The Drunkard's Bride or Deception Punished
A Kentucky village tale recounts Mary Floyd who wed Simon after his reform and a staged ceremony. After years of sobriety his temper returns, leading to tragedy as he dies a drunkard, leaving a wounded widow and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K Iy
Floyd
New York
Kentucky
Pasa
Session
Simpson
Mary
Ely
Capemony
Mary Floyd
Mary Smith
Mrs. Simpson
Voice from the Vintage on Temperance Family Scenes
A reflective sketch extols temperance through a couple united in truth and love, shown weeks or months later with rosy children at a cottage hearth. The vivid scenes stir laborers and hint at deeper family histories where life and fate hinge on a single name.
Temperance Crackdown on Sunday Taverns and Oyster Cellars
Philadelphia correspondent notes temperance activists terrorize tavern and oyster-cellar keepers in the city. A 1795 law bans selling and purchasing liquor on Sundays, with near-unanimous legislative support to uphold it. Additional quotes warn ardent spirits shorten life and cause disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charleston Courier
Hitchcock
Dr. Trotter
Kirk
Permanent Temperance Documents to be Published in 1844
The Temperance Advocate announces a collection of permanent documents directed by Judge O Neall and others. It lists speeches, reports, circulars, letters, and constitutional texts, with about five hundred pages slated for release to subscribers at one dollar per copy once ten thousand or more sign up by May 1.
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Temperance Advocate
Judge O'Neall
Hazelius
Palmer
William Martin
State Temperance Society
Samuel Dickson
First Temperance Society
Columbia
A. Blanding
Leland
State House
Temperance Societies
Friends of Temperance
A. Rhett
Charleston Courier
Merous
Ju H. Lumpkin
Friends of ‘Temperance
South Carolina
State ‘Temperance Society
Greenville
Spartanburg
Washington Society
College ‘Temperance Society
Wanderer
Bachman
J. Curtis
Uas
Silas Onyee
W. M. Russet
Rose Rull
Forsyth
Appan & Dennett
Washington Street
Boston
Washington
Jared Sparks
Itis
Peale
Wellastes
Mount Vernon
Cambridge
Newburg
Morristown
Americas
General la Fayette
Congress
London
Paris
Europe
Amuerica
Publi
Jodge Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
Jacob Bunet
Ohio
Josiah Quincy
John Pickering
Francis Wayland
D. D
Moses Stewart
Robert G. Shiaw
Henry Lee, Esq
R. R. B. Brownwell
Issac B. Bates Horace Everett
W. Lewel Jones
Prospective Washingtonian Temperance Paper Announces Growth
The Washingtonian plans a second volume and appeals for support to broaden circulation. It emphasizes temperance morality, adds agriculture science and prices columns, and promises a weekly Saturday issue at one dollar annually. Clubbing offers provide six copies for five dollars with postpaid subscriptions. editors are asked to notice the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Augusta Society
Washington Reform
Vable, &c
Tai Hingin
Aix
Avephi Deliare
Actias Sete
Southern Quarterly Review seeks Southern patronage and support
The editor urges readers in the South to back the new Southern Quarterly Review to extend circulation and establish a permanent organ for literary arts, science, and politics. It outlines aims to discuss major questions, critique books, and defend Southern institutions with a distinct, dignified style. Charleston based, published quarterly with pledged contributors and a five dollar annual subscription.
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Rie
Publicanae
South
North
Commonwealths
Southern Quarterly Review
Charleston
Chetlston Cone
Whitaker
Publishers notices on subscriptions and rewards 1843
Letters to publishers offering paid applications for agencies and subscriptions. Postmasters and others who acquire five copies receive a sixth gratis. ten subscribers yield two copies. Publishers asked to notify forwarders of large subscriptions and forwarding plans. Boston 1843.
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Fappan
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Temperance
Charleston Rambler
Liz
Iman
Jand
Prospectus
Alglsta Washingtonian
Augusta
Geo
James McCaffrty
OF the Souther Quarterly Review
Eee I 'Fehe
Insurance Bank
J.B. Courtright
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