Temperance Tragedy of Henry G and Julia’s Fate
A Kentucky Intelligencer recounts Henry G a seaman turned spendthrift whose temperance decline led to his suicide two years after a failed reform attempt. Julia, his lover, and Ellen M persevere to secure a total abstinence pledge, but family schemes and social pressures derail progress as Henry relapses and dies. Julia dies of consumption shortly after his death, leaving two graves in the F village cemetery.
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Henry G
Henry
London
Julia
Judge M
Washingtonians
Ellen M
Julian
Kentucky Intelligencer
Protestant Family Newspaper Aims for Unity and Learning
The paper pledges to unite Christians around the Bible and publish an inter esting family magazine. Editors Walter Scott and Robert H. Forrester plan weekly issues with literature, science, history, missions, foreign and domestic news, and a women’s department.
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Husan Nisan
Union of
All Christians
United States
Walter Scott
Robert H. Forrester
Prospectus for Vol Vil of the American Phrenological Journal
The piece promotes phrenology augmented by physiology and magnetism as a path to human improvement. It outlines planned columns on physiology and animal magnetism, plus a department on women, stressing knowledge of nature to reform character and society and to reveal true female sphere and duties.
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American Phrenological Journal
Phrenology Journal to Aid All Classes with Low Rates
An appeal for a monthly Phrenology journal accessible to the poor and rich alike. It proposes 32 pages per issue at $1 a copy or discounts for multiple copies, with subscriptions handled by O. S. Fowler of 131 Nassau Street New York. Editors are invited to advertise and will receive free copies or multiple year arrangements.
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Seaee
Subyjec
O. S. Fowler
Nassau St
New York
Southern Historietes and Literary Magazine Prospectus
A Savannah prospectus from May 1845 announces a Monthly Southern histories and literary magazine to champion Southern literature. It seeks national dignity, original thought, and a platform for Georgia and the South, with W. Tworne Williams as publisher, pricing at five dollars yearly, to begin October next.
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Lal Ounes
Unis
Efurt
Ameriven Gepius
Europe
South
Col
Georgia Historical Society
Georgia
W. Tworxe Willliams
Savannah
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