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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1845
Page
4
Poem lauding the editor’s burden and duty in journalism with lines urging steadfast work write and think while noting pay and hazards. It contrasts inner toil with public events and ends warning of ruin from drink, dated Ashburnham Massachusetts 1845.
A Natchez planter sent a keg marked oil to his Mississippi plantation. It yielded brandy, then vinegar, finally a two-headed negro child appeared from the cask. The tale, linked to temperance, follows with a note on medical curiosity and moral warning. A separate New Orleans tragedy follows: a husband, driven by jealousy and rum, murders his wife and later ends his own life in prison. The report blends marvel with cautionary tale on drink and crime.
A discussion on deaths caused by alcohol highlights a licens ed rum trade seen as murder by Sabbath action. The prospectus outlines new volumes covering Physiology Animal Magnetism and a department devoted to women's education and reform.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Sun opinion mentions a murder by poison and questions the gender of the poisoner, suggesting class and social complicity in crime. The line hints at broader legal and societal debates about culpability and accessory before the fact.
P C Guieu publishes a medical journal edited by I P Garvin and Paul Eve with ABLE collaborators. Each issue has 64 pages and releases on the first of every month. Subscriptions are $3 yearly paid in advance and directed to Guieu with editor communications free of postage. November 21.
A promotional notice for a phrenology and physiology journal explains aims to reform society through knowledge of human nature. It details monthly issues, subscription rates, and bulk options, listing Fowler as editor and Nassau Street, New York, as the address. The text urges mothers, amateurs, and the general public to subscribe for broader access.
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