Promotion of Nathaniel Jones as Commissioner of Bankrupts
The Merchants and Traders of London express thanks to W. L-p M- for backing Nathaniel Jones Esq known as Orp Bailzy Jones for the vacant post of Commissioner of Bankrupts after Beaumont Hotham’s resignation. Citizens praise his appointment as a hopeful sign of capable law officers, contrasting with colonial skeptics who doubted his fit in a province.
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Acard
Nathaniel Jones
Orp Bailzy Jones
Beaumont Hotham
City of
London
W. L—p
Mr. Jones
Law Department
Jones
Southwark
Phrase from a celebrated author in Middlesex Journal
A correspondent named A R De Constant seader asks the Middlesex Journal editor whether the line Rex mortuus vivorum oculos aper the is true, presenting it as a quotation from a celebrated author. The query centers on the claim’s accuracy.
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de Constant Seader
Middlesex Journal
Cuckoldry origins in ancient Jewish legends debated
In a letter from St. James's Street dated January 26 1970 the writer surveys old rumors cited by Jewish Rabbis about Moses Adam and Eve, dismissing them as fabulous. He credits Artemidorus and Andronicus Comnenes with shaping the horned-husband motif and warns against modern adoption of the practice.
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Cuckeldom
Moses
Egyptus
Korkon
Ethiopia
Armenia
Balaam
Jethro
Adam
Schamael
Cain
Abel
Artemidorus
Andronicus Comnenes
Rome
Andronicus
Comnenes
Postscript fragment and European intrigue notes
The excerpt reports authentic articles with vouchers offered, a ludicrous manuscript criticized for lampooning the Stadt-house, and a note on a Northern coalition amid Bourbon fears. It also mentions an English smuggling cutter wreck near New Shoreham, a Denmark Algerian peace talk, press gangs on African stations, and Ruffian horse contracts for Levant ports ahead of a land expedition.
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Franchfort
Stadt-house
Stadehouse
Britain
Denmark
Prossia
Stockholm
Europe
Venice
Levant
London Merchants Debate North America Trade Crisis
A London gathering at the King’s Arms in Cornhill discusses a Parliament petition over North American trade woes. A large St James’s tavern meeting shows the Minority optimistic about reinforcement before term end. Admiralty dispatches and political shifts fill today’s brief.
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North America
King’s Arms Tayern
Cornhill
St.James’s Street
O.hara
Senegambia
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Leghorn
Kennedy
Admiralty Board
Grenada
Earl ‘of Hilsborough
Duke of Devonshire
Piccadilly
Lord Hillsborough
Hariott
Oak
New-York
Norfolk
de Grey
Norwich
Westminster
Authorities and Oddities from a Curious Page
A dense, fragmentary column recalls political figures and clergy in scandal and public disorder. It mentions a county, a speech in a Friday assembly, fears of ministerial tyranny, a vestry probe into a murder confessed by poison, and shifts to a Totterm Court chapel Anabaptist preacher plan. It also reports smuggled goods seized near Bellevreau and foreign dispatches about Dutch States finances and theatre listings at Covent-Garden with various actors.
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Elviousand Pouds
AIC
St. Margaret's Westminster
New Minster
Doctor Koutt
Bellevreau
Essex
Thority
Alexander Wedderbourn
Correspondents notes and items for forthcoming papers
The Vealian Merchant provides intelligence from Venice and requests acknowledgment. Notices promise domestic political anecdotes, an essay on oratory postponed for conciseness, Decius 5 as next issue, and a creditor of Sir Richard Perrott offering more material. Reminders about Benevolus, the Royal Exchange letter, and a Protestant inquiry to appear next Saturday.
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Venice
Decius
Richard Perrott
Janius
Royal Exchange
Pall.Mall
CO Benevolus
London
Biocolos
Fragmented Financial Terms From OCR Fragment
An OCR chunk shows scattered financial terms and percentages such as price, rate, and percent entries with unclear context. The readable parts include references to per cent and cons, but no coherent event, entities, or dates emerge for a proper summary.
Orices Jests and Wit Full of Humorous Anecdotes and Poems
Catalog of a late 18th century joke book titled Orice's Jests offering jokes witticisms anecdotes poems tales epigrams and enigmas with a frontispiece display. It promises entertainment to cure spleen vapours and melancholy and notes collection of fashionable sentiments and topsy gibes.
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Orice
Horatio
WRIGHTs Caryophilus Depiner Drops Patent Medicine
By the Kings Patent Wrights Caryophilus Depiner offers a restorative remedy for stomach and bowel disorders. Claims speedy cures for shortness of breath pleuritic pains coughs and other ailments with applications to numbness rheumatism and injuries. Sold by the patentee Rabam Reepe 15 Crooked Lane London and Armstrongs Warehouse in Luckenbooths Edinburgh at 4s 6d per bottle with export allowances and available flower roots for ground or glass display.
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Poe
London
Francis Armstrong
Luckenbooths
Edinburgh
Pine Bud Tea promoters claim wide health benefits
The advertisement touts Pine Bud Tea as a near cure for asthma, consumption, bronchial disorders, gout, rheumatism, scurvy, skin ailments, and nervous complaints. It notes efficacy in America and England and lists sale locations in Sackville Street Piccadilly, Royal Exchange, Paul's Churchyard, and related sellers with prices in pounds, shillings, and pence.
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America
England
R. Davis
Sackville Street
Piccadilly
Young
Royal Exchange
Nicall
Fe Paul's Church-yard
Nic. Frederick
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Henry the Fourth
King Henry
Mr. Garrick
John Falstaff
Love
Scotland
Damascus
Phocyas
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Eudocia
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Covent-Garden
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King Richard
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Mrs. Ward
Man
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Sophronia
Lesingham
Magney
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Hamlet
Bladan
Wright
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