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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1844
Page
1
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The piece records experiments by Mr Haneiter and Cu B Williams on soil preparation and deep tillage for drought resilience. It details a method that includes furrowed beds, central slips planted eighteen inches apart, and careful cultivation to prevent vine damage. Also notes superior yields and storage practices, with a turnip fly prevention tip using lime.
In the Peninsula War Morillo seeks to execute a Spanish prisoner as two dozen soldiers await orders. A ten year old son offers to die for his wounded father, pledging to lose an ear. Morillo grislyly obliges, then orders further punishment as the boy watches his father die.
The author surveys four famed conquerors Alexander the Great Hannibal Caesar and Bonaparte as living symbols of “greatness.” Each met a distinct end intoxication suicide assassination or lonely exile illustrating how the mighty fall.
The text highlights how chance events sparked breakthroughs across science. Examples include the telescope born from brothers viewing a steeple with glasses, glass from seaweed and sand, gunpowder from monks, Newton’s insights from soap bubbles and an apple, and lithography inspired by a washerwoman’s items.
Two historical vignettes recount a dying sailor’s faith in Christ and the catastrophic explosion on the United States Ship Princeton near the Potomac. The account lists deaths of Upshur Gilmer Kennon and Maxey with dozens wounded, describing the scene of a vast, grief struck crowd and families aboard the ship.
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