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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 8, 1916

Many schools of the rural districts in Sheridan county have been converted into rope halter or hackamore factories. The work doesn’t exclude regular school work but is a sideline on which the boys put their spare time. Rope halter making was selected as the winter club work for boys in Wyoming schools this year. James …

November 8, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 7, 1916

Voters are turning out in Sheridan as never before. Ideal weather conditions have contributed largely to the large and early turnout. Women’s and children’s sweaters are $1.39 to $7.50 at Sheridan’s Golden Rule store. Angora cap and scarf sets are priced at $2.95. D&D Hardware company has Pyrex glassware. Many Pyrex pieces will fit

November 7, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 6, 1916

Clyde Todd of Sheridan called at the H.C. Williams home in Ranchester this morning. Will Johns is building an addition to his barn on Lower Dutch creek. John Nicks recently sold his property on Dutch creek to some eastern people. Nick Yost and Andy Ferguson of Carroll helped Fred Shuler move his house the first …

November 7, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 5, 1916

Sheridan was visited by one of the most violent wind storms of the autumn today. The wind was followed by a light fall of snow. Total precipitation here was just under an inch. C.C. Trader and Glen and Jimmie Jester, all of Ranchester, returned from the mountains yesterday morning. They spent several days hunting, and …

November 7, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 4, 1916

The misses Elsie Schaubel and Evelyn Taffner autoed to Ranchester Tuesday evening from Parkman. Some of the Home ranch cattle were driven through the Carroll country Saturday en route to their winter quarters. Mrs. John Johns and Harry Johns of Lower Dutch Creek drove to Sheridan Tuesday. Harry returned to Lower Dutch Creek Wednesday night. …

November 4, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 3, 1916

Sheridan’s Golden Rule store has new eiderdown skating caps for 48 cents, and brushed eiderdown cap and scarf sets for $1.49. Sheridan realtor Eff Sharp has a six-room house on a 50-by-150-foot lot, close to the depot so it’s just the place for a railroad man. Price is $1,100. Work on the Dayton-Mountain road will …

November 3, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 2, 1916

Enrollment figures taken at the end of the first six weeks in the Sheridan schools show more than 1,600 students enrolled so far this year. The number of boys enrolled is 734, and there are 849 girls. A.T. Wentz, the Sheridan man who was among the Americans on the British steam Marina when she was …

November 2, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 1, 1916

The retail prices on all grades of coal sold in Sheridan were advanced 75 cents per ton today. The new scale of prices goes into effect at once. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Messick returned today from New York City, where they have been for several weeks selecting goods for the Messick and Golden Rule …

November 1, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 31, 1916

The roads in different directions from Sheridan are being dragged today, the mud having dried to an extend sufficient to allow the use of the county engines. D.E. Gogerty, Ross Hoop, Don Nottingham and several other Sheridan men have returned from hunting trips in the Big Horns. All of those mentioned succeeded in bagging a …

October 31, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 30, 1916

The Sheridan Trades and Labor Council was host to its friends tonight at one of the most delightful public dances held in Sheridan in many a long year. Festivities were at the Central hall, which was decorated in a wonderfully attractive manner. Two men have been arrested and given a preliminary hearing on the charge …

October 31, 2016

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