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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 11, 1766
Page
4
A FRIEND TO THE POOR warns against clergy who advise parishioners to hoard corn until farm stocks run low and push prices up in market manipulation. He calls for an immediate end to these inhuman tactics and urges authorities to act.
A 1766 London Evening Post verse dialogue depicts a husband who complains his snuff-taking wife ruins meals with snuff fumes and bad breath, while she defends tobacco as refined, concluding with a moral urging moderation and mutual compromise.
London reports note His Majesty’s gracious throne speech as Parliament reopens. Leaks suggest stamp tax repeal unlikely and starch factory bills to curb wheat use. Elsewhere, Hanover dispatches mention General Braund and a firework for the King’s arrival, with East Indies expedition plans and Algiers to Madrid missions. Reports of a velvet mill planned in Aberdeen, a Berwick death, a Montgomeryshire marriage, Pitmen bond refusals, street robbery, and a New Bond Street house for a Geneva refugee. Also a ship fire near Stentin and cargo movements from Dunkirk and Bourdeaux.
Historical notices describe late Mr Warv’s medicines sold under authority of Jons Pace and Sir John Frerpine with Robert Dingley, for the asylum and Magdalen Charity. The Emetic Drop is praised for cleansing the stomach and as a full dose for adults, with personal testimony of recovery and repeated use in the family.
An old advert shows a catalog of educational books and manuals for teaching languages and grammar. It mentions S P and WILLIAM WILLYMOT with notes, Fables and Gospels for Sundays, and grammar aids, including Latin declensions and vocabulary, by various authors such as Geo. Thompson.
An early advertisement touts Pectoral Essence of Cottsroor a universal cure for coughs colds hoarseness asthma and lung disorders. It claims instant relief and lists prominent sellers in Great Britain and Ireland with promises of guidance from Crowder Coore and Dr Hill amid rival physicians' praise.
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