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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1844
Page
3
The Middlesex Washingtonian argues total abstinence as the remedy for intemperance, countering objections about Scripture, liberty, practicality, and moderation. It asserts abstinence removes physical and moral temptations and praises societies that uphold this principle.
A drunken man narrowly escaped death on a railroad near this place when a coal train approached. The engineer blew the bell and whistle, but he kept walking until struck by the locomotive. He fell between the rails as sixty cars passed. He suffered only clothing tears and minor injuries. He claimed he thought the engine was coming from the other direction.
From the Norfolk Herald to Spirit an exhortation argues affection is not weakness. It urges warm filial parental and fraternal love, urges parents to bind families with strong affectionate ties and to teach children to love God family and nature. Religion is love.
Counsellor Higgins uses a light touch to defend a turkey theft case, joking about foraging and college pranks. The jury convicts the defendant, and a farmer later jokes about which road Higgins takes home and locking up his hen house.
Rev Mr B of C Vermont recalls a reforming moment at a benevolent society anniversary. A ragged boy received a tract, years later a seminary student recognized his handwriting and revealed he was the same youth now preparing for the ministry after finding peace in the Saviour.
Firsthand account from the Reli gious Herald describes the steamer Robert Fulton wrecked in a late gale on Lake Erie. A passenger recalls a professed infidel aboard with a box of books who, amid mounting danger, prayed loudly for mercy before the sea swept him and his cargo from the vessel.
A compendium of brief items and odd facts from health remedies to historical vignettes. It cites a cold water cure for croup, a nurse swap anecdote, early stage coaches, European beggars, quotes on newspaper ads, Mazarin libels, a Thames stunt with geese, a large Astor House breakfast, and political hints about Gen Scott and John MacLean as presidential candidates. The column notes a murder indictment of a Cincinnati teen, a penitentiary death, livestock lice remedies, Yankee officers in Samoa and general moral maxims. It closes with obituaries for William E Harvey and a murmur of John A Murray’s death.
A fragmentary OCR lists numerous Georgia banks and branches including Mechanics Bank Augusta State Bank Macon Milledgeville Athens Columbus and Savannah with various notes on bonds and branches. It records a dated ledger tone reflecting bank names, rail connections and municipal references such as city councils.
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