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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 30, 1917

The long search for Roy Snyder and Alvin Sutton, the two men who were lost to the blizzard of last Saturday, ended late yesterday afternoon when the body of Snyder was found on Little Piney about two miles below Whedon’s cabin. Mrs. Kendrick received a cablegram last night informing her that Sen. Kendrick and his …

October 30, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 29, 1917

Approximately 100 men are now scouring the Little Goose region in search of Roy Snyder and Alvin Sutton. The two men were lost in the blizzard on Saturday and are now believed to have perished. The two, accompanied by Floyd Bard, went out for deer hunting Saturday afternoon. Bard became separated from the other two …

October 30, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 28, 1917

The boys and girls of the Linden School have eaten very little candy the last week, but have bought a good deal. Today, they sent four boxes packed with chocolate Hersheys and candies of every kind to the American Expeditionary Force in France. Three cars of the finest, latest designs of furniture ever brought to …

October 30, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 27, 1917

Before a meager crowd of faithful who were undaunted by the inclement weather, Sheridan High School’s 1917 team today defeated Billings Polytechnic Institute by a score of 22-0. The new Nash Six has arrived at Harry Winterling’s Nash Motors at 210 W. Brundage. This is the car with the perfected valve-in-head motor, and the price …

October 27, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 26, 1917

A Charity Card Party was given at the Sheridan Inn last night. Mrs. Eggleston of Laramie was field superintendent. The affair was a brilliant success socially and financially, with 160 guests present. Several friends and neighbors surprised Mrs. S.T. Hall with a party Thursday afternoon on the occasion of her birth anniversary. Hewitt’s Bootery has

October 26, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 25, 1917

An Austrian was committed to the Sheridan County jail today, under $10,000 bond, after making seditious speeches around Dietz and attempting to induce men there to evade the draft. He will be tried before the federal court in Cheyenne in November for violation of the Espionage Act. The 300 pupils of the John E. Taylor …

October 25, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 24, 1917

Camplin swept yesterday’s primaries in the mayor’s race, with more than 760 votes. He will advance to the general election along with Tynan, who received just over 350 votes. Loucks, Birkhaeuser, Morris and Holden will advance in the races for city commissioners. Only 55.5 percent of the possible votes were cast in the elections. A …

October 24, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 23, 1917

Hon. Frank W. Mondell, representative-at-large for the state of Wyoming, will reach Sheridan tonight and remain through Wednesday night to assist in boosting the Liberty Loan campaign. He will speak tomorrow night between shows at the Orpheum theater. A light vote had been cast in all city precincts at 5 o’clock this afternoon in the …

October 23, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 22, 1917

A telegram has been received from Sen. J.B. Kendrick announcing that the senator sailed late Saturday for Europe to study war conditions. He was in the company of Senator Kenyon from Iowa. I.T. Stotts, a well-known ranchman of Arvada, died this morning at the State Hospital in Sheridan as a result of a bullet wound …

October 23, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 21, 1917

A smoker will be held starting at 8 o’clock tonight in the basement of the Congregational church, to discuss plans for the final drive o the Liberty Loan campaign. The Sheridan High School football team continued its string of victories Friday afternoon by defeating the Johnson County High School team at Buffalo by a score …

October 23, 2017

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