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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 18, 1766
Page
4
A letter from a clergyman denounces puffing and notices about clubs, urging the printer to avoid publishing such proceedings to protect morals and religion. The piece also laments dirty streets, urges cleaner carts, and includes verses and notices on current events, with references to Jesuit affairs, weathered by the era.
In the Eghtbb Eviwino Post Parvis Goibponere magna solebam and HodnéTs papers note Ruffs and Idd Fqud in a quirky jockey scene. The piece hints at a figure in attempts and a rock named Rocki showing old boxes as a gag.
London news notes Sir John Gooderick, the Majesty's Minister to the Court of Sweden, is soon expected home from Stockholm. The Portuguese Minister Mello de Castro will be succeeded by an Ambassador Extraordinary from Lisbon.
An old advertisement touts an anodyne necklace claimed to ease teething, vow to reduce fever convulsions and griping, with sugar plums for worms and a gum opening remedy. It promises quick relief after children’s teeth erupt, selling at 6d with varied parcel deals and warnings about counterfeits in Cornhill.
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