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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1844
Page
5
Public notice announces subscription pricing by James McAfee Pro per year one dollar with club rates ten dollars for twelve subscribers in advance. Postmasters may frank money for newspapers and mail subscriptions. Advertising rates listed per insertion with discounts for yearly advertisers.
A group of collegians and town youths lure a trained bear from a traveling menagerie into a hogshead and smuggle it to a chemistry lecture room. They quiero to surprise the professor by the beast’s sudden appearance during the lesson on Light, causing chaos and a roaring scene in the lab.
A college lab accident releases a tiger driven by acid as the animal bursts through a cage. The tiger mauls a janitor’s daughter and tears through streets, until a traveler kills it with a Bowie knife. the horse and tiger die, and the survivor is the traveler.
In 1787 Wheeling was besieged by a large British and Indian force. The assault was sudden leaving little time for defense and preparation around the fort.
A vigorous sermon extols the female vocation to reform law, inspire virtue, soothe suffering, and refine mercy. It celebrates women as guardians of mind and body, capable of guiding rulers and nations by example, amid trials, betrayals, and social unrest.
Cobbett comments on clothing and behavior with caution about careless judges and weak foundations, presenting a satirical snapshot of how attire and conduct reflect judgment.
A Boston Bee excerpt laments slovenliness and its hidden costs while praising cleanliness as a lasting virtue. It notes men's silence on domestic matters, women's neglect, and the visible value of beauty as a perpetual, life spanning tie.
A quotation by Rev. R. Fellowes argues that no sincere effort to better humanity is wasted. It asserts that isolated, seemingly useless actions accumulate into a positive aggregate, with both moral and physical worlds providing evidence of eventual, tangible benefits.
Practical guidance on preparing pork for bacon outlining kill timing, butchery steps, salting ratios, surface preparation, intermediate drying, hanging, and smoking using Hickory wood. Includes notes on saltpetre use, pepper mix, and keeping flies away with a dark, tight house. Also mentions poultry grease stain remedy and a brief anecdote.
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