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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 08, 1734
Page
3
Fragmentary report of a Westminster court session debating lottery drawing rights for the hall and for Liberty Westminster. Mentions Nobility, Navy Commissioners, and possible parliamentary elections tied to Lottery decisions and public fundraising. Notes travel and diplomatic discussions with Holland and France.
A historical price column lists corn, hops, malt, and various grain rates at Bear-Key and Queenbith with weights and measures. It includes fuel, sugar, soap, iron, and other goods with unit prices, plus weekly mortality data for the Thames area and a note on the Affize of Bread under Lord Mayor rules.
The fragmentary OCR notes a sermon collection or church publication referencing St Mary, the Hon Robert Boyle, Dr W and others. It mentions Shunnes and the Undershaft, printed for Melt Wards, with unclear context and date.
A lost item description in Westminster notes a bandbox with embroidered handkerchiefs and three quires of paper. The fare was a gentlewoman and a child, taken up near Hap market and dropped at Mr Goff's in Parrmouth Street about nine at night. Rewards are promised to anyone who returns it to the house or to Mr. Pulkinhorn at Stocks Market corner. Stop any attempt to patent or sell.
A good farm producing seventy pounds yearly rent, located in the parish of Hurst Wiltshire. Enquiries to Mr Woiton opposite St Buastan's Pearce in Fleet Street or to Mr John May of Reading in TKS.
To be sold cheap at the Two Sugar Loaves facing the King on horseback at Charing Cross. INE Dutch and Genoa Velvets, velvet scarfs and mantels, velvet hoods and caps ready made at the lowest fixed price. Men gowns of damask and silk, ladies gowns of luteftsings and sargen with silk waddings, all sorts of mercery goods very cheap.
The paper advertises a remedy called the Famous Powder, praised by Oxford and London College physicians, claimed to prevent surgeries, with sales by Mr. Hatchett at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill for five shillings per paper, and four p. per pamphlet, noting two or three papers may be needed for bladder stone cases.
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