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Newspaper
Middlesex Journal And Evening Advertiser
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 20, 1775
Page
4
A Middlesex Journal piece argues that cuts to American trade will ripple through every class. It links national policy to personal hardship, noting workers from day laborers to artisans suffer as merchant failures affect customers and wages, with widespread impact across agriculture, crafts, and commerce.
The Middlesex Journal reports the first establishment for drainage and planting, with 100 enslaved laborers, buildings, and high crop yields. Kenyon expanded his plantation, drained land, and by sale time the entire island property, including buildings and enslaved people, was valued at about 100,000 pounds with land at sixty pounds per acre and slaves at six pounds each.
A commodious scaffold will be erected about 200 yards from the Bishop's Palace in Fort Street Lambeth on the Surrey side to view a regatta on the River Thames. Tickets cost four shillings for gentlemen and ladies with a good prospect from below Westminster Bridge. Enquiries to William James at the Red Lion Lambeth or John Jeanne at the White Hart Holborn.
Postscript notes a royal birthday observance with bells, gun salutes, and a commemorative ode performed at St James's. The piece reports political chatter on ministers and colonies, European affairs, trade balances, military movements, and notes weather and agricultural conditions, including parched grass and hay yields at Richmond Park.
Stamford races on Tuesday with five-year-olds won by Croydon and Stroller in heats. Taper fell. A lamp-lighter dispute led to a wig catching fire after a gentleman struck a boy. Street con tricks include misrepresented silk stockings sold for eight shillings, holes but no feet. A signboard prank shifts business to the White Horse inn. A lost child at St Paul’s Churchyard prompted humane intervention. The crowd notes the death of Mr Roche, famed as London’s fattest man. The Theatrical Register mentions The Maid of Bath at Haymarket and The Mayor of Garratt.
A notice proclaims a powder of quicksilver, levigated without fire, as a universal medicine said to cure acrimony of the body and eradicate diseases such as rheumatism, stone, dropsy, jaundice, scrofula, palsy, epilepsy, and impotency. It invites readers to contact J Collett at No 6 King Street Bloomsbury before specific afternoon hours for treatment, claiming lifelong immunity from several conditions.
Elizabeth Haden endorses Norton drops for long standing ailments after measles and digestive issues. The letter claims fever, cough, and stomach pain eased, with improved digestion and appetite. It warns of counterfeit bottles and promotes Norton as sole proprietor and author, with prices and shipment details.
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