Temperance Meeting At An Old Distillery
A temperance gathering held in a whitewashed old distillery building featured speeches from Deacon Giles and others, praising abstinence and urging reform of rum sellers. The event drew attendees from Salem and surrounding towns, with a strong call for compassionate outreach alongside moral suasion.
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Carlton
Salem
Messrs
Yes . Esq
Salem Band
Maine
Deacon Giles
Cheever
Giles
Stone
Ham
Temperance Debate and Parr Generations on Abstinence
The article discusses how pledges fail without enforcing restraint on all intoxicants and argues for broad temperance over mere removal of certain drinks. It cites Thomas Parr born in Edward IV’s era and notes his life, plus a genealogy noting extreme longevity and unusual temperance across four Parr generations.
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Thomas Parr
Edward IV
London
Lord Arundell
Charles the Second
Robert Parr
Old Tom
Bridgnorth
Parr
Hypocrisy and Truth Endurance
A compact reflection on hypocrisy as a thin veil that will yield to Truth in the end, cautioning readers that deceit cannot endure. The speaker asserts that truth remains sovereign beyond appearances and moral posturing.
Washington Total Abstinence Pledge Minutes 1843
Augusta June 10 1843 Washington Total Abstinence pledge list forms a society to quit spirits malt liquors wine and cider. The text warns of the ruinous effects of drink on health fortune and families and condemns a libertine who misleads the young with indifference and cynicism. It reflects moral reform rhetoric.
Washingtonian Temperance Press to Aid State Reform
At a June 1848 meeting of the Washington Total Abstinence Society of Richmond County the board resolves to support and publish the Washingtonian Temperance paper. A committee will oversee editorial work. members urged to obtain subscribers and rally friends to temperance causes. The new weekly will promote virtue, reform inebriates, and moral news with a low price and statewide appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Washington Total Abstinence Society
Richmond County
Ec Bl
Sch
Avensia Washingtonian
Friends of Temperance
The
Washingtonian
W. T. Baanrig
F. c. Robertson
W.J. Harp
Hook
C.8
Corp
T. Chapman
Gro
F. Pierce
James Haines
Joan Mitrepee
Wn. Harves JR
Georgia
Cynic Philosopher Dio Brings Student Home
An account recalls the Cynic philosopher Dio, who forcibly carried a young man toward alevel, then lied to the parents that he had saved him from danger. The scene emphasizes the controversial method and its impact on family trust.
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Dioenes
Thi Ming
Alevel
Open air drinking and hidden tippling screens debated
An old paper offers a satirical suggestion for porticoed tippling shops with no screens and open day drinking. It argues legislators should define offences and penalties for decency while noting screens hide buyers, deter curiosity, and might reduce trade. The piece questions propriety and profits of such a shift.
Curious cucumber bank garden trick and civic notes
A garden anecdote describes a cucumber bed built from a buried flour barrel filled with manure and watered daily to fertilize the beds. The piece also mentions Col Josef Henry Lompxry addressing a Washington abstinence society and recalls a Philadelphia North American note on steamer losses worth about 250000 dollars. It adds that S G Goodrich, known as Peter Parley, has signed the pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Goodrich
Peter Parley
Pc Se
Pussisner's Novice Augusta WasnincToNIAN Vol II No 1
Publisher requests favorable reception for the first issue of Vol II of the Augusta Washingtonian enlarged and improved in content. It pledges wide circulation and affordable price. The note thanks past agents and asks continued support and assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pussisner
Washingtonian
Prospectus for Second Volume and Extra Copies Offered
The paper announces a prospectus for the second volume and extra copies of the first issue are available. Readers may call at the office to obtain the materials for circulation.
Subscription renewal notice to current subscribers
The notice invites present subscribers to continue receiving the paper and asks them to signal discontinuation by returning the volume number. It asks renewals on receipt of the first issue of Volume I.
Advert Rates Published for Washingtoniad Advertisers
The notice lists reduced advertising rates for the Washingtoniad with 12 lines costing 50 cents for the first insertion and 25 cents for each continuation. Rates vary by publication frequency with weekly, semi monthly, and monthly schedules and a yearly 10 percent discount for regular advertisers.
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Washingtoniad
Temperance and General Marine Insurance Company to form in London
The Organ and Washingtonian report a new company planned in London named The Temperance and General Marine Insurance Company. It will operate on the model of the New York Marine Insurance Companies with a capital of £500,000 in £25 shares.
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London
The
Organ and
Washingtonian
New-York Marine Insurance Companies
Temperance and General Marine Insurance Company
Temperance Advocate Reports Unseasonal Vegetables Abundant
A humorous note from a So. California neighbor says Green Peas and other vegetables flood markets in Columbia. Squashes Artichokes Potatoes and asparagus are plentiful with peas already considered antiquated. An 80.8 visit to Augusta would thrill him.
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So. Ca
Columbia
Augusta
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A Gtonian Society
Tania
Roberts
Salem Washington Society
Oliver Parsons
Berio
Imen
Love
Ruth
Washington
Mr. Cheevers
Boston
Pete
Col. Hands
Josep Henry Lompxry
Philadelphia
North Americhat
S Pye
Wrship
Lina
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