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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 06, 1774
Page
2
A historical critique discusses Creole women in Jamaica, noting beauty and health practices, infant rearing on hard mattresses and open air, and the dangers of nurse milk and foreign influence. It laments neglect of education, advocates seminaries for daughters, and warns against colonial attitudes shaping marriage prospects.
A historical remedy describes a bitter rhamnus species used as a corrective for putrid sloughs lodged between牙Thai teeth. Pieces of three or four inches are softened by fir-soaked warmth and chewed to form a broth. The syrup in the last clarifier forms a crust on the rim, called pan-sugar, and is used to make ginger and cinnamon flavored candy cakes.
A letter from the late Lord Lyttelton to Sir Thomas Lyrreston, dated Genoa November 30 1745, praises Genoa while criticizing its nobility and government. It explains election tricks by the Doge and council, notes plans to travel to Milan, and defends the authenticity of statements about Lord Sandwich and Sir Joseph Banks era rumors.
In a letter to the Editor the General Eyenixe Post disputes recent papers’ account of an Otaheite native in England. The writer challenges claims of social class and notes the individual belongs to the priesthood, asserting such statements are false or misrepresented and that memory claims are exaggerated.
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