Magistrates ban Sunday hairdressers after ten o clock
Suffolk magistrates resolve to prohibit any hairdressers or others from practicing their trade or serving in shops after ten o clock on Sundays. The piece also discusses trade disruptions at French ports and new measures to certify calicoes and muffins as British made for export to France. Official correspondence from George Rose at Treasury Chambers directs port officers to issue certificates confirming British fabrication and proper marks.
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Suffolk
Kent
Essex
Surry
Sussex
France
Europe
India
His Majesty’s Treasury
Fawkner
Committee of Council For Trade
Tam
Sam
George Rose
Treasury Chambers
Addrelicu
Tvu
Caffams
Thunder and executions reported in a single city note
A CanTersary Augusta report describes a violent thunderstorm lasting about three hours with a continuous sheet of lightning. Oxworo notes a double execution at Blenheim house by White and Wyatt, conducted publicly inside the castle walls with bells tolling, bodies suspended an hour.
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CanTersary
Augusta
Thomas White
Blenheim House of Plate
Charles
White
Wyatt
Redditch
Remains Interred After Thunderstorm and Local News
After the bearers delivered Wyatt and White’s remains, they were interred in St Thomas parish churchyard. A severe overnight storm filled streets with lights, caused fire damage to a barn near Stowmarket, and damaged property at Fingringhoe Hall Essex. Reports from Birmingham note coinage changes to curb counterfeits. London mail guards observed a long fire glow ten miles away. Shrewsbury and Warwick offices handed down death sentences to several offenders. Publichouse licensing debates urged magistrates to restrict licenses to responsible tradesmen, citing Sir John Fielding on prevention.
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Wyatt
White
St. Thomas
Irswicu
London
Birmingham
Warwick
Georges Whittal
Charles Hunt
John Nicholls
John Wilmot
Shrewsbury
Glocester
Lewes
Brighthelmston
Patcham Road
Reflections on Magistrates Licensing Ale-houses for Peace
The essay argues licensing ale-houses is vital to urban order. It links publican power to curb idle diversions, protect workers, and uphold moral and economic stability, noting holidays and lawful restraint as keys to national prosperity. It stresses magistrates must rigorously grant licenses to keep cities orderly.
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Sir John Fielding
England
London
Court Fashions and the Path of Dress
A historical note traces courtly dress trends from Alexander the Great’s neck flattery to Isabel of Spain’s linen vow after Granada. It cites how dirty linen spread among nobles and commoners, the origin of the label color, and the yellow lace trend linked to Mrs Turner and the Overbury murder.
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Alexander
Isabel
Spain
Grenada
James the First
Turner
Thomas Overbury
Sartine Puts Banker in Court Over Missing Iron Chest Cash
An Irishman sought to buy a French estate and entrusted funds to a banker without a voucher. Sartine questioned the banker, dictated a letter to the wife demanding the money, and within an hour the bags of cash were returned. the banker was dismissed and secrecy kept. A Virginia cook-maid near 40 shows rapid skin whitening, progressing from dark to nearly white across four fifths of her body, with face and chest flushing red under emotion or heat.
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Mont. Sartine
France
M. de Sarine
M. de Sartine
Sartine
Monseur
Dieal
Battile
M. Sartine
Royal Society
Virginia
Christian's Complete Family Bible advertised for weekly numbers
An extensive promotion for a large durable edition of The Christian's Complete Family Bible with engravings. It promises a full Old and New Testament text with Apocrypha, annotations, concordance, indices, and notes by Rev. Thomas Bankes. Also lists medicines and patent remedies sold in Bristol with cautions on counterfeits and stamps.
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James Beaucrerc
Divine Permision
Hereford
Arist
Casson
Universal Library of Divine Knowledge
Adam
Antioch
Jerusalem
Thomas Bankes
St. Mary Hall
Oxon
Dixton
Monmouthshire
St. George’s
Middlesex
London
J. Cooke
Sellick
St. James’s Back
Bristol
T. Bankes
Haymans Maredants Drops and Dalbys Carminative Adverts
An 1787 advertisement announces Haymans Maredants Drops with a health claim and government labeled bottles to prevent counterfeits, listing multiple town agents across Britain. It also promotes Dalbys Carminative with a witness statement from David and Mary Leslie of Rotherhithe-Wall describing a child’s recovery from fits after use.
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Rotherhithe-Wall
David Leslie
Mary Leslie
James's Powders praised for puerperal fever relief
The document extols James's Powders as a proven remedy for childbed fever, puerperal fever, and related inflammations. It advises taking five or six grains at first fever onset, repeating every six hours, with dose increases if needed. It claims rapid fever reduction and notes recoveries even in late stages. It also asserts prevention of fevers arising from colds in lying-in and milk fever, urging readiness for emergencies.
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Hanover Square
Britania
Great Britain
London Gazette
James
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