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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 5, 1915

The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society will serve dinner and supper during the three days of the Sheridan Stampede that starts tomorrow. Meals will be in the room formerly occupied by the city restaurant. Mesdames Laub and Eubank’s Tea Room will serve special Sunday dinner, including fried chicken, for 35 cents today. Hours will be noon …

September 8, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 4, 1915

A country lass is the winner of the fifth watch given away in the Sheridan merchants’ Pony Campaign. Little Miss Marvel Schwab, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Schwab of Beckton, is the second girl to win one of the fine gold watches being given away in the contest. Visitors in Sheridan …

September 4, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 3, 1915

The precipitation during the last rain amounted to 78 hundredths of an inch, and rainfall was general over the county. Some damage will result to hay in the windrow, and to grain that hasn’t yet been cut, but the beet crop will be greatly benefited by the moisture. Start your boy to school in an …

September 3, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 2, 1915

Every union clerk in Sheridan is requested to report at Labor Union Hall at 11:45 Monday morning, Labor Day, to take place in the parade of organized labor in Sheridan. The parade will start at 12 o’clock sharp. Automobiles will be furnished for the ladies. Members who do not report for the parade will be …

September 2, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 1, 1915

Stevens, Fryberger & Co., Sheridan’s New York Store, has Warner’s rust-proof corsets for women from $1 to $3 a pair. F.M. Wright, agricultural superintendent for the Sheridan Sugar company, has mailed a letter to each of the beet growers in Sheridan County, informing them that the company expects to begin harvesting beets about Oct. 1.

September 1, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 31, 1915

Between two and three thousand men will participate in the Labor Day parade which will be a feature of the opening day of the Sheridan Stampede next Monday. A special train bringing the men from the mines will arrive in Sheridan at 10:30. Hewitt’s Bootery is having a fall showing of school shoes. Boys’ shoes …

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 30, 1915

A group of eastern capitalists are ready to finance a railroad up the Little Goose valley provided financial support can be secured from the people of Sheridan and Big Horn. The executive committee of Sheridan’s Commercial club met this morning to consider the proposition. About 25 automobilists and their friends attended the dedication of the

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 29, 1915

A head of cabbage weighing 14 pounds is on display in the window of Ote Felker’s news stand. The cabbage, which is of the early Wakefield variety, was grown in Mr. Felker’s garden on South Brooks street. The first arrivals of new fall suits are at the Golden Rule store and will be available to …

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 28, 1915

Two thousand fat lambs belonging to T.A. Stout went on the Omaha market Tuesday at $8.60. That netted him $5.93 per head without any cutbacks. Sealed proposals are now being taken for the furnishing of screened lump coal to the several school houses in Sheridan’s School District 7. Bids will be opened and awarded on …

August 28, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 27, 1915

Mrs. E.V. Pointer has a display of the new fall styles in hats at her business at 7 S. Main Street. A special line of hats is available from $3 to $5. All teachers employed in the schools in Sheridan are required to attend the Sheridan County Teachers Institute. The institute starts on Aug. 31 …

August 27, 2015

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