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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 30, 1764
Page
5
A London Evening Printer recounts a gardener named Meres who, after a wasp sting and an onion, claimed little damage. He then tested eating an onion to treat stings, stating it consistently cured him, though the account mixes anecdote and odd belief.
A letter to the London Evening-Post describes a nearly completed machine in London claimed to determine longitude at sea without springs or pendulums. The inventor asserts it operates for a century, requires no windup, uses weight balance, and remains unaffected by climate, promising potential use for mills and pumps once tested. He signs as a Mechanic of Loxpon.
A Genoa letter reports Saletine corsairs plundering Italian shores and seizing two English ships from America and London on passport doubts. Paschal Paoli frees his brother from prison in Corsica, and peasant bands pursue Paoli’s partisans. Prussia prepares grand buildings at Potsdam, a canal, and statues. Canada Bills dispute and Newfoundland fishing tensions persist. In England, local officials announce Mayorial election and notable deaths, with trade and port activity noted in Deal and Bristol.
An OCR fragment lists literary items and publications including poetry, histories, sermons, and juvenile works. It notes prints and sellers A. Hamilton and R. Baldwin with London addresses and references to periodical issues and the Annals of Literature.
A historic advertisement touts Pectoral Balsam of Honey by Dr Hill for coughs asthma consumption and catarrhs. It claims universal cure, lists exclusive sellers Baldwin Boogfeller Pa terenufter Row St James's Street and others, with directions and notes on safety and efficacy. It asserts cures for scurvy and skin conditions, promising relief and restored appetite.
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