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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 22, 1772
Page
3
A distressed woman requests relief through Edward Winwood, glover, at No 4 Star and Glove, Poultry, near Cheapside, and Mr Barker at Bellsbuildings, Salisbury court, Fleet Street. Donors are asked to send any contributions to these addresses.
A 19th century advertisement describes Patent Reflectors adaptable to all jacks for roasting meat with less fire and even cooking from ends to middle. It claims dripping protection from dust and ashes, sweeter meat, and faster results, sold by Joseph Strutt at the Glass Warshoule Goodman's-fields.
Publication note for a two volume history by Alex Dow Esquire Lieutenant Colonel, detailing the death of Akbar and the empire under Arangzebe with prefixed dissertations on despotism and Bengal prosperity. Printed by T Becket Strand, price in boards. Second edition corrected and enlarged.
An 1773 prospectus for a ladies pocket book by Carnan and Newbery, describing contents from precedency and holidays to moral essays and anecdotes. It notes imitators and pirated editions, asserts original publication and claims the new edition contains more articles than prior Newbery works.
A reader questions claims that a London advertisement promises a fertilizer will manure land for eight years without fallow or other dressing. He seeks details on baron Haak, patent patents, trial methods, yearly outputs, and foil type, but learns only that the baron is absent, few buyers exist, and shop staff offer a sample with directions. He urges public scrutiny and cautious use unless proven.
London reports royal assent to several bills including marine regulation and river navigation near Newark, with notes on elections, appointments, and military actions. Details recount naval skirmishes near Barbary shores, St Vincent arrivals, and local matters from Edinburgh to Middlesex votes.
A garbled note contains misspelled phrases and scattered words about status market speak and Kinadons. The text shows fragmented sentences with no clear subject or action, making interpretation unreliable and preventing a definite summary.
Warsaw reports Russians intend to retain control over newly acquired Polish lands with generous terms for nobles and high taxation for commoners. Nobles prove status to avoid capitation tax while citizens pay one ruble and a quarter annually. Farmers may sell grain freely. Liquor tax allows home brewing. Ecclesiastics must account for foundations. Local towns stay under prior jurisdiction and forage duties end. Polish neighbours pay double.
Fragmented report weaves a strange scene of a volcanic like eruption described near Lynn with waters and bogs swelling twenty feet deep. It notes no lives lost, cites naturalists, and mentions petitions from prison traders in Lynn awaiting hawker regulation. Birmingham reports canal flour delivery and Coventry’s election of a new Receiver General.
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