Gough Speaking on Sobriety and Drunkenness
A New York audience heard J B Gough describe the stepwise descent to drunkenness. He recalls his own crisis after his wife’s death and recounts other lives affected by alcohol, including a sober husband now father and president of the cold water society.
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J. B. Gough
New York
John
Mr. Gough
Gough
Westborough
Mass
The
Cold Water Society
England
N. Y
Washingtonian
Effects of Intemperance in Pittsburg Lodging Case
A pair of young men arrived in Pittsburg and lodged at the Monongahela House. They immediately began a heavy drinking spree in their room, continuing their punch intake after settling in.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela House
Brother Beats Brother in Hour of Drunken Frenzy
At two on Thursday morning the house alarmed by a murder cry. In the room a young man lay fatally injured with a large head wound and facial bruises. His drunken brother stood nearby with a chair, having beaten him in a frenzy after mistaking him for a robber. The injured man may recover, according to the Daily American Eagle.
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Daily American Eagle
Monument in Beauport Erected for Temperance Victories
A forty foot Corinthian column rises in Beauport near Quebec to honor temperance gains in the parish. The piece lauds moral reform as a humane, healthful revolution, contrasting it with monuments to war and slaughter and praising the temperance movement for sparing widows and orphans.
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Beauport
Quebec
Canada
London
Edinburg
Nelson
Egypt
Bunker’s Hill
Prodigal seeks forgiveness at Temperance Hall pledge renewed
A man who broke his pledge to the Franklin Society returns to Temperance Hall days later. He asks the president for forgiveness and receives fellowship as tears reveal his regret. He says liquor was prescribed by a physician and revived his craving, causing job loss and financial ruin while he clings to the pledge. Physicians are warned about prescribing alcohol.
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Temperance
The
Franklin Society
Star of Temperance
Inaugural Expresses to Baltimore and Philadelphia
The Inaugural was carried by express to Baltimore in one hour and two minutes then set for Philadelphia by an express locomotive. It reached York Pennsylvania via the Susquehanna Railroad in one hour and forty five minutes. Texas business reports for year ending July 31 1844 show 13 vessels entered from foreign ports withdutyable cargo. merchandise imported valued at 686503 03 yielding net revenue 177861 55. A newspaper notes a woman’s body buried five years in Iowa petrified to marble and many creatures petrified there.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
York
Texas
Iowa
William Darling
University of New York
Marius
Shocking Trial for Murder of Infant in Columbus
A Columbus woman named Margaret Reese is bound over for trial in Columbus for the murder of her infant child. The report notes the alleged case and legal step ahead of the trial. Local readers are informed of the developing matter and upcoming proceedings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Margaret Reese
Bronson Travel Directory in Press for March Delivery
Bronson's Travertier's Directory announces press completion and March delivery. It covers routes from New York to New Orleans with cross lines, distances, fare prices, and travel times. Plain binding sells for 4.15, extra bindings 0.50, wholesale discounts 20 to 50 percent. F S Bronson LaGrange Ga February 26 1845.
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Bronson
F. S. Bronson
LaGrange
Augusta Market Cotton and Bagging Report
The Augusta market shows reduced demand for cotton with price range 4 to 53 cents and rare lots below 45 or above 50 cents. Buyers and sellers suspend await Liverpool steamer accounts due by next Monday. River conditions are fair despite frost and dry spell. bagging trade remains limited with no new price changes.
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Liverpool
Augusta Price
Corvertry
Weesty
Dave
Cuba
St. Domingo
Porto Rico
Java
Cannes
Georgia
Augusta
Veil
Ilo
Enn S
Frovr
Canal
Baltimore
Sete Ween
Gunpower
Dupont’s
PEP
Asses
Orleans
Havana
Malaga
Sunars
New Orleans
St. Croix
Elie
Sant
Steet
N. Carolina
Virginia
Souchong
Bethany College President to Speak in Augusta Meetings
Alexander Campbell president of Bethany College Virginia and R L Coeman will deliver a week of Christian discourses at the Cristian meeting house Reynold Street Augusta beginning Saturday April 5 at 11 oclock A M. Citizens and distant brethren invited to attend.
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Alexander Campbell
Bethany College
Virginia
R. L. Coeman
Lord Willing
Cristian
Reynold Street
Augusta
Fragmentary Rail Route Notes From Old Atlantic Timetable
Fragmented OCR mentions routes New York Light Boston Philadelphia Baltimore with Lexington Richmond Savannah Charleston and a note No sale. Premium rail schedule fragments suggest transportation or listing details without clear events or dates.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lexington
Richmond
Savannah
Charleston
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Danny
Jing
T. W. Dorr
H. M. Paine
Optical Works
Oxford
Marseilles
France
Abbey of
St. Victorie
Fort St. Nicholas
M. Joyland
Poneset- Chaussees
M. Matayras
John Randolph
Roanoke
Maryland Hospital
van Amburg
LIVE
VUF Actory
Ppinner
E. E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broadstreet
John Millen
Kollock and
Broad Streets
Markt
Messrs. Hand & Flemming
WM. Haines, Jr
Garvin & Haines
ATER
LJ WM. Haines, Jr
Yinpow Glass
WN. Haines, Jr
Uly
Nouce
Hamburg
Broad-street
W. Bush
Dunham & Bleakley
Haviland, Risley, & Co, Itr
Joseph E. Marshall
Thomas I. Wray
MccGraw’s
Aveusta
Seecrew
Bull's
Young Ladies Seminary
L. R. Wiixiams
Europe
Bridge Bank
M. M. Dye
E. E. Ford
D. Hook
Jr. M. Antony
Aveusta Nores
Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co
Georgia Rail Road
State of Georgia
Savannah Nores
E Bank
Tess
Aia
S Prem
State Bank
Ewe Eee LL Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters’ Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
Country Norrh State Bank
Macon
Milledgeville
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens City Council of Augusta
Ruckersville Bank
Marine & Fire Insurance
St. Mary’s Bank
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