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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 1734
Page
3
A Wiltshire village incident recounts a farmer's ruse to trap a thief. A hollow block filled with gunpowder was used to mislead the intruder, who fled with the block and later caused an accidental explosion. The culprit, Bradford Jack, fled after being identified.
SHIS announces a dividend payment to the Sun-Fire Office proprietors on Thursday the 31st, between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon. The payment will recur every Thursday within the hours stated until fully paid.
A famed Spanish blacking for gentlemen’s shoes promises a new look with lasting scent and no hand staining. It preserves leather, avoids German gloss, and prevents noisy size. Sold for one shilling and sixpence per pot with directions lasting three to four months at Mrs Go Alicts Toy-shop near Three Angels, Cheaptide.
The Famous Powder for the stone gravel and strangury praised by Oxford physicians and the College of Physicians in London is offered by Mr. Hatchett at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. Five shillings per paper, usually sufficient for cures except bladder stone cases which may require two or three papers.
An advertisement notes the 1733 year of The Gentleman s Magazine with a general title and copious indexes, including poems and satires. It mentions Dublin authors and Swift references, notes on printing at St John s Gate, and offers complete sets from 1732 1733 with reprints of missing numbers. It also references a Dublin incident described as a bloody design and public abhorrence.
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