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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1845
Page
8
A reflective mock ode on the editor's burden and duty. It contrasts inner toil with outward fame, urging diligence in writing while warning against party bias. The piece ends with a moral about temptation and ruin, set in Ashburnham Massachusetts in 1845.
A Natchez plantation tale reports a keg marked oil that was turned into vinegar then refilled with liquor. A two headed, four armed, four legged child allegedly appeared, causing epidemics and medical curiosity. The piece links temperance to the strange event and notes a supposed medical interest. A separate incident in New Orleans describes a husband killing his wife after drinking, with his own death by suicide in custody.
A dialog laments deaths caused by rum and lax laws licensing poison sellers. It condemns the Sabbath as a license to kill, cites a youth drowned after Sabbath intoxication, and critiques social morality, leading into a prospectus for the American Phrenological Journal and its plan to cover physiology magnetism and women’s education.
Fragmentary quote questions who killed by poison and references gender and law, noting society as an accessory before the fact. No clear names, dates, or events are identifiable.
Published by P. C. Guieu and edited by I. P. Garvin M D and Paul F Eve M D the monthly journal will issue on the first of each month with sixty four pages per issue subscription is three dollars per year paid in advance letters for subscriptions go to the publisher and editor communications to the editors are free of postage nov 21.
An editor promotes a monthly phrenology and physiology journal advocating human improvement. It touts the science as universal for rich and poor, outlines low subscription terms, and offers sample copies and incentives for editors to promote and distribute the publication.
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