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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1843
Page
6
A pledge signed by members forming a Society for mutual benefit to abstain from spirits malt liquors wine and cider in a Washington Augusta notice dated October 28 1543.
The Augusta W T A Society invites members to the annual meeting for officers next Monday evening at 6 thirty in the Methodist Episcopal Church. A large attendance is urged as a committee plans arrangements and may invite members to speak. Subscriptions may be paid via post office remittance to publishers to avoid postage.
The Savannah river channel swells with rain runoff boosting uninterrupted steamboat travel between the city and Savannah. The post thanks Thomaston for a subscription payment and Governor McDonald designates the first Friday in November as a statewide day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. A correspondent defends oyster suppers and a misprint about night. Moir’s verses on a bereaved family are praised. An article urges Georgia toward domestic industry to elevate the South, arguing production and employment are essential to prosperity.
A discussion on blending agriculture with manufacturing to build economic independence, urging Southern towns to protect home industry. Cautions about intemperance, its social harms, and the link between virtue, temperance, and national wellbeing. Proposes temperance reform as essential to prosperity and moral society.
The Washingtonian article surveys brandy origins from Arab discovery to 14th century France, noting Eau de vie as a historic medicine and antidote to ills. It also voices optimism for temperance reform, imagining a future millennium of peace, virtue, and universal sobriety led by divine guidance.
A humorous missive addresses young ladies, defending its “lumping” method of meeting demands. The author questions etiquette on gentlemen’s habits and ties happiness and offspring welfare to masculine traits, arguing against scruple in male character.
A 1843 Eatonton Temperance Convention letter argues honesty in suitors, proposes a probation period and an honesty test before marriage, and endorses a November convention. The Eatonton meeting invites delegates from Penfield and urges statewide representation for the temperance cause.
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