19 Nov 1731
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 19, 1731
Page
1
Dispatches from Milan, Vienna, Paris, and The Hague describe military movements in Corsica and Germany, troop disembarkations, fortifications, and political thrusts. Notes cover Genoa, Spain, and Dutch ministerial changes, with royal forecasts and recent pacification efforts in the Ottoman realm and Tuscany.
A drawer at a tavern near the Bridge-Foot sought relief for bad digestion and wind. John Moore of the Pestle and Mortar in Laurence-Pountney Lane provided medicines that reportedly cured him and another drawer, for a small charge. The notice touts two anti-scorbutic preparations claimed to purge scorbutic symptoms and restore health, detailing supposed benefits and cautions about unsafe medicines.
London reports Her Majesty has purchased land contiguous to her own at Richmond after the Hampton Court season. This week also saw the death of Mr. Monk, usher of the Court of Exchequer, a position in the gift of Sir Walker, Esq., Chief Auditor of the fid Court.
A Drury Lane troupe performs The Provokd Wife by Sir John Vanbrugh and The Constant Court or a Farce to the Justiney, with cast list including Wilks Cibber and Mrs. Booth. The program also features The Lovers Opera and Italian singing, with dancing entertainments.
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