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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1845
Page
1
Rates for single copies and yearly subscriptions are listed: one year two dollars, for shroppies ten dollars, for thirteen copies twenty dollars, payable in advance. Advertisements cost 50 cents per square for first insertion and 25 cents per subsequent insertion, twelve lines per square. Liberal yearly discounts offered. No post office letters accepted unless postage paid. Augusta Washingtonian.
The text lists officers of the Augusta W T A Society including Dr Joseph A Eve as president and WM J Hard as vice president along with Rev Hawk S Hoff and L D Sasted I as secretary and treasurer in a fragmented roster. The fragmentary OCR shows multiple names and titles with roles such as president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
A Mississippian critique links penitentiary efficiency to planter folly. Major Weir’s cotton banding innovation promises savings, while a planter’s single-crop focus and inflated purchases drive him into heavy debt. The piece contrasts farming and planting, urging self-sufficiency to avoid ruin.
A detailed reminiscence describes the 1837 Villarayo mutiny in Villarcane revealing a brutal execution by a hastily formed firing squad. The account notes discipline issues in the Spanish army, a cautious Castaneda, and the harrowing, improvised method used to avoid triggering further disturbances.
Various stamp clearing devices are described including a costly Albany Cultivator wheel and axle design costing about ten thousand dollars to perfect. A simple wooden stump clearing method uses a twenty foot hollow timber and chains attached to cart wheels, pulled by oxen until the stump topples over.
The writer describes a method to prevent moths from laying eggs near a hive by carving a mortice under the bench, placing the hive there with a one inch gap filled with char, and drilling three inch auger holes for bee ingress and egress. A small bottom hole drains water, and moths attempting entry are chased away by bees at night.
Take two pounds of alum for every ten pounds of tallow. Dissolve the alum in water before adding the tallow. Melt the tallow in the alum water with frequent stirring. The mixture clarifies and hardens the tallow, producing a smooth usable fat for winter or summer, nearly as fine as sperm.
A graphic image by Wilson from the Planter's Banner presents a sincere yet pointed portrait of a southern planter. The piece suggests planters should acquire gumption and hints at a future reversal of the depicted stance, prompting readers to consider candor in the depiction.
In Broad Street last Friday, decorative artist Hartmann Fucht, born in Germany, met a stranger who spoke French and claimed to know him. The two, nearly sixty, realized they were old comrades from Napoleon's 8th Regiment of Hessers who fought together in Austria and Prussia, prompting a sudden emotional reunion.
A writer argues Providence is formed at home and parents must make the fireside attractive. Children should not seek amusement away from home. Leigh Richmond kept a museum in his house to engage his family. A love of home guards against vice and fosters virtue from childhood.
A workman in England died after exposure while producing composite candles to mimic wax. His arm swelled and skin showed purple patches, indicating arsenic poisoning. The report notes arsenic acts slower when absorbed through skin but is equally deadly, urging caution for workers handling arsenic.
A wolf near Imphy in the Loire department was caught by a snare on its paw. It dragged the snare, swam across a river, and was pursued. The animal stopped, bit off its own paw to escape, and fled, avoiding capture.
In Mobile two young men dueled over a young lady after resolving a dispute. Seconds loaded pistols and both fired. One man, fearing a fatal hit, fled from the fight after being reassured of safety and relinquished his claim to the lady rather than risk another shot.
A Paris newspaper notes church disturbances during midnight mass leading to a shift of the service to 8 AM. The item recalls an Irish provincial club that changed its schedule from bi monthly to every six weeks, announcing meetings accordingly.
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