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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1844
Page
1
A dated pledge form for joining a Total Abstinence Society vows members not to drink any spiritous liquors wine or cider. The document lists names appended as signatories and frames the pledge as mutual benefit for health and family welfare.
Officers Augusta W T A Society Dr Jos A Eve President Dr Daniel Hook Rev Wm J Harrd Vice President Hawkins Huff Esq Wm Haines Jr Secretary L D Sallerstedt Treasurer Managers James Harper Rev C S Dod John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Mmedge James Godby
The New Genesee Farmer reports comfrey as a promising fodder plant with potential yields of up to thirty tons per acre, easy propagation, and lasting crops. Observations from Rev. Rich and A Robinson cite strong stock acceptance and weighty harvests, including two ton per acre hay prospects and roots usable as food. Also featured are giant vegetables on display in New York, such as a 147 lb pumpkin and 1504 lb squash, with pumpkins linked to New Haven and a Thanksgiving invitation.
The article explains that seed quality and crop timing improve by annual selection. It urges growers to start with seeds from the earliest ripening, most productive plants, using peas, beans, grain, and corn as examples to pick the largest, best formed heads, pods, and ears for seed.
The article notes a broad European Jewish push toward religious reforms and Zionist migration. It cites large Jewish emigration toward Jerusalem, growth of communities in Beyroot Jaffa and Jerusalem, protection by authorities in Russia and Constantinople, and a rising Jewish press and arts scene. It mentions Rothschild support, Guizot and British interest, Spain's morocco schools, and plans for agricultural revival in Palestine with reports from Acre and Zafed. The piece forecasts emigration to Bremen Hamburg and England and a forthcoming speech by M. Noan in New York on restoration.
Theirs, a diminutive yet powerful orator in the Chamber, draws attention as he rises in the marble cage. His shrill voice and vibrant, inquisitorial smile command the chamber, earning frequent applause from deputies and readers of Journal des Debats.
The sixth meeting of the Italian Literati was set for September 12 in Milan with the city funding receptions equal to other cities. One hundred thousand livres funded natural science experiments including decomposing azotes and an electrical telegraph test, while Borromean hospitality was skipped due to a president’s domestic affliction and societies would host conversations balls and concerts.
The article describes Bethlehem as the holiest Nativity site, noting a Franciscan monastery on a commanding hill near Jerusalem. It highlights a valley once visited by shepherds and Magi and a grand church within the monastery housing a chapel with fifty silver lamps. A marble star marks the place of Jesus birth and prophetic titles are invoked.
The Nizam maintains a large seraglion guard for protection with a female corps raised years ago. Women serve as commissioned and non commissioned officers, proving skilled and alert though some balance motherhood. Husbands are not involved in regiment duties and pursue other work.
A critique of early heavy schooling for children eight to twelve, arguing that restricting natural movement harms both body and mind. The author condemns parents pressing children to show proficiency in learning, languages, music, drawing, and elocution as an insult to common sense and a threat to healthy development.
The Portland Tribune warns that health will gradually decline with faintness and nervous trouble, leading to consumption and death in months. It claims a so called receipt to hasten death by wearing thin shoes and muslin dresses in cold damp weather, saying this method has failed never.
In a letter to Samuel Mather, Dr. Franklin recalls a 1724 visit to Cotton Mather. An overhead beam in a narrow passage prompted Mather to warn the young Franklin that pride leads to hard knocks and misfortunes from carrying one's head too high.
The Cincinnati Chronicle editor reports Parson Miller's forecast of an earth cleansing by fire after a celestial stability. A hail storm with stones around sixty-three pounds would trigger chemical air reactions leading to a general combustion. The good would be saved while the wicked face punishment rather than annihilation.
A Genesee Farmer example shows science aiding daily life. A penknife fell into a 20 foot well. A sunbeam reflected from a mirror lit the bottom, making the knife visible, and a magnet on a pole retrieved it.
A Boston-area man asks a magistrate to draft his will and bequeaths one thousand dollars to his brother Zack. The magistrate questions the amount, but the man insists it is his wish and that Zack may earn it if he chooses.
A humorous exchange features a narrator noting a commotion at a house as a father is drunk and a mother dead. The list of mishaps grows with Sal marrying and fleeing with spoons, Pete swallowing a pin, Luke eyeing the Aurora Borax, and a calf, butter, and a cat mishap adding to the scene.
A compact note urges valuing reputation as a precious asset. The brief compares reputation to a jewel and warns that it shapes how others perceive and trust a person over time.
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