Washingtonian pledge notice from Augusta Tuesday
An 1543 Washingtonian pledge lists subscribers forming a mutual benefit society to abstain from all spirits and malt liquors. Names include Rev Brant, M Rozertzon, W J Harp, D Hook, T Cupman, and others. The notice notes subscription payments and a pledge to remit postage in the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Brant
M. Rozertzon
WJ. Harp
D. Hook
T. Cupman
Es Harpux
Washingtonian
Ware city merchants offer low prices as stock grows
The article notes abundant stock in Ware city with health among residents and brisk early season business. Cotton arrives rapidly and fair prices are offered. merchants plan to price to attract country buyers and warn against bagging and rope overpricing. A New York house letter urges holding bagging and rope prices. More goods continue to arrive.
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Ware
New Yorks
Augusta
Temperance Society plans October campaign and tract drive
Our Society proposes that officers be elected on the fourth Monday in October and suggests a strong muster event that evening. It praises temperance tract distribution as an effective outreach and notes tract prices, requests specimen numbers, and thanks the Oak Lawn postmaster for his sub. It also mentions praise for W C Dabney and hopes for similar local impact.
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Charleston Temperance Society
South Carolina
Oak Lawn
Mmeighbors
A Cheap and Useful Paper Offered to Georgia Readers
The Augusta Washingtonian is offered to Georgia readers at under two cents a week, a price aimed to meet moral and pecuniary needs of the times. The piece argues for an unlimited circulation while avoiding the label of gratuity.
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Washingtonians
Augusta
Temperance Reform Demands Principle Driven Action
The piece contrasts zealots who stir constant agitation with disciplined principled activists. It lauds the Temperance Reform as a good work God blesses, urging sustained, systematic effort through meetings, supporting papers, and public advocacy to purge corruption.
Anti-fruit-stealing society in Worcester and Rambler newspaper debut
A Worcester community forms an Anti fruit stealing Association and the editor suggests a sentinel system to guard gardens. The exchange adds a new daily paper the Rambler published in Charleston by Miller and Browne edited by John B. Irving. The address promises a medium sized paper with generous content and clear editorial aims.
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Worcester
Charleston
Miller & Browne
South Carolina
John B. Irving
A Temperance Reform Preacher Faces Opposition
A Providence temperance reformer complains of violent opposition to his cause. He asserts his property and life are endangered and appeals for temperate persuasion to abandon the drink trade. The piece argues critics overreach and urges measured efforts.
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The
Samaritan
Providence
Quote from Olive Branca Warns Against Retaliation
A public admonition advises against striking back when provoked by a horse. The remark, attributed to Olive Branca, emphasizes choosing restraint over retaliation in tense encounters.
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Olive Branca
The Last Election Be. An Editorial on Temperance War
An unsigned editorial argues intemperance ruins morals and prosperity and urges action against rum sellers. It proposes using satire and ridicule in public discourse, mobilizing women, business leaders, and workers, and threatens broad social reform to end drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Temperance
Paul
Washingtonian
Wine and Wedded Joy Delicate Guard Against Wine
The piece argues for temperance at weddings, warning that wine can endanger happiness and moral character. It stresses reflection on marriage’s responsibilities, urging restraint to preserve purity, faith, and fidelity in the bonds of love.
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Banish
Old Jones Talks Urges Temperance Convention in Eaton ton
In a Washingtonian address dated October 9 1843 Old Jones compares Georgia to South Carolina on temperance progress and urges Georgians to attend a Tommy Eaton ton convention led by the temperance army. He notes a Charleston visit where only one drunken man was seen in ten days and invites diverse Georgians to join.
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Augusta Washingtonian
Demen
South
Geor
Gia
Georgia
South Carolina
S. Carolina
Old Jones
Eatonton
Pensfield Committee
Charleston
Savannah
Augusta
Orn Jones
Misers Live Longer Says Observer
The author notes that misers often reach greater ages, attributing the longevity to healthful, constant exercise pursued for gain. This routine, he claims, acts as a powerful medicine by maintaining circulation and regulating bodily ferments.
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