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Augusta Washingtonian

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1844

Page

3

Santa Anna Leaves Capital Amid War Funding Doubts

The article notes Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna obtaining leave of absence to attend to private affairs after his wife’s death. He departed the capital on September 12 for Manga de Claro. No sign of immediate Mexican preparations against Texas or progress on the $4,000,000 war funds, as Santa Anna’s temporary retirement emboldens the Republic of the Lone Star.

Texas United States Santa An Manga de Claro Havana Santa Anna Republic of “ the Lone Star

Heart-rending loss in Buffalo storm claims wife and three children

Mr. Smith recounts night of flood danger on the Black Rock track where water rose to reach a table for his wife and children. He kept candles burning, saved his four year old by clinging to a window sill, but could not hold her as she washed away. He was later rescued from the house by rising water forces.

Buffalo Daily Times

Ossified Man of Dublin On Exhibit at the Museum

A Christian Advocate writer notes the Dublin Museum's famed ossified skeleton of a young man named Clark. He became bone except for skin and entrails after a protracted degeneration begun by severe cold and perspiration. Joints fused, death came as his senses and jaw grew rigid.

Dublin Christian Advocate Clark

Fixed meal times and feeding needs across life stages

The text discusses meal timing shaped by activity and age. It notes adults in regular life benefit from fixed hours while active individuals need more food. meals should be spaced about five hours apart, longer for sedentary lifestyles, shorter for very active ones, with adjustments for late dinners. It also covers children and infancy, urging feeding to real needs rather than appetite and warning against feeding to quiet crying.

Morning Breakfast and Health Advice from Daily Guide

The piece urges light morning nourishment before rising and traveling to ward off cold fatigue and illness, warns against eating before rest, and cites early breakfast as essential in boarding schools and for laborers. It discusses rising consumption, blaming fashion, tight dress, and poor diets for illness, and praises a happy home as priceless.

Unfortunate Affray and Notable News Items Across Regions

Report of Fielding Sudduth Wounding Jesse Cockrum in an upper district fray with Sudduth jailed awaiting trial. Earthquake shock in western New York rattled houses on a date near a Millerite end times forecast. Mississippi planters offer premium cotton for locating a Vicksburg factory. Prize pledge by King of Prussia for German history in German. Baptists in US number 9230 churches and 707,942 communicants per 1845 almanac. St Augustine claims oldest town status and Beverly Massachusetts cited as highly moral. A Boston Silver Cup presented to J B Gough by temperance society fighters.

Fielding Sudduth Jesse Cockrum Sudduth Green Mountaineer New York Warren County Miss Vicksburg Prussia Germany Baptists United States St. Augustine Virginia Beverly Massachusetts Union Baltimore Sun J.B. Gough Boston Young Lakes’ Total Abs

Rum casks reformed to promote total abstinence and odd notices

Bangor man Joseph P. Webster turns rum casks toward teetotaling efforts. A miscellany item list includes a new book The Afflicted Man's Companion, advice on beets in pies, counterfeit British gold in London, a jail break in Maryland, a self propelling buggy ad near Kingston, and legal notes on stakes in the New York Circuit Court. Also reports a Warsaw gold find for a Vistula bridge, wart cures, Taglioni rumor, Caoutchouc toothache remedy, a smart woman remark, Uncle Sam on coat turning, large fossil remains in New Jersey, and Odd Fellows maxim.

Joseph P. Webster Bangor London Maryland Kingston Whig James Crane Kingston New York Warsaw Vistula Prague Taglioni Sam New Jersey Abraham Ayres Independence Warren County

Rev Matthew H Holsenbake Senior Dies After Painful Illness

Obituary from Richmond County notes the death of Rev Matthew H Holsenbake Senior on October 24 after a brief illness. It praises his piety, dedication to his flock, and private virtue, describing him as a faithful minister and a bright church ornament. The piece emphasizes consolation in faith and his eternal reward.

Richmond County Matthew Holsenbake

Augusta Market Cotton Declines as Stocks Rise

Cotton prices ease on lower qualities with reports from Liverpool through the steamer Hibernia. Boston notes heavy demand and stocks in Liverpool around 889,000 bales, American stock about 630,000. Prices quoted 3. to 5.5 cents with principal sales 4 to 5.25 cents. Bagging volumes steady with no price change. Groceries show dull week as planters stay home for elections.

Liverpool Hibernia Boston

Payments to the Washingtonian subscriptions in 1845

A list shows subscribers paid up to July 20 1845 including Augusta Rev C Dod J P Eve James Hulbert Pine Log W Lawson Danville Joel Freeman and others for the Washingtonian periodical.

The Washingtonian Augusta Dod J. P. Eve James Hulbert Pine Log W.lawson Danieleville Joel Freeman

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