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Newspaper
Jackson County Banner
Location
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1858
Page
2
A mid nineteenth century missive from a Milwaukee line outlines a demand to return corruption bonds to the company. The letter requests former Wisconsin legislators to surrender bonds and notes a committee appointed to settle financial affairs while warning against demonstrations.
The piece urges swift payment of small debts to relieve the community credit system. It condemns overreliance on credit, notes widespread delaying of dues, and warns that “little accounts” drag down merchants and laborers alike. It also critiques painters and temperance pretensions as moral allegories.
Frazer Bay is buzzing with mining fever as explorers report vast gold finds along Thompson's River trail. Chamel J. Birney notes 49 era excitement, heavy camps, and Indians guarding routes while steamers deliver supplies and prospectors rush to stake riverfront water lots.
An adjourned St Paul meeting reviewed a committee report on a potential overland path to Frazer and Thompson River gold mines. The plan outlines a 4630 mile distance with a ten man expedition, food for six months, weapons, clothing, and supplies, and the hope this route could surpass the San Francisco overland path.
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