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A Look Back in Time: April 27, 1917

April 27, 2017

Sheridan’s Mayor Church has named Col. C.Z.A. Zander as chairman of a committee to examine applicants who desire to enter the officers reserve corps training camp at Fort Riley. The camp will open May 8.

Mrs. L.E. Onken died at 3 o’clock this afternoon following an illness of five weeks from typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while she was on a southern trip with her husband. He succumbed to the same malady two weeks ago.

Fred Jensen of the Motor Car Machine company in Sheridan has completed a farm tractor capable of developing at least 14 horse power on a drawbar. He has been working on the machine for several months. The tractor is a converted automobile.

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