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Alton Spectator

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1837

Page

2

Notice to Contractors for Great Western Mail Route work

Tender notices seek sealed proposals through August for rockwork culverts drains and other improvements on the Great Western Mail Route between Belleville and St Louis. Bids due August 25 with terms and contract conditions set by the Acting Commissioner of Internal Improvements. Contractor selection to occur after review. forecasts emphasize timely completion and adherence to specified road connections.

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American Poetry Fragment with Braddock References and Verse

A fragment from a Cincinnati Chronicle poem collection praising American verse by WF Thomas Esq, with long antiquated prose and scattered allusions to Braddock’s era, pioneer life, and transatlantic literary debate. The piece mixes critique and praise of American letters and includes unrelated probate and mortality notes in dense text.

Edinburgh Review Martineau WF Thomas Alleghanies Useen Weiner Braddock

Fragmented OCR Sketch of Events and Poem Echo

A jumbled OCR passage mixes names and fragments with lines from a poem. It references ceremony or event details and distant figures, plus a wartime or patriotic poem fragment about liberty and banners. The text is garbled and incomplete, containing stray punctuation and unclear entities.

Shark in the Delaware nets weighs seven hundred pounds

An account recalls a huge shark caught near Burlington in the Delaware while a gill net was being set. It measures nine feet four inches with six rows of gold lines and jaws large enough for a man’s head and shoulders. The shark swallowed a shad and carried a stray risk to bathers, weighing 700 pounds.

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