The Washingtonian Aid in a Dwellers’ Tragedy
Mary Morton and her husband Charles Morton endure a doomed life in a squalid room. Charles robs, assaults, and kills, leading to Louisa Morton’s death and his own suicide. William Morton returns from the East Indies to find his family ruined and vows to save them, though help seems distant amid den of vice.
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Mary Morton
Charles
Morton
Louisa
James
Mrs. Morton
Charles Morton
William Morton
East Indies
Washingtonian pledge prompts temperance stance in Augusta
The May 4 1844 Augusta issue opens with a Washington Total Abstinence Pledge signed by gentlemen vowing not to drink spirits wine or cider. An editorial from Rev Brantuy and others urges temperance, condemns betting and urges citizens to support the Washingtonian and suppress vice for communal prosperity.
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Washingtonian
Calcula
Friends of
Augusta
Clinch Engine Company No 2 Praised by Chronicle & Sentinel
The Chronicle and Sentinel extols the Clinch Engine Company No 2 as the city’s most efficient fire department. It commends promptitude energy and skill in protecting homes and property and notes public confidence that all will be done to save the city from fire.
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Clinch Company
Augusta
Jonah
Clinch Engine Company No. 2
Chronicle & Sentinel
Inconsistent Morality and Public Reform Reflections
The piece argues that community prosperity rests on individual virtue and condemns hypocrisy in reform efforts. It cites temperance as a means to secure well being, notes the harm of vice on families, and calls for honest critique of reformers and cynical philanthropy. It presents cases from Washingtonian teachers and local grog sellers to illustrate contradictions in human behavior.
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Friends of Reform
Washingtonian
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F. M. Robertson
D. Hook
James Harper
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Masonic Hall
Constantinople
Christ
Colt
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