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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 25, 1920

Judge R. P. Parker has returned home from Denver where he spent an interesting week attending the Denver Stock Show. He reports that 25,000 people were at the event. C. L. Titus, Wyoming district manager for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company, and R. P. Spoor, district traffic supervisor, arrived today from Cheyenne to …

January 27, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 24, 1920

Between 300 and 400 people in Sheridan have been ill during the past 10 days with influenza, but Dr. F. A. Hodson, county health officer, said the disease was in a mild form, and no pneumonia cases had been reported. The Sheridan Sugar company reported that 17,000 bags of sugar were manufactured from the 1919 …

January 27, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 23, 1920

Enumeration of the census in Sheridan closed last night after an extension of time had been granted to allow for the listing of any families that had been overlooked. No information on the population can be secured at this time. Bert Bateman, a mine run switch operator, is confined to his home at 38 West …

January 23, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 22, 1920

Peter Kooi, who for more than a decade has been one of the prominent coal operators in the Sheridan field, has been selected as president of the Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Company. The new corporation organized following the merger of the mines in the Sheridan field on Dec. 31. A delegation of Gillette business men arrived in …

January 22, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 21, 1920

Sheridan County Assessor John X. Morris has returned from a meeting of the state board of equalization in Cheyenne. He reports that valuations in Sheridan county will remain unchanged during the present year. Articles of incorporation have been filed under the name of the Sheridan-Wyoming Coal company for the $8 million company that took over …

January 21, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 20, 1920

Representatives of Sheridan, Clearmont and Buffalo at a meeting in Clearmont yesterday pledged support of any program for development of good roads in northern Wyoming. A district court jury awarded $100 to Susan A. Marcum of Dayton in a suit in which she sought $3,500 as a result of injuries she claimed to receive in …

January 20, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 19, 1920

In a report to the city council this morning, City Engineer E. C. Gwillam said only one proposed paving district in Sheridan was voted down by the protests of property owners within the district. City Commissioner W. G. Birkhaeuser today introduced an ordinance providing for the installation of 66 ornamental light posts on Main street. …

January 20, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 18, 1920

Mrs. Mark Keenan left today for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Decker, who lives in Wilmington, Delaware. The widow of John C. Sweeney was awarded $3,500 in district court yesterday as damages for his death when he was struck by a locomotive while pinned under a railway motor car on May 6, 1918. …

January 20, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 17, 1920

National in scope, civic in immediate results, Thrift Week has started in Sheridan. Today is “Savings Day,” and tomorrow – Sunday – ministers will endeavor to increase church attendance by the spiritual call that should be combined with business professions. D. S. McCalman, state highway engineer, is in conference in Sheridan today with G. V.

January 20, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 16, 1920

The widow of John C. Sweeney is seeking to recover $35,000 from the Burlington in district court here as the result of the death of Sweeney, a section foreman, when the motor car under which he was pinned was struck by a passenger train on May 15, 1918. Ladies dark gray high-top shoes with Louis …

January 16, 2020

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