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Newspaper
Oshkosh True Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1849
Page
2
The passage celebrates California gold fever with fanciful quips about gold dust, ecstatic triumphs, and romantic musings. It riffs on love, travel, and the lure of the Pacific coast, invoking theater wit and nautical longing for New York harbor and a California voyage.
A fragment from the June 8 1849 issue comments on restrictions on trading or speculative activity tied to producing or increasing quantities, reflecting current economic caution in Oshkosh printing.
A county convention of the Friends of Common Schools in this county, led by State Superintendent EL Root, urged reforms for better teaching. He praised Wisconsin’s system, criticized purely teacher driven institutes, proposed county boards to supervise conventions, and pressed graded schools with female teachers for early grades and improved schoolhouse design to boost learning and moral tone.
The 1849 Oshkosh gathering under State Superintendent Erastus Root adopted resolutions to establish a county Teacher's Institute, create a State common school journal, and promote graded schools with better sites buildings libraries and teachers. Officers for the Winnebago Institute of Instruction were appointed with a Constitution approved.
At a May 24 1849 Free Democratic State Central Committee meeting in Madison officials call for a Union with the Democrats. They urge a September 12 state convention to nominate candidates and unite free soil and democracy. The resolution requests newspapers to publish the meeting proceedings.
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