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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1844
Page
3
A Boston Journal recount cites William the Conqueror landing in Britain, stumbling in the presage of danger. He reassured followers by declaring his possession of the country, using a dramatic gesture to avert fear and claim conquest.
A letter published in the U S Gazette recounts the Apure River flood that submerged San Fernando and surrounding areas in Venezuela. The city was abandoned, families fled to barges, and the flood expanded to cover twenty four leagues with vast devastation, prompting calls for government aid.
The village church in Weston England dates to the fourteenth century. It suffered lightning damage in 1630 and again a decade ago, weakening the north walls due to age and shocks.
Under an architect’s guidance a 240 ton church wall was raised to vertical by heating three iron bars 23 inches in diameter. The bars expanded within cast iron boxes filled with charcoal, then were tightened to straighten the wall. Cooling allowed the mass to contract and return to its original position.
The Charleston Patriot reports a warning about counterfeit ten dollar Bank of the State notes. A fake features a misprinted head 1 and an altered Dollars word with an oddly drawn s, detectable by close inspection.
The Grand Metropolitan Lodge reported April 1 figures: England and Wales had 3 840 lodges and 325 000 members, up 453 lodges and 23 000 members from the prior year. total property about £700 000. 130 MPs, 629 clergy, 9 000 honorary members. If each paid a half-penny, annual total would be £34 126. A two-by-two march would stretch 92 miles 380 yards. at three mph, 30 hours 14 minutes to pass a point. The Cincinnati Gazette noted five linseed oil mills in Cincinnati, capacity 900 gallons daily, plus 22 lard oil establishments producing 600 000 gallons yearly. Lard oil prices and uses described. a Boston Merchant Journal cure for arm paralysis is recounted with a seaside Ipswich recovery anecdote.
The narrative describes an individual who, after an unexpected revival of action in the past, buried his arm in a dug place and slept for about an hour. Upon waking he discovers full restoration of movement and continues to retain full use of the arm.
A mother on a Cincinnati bound voyage leapt into the river to save her three year old daughter who fell overboard near North Bend. Unable to swim herself she reached the child as it sank but the knot on a handkerchief failed and both were rescued only to lose the child. The mother later recovered ashore while the skiff brought her back to Harrod's Creek.
A Franklin Banner recipe suggests packing fresh corn in clean tight casks with a strong pickle to preserve cucumbers. Place corn in the husks and keep it in brine to prevent fermentation, then store away from air for long keeping and ready boiling when needed.
In our Superior Court last week Berryman Jones and his brother Charles were found guilty of the murder of Jesse Moony and sentenced to be executed on October 25. Other items note naval orders, tax changes, reform statistics, church resignations, a gale at Apalachicola, mortality from consumption, and various curiosities from Baltimore to New York.
The Augusta market shows cotton at 6 cents for the best quality with principal sales at five and four and a half cents for fair quality, inferior cotton not exceeding four and two thirds cents. Large England and U.S. stocks plus expected average crops and capital aversion push prices down. limited demand for bagging and groceries due to favorable packing weather and overall dull market.
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