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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1775
Page
3
Paris area rioters plundered Madame de Rouvray at a chateau. About 60 or 70 rioters attacked. 18 identified, 14 condemned to be hanged in the chateau yard. Noyon continues coin trade guarded by troops. Since the King’s ordinance, tranquilidad grows and surrendering rioters seek clemency while magistrates record surrenders.
Dublin May 23 report says regiments of foot on duty will be augmented by 15 men per company to replace troops sent to America. This aims to keep the required force levels in Ireland while the overseas contingent departs.
Northfeld fishing boat overset at sea on Friday. crew of five men perished. Others arrive and depart ports list ships and crews including Scipio Kirkman from Teneriffe and Potomack Mitchell for Maryland. numerous arrivals noted at Lymington Dover and Southampton with several ships from St Kitts and Virginia.
A Salem New England dispatch details British troops marching from Boston to Concord, skirmishes at Lexington and subsequent actions at Monotomys and Charlestown. It lists killed and wounded Provincials, describes the burning of houses, loot, and the public mourning for fallen patriots, with casualty tallies and related notices.
A garbled OCR fragment lists items including the SECONDS speech by Edmund Burre moving Conciliation with the Colonies dated March 22, 1776, and a long advertisement for The Waiting. Maid or The Gallantries of the Times with secret amours among court figures. It also includes a patently misread notice about Kate’s Patent Cakes for shining liquid blacking, with claims of authenticity and a list of retailers in London such as W. Bayley Cockspur Street and others near Leadenhall Street, St Paul’s, and Grosvenor. The entry mixes historical speech, literary titles, and an advertisement for shoe polish products.
A historical notice describes Adams's Solvent as a remedy for bladder stones. It recounts a patient who, after three bottles, discharged stone fragments and could ride fifty miles daily. The proprietor asserts safety and efficacy with certificates from St Thomas's Hospital and doctors, and offers bottles for sale at Argyle Street with a price of 6d and 53.6d.
A letter from Mr. Rawhing of Beaconsfield advocates a patent remedy for bowels in children, describing twins about twenty weeks old with severe digestive and fever symptoms. He reports dramatic relief after using tonics and cordials, praising Dr Gachey, Bostock, and Bateman products as the cures, and urges wider use.
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