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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 09, 1776
Page
4
A humorous verse attacks modern female fashion and vanity. It critiques dress, makeup, and artificial hair, likening women to large heads shaped by hats, lace, ribbons, and feathers. The piece mocks society’s obsession with appearance, noting exaggerated features and the performative display of style.
Postscript reports Their Majesties plan Windsor residence on Saturdays and Mondays for the rest of summer. Dispatches from Halifax reach Lord Germaine. he moves to a house near Richmond to better attend duties as North American tensions rise. Royal visits to Deptford Woolwich and upcoming Chatham Portsmouth dockyard inspections are noted amid broad war news and civilian hardships from Canada to Minorca and Bermuda.
Wenunay and Co inform friends and the public they are selling tickets and shares at their office No 11 in the Poultry opposite Grocer's alley. Receipts may be exchanged for tickets and shares.
State Lotreay 1796.2Tid te Shaity and Chai ces in Mr. Moseswoth s Calculus tion deliver at Nos 64 Horh Olbore 30 Fleet-street 5 and 34 King-street Cheapfidt all London none elsewhere Tickets and Shares signed by Mr Molesworth
Brcherson and Goopruck announce tickets shares and chances are selling at their offices in Cornhill and Sharing-Croes Bank Buildings. Receipts for tickets may be exchanged. The lottery begins drawing on November 13.
An old advertisement promotes Warren's Milk of Roses as a cleanser and purifier for babies six hours and older, claiming it preserves soft skin and prevents dryness. It also touts soothing effects for Sunburns and blemishes in adults, with sales at Golden-Fleece Marybone Street and a Cheapside shop, pricing listed.
An advertised dental tincture promises immediate relief from mouth disorders and gum disease. It claims to prevent tooth decay, remove foul breath, and cure headaches, with sales at Gracechurch Street and Newgate Street outlets in sealed bottles for 28 6d.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a coroner inquest to be held next Monday at 6 o clock in Buckinghamshire. The text mentions London Bridge and shows scattered times such as 24 mg and 56 m after, with references to Saturday and a 3 pm entry, but the details are incomplete and not publishable as is.
Market summary shows bread prices, wheat sales at Bear-key market and meal weighers report. Quarters of wheat sold at various shillings per load, with notes on bread price changes and stock prices across bank and India bonds, along with lottery tickets and government securities.
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