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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1843
Page
4
A Penfield Temperance Banner item argues for stronger temperance press patronage. It notes political editors now publish temperance pieces, while local temperance papers lack subscribers and funds. The speaker hopes temperance publications will supplant lesser nationwide papers alongside broader public interest.
A satirical plea defends grog shops and taverns against temperance campaigns. The piece cites a Boston Post lecture by Mr. Pierpont defending license and mocks religious and professional figures who oppose drink. It weaves in anecdotes of drunken misdeeds and fatal accidents to argue for stronger protections for tavern traffic.
The excerpt recalls a drunken Hull preacher mocked by sailors in Alexandria. After a satirical sermon ending with a risky prank, he toppled a table and fell headfirst, fracturing his skull and dying the next day. The page also notes a vow against drinking dated 1639 in Broughton Northamptonshire.
The chief of the Medical staff of the French Army states as fact that six thousand Egyptian survivors who returned were all men and abstained from ardent spirits.
A jumble of garbled words shows a sequence of truncated terms like Steamsoat Receipts Rat Reap Recriits and others. The readable fragments resemble a fragmented classifieds or notice list with no clear人物 or events.
An item in the Crescent City column praises temperance zeal in New Orleans and abroad. It cites pledges from local beer makers, quotes a quill knight writing on abstinence, and recounts speeches from Washington and Ireland praising total abstinence. It mentions Honolulu shipboard grog statistics and a rural wedding feast with porter refused.
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