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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1844
Page
2
In a fervent call, speakers urge embracing the Temperance pledge to abandon drinking and end its ruinous social and economic costs. They argue persuasion suffices, claim broad support among youths, and contrast sober living with the wasted funds spent on spirits. The speaker condemns half measures and urges freemen to resist demagogue influence by pledging collective action.
Speakers recount lives saved from drink and praise Temperance as a heavenly cause. They urge training youth, honor veterans, and enlist women’s gentleness to press the pledge, warning of liquor’s deception and promising a lasting monument through reform.
IPAPPAN & DENNETT of 114 Washington Street Boston announce a subscription plan for a Life of Washington by Jared Sparks. Subscriptions run fourteen monthly issues at twenty five cents each. Postmasters handling five copies get one free. ten subscribers yield two free copies.
Reports details of a prospective prospectus from Lexington Kentucky for a debate between Alexander Campbell of Bethany Virginia and Rev N L Rice of Paris Kentucky on baptism infants creeds and conversion. It outlines six propositions and announces publication of a volume with discounts for large orders, with orders due February 1 1844.
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