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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1845
Page
3
A verbose scene shows Brown spiraling from temperance debates to a jail cell as the crowd mocks his gin consumption. A magistrate lectures on vice, while Gin-drinking wrecks work, home, and reputation, ending with a stark warning about ruin.
A fragmented column asks what a gin drinker would say as he passes along the street contemplating a common address. The piece hints at social observations and street chatter in a bygone era.
In the Temperance Cause there should be no Neutrals. We appeal to readers with patriotism and philanthropy. We condemn apathy toward intemperance as a threat to our republic. Sign the pledge to support the cause and help Save our countrymen from drinking’s ruin.
The message urges respected citizens to use their influence for the common good and calls mothers and daughters to renewed benevolence in the wart against intemperance. It seeks a lasting triumph of self government over intoxicating poisons.
French engineer M. Garella reports that the Isthmus between the oceans rises about 120 yards above sea level, not seventeen, ruling out a simple passage and suggesting a canal would require sixty locks split between both shores.
In England the century’s wit shines with Mr Fox for social warmth and honor debts to Sheridan. The piece recalls Burke and Fox tears in Parliament, fox’s honesty with a note debt, buckwheat cake tips, a Texas annexation joke, a library quip, and aphorisms on passion governance friendship and Socrates.
Unfavorable Liverpool steamer news depressed cotton prices causing withdrawals. demand outpaces limited supply with sales at 34 to 4c and a rare 43c for top square bales. Bagging demand limited after holidays. groceries show little demand with unchanged prices.
The institution announces reopening on Monday next January 6 with classes resuming after the holiday period. The note indicates the date as the first week of January and targets the boys’ school community.
Market notice notes no sale on the listed items with reference to exchange basis and price per dozen, indicating a quiet market.
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