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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1844
Page
7
The Middlesex Washingtonian urges temperance and abstinence as the only effective cure for intemperance. It addresses common objections including scripture, liberty, practicality, and voluntary self denial, arguing abstinence aligns with Christian principle and social welfare and will prevail as more join the movement.
A drunken man narrowly escaped death on the railroad near Reeding Journal. He walked the track as a coal train approached. the bell and whistle failed to deter him. He fell between the rails when struck, a minor injury only, as sixty cars passed over him.
In a Norfolk Herald sermon excerpt the speaker rejects the idea that affection is weakness. He urges warm filial parental and fraternal love, warns against cold distant conduct, and calls for binding families with love toward God and all loved ones.
A lawyer named Counsellor Higgins used humor to aid a defendant Smith in a turkey theft trial but the jury still convicted. Afterward a farmer asked which road Higgins took home, to which Higgins replied the lower road, joking about locking up his hen house.
Rev. Mr. B of C Vermont shared a tale at a benevolent societies anniversary. A ragged boy asked for a tract, later, six years on in seminary, the same tract rekindled his faith. He revealed he is the reformed youth now preparing for the ministry.
During a late gale on Lake Erie the steamer Robert Fulton wrecked. A passenger described an infidel aboard with books to distribute in the West. He cursed infidelity until the storm, then prayed for mercy on his knees as waves swept him overboard with his books.
A Health Journal remedy urges cold water to nose and chest for croup, followed by hydration and warmth to ease breathing. The piece also jots various curiosities and brief notes from 18th and 19th century life, including anecdotes about notable figures, stage coaches, beggars in Europe, a Thames clown feat, and early political hints.
A fragmented listing shows multiple Georgia banks and rail road branches including Central Bank Athens Milledgeville Macon and Columbus, with notes on bonds, insurance banks, and branch status. A City Councils appears in Augusta Milledgeville Macon and Columbus alongside various bank names and rail lines.
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