Georgia State Temperance Convention to Meet in Forsyth
The State Temperance Convention of Georgia will convene in Forsyth on November 21. Delegates or letters are urged from temperance societies statewide. Col. Joseph Henry Lumpkin to deliver the anniversary oration. Juntos A. Wirenetto as alternate. Post Office committee will guide attendees home.
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State Temperance Convention of
Georgia
Forsyth
Jos
Henry Lumpxin
Juntos A. Winerreto
Forsyth T. A. Society
D. Sanford, Sec’y
Temperance Appeal Addresses Compassion and Duty
The piece urges temperance from all members of the movement, arguing indifference is criminal. It extols compassion that civilizes society and asks readers to aid a grieving father and a brother seeking to rescue loved ones from the drunkard's grave.
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Epictetus
Pacific
Appeal for Aid to Save Son From Death of Drunkenness
A mother appeals for assistance to save her only son from ruin as intoxication destroys his health and dignity. The widow clings to hope as she watches him decline, pleading against the disgrace of a drunkard’s end and asking aid to prevent further suffering.
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Ter
Earth
Temperance Meeting in Cleveland Advances State Cause
Citizens of Cleveland Ohio held a meeting to push temperance in the state. Addresses and resolutions urged a State Temperance Convention in Columbus during the next legislative session to reform the license system and ballot the issue, plus plans for a State Temperance Society and paper if feasible.
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Temperance Movement
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
N. York
Connecticut
Vermont
Washington City closes taverns on Sundays ordinance passage
The Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council in Washington City enacted an ordinance effective November 1 requiring all restaurateurs taverns and grog shops to close all day Sunday and Sunday night and from noon to 4 AM on other days. The writers urge strict enforcement and call for immediate repeal if not enforced.
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Board of Aldermen and
Board of Common Council of
Washington City
Public advisory on deceptive drink terms and grog
A public note urges readers to know legitimate names and warns that phrases like a streak of lightning mean grog. The statement aims to keep readers informed, especially women, about deceptive terminology used by men.
Cautionary Note on False Drinks and Disguises in Folklore
The passage warns readers about deceptive alcoholic concoctions labeled by fanciful names like holster stone fence and gin cock tail. It notes that spirits of mixed origin can intoxicate, and describes disguises of old favorites such as cobbler and Tom and Jerry to fool friends.
Boston ruling ends slave status on U S vessels
A Boston decision declares a slave freed when leaving the country’s slave limits aboard a U S National vessel and eligible for discharge. The Philadelphia ruling and New York Express extract discuss naturalization and citizenship for minor children of naturalized parents, and advise proper naturalization for females and widows to hold property.
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Boston
United States
Philadelphia
New York Express
Court of Common Pleas
King
Act of Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Cranch
Phil
Gaz
N. Y
Texas Elects Anson Jones President In New Republic
Letters from Galveston via New Orleans report Texas emigrants flooding into the republic. Cotton and corn crops look abundant and high quality. Santa Anna threats fade as Texians vote peacefully and focus on harvests. They foresee little fear of a Mexican invasion.
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Anson Jones
Texas
New Orleans
Galveston
Santa Anna
Mexico
Editor Urges Delinquent Subscribers to Fork Up
The editor appeals to readers to pay overdue subscriptions to meet creditors instead of begging money from the public. He argues the creditors deserve repayment and that paying now will circulate funds back to subscribers, aligning fairness with business needs.
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The
Washingtonian
Mil lerite meetings halted as Philadelphia church closed
The Sheriff of Philadelphia closed the Julian Street church used by Millerites to hold services. Authorities feared public disorder from the high excitement among these deluded followers.
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Philadelphia
Julian Street
Temperance Argument Advocates Moderation in Liquor
An argument in favor of temperance states it is true that one glass of liquor each promotes moderation. The piece presents a straightforward moral case for limiting alcohol consumption.
Life insurance and cigars priced in a curious remark
A fragment notes a figure of six and one quarter cents daily yielding twenty two dollars eighty one cents yearly. It claims the amount would insure three thousand dollars on a man's life and, jokingly, cigars for the consideration. It ends with the line put that into your pipe and smoke.
Power of Individual Effort in Temperance Reform
The editor cites a case where an individual financed 8 000 copies of the Journal of Humanity for a year at one dollar each. Those copies were sent to eight thousand prominent state readers to read and circulate. A near year end observer said the distribution reduced local liquor sales by 25 000 dollars, saving a town triple the paper’s cost in one year.
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N.Y. Courier
Journal of Humanity
Andover
Mass
A Word with the Farmer on Temperance and Agriculture
The piece argues temperance progress lags among rural areas and outlines barley and apple uses. It contends barley can feed people and fatten cattle, while barley sales fund drink, and apples can fatten swine. reports claim New York farmers gained from this in 1838.
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American Temperance Society
New York
Providence curbs drinkers as cider's fate looms near
The letter argues that even unchallenged estimates exceed a million dollars and that cider, though less harmful than spirits, can still demoralize and harm habitual users. It urges temperance supporters to push for the beverage to meet a fate linked to other drinks hostile to human happiness, as noted in Middlesex Wash.
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Friends of Temperance
Middlesex Wash
Trial of James Frost for murder of his four children
At Norwich on the 8th ist James Frost was tried for murdering his four children. Three were killed by hammer blows, the fourth drowned in a pail. He was acquitted on insanity grounds. Frost had recently been sober after temperance, but colleagues allegedly tricked him into drinking. The tragedy followed a cruel prank.
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Norwich
James Frost
Frost
Mutiny Aboard Canal Boat Near Akron Ends in Custody
The Banner from Beaver to Cleveland encountered mutinous crew near Akron Ohio as captain found them drunk and tried to tie up. The crew beat him while the captain’s wife leaped to shield him and was struck. A passenger with a pistol threatened violence, prompting the crew to retreat and be detained by authorities.
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Pittsburg
Beaver
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio
Parson Roundy Hosts Wine at Wedding Sparks Mockery
A humorous tale from Kenduckian lore describes Parson Roundy serving wine at a recent wedding at his house. Despite the Total Abstinence Society’s push, he offers glasses to the bride and groom while guests decline. The scene ends with a children’s toast and a sharp jab from a spectator, calling the parson a block head.
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Parson Roundy
Cold Water Society
Jerusha
Doctor Gibbes Lectures On Magnetism Of The Human Body
Dr R W Gibbes of Columbia South Carolina delivered a May 1843 lecture before the Apprentices Library Society in Charleston on the magnetism of the human body claiming the nervous fluid is magnetic. The French Academy is reportedly examining the subject with Arago involved.
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R. W. Gibbes
Columbia
S. C
Apprentices Library Society
Charleston
French Academy
Arago
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Earp
James Harrén
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F. Pierce
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