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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1889
Page
9
The final day of the convention blends unanimity with reform debates. Delegates pass the schedule for territorial merger, create committees, and prepare to present the organic act to Congress while signing the constitutional document.
Father Kuppens in Cheyenne discusses Arapahoe progress on Fremont county reservation. Indicated virtues are industriousness and sobriety with war and civil leadership fading. irrigation canal planned to serve 19,000 acres, cost estimates given, schools expanding, and moral reputation improving. Obscure closing lines reference a wedding notice and newborn gifts.
In Vanity Fair and Cheyenne society notes for September 28 1886 readers learn of club meetings Mrs Carey Mrs Potter and Mrs Story readings and recitations. The Beta Circle forms to study American literature under A K Lewis with a lecture by Mrs Lewis at Keefe Hall. The Ladies And Relief society elects a new president Mrs C W Whipple. The Laramie convention dinner features male guests as suffrage continues for women and debate stirs about women’s rights at social clubs.
Members of the convention dined at the Cheyenne club house after an invitation from the Laramie delegation. The menu featured olives, consommé, salmon, beef and game, followed by desserts. President Brown presided, with H. E. Teschemacher as toastmaster, a capella songs, and toasts honoring guests, the United States, Wyoming, Fremont County, the Constitution, and local figures.
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