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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 30, 1919

The Sheridan Enterprise has arranged to receive play-by-play reports on the World Series by Associated Press. Bulletins will be posted in front of the Enterprise as reports are received. The state highway commission has given official recognition to the Custer Battlefield Scenic highway from the South Dakota line to the Montana line, passing through

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 28, 1919

Owing to adverse weather, the ballgame advertised today between Buffalo and the Sheridan Elks wasn’t played. W.S. McPherrin, Sheridan police chief, his nephew Ray Laymon and Ole Pointer went to Lake DeSmet last night for some duck hunting. In a letter to W.D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan Commercial club, the Iowa State Highway commission …

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 27, 1919

More than 100 boys and girls from all sections of the county are in attendance at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Fair at the Sheridan Feed Yards. The fair, which is today only, features swine, sheep, dairy cows, fowls and a wonderful display of vegetables ranging from tiny peanuts to big pumpkins. The many friends …

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 26, 1919

Edward E. Austin, who has been associated with the Scales Motor Co. in Sheridan since his return from France two months ago, will go to Buffalo to be with the Buffalo Motor Co. Buffalo Motor Co. is a branch of the Scales Motor Co. of Sheridan. Ranchers living in the Big Goose valley are much …

September 26, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 25, 1919

Engineers of the state highway department are now locating the north and south road from Buffalo to Sheridan and Buffalo south to Casper. The work is in line with the highway department’s system of interlacing state highways. W.H. Wallace, chairman of the good roads committee of the Sheridan Commercial Club, has called for a meeting …

September 25, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 24, 1919

The Sheridan Commercial Club has assumed the responsibility of building a modern hotel in Sheridan, and plans are now underway for putting the project through. K.M. Klinger cut 25 tons of excellent sweet clover from 30 acres of dry land on his ranch 15 miles south of Sheridan this season. F.A. Wilson, a rancher on …

September 24, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 23, 1919

Randall & Jordan, the architects for the Central school, will present completed plans for the building at a meeting of the school board tomorrow night. H.B. Austin and George Austin have sold their ranch on Little Piney and will return to Sheridan to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Mossberg have returned from an …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 22, 1919

A band of 5,200 sheep belonging to H. Burns passed through Sheridan today. The sheep, which were in excellent condition, were being taken from summer range in the mountains to Buffalo creek. The new bungalow schools at Taylor were opened today, and the one at Coffeen Avenue school will be opened very soon. John Patrick …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 21, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. George Messick left today for New York City and other eastern cities on a month’s business trip. The first killing frost of the season happened tonight, according to the weather bureau, when the temperature dropped to 30 degrees. The Clearmont School lower grades were awarded first prize for an exhibit of school …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 20, 1919

The boys’ and girls’ club fair, which is scheduled for Saturday, will give the public of Sheridan county, an opportunity to see what the 300-odd members in the county are capable of doing. A.L. Putman, state examiner, and C.F. Dickinson, assistant examiner, are examining the books of the Sheridan county treasurer today. Grading of Sheridan …

September 23, 2019

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