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Newspaper
Daily Courant
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 29, 1731
Page
2
The writer questions whether horror on stage offends humanity or self interest. He challenges the claim that the accused man did not league with the Pretender before attainder. Even if not engaged earlier, betraying his country is condemned, and public attachment is noted as expedient. He asserts the man has no commerce in the cause after disengagement.
Reports from Vienna via Constantinople recount that the last uprising was apparently suppressed with about 8000 men killed, many executed by Giannm Coggia’s forces before the Grand Seignior’s aid arrives. rumors claim Corsicans under protection and new naval plans. In London, robberies multiply with staged coach and street attacks, a printer seized by royal messengers, a silversmiths shop burglary, a hayloft fall killing a servant, and a Guildhall court electing officers for the Honorable Artillery Company.
A fire at Trim in County Meath burned about forty houses on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday two Galway men from the Ballast Office, cleaning the Channel near the North Wall, fell overboard and drowned while trying to save each other. Market notes follow with South Sea stock prices and various bonds and copper prices listed.
An 18th century advertisement promotes Doctor Robert Eaton’s Balsamick StYPTick as a universal healer for bleeding wounds, nosebleeds, fluxes, and feminine ailments. It claims long use, global climate efficacy, royal patents, and distribution through multiple shops and publishers in Britain, with directions included and large quantities offered for travelers and surgeons alike.
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