Louis L. McCarthy received notice yesterday of his appointment as first lieutenant in the quartermasters corps and has been ordered to leave tomorrow to report for duty. Beautiful new silks, 36 to 40 inches in width, are priced from $1.48 to $3.48 a yard at Reed’s. New fall blouses start at $2.75. Bloom’s is having …

Only $10 down and $10 a month will get you a new Thor Electric Washing and Wringing Machine from Sheridan County Electric. Fur sets for ladies, in red, black and taupe fox, Hudson seal, beaver, wolf, raccoon, muskrat and Siberian kolinsky are priced from $10 to $100 at Stevens, Fryberger & Co., Sheridan’s New York …

Word has just come from the Adjutant General to the Local Board that Sheridan County’s contingent to the national army won’t be required to leave until Oct. 6, not Oct. 3 as previously announced. A challenging polo game will be played at the Polo Grounds on Sunday afternoon between the Seniors and the Juniors. The …

The Local Board has received word that another quota of the National Army will go forward from Sheridan on Oct. 3. Forty percent is called for this time, which means 19 boys will leave from here. Harry B. Winterling of Sheridan and Miss Evelyn Hall of Kalamazoo, Mich., were married at 9 o’clock Tuesday night …

Edward Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Martin of Sheridan, has been appointed battalion agent in the 145th Field Artillery, Battery B. Walter Scott filed his petition this morning for the position of mayor of Sheridan. Instead of the 25 names required by law to validate such a petition, Mr. Scott had 50 names …

C.A. Sneider, well-known Sheridan resident, has opened an agency to handle meritorious oil securities, particularly those of the Powder River field. Mrs. E.R. Dinwiddie gave a luncheon at 1 o’clock in compliment to Mrs. George Dinwiddie of Frankfort, Ind. Cards served as a medium of entertainment. Eighteen guests will enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and

The Myers bill, which permits homesteaders to absent themselves from their homesteads for the performance of farm labor, has been piloted safely through the U.S. Senate by the Public Lands Committee, of which Sen. John B. Kendrick of Sheridan is a member. The measure is now pending in the House. The Sheridan Library War Fund …

All owners of automobiles are requested to be in line this afternoon with their machines decorated, to take part in the greatest parade in the history of Sheridan. The event is to honor the men recruited into the national army. The Gem theater today is showing “The Soul Herder,” a three-part 101 Bison feature with …

The banquet tonight in honor of the national army men went off with a bang. Toastmaster Canfield brought on the entertainers, who were encored vigorously and repeatedly, and George Brown fairly outdid himself on the dinner, which featured a luscious half chicken for each plate. The Sheridan High School team inaugurated the local football season …

Mr. H.V. Hensinger brought into the office today one of the finest bunches of tomatoes ever grown in this section. The cluster, which was grown by Mr. Dred Richards of Big Horn, weighed over four and a half pounds. Rev. C.F. Fisher of the Congregational Church will hold a special patriotic service in honor of …