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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 3, 1920

A driver for one of the local taxicab companies was found guilty of speeding in Sheridan’s police court yesterday afternoon and was fined $5 and costs. G. B. Queen has been selected as marshal of the Labor Day parade in Sheridan this year. As is usual, the parade is to be the outstanding feature of …

September 3, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 2, 1920

The Sheridan county fair opens today with more than three dozen horses, as well as numbers of real, long-horned cattle from one of the Spear ranches among the exhibits.Work has been halted on two of the important road projects in Sheridan county. A slight rain stopped work on the Sheridan-Buffalo road, while work on the …

September 2, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 1, 1920

An allegation has been made that, a day or two before the re-election of M. L. Blake, county and prosecuting attorney, a crime was reported to him but, rather than taking action on that, he stuck to his campaign desk.Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Raper of Mapleton, Iowa, have arrived in Sheridan to visit their …

September 1, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 31, 1920

W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan Commercial club, has accepted membership on the research committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.A man charged with obstruction of a public road between Clearmont and Arvada is expected to be brought to trial in J.P. Judge Hoop’s court in Sheridan on Sept. 3. Coming from …

August 31, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 30, 1920

During the past 15 weeks, the Sheridan Enterprise has shown conclusively that there isn’t a country west of the Mississippi river with a wider diversified field of resources and opportunities than the Sheridan country.W. H. Wallace, president of the Sheridan Commercial club is on a road trip and has visited Lewistown, Roundup and Great Falls, …

August 31, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 29, 1920

Dr. T. E. Marshall, acting county health officer, said not a contagious disease is to be found today in Sheridan. He said this is the best health condition that has existed in the city for some time. Two guests at the Eaton ranch, who became lost in the big cave near Dayton, were finally located …

August 31, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 27, 1920

Luther Zing of Clearmont has been prevailed upon by his friends to enter the horse marathon race between Sheridan and Clearmont that will open the Clearmont Day fair on Sept. 11. Zing is an expert horseman. An architect’s sketch of the proposed club building for the Sheridan County Club has been drawn by Randall & …

August 27, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 26, 1920

On advice of a trial judge at Great Falls, Mont., Jules Gollea has signed as a member of Sheridan’s Donald Garbutt post of the American Legion. Under a recent government ruling, employees working for the Burlington system in Sheridan county, will receive approximately $110,000 in back pay on Sept. 1 with the regular payroll for …

August 26, 2020

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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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