14 Sep 1869
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1869
Page
1
A Cheyenne editorial presses for moral reform amid alleged prostitution and gambling. It criticizes a local paper for denial and urges merchants to curb vice, warning that prosperity depends on legitimate commerce and public decency. The piece ends with a Danish anecdote about Count Biamarck and a secretary.
The city reports 473 more commitments for drunkenness in July and August this year than in the same months last year. The ongoing public debate questions whether Boston should permit an open bar.
The itemization covers political opposition to the Democratic party, fashion trends at watering places, monetary policy shifts in Europe, currency alignment ideas, the Cincinnati Red Stockings’ travel to San Francisco, Seward’s health, a Sacramento earthquake report, a Pueblo justice candidate, Avon dale relief donations, a Massachusetts hurricane, silver ore shipments to London, a proposed state capitol cost, a Plattsmouth Indian encounter, Scranton labor unrest, regional crop woes, the Byron scandal and Mrs. Stowe, Pacific travel surge, growing US postage figures, Opium culture talk in California, Chicago tunnel plans, Alaska mineral finds, White Pine mine output, and a Cuban tobacco district insurrection.
The school board extended its session late as a committee was formed to discuss terms for Catholic children attending public schools. Resolutions to exclude the Bible from schools were tabled for now amid petitions signed by over ten thousand.
Governor Byde A Campbell proclaims the Detroit House of Correction in Michigan as Wyoming Territory's Territorial prison for offenders. The proclamation, dated September 11, 1869, assigns custody of convicted persons to Detroit prison and bears the territorial seal.
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