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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1845
Page
5
The document records a pledge to form a society of gentlemen vowing not to drink any spirituous or malt liquors wine or cider for mutual benefit and protection of health standing and families. It lists signatories as those untor nexed seeking the pledge.
A narrator recalls a visit to a Jerusalem Jewish home. He describes lavish interior contrasts with poverty, the host and two daughters, a Sephardic hospitality scene, and philosophical remarks on Jewish numbers and subsistence in Jerusalem amid Turkish rule.
The article recounts a Seminole belief about the white man, copper colored man, and black man created by the Great Spirit. Each bath in a lake alters skin tone and heaviest to lightest bark packages determine their roles. The narrative frames color, labor tools, and destiny in a mythic origin tale.
A reporter recounts a catastrophic Charlton Street New York explosion. Fragments of bodies litter the street, windows, doors and a horse are wrecked, many killed or maimed. The shell’s purpose is destruction, a grim indictment of war and its toll in urban life.
A sermon condemns warfare and its shells as a demonic business. The speaker recalls Napoleon's bombardment of Vienna and Britain’s actions in Canton, stressing the horror of war on mothers children and the city. The passage cites Mr Miller and Mr Angelo, noting shifts in meaning due to punctuation.
An excerpt shows how punctuation changes who is described as what among eight individuals in a coach. It demonstrates alternate readings: Miller as a clergyman, Miller's son as a lawyer, and the foreigner as a nameless figure, with or without the lady and child.
A devotional reflection on a mother's unique sorrow after losing a child. The piece contrasts a mother's tender ministration and deep memory with a father's cant to sympathy, noting the survivor's faith as a solace. Reverend E. H. Chapin frames the intimate, enduring ache within a faith context.
The Ledger notes Britain’s war readiness to strike commerce with forty warships and about five hundred guns off Africa and twelve ships with about two hundred fifty guns off Brazil. It cites immense value in Atlantic and Pacific trade, plus a whale fleet of 675 vessels totaling about two hundred thousand tons valued at at least twenty five million dollars.
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