Gin and ruin rise from liquor shadows in city tale
An urban crime tale portrays Brown’s downfall driven by gin habit. A gaol visit and riotous behavior lead to capture, court, and transport to danger, while a moral narrator condemns gin drinking as the root of misery and social decay. The piece urges reform and cautions readers about drinking.
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Brown
Temperance
Chesterfield
Tewill
Flanagan
Neddy Brown
Temperance Society
Dicken
Dennis
One of 614 Umphrey's Addresses
A fragment asks what the gin-drinker would say as he passes along the street, prompting an imagined line about addresses and daily observations from a historic column.
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Umphrey
Gen Driking
Temperance pledge appeal urges every reader to act
The article appeals to readers to join the temperance cause, arguing no neutrality. It urges signers and prudent non signers alike to support the pledge, stressing duty to the republic and the danger of intemperance to the nation. It compares steadiness to a rock protecting others from the peril of waves.
Appeal to Ladies to Aid In War on Intemperance
A dated civic appeal urges influential citizens to use their status for public good and to mobilize mothers and daughters to renew benevolent efforts against intemperance, calling for a lasting victory of self-government over intoxicating poisons.
engineer scuttles canal dream for Isthmus of Panama
French engineer M Garella reports the Isthmus rises about 120 yards above sea level, far higher than 17 yards, making a canal with sixty locks between the oceans impossible according to the survey.
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Isthmus
Panama
M. Garella
Fox and social grace in English parliamentary lore
The piece recalls Mr Fox as a model of gentility and social warmth in early 19th century England. It recounts a Burke and Fox parliament moment that moved the house to tears, and a tale of Fox paying a debt of honor rather than exposing a creditor to a timed rebuke. It weaves in anecdotes, proverbs, and light moral quips.
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England
Fox
Burke
House of Commons
Sheridan
Augusta Market Cotton Prices and Market Conditions
Unfavorable Liverpool steamship reports depressed cotton prices with many offerings withdrawn. Demand now outstrips supply, sales at 34 to 4c, choice square bales perhaps 43. little above fair stock. Bagging demand limited around Christmas. grocer ies show no strong demand and prices steady.
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Liverpool
Reopening Notice for Noel’s School for Boys
The Noel's School for Boys will reopen on Monday next, the 6th finst. Jan 4. The notice announces a return to classes and resumption of activities at the boys' school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel
M. R. Williams
E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broad Street
Augusta
Macintosh Street
Constitutionalist
Exchange Table Item Sparks No Sale
Exchange table entry notes a goods basis for ewes and a mare with 5 discount, stating no sale occurred. Record shows 468 as a figure ending the brief item.
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Correr
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Russia
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New Orleans
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Topacco
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Hyson
Mt Arene
Fda
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Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co
Georgia Rail Road
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Macon
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Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
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Bank of
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Mercha S Bank
Columbus
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Milledgeville
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