Temperance feast and banquet mark new era in Hamburg
The Hamburg Journal reports a temperance celebration with a large public dinner at Mr. Shultz’s Park attended by nearly three hundred citizens, a formal program, toasts by Col. John Milledge and others, and a grand ball. It cites praise for temperance and unity, and notes women’s gifts and ceremonial music.
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W. G
M. Gray
W. Edney
Andrew J. Hammond Esq
Citadel
John Milledge
Augusta
Bacchus
Hamburg
Alcohol detected in brain death at Royal Infirmary
Walter Smith age 45 was brought to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in a coma with strong odor of alcohol. Despite emetic and supportive care he died twenty minutes after admission. Postmortem showed engorged cerebral vessels and serum effusion, associated with habitual intemperance.
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Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh
Lewis
Medical Examiner
Walter Smith
Honest confession condemns rum selling in Water street
A temperance essay cites a Water street rum seller who admits there is no profit in drinking yet profits from selling. The piece questions whether gains from rum sales justify the harm caused, arguing the trader’s words expose the moral contradiction and eventual loss to himself.
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Water Street
Rum selling condemned in Norwich Spectator warning
You cannot continue in this dreadful traffic. The crowd in the streets will pass, and life is brief. Shun wealth from ruin of homes. disguise cannot mask the harm. The Spectator denounces rum selling as a vice corrupting body and soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Norwich Spectator
Temperance Oration Delivered at Decatur by W H Dassey
Thanks to Decatur friends for a manuscript copy of an excellent temperance oration delivered there on the 4th by W H Dassey Esq. which will appear in our next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
W. H. Dassey
Arrest of Dr Arpietron in Lancaster Pa as fugitive
The famous Dr Arpietron has been arrested in Lancaster Pennsylvania as a fugitive from justice from Bordenton New Jersey and will be surrendered to authorities of that state.
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Dr. Arpietron
Lancaster Pa
Bordenton
N. J
Wasuryeronian Appeal Urges Washingtonians to Support Paper
The Southern Chronicle reveals Col. Preston will deliver the Eulogy for Huen 8. Legare on the first Tuesday in November. The piece urges statewide society members to back the Wasuryeronian with a dollar, praising Washingtonian patriotism and denouncing alcohol, citing Marsnatt’s temperance arguments and urging readers to join the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Col. Preston
Huen
Legare
Patriotism and Purity in Independence Day Rhetoric
The passage laments corrupting vice and colonial bondage, urging a return to virtuous patriotism. It contrasts social intoxication with the cherished beauty of American women, calling for a pure flame of national sacrifice on the day.
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Bat
Fair Daughters of America
The Alcohol Curse on Family and Duty
A sweeping attack on alcohol argues it destroys the chivalry that defends women and binds fathers to their children. It claims drink erodes moral bonds in disease poverty crime and death, leaving a weakened man and a broken family, with the infant clinging to a fading caregiver.
Essay on Poisoning by Alcohol Concludes Its Dangers
The piece reviews Dr Percys conclusions on alcohol as a poison, warning it is a rapid destroyer of wealth and health. It cites experiments on brain and ventricular alcohol presence, noting inconsistent results and suggesting alcohol can diffuse through brain tissue and enter blood, bile, and liver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Percy
Med. Examiner
Ogston
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Don
Geo. F. Perce
Joan Mitenee
F. M. Robertson
D. Hoox
S. T. Chapman
James Harper
Thomas F. Marsnatt
Madeira
Toran Austinence
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