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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 25, 1920

J. P. Gammon, the Buffalo stock raiser, says he will show at the county fair in Sheridan 10 head of fine Percheron stock.Fred W. Brenner, manager of the Sheridan Printery, is today celebrating his 52nd anniversary in the printing trade. A Clearmont man will be brought to trial in a justice court in Sheridan this …

August 25, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 24, 1920

Construction will begin immediately of a combined shop, repair shed and storage barn for use by the state highway forces working in the Sheridan district.Sergeant Homer L. Watkins of the recruiting station in Sheridan has been ordered to leave Wednesday for a trip that is to include three weeks at Buffalo, Gillette and Newcastle for …

August 24, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 23, 1920

The Sheridan firm of Burton and Sober have offered three prizes of $5 each for winners of poultry contests in the upcoming fair. Sheridan Commercial company will give $20 worth of merchandise to the person who takes first prize for the six best sugar beets, and $5 to the person having the two largest beets.The …

August 24, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 22, 1920

Two men have been released on $500 bond each and a third remains in the Sheridan county jail following their arrest after a wild night’s carousel. All three are scheduled to appear in district court in December.Membership in the Sheridan Golf and Country club has increased to 105 since the recent campaign started by two …

August 24, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 21, 1920

Two Pullman berths were burned completely as the result of a fire this morning on Burlington Train No. 43 as the long string of cars raced down to Clearmont from Arvada.Sergeants William Evans and Homer L. Watkins, both of th 21st Infantry, have arrived in Sheridan to take up recruiting duty here.Sheridan’s municipal band will …

August 24, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 20, 1920

Although primary election results for the outlying precincts of Sheridan county are still slow in coming in, a sufficient number of votes has now been received to be certain of results of all contests except the four-year term of county commissioner on the republican ticket.Mr. and Mrs. F. Whitmire are making a stay in Sheridan …

August 20, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 19, 1920

Robert M. Wimmer of Creston, Iowa, who five years ago was a police officer in Sheridan and a cowboy for William Moncreiffe, is now an evangelist. He stopped off in Sheridan today on his way to Buffalo from Spearfish, S.D.Detailed reports of the population of Sheridan and Sheridan county were received today from the Bureau …

August 19, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 18, 1920

With returns now in from 15 of Sheridan county’s 44 precincts, sufficient information is available to indicate the results in practically all of the contested races. For sheriff, U. A. C. Thomas seems assured of victory, running well ahead of Big Bob Johnson in the city and a few scattered outside precincts in the county. …

August 18, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 17, 1920

Sheridan experienced the hottest day of the summer so far, with the mercury at the local U. S. weather bureau registering 97 degrees in the shade yesterday afternoon. This was three degrees short of being the hottest August day on record.At the city council this morning, the intention was announced to complete Sheridan’s ornamental lighting …

August 18, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 16, 1920

It’s doubtful that greater scenic splendor can be found in any other part of the Rocky Mountain range than in the Big Horn Mountains forming the western boundary of Sheridan county. These mountains can be easily reached from the city of Sheridan, 15 miles distant. John Grigger of Philadelphia has been accepted at the Sheridan …

August 18, 2020

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