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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1845
Page
4
A speaker reflects on a beauty so classic and calm that it awakens no love. The poem contrasts cold, serene features with the scarce sparks of passion, imagining how a single look or smile could evoke devotion and alter the soul’s bliss. The speaker laments the absence of reciprocal feeling and the unreciprocated longing.
Poem urging aid to the needy, urging readers to help the poor, sick, widowed, and orphaned. It urges sharing one’s lot with those less fortunate, reminding that every passerby may be a neighbor, brother, or son in need.
A fragmentary verse set in Baltimore extols a “wonder of soap” with lines praising “soft soaps” and a woman’s speckled face neck and arm. It contrasts fair dimples with purple blemishes, noting such purples would alarm and deter handsome suitors.
The article addresses critics of temperance agitation arguing that repeated meetings persist beyond novelty. It invites indifferent readers to understand the movement’s aims and operations, noting that even the lowest drunkard can be helped by organized temperance efforts.
In a Rochester Democrat recounting from a Dublin set piece, Phil Flynn recalls a drunken encounter with Belzebub who insists he pledge sobriety. Jim Ryan later reveals he carried a buck from his cart that tripped Flynn at Larry’s wake, the devil masquerading as a neighbor.
The piece extols temperance volunteers as a broad benevolent movement that rescues thousands, urges continued effort, and questions excuses to avoid participation. It defends temperance workers as kind and committed, calling for sustained support to reclaim the unreclaimed.
Delegates from Baltimore visited New York to urge temperance at Green Street Methodist Church. A man in the gallery cried for hope and pledged reform after hearing Jobn Hawkins recount his life. He later prospered, became president of the Washington Society, and learned of a 20,000 pound inheritance from England. He vowed to build a Temperance Hall with part of the money.
A court intrigue tells how jealous ministers plotted the king’s death by inducing him to sign a fatal warrant. An oracle reveals a banquet with wine will turn the king toward signing the order, and the conspirators act on the plan.
A fragment recounts a priestess and a king who signed a death sentence for a friend. After the king’s recovery, remorse seized him, and he lived in regret until his death, with the speaker bidding farewell.
An East side Odd Fellows group turns to temperance. A Symbol writer urges every member to support the reform. The Massachusetts Grand Lodge at its recent meeting forbids any subordinate lodge rooms or lodge meetings in taverns or hotels, under charter forfeiture.
Prospectus for the American Phrenological Journal advocates phrenology as the key to reforming humanity by understanding innate nature. It promises new departments including Physiology, stressing health, diet, sleep, and cerebral development as foundations of happiness, virtue, and progress for individuals and society.
The volume argues mind and morals and links phrenology with magnetism and physiology. It promotes female education, warns of deterioration through vanity, and proposes a monthly journal by O S Fowler at Nassau Street New York with subscription rates and terms.
A prospectus for a weekly New Orleans paper promoting temperance education literature agriculture and improvement in the South West. It vows moderate liberal advocacy for abstinence radical reform in education but avoids sectarian religion and party politics. Stevens and Arms announce publishers seeking notices and subscribers.
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