I Could Not Love Her by Washingtonian Poem
A narrator describes a beauty described as classical and sculpture like yet emotionally cold. He laments that her calm, passionless features fail to echo any heart's sigh. He imagines if she showed even a spark of love his devotion would be fulfilled, but without it there is no bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love's Shrine
Jim Rian
Teddy
Phil
Cathleen
Father O’donnegan
Matthew
Belzebub
Larry ‘Bryan
Teddy Burgass
Larry
Murther
Phili Flynn
Mr. Belzebub
Phil Flynn
Bridget
Thy Neighbor in Need A Call to Aid the Poor and Bereaved
A quoted exhortation urges residents to aid those facing hunger sickness and widowhood. It appeals to shared humanity, urging acts of comfort and charity toward the weary and distressed in the community, reminding readers that helping neighbors is a moral duty.
Soap Poetry Benchmarks in Baltimore Verses
A fragment from a Baltimore piece playfully mocks a speaker’s soap observations. It describes a “soft soap” buildup on a lady’s face neck and arm, noting speckling and freckles that may alarm suitors. It also mentions dimples and purples that repel beaux.
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Baltimore
Temperance Debate and the Public’s Interest in Reform
The article questions public fascination with temperance despite long exposure to the topic. It distinguishes between casual observers and those who might aid reform, noting some seek novelty while others misunderstand the movement’s motives and operations. It argues for clearer explanations of aims to enlist support.
Phil Flynn and Belzebub Play at Larry’s Wake
A fragment from Rochester Democrat recounts Phil Flynn’s drunken tale after Larry Bryan’s wake. He recalls Teddy Burgess, Jim Ryan, and a night of pledge taking ending with a buck’s accidental attack, framed as a comic Irish legend of temptation and sobriety.
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Phil. Flynn
St. Patrick
Phil
Jim Ryan
Belzebub
Phil Flynn
Jim
Bridget
Teddy Burgess
Teddy
Larry
Rochester Democrat
Temperance Work Praised as Salvation for Drunkards
The Organ lauds temperance laborers for redeeming thousands, urging continued effort to help unreclaimed drinkers. It defends the movement’s benevolence and calls on individuals to contribute, emphasizing personal responsibility and community benefit.
Hope and the Pledge at Green Street Church
A Baltimore delegation on a peace mission visited New York and held a temperance meeting at Green Street Methodist Church. John Hawkins shared his experience prompting a distressed man in the gallery to vow hope and join the pledge. The signer later rose to prominence as President of the Washington Society and, upon learning of a £20,000 inheritance from England, vowed to build a Temperance Hall.
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Baltimore
New York
Green Street Methodist Church
Jobn Hawkins
Washington Society
England
Star of Temperance
The King’s Minister and the Oracle of Wine
A tale of court intrigue where envious courtiers seek the minister’s ruin. They accuse him of a death sentence crime, but the King refuses to sign. An Oracle reveals the missing rite is wine, prompting a banquet to influence the King to sign the fatal order.
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Jupiter
Olympus
Minerva
Mars
Cupid
Love
Bacchus
Priestess and the King Doomed Friend by Fatal Entreaty
An aged tale recalls a priestess and a king who signed a fatal entreaty that doomed a friend. Upon recovery, the king felt deep remorse and never ceased to regret the deed during his life.
Temperance Trend Among East Odd Fellows
The East Odd-Fellows push temperance, urging members to aid the reform. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at its recent communication ordered that no subordinate Lodge may use taverns or hotels for lodge rooms or meetings, under charter forfeiture penalties.
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Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Grand Lodge
Prospectus for Vol VII The American Phrenological Journal
The prospectus promotes phrenology as the key to human improvement through knowledge of nature. It outlines new departments, including Physiology, arguing health and bodily habits drive mental and moral progress and that life and happiness depend on proper eating, sleeping, and living practices.
Phrenology Magnetism and Morals in One Volume
The piece promotes a monthly journal by O. S. Fowler focusing on phrenology physiology and magnetic science. It argues for women’s education views, critiques vanity and vice, and calls for circulating the work to uplift humanity. Subscriptions priced at $1 per issue or bulk rates with Nassau Street address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Practical Department of Phrenological Science
O. S. Fowler
Nassau St
New York
Prospectus of the Star of Temperance newspaper
A prospectus for a weekly New Orleans family paper promoting Temperance Education Literature and Agriculture. Priced at two dollars fifty cents per year in advance. It pledges moderation firmness and non sectarian stance while advocating Christian principles and reform across the South West. Stevens and Arms announce the project and seek insertions from friendly publishers.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
South-West
South- West
Friends of the Cause
Stevens & Arms
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The
Washingtonian
Her
Jess
Temperange
Plysa
Hope and the Predge
Temperance and Odd-Fellowship
Augusta
Southern Medical & Surgical Journal
P. C. Guieu
I. P. Garvin
M. D
Paul F.eve
M.D
Prospectus
OF the Star of Temperance
E., Starnes
Franklin Literary Society
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