Washingtonian Pledge Against Intemperance Adopted
August 2 1843 edition notes a Washingtonian pledge urging gentlemen to abstain from spiritous or malt liquors wine and cider as a mutual benefit to health and character.
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1843
Page
2
Medrial Committee Subscription Notice Reform
The Washingtonian subscription system offers a payment option via the 1st Master to retrieve renewals, reducing postage costs for subscribers. The document mentions Dr. ah Reveatsor and others, including De D. Hoos and CiHipman, Esq., in connection with subscriptions and the aim to ease handling without extra postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medrial Committee
Ah Reveatsor
de D. Hoos
CiHipman
Harpeir
Washingtonian
Temperance and Benevolent Societies in Augusta 1843
The piece urges temperance and condemns voter influence through drinking. It lauds the Augusta Benevolent Society for sick relief, outlines its systematic aid via sections, and notes strong support from leaders like Bishop Andrew and Nicholas Murphey as membership grows to 308.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Benevolent Society
Ashiga
Berlin Church
Newhope
Bethesda
Liberty and Union
Beily
Andrew
Milton Antony
Herschel V. Johnson
Nicholas Murphey
Berlin Temperance Society Formed in 1835
In August 1943 a reader from Brothersville asks for state temperance society statistics and provides a brief note on the Berlin temperance society organized in October 1835. The letter sketches early temperance efforts and local interest in unified societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brothersville
Richmond
Berlin ‘Temperance Society
Recantation and shadows of vice in editorials
A dialogue on moral danger in business, family wealth, and the corrupting influence of vice. A.S. argues wealth burdens society and children while W. insists on acknowledging the dark picture. The exchange laments idleness, urges virtue, and references temperance pledges and public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S
A. S
Mather
Fragmentary Political Comment on Elective Franchise
An incomplete extract discusses how a candidate should act on suggestions with firm conviction that personal or party gains do not define the elective franchise. It references a comparison to a feather and hints at purity and elevation of voting rights. The text mentions Puito as a potential figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Puito
Dialogue on rum trade and social cost in Washingtonian tone
A morality exchange pits a rum seller against a reformer. They debate whether alcohol traffic spawns poverty, crime, and ruined families, with both sides urging self examination and social responsibility.
Virtue Versus Vice Dialogue on Wealth and Duty
A debate unfolds on wealth, virtue, and humanity as speakers argue that riches fail to save from moral decay. One sides contends virtue outweighs gold while urging reflection before proceeding, and warns against excessive cruelty toward vice and the drunkard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reas
A. S
Earth
Sean
To the Lawyers Come Help Us In Temperance Reform
An appeal to lawyers to aid laborers in the temperance reform movement. The writer emphasizes moral improvement, cites a court scene, and urges lawyers to join the cause to ensure a successful, virtuous victory and public praise for their support.
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Georgia
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Augusta Benevolen Society
Court of Common Pleas
S. Tuttle
Ladies’ Working Society
The
Presbyterian Church of Augusta
John W. Wightman
Good Cause
Editorial Communications
AF Ures
Sk ‘ Jic
Praintonanna and
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