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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1844
Page
2
Speeches argue temperance will end misery and poverty, reduce crime, and elevate education. Advocates claim the pledge binds responsible citizens to reform, linking sobriety with national progress, church duty, and economic betterment, urging all to embrace the cause.
In Eatonton and surrounding towns a Temperance gathering features speakers recounting alcohol’s ruin and the pledge. Leaders, including Mr. Fis and Dr Brannam, urge citizens to join the reform, train youth, and honor women’s peaceful, persuasive methods while highlighting past battles against drink.
Appan and Dennett of Boston advertise a fourteen month publication at twenty five cents per number. Each issue includes 40 pages with portraits by Peale Wellaston Stewart and others plus engravings of Mount Vernon, Braddock’s defeat and Valley Forge. The venture relies on extensive sales, with reduced price for subscribers and incentives for postmasters and newspapers to promote commitments.
Prospectus outlines a debate in Lexington Kentucky between Alexander Camp Bell of Bethany Virginia and Rev N L Rice of Paris Kentucky on six propositions about baptism and church doctrine. The pamphlet promotes a forthcoming publication priced at two dollars with bulk discounts and orders due by February 1, 1844 to D S Burnet Louisville Ky.
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