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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1774
Page
3
A melancholy accident at Ferencze Printfield six miles west of Glasgow involved two Glasgow merchant children aged five and seven. They were in the charge of a servant maid who was absent, and both children fell into a small rivulet crossing the field and perished.
A long extract lists ships arriving at Dover Bristol Barbadoes and others with crews from Jamaica Maryland Antigua Newfoundland and Barba dots. It also reports dispatches from Pistfourg Annapolis Naples and Cowes noting hostilities with natives and government efforts for peace. Additional items include public robberies duels and local deaths and marriages with prices and bonds listed.
A partial, garbled text from a 1773 Sicilian royal proclamation references Naples Palermo and the Two Sicilies. It mentions Duke John Foghapi Stragona as viceroy and captain general and notes decrees dated September 16 and 76, with unclear content and translation errors.
OLD. by Public Survey on August in Crediton Devon. Several lots offer farm houses and arable, meadow, and pasture land with orchards. Leases extend to 27 years from Lady-day 1767 for Wortishy and forces, with rents and live-tenant details. View by tenants or lawyers in Crediton, Exeter, or London.
Fragments reveal a shop listing dubious nostrums titled for fever measles and smallpox with a long catalog of cures and testimonials. The ad promotes Maredant Drops and Navy provisions, cites multiple cures by Norton and Geowen, and warns against counterfeit bottles with a facial stamp signature. It names Newbery and several retailers in Holborn and Leadenhall Street as wholesalers and sellers.
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