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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1844
Page
3
A speaker argues that protection of wives children and community demands law and action against alcohol traffic. He cites moral suasion limited by hardened hearts and illustrates through anecdotes of boat theft and drinking’s harm, urging total abstinence and civic responsibility. 320 characters
A young New York dock laborer, once ruined by drink, reformed after taking a temperance pledge and returned to a respectable life in New England. He is now named in leading national papers as a talented and promising new member of Congress, illustrating renewed hope for reforming drunkards.
A quoted call for true reformers in towns to embody hearty temperance virtue. The speaker seeks a dozen sincere men devoted to faith and reform, capable of kindness without weakness and firmness without obstinacy, aided by divine support and mercy.
Charles Anderson, a pensioned ex gunner from the U S frigate Potomac, was arrested in St Louis on charges of breaking open trunks at Bremer House. He earned $120 yearly due to a war wound from a skirmish near Foroe Islands in the South Seas and was intoxicated during the theft. The article notes England’s gin ban as a remark on drink culture.
The passage outlines mortality rates by age and weather, birth outcomes, and life expectancy with figures on age distribution. It notes a higher death rate for men and women, longevity limitations, and geographic variation in mortality, plus a Kentucky bill on gambling and a steam-boat propulsion report for the Albert with Lieut Hunter's submerged propellers.
A man with a lifelong fear of illness travels to Ohio on doctors advice and returns home when he learns his twin brother died of a liver complaint. A surgeon’s plan to open him triggers a frantic escape, after which he is never again troubled by liver symptoms. Albany Knickerbocker notes Manhattan’s 1626 Dutch purchase for 60 guilders. Charleston Rambler reports a tiny steam vessel and a lilac grafted onto ash trees in France and South Carolina.
The Augusta market shows cotton prices advancing after Liverpool gains to the 13th of last month. Sellers hold firm above buyers, with stock around 60 000 bales and limited sales. Bagging demand is weak. Groceries show fair demand but not as large as expected.
A catalog of payments to the Washingtonian with entries for Augusta F A Morgan to Jan 1 1945 D Ogden to Jun 10 1944 St Clair Mrs J Hughes to Jun 10 1944 Rome J W M Ber Rien to Jun 10 1945 Washington Jno Milner to Feb 10 1945 Vienna D J Bothweil to Nov 4 1944.
A fragmented list of banks and branches showing specie exchange rates and notes. Institutions include Mechanics Bank Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta Augusta Insurance Banking Co Savannah Nores State Bank Planters Bank Central Rail Road Bank Milledgeville Bank Georgia Rail Road Bank Athens City Council Augusta Macon Columbus Milledgeville Macon Columbus Chattahoochee R R and Banking Western Bank of Georgia Planters Mechanics Cylun Bank Ocmulgee notes and bonds for specie Georgia 6 and 8 percent. References to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Charleston indicate intercity money movements.
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