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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 13, 1786
Page
1
A highly garbled OCR passage presents disjointed lines about legal, social, and theatrical themes. Names, places, dates, and actions are obscured, but references to Camberwell, a carpenter, the Patcher, and a law lawyer appear in a dreamlike collage of dialogues and scenes. The overall meaning remains indecipherable.
House of Lords proceedings note committee report on the Riverine cone road and Chefer Geld-road bills, Coventry arterial road, Folingburgi poor till, Newcastle paving bill, and Stourbridge canal bill with further counsel hearings. adjourned.
The session discussed naval service costs with a committee inquiry into the proposed purchase of Sir Robert Barker’s house and related buildings. A separate debate questioned the inclusion of the Lord Mayor and Leiva trustees in the Blackfriars Bridge report amid calls for economy and naval reform.
By the kings royal letters patent granted to R Grubb on June 13 1777 an abstract describes Friars Drops a medicine claimed to cure venereal disease scurvy rheumatism and other ailments without mercurial pills. It lists sale locations in London including Old Bailey Ludgate Hill Tower Hill Oxford Street Ratcliff Highway and Southwark with prices 7s and 3s 6d per bottle.
An advertisement invites pregnant women needing temporary retirement to apply to Mr White, Surgeon and Midwife, or Mrs White, at their London properties. It promises humane secrecy, private lying-in rooms, and facilities for delivery with charges including month’s lying in and other expenses, plus remedial medicines and general medical advice.
Paterr Piano Forte Guitars and Portable Grand Piano Portes reduced to near half price. Tryables may be rented with eight months to pay and hire abated. Barcell Organs Harpichords upright Harpsichords and curiosities listed with other instruments and accessories from Longsmen and Bioderip Haymarket and Cheapside. Large assortment ready for export and sale cheap with liberal exchange values.
In a few days will be budii thd in One large Volume Octave illustrated with Twenty Copper- plates Price 7s in boards A Introduction to Astronomy To a Series of Letters from Pacecr rag to hi Puri which the most useful and interesting parts of the Science explained clearly and plainly
By WILLIAM FURNBEELL, Surgeon of his Majesty's Navy, and 1 Great Baucheap, Printed for John Murray, No. 32, Fivet-tivest.
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