Total Abstinence as Remedy Against Intemperance
The piece argues for total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks as the only effective method to eliminate drunkenness and promote sobriety. It cites temperance debates, notes Albany pauper figures exceeding one million dollars in New York state costs, and urges legislation to ban selling poisonous drinks to reduce public burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany Argus
G. C. Sebring
Haviland, Risley & Co
Augusta
G. R. Hendrickson
Savannah
J. H. Curtis
Columbia
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E.M. Carey
Haviland, Harter &Fallen
Cleaveland & Co
E.N. Miller & Co
P.M. Cohen & Co
Fire Alarm Cries Against Intemperance Raise City Vigil
A fiery call declares a blaze of intemperance consuming families and homes. It urges immediate action, bells rung, engines brought out, and every resident awakened to help extinguish the deadly inferno.
Skeptical Philosophy. A Poem by Thomas Campbell
An earnest meditation on belief and doubt. The speaker scorns hopeful science and worldly fame, while praising heaven-directed virtue and the labor of thought. He questions whether earthly gains and chance define human life and laments mortality, longing for a better fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theria
The Power and Peril of Words in Old Gilbert
A reflective meditation on language as a mighty force. Words carry souls, endure beyond speech, and can heal or harm. Gossip, wit, and malice turn words into weapons, with accountability imagined in Old Gilbert’s warning that words return to us in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Milton
Cowper
Malace
Old Gilbert
Prairiedom Prairies and the Rich Quiet Charms
A N O Picayune fragment portrays the prairie as a living tapestry. It speaks of endless green fringes, water courses, and beds of diverse flowers where colors blend from yellow to violet in a mellow harmony. Quails rise as travelers pass, and the landscape unfolds under the vast sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorado
Capvass
Willis
Prairies
Emigrant Tale on a Missouri River Steamer
A long narrative sketches Michael O Reily and his voyage up the Missouri aboard a steamboat. He faces threats of explosion and a rival passenger, while narrators describe Western Texas prairies and migratory birds as a traveling backdrop. Michael clings to a rosary as danger and comic misadventure unfold on the river journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Claude Melnotte
Guadaloupe
San Antonio
Lake of Como
Pauline
Michael O’reily
Michael
Patrick
Missouri
Yis
Married by Chance The Count's Near-Matrimonial Dilemma
A Count in a state of bachelor luxury contemplates marriage to a friend's daughter. He uses chance to decide, writing two letters and entrusting one to a servant. The letter chosen declares acceptance, leaving him momentarily unsure if he is to marry or remain single.
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Chateau de
Count de Mis
Infirmary for Surgical Operations in Augusta
Paul F. Eve announces an infirmary near the Georgia Railroad Depot to house 4 to 8 white and 10 to 20 black patients. A nurse will attend day and night, with no board charge. surgical fees apply. From November to March, faculty provide free care to patients unable to pay.
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Georgia
Paul F. Eve
Med. College of Ga
Augusta
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WM. Blaines, Jr
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