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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 20, 1778
Page
1
Readable fragments describe a lottery scheme with tickets and prizes, plus an aged advertisement for Shining Liquid Blacking, a King’s Patent product sold by multiple London perfumers. The text also includes a letter debating Thames navigation improvements, locks, and river bed deepening for ballast, roads, and trade.
An advertisement touts Catholic or Universal Pills as a universal remedy. It claims to cure gout, rheumatism, piles, cramps, jaundice, bilious complaints, and various disorders. The text promotes use by all ages, notes a price of one guinea per box, and gives a London contact at No 7 Tavistock Row, Covent Garden for purchase.
A luxury house with offices offered by Christie and Ansell, adjoining the parks and Surrey hills, in elegant repair and ready for reception by fashionable guests. Mortgage option available on premises. Includes notes on royal movements, military camps, and various shipping incidents of the era. Aimed at high society buyers seeking prestige and convenience in central locations.
Messages from Warsaw and Madrid report a fire destroying 60 houses and four churches in Lemberg, while Paris notes a devastating April fire at Neuville with substantial losses. Reports also mention French naval movements near Gibraltar and Cadiz as well as ongoing royal diplomacy ahead of England.
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