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Advertisement placed in the September 16, 1856, issue of the Practical Observer, a Valparaiso newspaper. The Valparaiso University mentioned here was a private secondary school operated by Jennie M. Calkins and Sophia E. Walker. In 1856, there were at least five private schools operating in Valparaiso.

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Valparaiso newspaper editor William C. Talcott remarks about an assault and battery case and subsequent murmurings in the March 18, 1856, issue of the Practical Observer.

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