Washingtonian pledge and subscription note from 1844
The Washingtonian Augusta issue from June 1844 includes a Total Abstinence pledge with listed signers and a notice that the Post Office is authorized to remit money to publishers for subscriptions. It explains subscribers can pay the Post Master to remit payments for papers, avoiding postage.
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Augusta
Washington
W. T. Branney
Jo “Wd J.hanv
Geo. F
Washingtonian
Washingtonian faces abrupt end unless five subscribers enroll
Valedictory notes volume closure and uncertain revival prospects for the Washingtonian. Publisher seeks five new subscribers paying $2 annually within June to continue publication. current enrollment low and losses run to hundreds. Encourages existing $1 subscribers to upgrade and thanks press peers for support.
Anguish over Wagmineronian's possible end prompts plea
A historical appeal laments the paper's precarious future and urges five hundred subscribers by July 1 to avoid closure. The editor compares hollow sympathy to real help, urging funding to cover inks, print, and wages, and mentions the Wasmine ToNtaN as at risk.
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Gotman
Editors Challenge to Support Temperance Paper
An editor proposes a temperance push with a seven second deadline. One editor offers to pay for seventy copies for a year if seven others match, or the plan fails by Saturday August 8. If eight editors take eighty copies, it covers one sixth of the total needed to fund the Wasatheronian’s next issue.
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Wasatheronian
Promiises
Five subscribers pledged for Washingtonian volume
A Columbus friend, Mr Wa Boyp, sends cash for a subscriber list to HL Vol. The note urges others to join and keep the Temperance paper going, noting the present year’s valedictory and possible continuation if July grants sufficient support. No mail to Ellerslie since a subscriber’s address change to Upatoi.
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Wa. Boyp
Columbus
Washingtonian
Ellerslie
Upatoi
Rain Cold Water Meeting
The article notes the first rain in two months arriving Tuesday evening the 21st and recounts a society meeting poorly attended due to wet weather. Four members stayed home and even expected speakers did not attend, hoping for better weather next time.
The Methodist Abolitionists in Conference Split Over Slavery
The Proceedings of the Methodist Conference in New York suggest a likely division within the church over the slavery issue. The article notes hope for wisdom and piety among northern abolitionists to guide their stance, but hints at mounting tensions and possible schism.
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New York
United States
North
Slavery Debate Echoes in Baptist Meetings Across the Union
A northern and southern Baptist factions debate slavery's stance within Christian fellowship. The Philadelphia convention reports unity in acknowledging slavery as an evil while stressing Christian candor and shared faith. The record lauds peaceful discourse and mutual respect among delegates.
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Paul
Roman Empire
Jesus
New York
Philadelphia
Union
Baptist Record
Christ
Rethren
Interfaith Exchange Aims To Bridge North South Rift
Brethren from diverse living conditions engage in public conversation to ease tensions over slavery. The hoped result is better mutual understanding that could knit the Union and promote conciliatory sentiment in national affairs while other denominations clash.
Barbarisms and the English Language
A brief critique of common misuse in English with examples. The essay challenges phrases like being built rather than built and warns against overreliance on talents and lengthy instead of lengthened. It condemns French loanwords such as en route and en passant as concealing thought behind showy diction.
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Noah Webster
Father Marven Expected In America Next Month
A report notes Father Marven is anticipated to arrive in the United States within the coming month. The timeline suggests a metropolitan entry point and a formal welcome by local church authorities.
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Father Marven
America
Washingtonians and the fight against alcohol progress
The article notes the Washingtonians facing dark days yet finding encouragement from leaders like Marshall Catlin Moore Darrah and speakers such as Mr Gough. It describes their long effort to overturn what they call the tyranny of alcohol and the fluctuating tempo of their reform movement.
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Alcohol
Marshall
Catlin
Moore
Darrah
Gough
City council shuts dens of iniquity on Sunday
The newly installed council, led by Mayor Harper, ordered closing of Sunday dens of iniquity. Small dealers faced $25 penalties for noncompliance, reducing drunken street disorder and promising stricter enforcement of existing laws. The Albany text cites official intent to enforce laws and seek public approval for license decisions.
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Friends of Temperance
Sen
Harper
N. Y
Temperance Impact in Washington Witnessed by Visitor
A recent visitor from the Capitol notes that abstinence from liquor has changed social perception in Washington. He recounts shifting attitudes toward drinking, the risk of losing reputation for temperance, and the broader effect of the temperance cause on both rich and poor in the capital.
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Washington
N.Y
Capitol
Traveling lecturer notes irony in temperance tale
A lecturer recalls meeting a boy with a whiskey jug mistaken for coffee, illustrating how even alcohol users hide their habit. The piece continues with John Hopes of Cincinnati promoting boot and shoe sales while refusing credit to rum drinkers, arguing drinking leads to debt and ruin.
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John
Cincinnati
Refrain From The Use Of Ardent Spirits Says Reader
A religious exhortation urges readers to abandon ardent spirits and live as examples to promote the Redeemer's Kingdom. It calls for parental virtue, children raised in faith, and collective effort to resist intemperance and its desolating effects.
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