacher narrator recalls a joke about a host asking a guest to name a glass of brandy and water. The host denounces it as liquid poison and distilled damnation, suggesting a sharp critique of its popularity.
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Robert Halles
Robert
Mr. Hall
Delirium Tremens Warns Against Drinking and Debauchery
A stark warning on delirium tremens describes the torment of drinkers recovering from alcohol abuse. The passage portrays imagined terrors, loss of sleep, and potential insanity and death, urging readers to avoid intoxicants and shun grog shops as dangers to life and soul.
Rum Selling and the Fine Fellows It Impairs
The Washingtonian notes the rum trade amid specimens of fine fellows, arguing the business frequently impairs their conduct and characters, reflecting concerns about vice, social order, and moral decline.
Heartsick Drunkard Sheltered Then Abandoned by Ram Seller
A narrative condemns a ram seller who aided a man in distress then left him unable to stand in bitter night. The writer recalls sheltering a vulnerable creature previously, yet laments the shopkeeper’s indifference and ongoing drinking. The scene exposes cruelty and neglect by a supposedly charitable dealer in Antlr um.
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Ramseller
Antlrum
Alcohol the Great Physician and Murderer in One
A Temperance Banner piece traces Alcohol from hopeful healer to world roaming power. It portrays him as a celebrated physician and lawyer aiding kings and beggars alike, then notes his tyranny and vast killings, warning of his emboldened reach and moral harm.
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Araiay
Yay
Europe
Ciristion
The Man Leaves the Grog Shop at Gloomy Night
The narration describes a man leaving a grog shop in the darkest hour with no stars or nearby cottages to aid him. It laments alcohol as a source of harm and its progeny, invoking a moral tone about vice and ruin.
Silliman’s testimony on cider abstinence restoring health
Renowned chemist Benjamin Silliman describes prostration from overwork and family losses. He details abandoning wine and alcohol for a simple diet and credits long-term health recovery to avoiding cider, noting nosebleeds ceased after cider abstinence and citing two additional cases of improved bleeding.
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Benjamin Silliman
M. D
Yale College
Religion among the Cherokes
The five churches under Cherokee Mission care report 240 members. Natives raised about 150 dollars in the past year to fund Scripture distribution. The Temperance Society has about 2300 members and the movement is growing. They plan to sustain eighteen free schools from their own funds.
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Missionary Herald
Temperance Society
Duelling Debate Sparks Outcry Over U S House Vote
The essay criticizes a House vote endorsing duels as a method of settling disputes. It questions whether such action reflects national opinion and condemns the practice as barbarous and unjust. Public sentiment, the piece argues, remains against duelling among a civilized people.
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Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Modern chivalry and the duel's final gibbet warning
A Saturday American critique denounces the notion of honor fueling duels. It argues that public calls to defend honor reveal hypocrisy and murderous outcomes, urging Congress to curb dueling by requiring debt payment before challenges and to impose the gibbet as punishment for murder in the name of honor.
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Bonaparte
Bagnois
Congress
Bold resolve to succeed in face of doubt and toil
A speaker notes that firmness of purpose overcomes timid beginnings. Moral courage rises when one declares intent and acts. doubt is called a traitor. Stay focused on the high aim, for small neglect harms progress and daily choices define excellence through right over wrong.
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Sheridian
A Call to Study and Reading for Youth
A thoughtful editor urges boys to dedicate two hours daily to study noting it doubles as future value. He calculates weekly monthly and April totals to emphasize steady progress and warns against neglect of practical life skills. He advises families to keep newspapers accessible to foster learning and curiosity.
A Merry Bridal in Doddlestone Parish
An English journal recounts a village wedding where the pastor's daughter weds a young clergyman. The Doddlestone parish plans a joyous festive celebration, with villagers uniting to honor the couple and share in the happiness of the nuptials.
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Doddlestone
Fes
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