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Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1837

Page

4

Springfield High School to Open With Broad Curriculum

Springfield announces a new high school opening May 1 under Sill and Towne. It offers six departments English and the arts, classical languages, mathematics and navigation, modern languages, natural sciences, and moral philosophy. Two terms yearly, tuition $2000, $5000 due at start each session. Students reside with principals’ families. library planned. beds and bedding provided by pupils. central Springfield site praised for healthful environs and society.

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Farmers urged to compare value of apples and potatoes

A Northampton Gazette line notes a bushel of good apples in wort could fatten hogs as well as a bushel of potatoes. The editor asks farmers to give this comparison careful consideration and study its agricultural implications.

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Horrible Adventure by a Kirkee Letter Writer

An 1836 letter from Kirkee describes a deadly cobra encounter. The narrator wrestles the serpent, uses a ramrod as a weapon, and survives after subduing the snake, then escapes to a stream. The tale ends with a moral praising determination and coolness.

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