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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 06, 1775
Page
4
In 1771 measures are enacted to deter copper coin counterfeiting. Offenders after June 24 face felony charges for creating or distributing counterfeit halfpence and farthings. Authorities may search suspected premises with a single witness oath, seize tools, and retain them for court as evidence.
A fragmentary 18th or 19th century notice showcases entertainments at Vauxhall Gardens with varied curiosities. It mentions chimary, cures for toothache, eye drops, birds and wild beasts, and Breslaw exhibits offered for a half crown, highlighting a bustling urban spectacle and exotic displays in London.
A Cumberland county Virginia committee offers three pence per pound on eight months notice for fifty pounds of powder made in America from American materials. News items note European and Atlantic movements, stockpiled arms, and various political rumors from Paris to Norwich, with market prices on beef and mutton at Leadenhall.
A self-styled DIS GENITUS writes to the editor defending the modern macaronis against critics. He extols antiquity, links macaronies to ancient free-masons, and claims a noble lineage from sun worship and varied historic locales, urging publication to prove their honored origin.
An unclear OCR fragment lists various stocks and percentages, mentioning banks and commodities with references to India and the sea. It references consol prices, bank notes, navy bills, and miscellaneous figures, but the details are garbled and partially illegible.
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