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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1773
Page
4
The writer urges printing at length the new turnpike act clause requiring owners of wagons carts coaches and hackney vehicles to display their legal name and abode on the vehicle and forbid false names. It notes the act takes effect September and criticizes the lack of public reading of the clause, urging churches and parishes to publicly read it to inform hackneymen and jobbers.
Directions for preserving Burt pines from lightning's mischievous effects describe using an outside iron rod from the roof downward into moist earth to conduct the electrical fluid safely. A goose-quill sized wire has conducted large lightning. sill larger rods may be unnecessary. The rod should be fastened with iron staples and may require multiple rods on large buildings. Long sharp earth-connected points draw off charges, preventing strikes. The rod should enter moist earth about two to three feet deep and curve outward then downward to shield the foundation.
Mr Robert Brand of Long-acre claims his Royal Patent Elastic Trusses cure ruptures more than any era. He accuses other rupture doctors of neglect and cruelty and asserts his device works beyond Chelsea and across the realm. He seeks no reward beyond the value his trusses provide.
A compact ledger style item lists various bond names and percentages, including India Bonds and Navy securities, alongside general notes on bills and bank items. The fragment references fractions and percentages such as 3 percent and 3 per cent, with scattered monetary figures like 842 and 253a$. The text resembles a financial notice or catalog entry from a historical newspaper page.
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