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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 25, 1773
Page
4
A rustic scene inside an alehouse room shows Tony leading a table of punch and tobacco fueled by rough talk and mock-grammar. The crowd mocks religious zeal and celebrates drink with a boisterous toast to the Three Jolly Pigeons, naming birds as rivals to their revelry.
A 1773 letter to the General Evening Post defends Lieutenant Hamilton of Petdennis Castle amid a riot at Falmouth. The writer condemns anonymous critics, affirms Hamilton’s conduct with troops at Mrs Lugg’s, and describes rioters and town mobilization, including actions by Ensign Ray and local volunteers.
Theatres show The Gamretters with The Frenchified Lady in Paris at Covent Garden and Artaxerxes with The Devil to Pay. London high water timings are listed for tomorrow and the next day. Market notes mention STOC Bank Stock India South Sea Consol and assorted bonds with assorted prices and percentages.
Longford in Hermonds, Middlesex, affirms relief after months of violent head pain and neck feathons from rheumatic, gouty, and gravelly complaints. Sarah West testifies to walking three miles without fatigue after treatment by John Banyard and James Noyes. Advertises 6s a bottle with proper retentions from Banyard, Noyes, and assorted London outlets.
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