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Mon 2 July
READING
On Thursday evening two boys, about 10 years of age, sons of two poor men who
live in different tenements under the same roof, in the parish of Wokingham, playing
with a gun, loaded only with powder, while one was blowing in the mouth of the gun,
the other pulled the trigger and the gun went off, and burnt the tongue of the former
lad, the son of Richard Woods, labourer, almost off and otherwise wounded him in so
terrible a manner, that he now lies dangerously ill without hopes of recovery.

Last week the shop of Mr. Samuel Walden, slopseller in the Market-place,
Wokingham, was burglariously entered and plundered of many articles of different
kinds.
About two o’clock on Tuesday morning the house of Mrs. Deane, in Wokingham,
was broke open and robbed of plate, linen, and sundry other things; the villains eat the
remains of a hock of bacon whilst they were in the house.

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Mon 17 Sept
WOKINGHAM FAIR
The Public are hereby desired to take notice, that the FAIR at WOKINGHAM,
BERKS, for the sale of Cattle of different kinds, goods, cheese, and other articles, and
also for the hiring of servants, will be held in the Market-place, as usual, on Tuesday
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the 9 day of October next.
JOHN WRIGHT, High Constable

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Mon 8 Oct
MARKET PLACE, WOKINGHAM
MRS. NEWBOLT, late FELTHAM Milliner, and Mantua-maker, returns her most
grateful thanks to her friends, and the public, for past favors conferred on her, and
humbly solicits a continuance of them.
N.B. W. NEWBOLT will continue the Glove-trade as usual, and Leather
Waistcoats, on the most reasonable terms.

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Mon 12 Nov
READING, Saturday, Nov 10.
Saturday last died, after a long illness, which he bore with great patience and
resignation, Mr. John Chaplin, of the New Rose Inn. Wokingham.

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Mon 26 Nov
NEW ROSE INN
PEAK-STREET, WOKINGHAM, BERKS
(POST and EXCISE OFFICE)
MRS. CHAPLIN, widow of the late Mr. John Chaplin, most respectfully begs to
inform the Nobility, Gentry, and public in general that she will carry on the above Inn
as usual, and humbly solicits a continuance of their favours and support, which she
will be always ambitious to support by unstinting attention.
Neat wines, spitituous liquors, &c. the most reasonable terms.
Post-chaise and able horses, with careful drivers.

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