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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1843
Page
4
The verses recount drinking culture and its effects through Scottish dialect pieces. A speaker laments alcohol's grip while another voice vows to quit, pledging to join temperance efforts and leave spirits behind. The poems juxtapose social drinking with personal ruin and reform.
George Duval signs the temperance pledge after discussion with Harry Pomeroy. James Hardy resists but is urged to sign by friends, while the piece cites Mr. Weed’s England notes on universal beer drinking and praises total abstinence, urging reform and strict temperance.
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