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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1844
Page
8
Fragmentary verse recalls two souls united by blood and home. The speaker vows to remain shoulder to shoulder through life and death, bonded by a shared mother’s love and a single hearth. The poem emphasizes enduring unity and mutual support.
A distressed wife pleads in a temperance vignette for the return of her husband, ruined by drink. She confronts the bane of alcohol and the plunderer who enslaved him, crying out with passion to restore the man she once knew.
A recent hanging in Zanesville Ohio follows a full confession by the condemned shoemaker who admitted guilt in a murder. He cites years of ignorance and a life of religious neglect before his crime and claims alcohol played no role in his final decision.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a speech about a free agent and a man with pursed intent. The passage depicts a tense exchange and a crowd’s reaction as a man is accused or addressed by onlookers. The content is incomplete and lacks clear attribution or context.
A pithy excerpt from a temperance lecture in the state. A German speaker imitates English while recounting a rural scene with a mother and children and discussing rum money. The piece questions freedom and the influence of drink on family life and social behavior.
A Philadelphia party guest ordered best wine from a leading merchant. The wine arrived then sat two weeks before use and proved sour. The merchant, surprised at the complaint, realized the delay ruined it and quipped that used fresh it would have been prime. Temperance Advocate notes the scene as humbug.
Our temperance paper seeks aid from friends to gather statistics on Georgia societies. We request names, member counts by gender, and pledge details to extend the table and show the movement's strength. Respond with information from subscribers and temperance supporters.
Appan Dennett of Boston offers a fourteen monthly number Life of Washington with engravings and portraits to readers at twenty five cents per issue. Publishers urge postmasters and papers to promote subscriptions and promise incentives including free copies for bulk orders.
W M Russet offers a six month publication of the Rose Bud a religious paper aimed at youth with non sectarian aims It will be issued Saturdays from January if enough subscribers pay 73 cents for six months It will be printed 18 by 24 inches on good paper to combat temperance evils and promote moral improvement
Prospectus describes launching the Washingtonian second volume as a moral family paper on temperance and reform. It requests support from subscribers and postmasters, offers clubbing rates, and promises a cheap, steady weekly edition edited by the Augusta Society’s Editorial department.
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