Printer's Mischief in Parliaments and Elections
A reader recounts a Letters to the Editor style tale about misused terms in a London Evening Post item. An elderly critic lampoons misrepresentations of borough and county elections, notes the distinction between election and purchase of seats, and observes bawdry in newspaper paragraphs about races and a horse named Stadion in a rural lodging scene.
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Meres
Oxford
Pha
Stark
Imad
Rachel
London Evening Post
Mr. Meres
Meares
Mr.Meres
London Evening-Post
JY. H
A. H
Hell
Wall
Halifax
Escaped Lady Injures Herself Fleeing Creditors
A woman enraged by fear of murder from creditors attempted escape by tying bed sheets to descend from a second story. She slid to the first floor but fell to the pavement, breaking many bones though still alive. The rest of the item covers assorted London notices, auctions, and local chatter.
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Count Guerchy
France
Count du Chatelet
Soho Square
Count Sarsfield
Earl of
Gloucestershire
Neatt Havard
Whitaker
Robinhood
Butcher-row
Temple-bar
Ireland
Dunkirk
India
Scilly
Bengal
China
Peterborough
Col. Parker
Coriolanus
Mr. Timm
Vulcan
Mr. Lenton
Count Laragaai
Pineapple
Mr. Adams
White Legs
Eetions
Skip-Jack
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Azzuyr
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Cleticus
London
Apollo
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Strephon
Cramawells
Constantinople
Porte
Louis-Emanuel Haldimand
Denmark
Salonica
Mogliano
Smyrna
Lisbon
Fune
Count de Acunha
Paris
Sorbonne
M. de Marmontel
Belisarius
Grenoble
Shaftoe
Tuting
Young Cabbage
Quick
Zanga
Tracey
Barton
Adamis
Lieutenant
Mr. Fisher
Young Cade
Brick-street
Hyde Park Corner
Jacobs
Chaldrons
Newcastle
Prantd
Holland
Sweden
Calfton House
Deal
London Bridge
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Penny Santordo
Wheaten
Houthold
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Yb.oz
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Ditto India Ann
E. Amster
Antwerp
Cadiz
Hue
Change
Madrid
Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Dublin
Aids
Mexico
John Byrom
Trinity College
Cambridge
Manchester
F. Harrop
Rivington
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Dadsley
Pall-Mall
Walter
Charing-Cross
Graham
Craven-Street
the Strand
R. James
J. Newbery
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Sun
St. Paul
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Long-Acre
Burcagty
Bowen
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
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