Wisconsin Magazine Of History 1926 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1926 There was, however, one phase Of women's rights which was seriously considered and was adopted by the convention - the ownership Of property by married women. This provision was bitterly opposed by some members, one of them, Edward G. Ryan, who later became chief justice of the supreme court of Wisconsin, declaring it violated both the customs Of society and the express commands of the Bible. This married women's property clause was one of the reasons why the first constitution drafted was rejected by the voters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 1: September, 1917 The frontier has ever been proud of its self-made men, esteeming chiefly, not who a man might be but rather what he was able to do. Lapham was a true frontiersman in this respect at least, that he was a wholly self -made scholar. He was born in March, 1811, at Palmyra, New York, two miles west of the Macedon locks on the Erie Canal. His father, Seneca Lapham, was an engineering contractor, the pursuit of whose profession necessitated frequent family removals. Thus, in 1818 the family was located at Pottsville, Penn sylvania, where the father was employed on the Schuylkill Canal; two years later he Was back on the Erie Canal and the family was residing for a second time at Galen, New York; the next few years witnessed further removals to Rochester and Lockport in New York, and to several points in Ohio. The boy, Increase Lapham, was evidently a precocious youth. At thirteen years Of age he found frequent sale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1918-1919, Vol. 2: Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin The Milwaukee Sentinel was the first newspaper to take up the challenge thrown down by the champions of the Lutheran Church. Oit sent Henry E. Legler, then a member of its staff, to visit the parochial schools of Milwaukee; his report proved that the Lutheran schools Of the metropolis were well within the law, which had no application to institu tions wherein English was taught for twelve weeks of the year.26 It was this report and the subsequent editorial com ment that forced the issue into the light of day. It was the language requirement to which the church authorities oh jected. The Milwaukee schools were by no means typical of parochial schools throughout the state. Case after case came to light in the subsequent discussion of children born and reared in Wisconsin who were unable to speak a word of English.27 From Manitowoc came the statement that not one in ten of the parochial schools in that county taught a word of English.28 It was asserted that even public schools in the thickly settled German districts were conducted wholly in German.29 In fact, said the Manitowoc County Chronicle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Wisconsin Magazine Of History (Volume Vi)has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.