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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1844
Page
1
A dated 1844 notice in Augusta Georgia shows signatories forming a society to abstain from spirituous or malt liquors, aiming to guard health and families. The document cites July 27 1844 and references volumes and pricing unrelated to the pledge.
An article section discusses potato farming methods based on season dry or wet, praise for turning sod and top-dressing with lime, and cautions about manures. It includes a long personal narrative of near death and revival, detailing a medical awakening, coffin episode, and return to life.
A traditional hoarseness remedy uses one dram of freshly scraped house-radish root infused with four ounces of water in a close vessel for two hours then strained into a syrup with double its weight in vinegar. A teaspoonful of the syrup is said to provide relief, with a few doses often never failing.
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