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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1845
Page
4
A poem by Joan Pranc Markey describes a midnight visit by a spectral figure. The speaker laments a lost love as a phantom appears shedding light and invoking recollections of fame devotion and death. The verse blends dreamlike imagery with spiritual longing.
Poetic meditation on beautiful flowers as companions from childhood to death. A lover plants flowers on a bride’s breast, a wife and mother lies in the tomb, and memory links flowers to joy and sorrow. The verses urge gentleness to strangers and reveal hidden grief.
An Ev. Post letter argues temperance as a defense for women against the misery of drunken husbands. It cites 30 000 annual American deaths from drunkenness, urging readers to sign a total abstinence pledge and join a nationwide fight to end intoxicating liquor for civilization, progress, and protection of families.
A Pennsylvania Gazette anecdote recalls a man fleeing a tavern after facing the lure of gin. He explains a vow made years ago to avoid alcohol to escape prison and ruin, and his decision to flee temptation as a moral example for others, including youth.
The New York organ reports a rumseller named S faypies living in Brooklyn, burned out a week ago, advertising readiness to resume business and hoping for public favor. It notes that ag Hayes once of Brooklyn neared a Temperance meeting on Charleston Neck, where he volunteered to guard against King Alcohol.
The Temp. Advocate notes that the accused, drunk and not in condition to enter the lists with the Judge, repeatedly claimed he would not be caught in such a scrape. He thanks Brooklyn rump sellers for obtaining a man of “the Haynes” sense.
Propels a reforming program through phrenology and physiology to reveal true human nature. Emphasizes physiology of body and brain, animal magnetism, and a department on women. Announces volume additions and focus on health, morality, and education to uplift society.
An 19th century phrenology periodical promotes its science as the public good and "science for the million." It offers monthly issues of 32 pages at $1 for one copy, $2 for three, $5 for nine, or $10 for twenty, with subscription details to O S Fowler at 131 Nassau Street New York.
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