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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 25, 1774
Page
4
A brief note addressed to the editor from a reader identifying concerns about the Ginza establishment in Evexina Post Street. The writer requests reply and notes issues affecting local patrons and business operations.
Postscript notes the French king’s pension to a widow and charity to officers’ families, plus remarkable 78 and 20 year marriages, May-born children, and a royal audience. Also mentions petitions to the queen, and a British summary of unrest in Bolton, Ireland, and Bodmin races with local trade details.
Reports from Lewes and Shipley recount a man shot near Epping Forest with his horse nearby after a robbery attempt, and a Southwark incident where a man killed his wife with a knife and then took his own life. A woman near Horfeypdaivn is said to be recovering, while a body parts discipline is noted. Lewes and Shipley cases also include a couple jailed on suspicion of murdering two infants found at their house in Shipley.
A cryptic notice lists events at Stondon Bridge with times described as 53 minutes after noon and 2 minutes after six in the evening, followed by Thursday morning and evening phases, 6 in the morning and 7 in the evening, indicating a repeating schedule with minor offsets.
Prices for corn and barley range from 16s to 36s per quar ter in the Corn Exchange lane with various grains and flour tallies. Bank stock notices show multiple 3 percent and 4 percent annuities with old and new issues, bonds, and lottery tickets listed amid unsettled Eastern markets.
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