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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 13, 1774
Page
5
Affected residents across Bucks Bedford and Herts appeal to nobility gentlemen and clergy to attend a September 7 meeting at the White Hart in Aylesbury at ten in the forenoon to discuss relief measures for their distress following a hail storm on July 26.
An 18th century note from Academicus at a weekly meeting of virtuosi debates whether music rests on mathematics or is governed by arbitrary rules. The writer questions why arithmetic divisions yield identical quotients while musicians vary in same key and pieces. The letter closes promising further discussions.
An extract reports the murder of Elizabeth Rainbow by John B- of Bulmer near Castle-Monard, a half-pay lieutenant, who kept her as an apprentice and disposed of her body in a cellar after an alleged pregnancy. A search warrant, hue and cry, and an inquest found wilful murder. The coroner’s jury returned verdict of wilful murder by John B- and he was committed to the castle.
The notice predicts high water at London Bridge tomorrow with tides around 55 minutes after 1 am and 4 pm after 11 pm. It lists additional timings and prices for related forecast points and notes several stages at different hours and dates.
Stock notes show Bank Stock India and South Sea with varied quotes. Gid Ann and Banc An appear with reduced and control readings. New entry 87241 per cent and 89a 14396 er indicate fluctuating prices in this compact market snapshot.
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