Rev. C.F. Fisher, pastor of the Congregational church in Sheridan, will deliver the principal address on the Fourth of July at a patriotic celebration in Aberdeen, S.D. He will be traveling at the special request of the United States food administration at Washington, D.C. Due to the high water in Big Goose creek, the bridge …

Sheridan again today gave a rousing send off to 23 gallant young men of the county who left to join the government services in the cause of freedom and democracy. Attorney R.E. McNally made a short speech to the men before they formed in the parade at the courthouse. Jack Mattox is a visitor in …

The customary address and parade will be given for the 25 draft men who are to leave tomorrow for Logan, Utah. R.E. McNally will give a short patriotic speech at 10:30 a.m. at the courthouse, and the parade will start at 11 o’clock and march to the depot in time for the boys to board …

Mrs. Emma W. Cole, age 50 years, died of blood poisoning at the hospital here at 1:30 o’clock this morning. The blood poisoning set in some time ago after Mrs. Cole removed a splinter from her finger with a pin. The local board received a telegram from the state board in Cheyenne stating that Sheridan …

A street roller broke a gas main on Sumner street shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon, necessitating that the Sheridan Gas Company shut off the gas over the city. Sheridan was without gas for more than an hour. Sheridan experienced the hottest weather ever recorded this early in June at 2:30 this afternoon when the …

The Loyalty League today issued an invitation to drafted men and men of draft age to take advantage of free vocational training courses being offered in Sheridan. Several classes are now being held. War gardens in Sheridan are already yielding handsome returns to those who labored on them. Vegetables of all kinds are appearing on …

Victor Stanley, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stanley, drowned about 8 o’clock tonight in a little stream near his parents’ home. The Stanleys live on the old Gillette place on Little Goose Creek about five miles from Sheridan. Despite a gathering storm, the first glimpse of the solar eclipse was discernible a …

A rousing patriotic and prohibition campaign is to be conducted in Sheridan county next week under the auspices of the Wyoming Anti-Saloon League. Archie Nash and Olive Miller, two of Sheridan county’s school children, have received a very enviable honor. Mrs. Blanch A. Rice, county superintendent of schools, awarded them for perfect attendance in

Roy H. Eaton, a homesteader of Verona 14 miles southeast of Sheridan, became the first of Sheridan county’s sons to be killed in action in the war with Germany. Relatives of Eaton received the news today of his death. He was 25. Thousands of people from Sheridan and Sheridan county assembled in front of city …

Forty-seven young men of Sheridan county had registered for the draft by noon today, and a continuous stream of men were coming in. In all probability, a hundred will have registered by 9 p.m. tonight. It was learned today that Sheridan county’s contribution to the call for 1,000 Wyoming men in the June draft quota …