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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 11, 1920

Mrs. Emma Longan of Kansas City delivered a forceful address at a union meeting of several churches of the city at the Congregational church tonight. Miss Jessie Foster was hostess at a delightful informal dinner last night. The Hotel committee of the Sheridan Commercial club met this afternoon for a further consideration of the matter …

January 13, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 10, 1920

William E. Mason, whose disappearance Thursday gave his relatives considerable concern, returned home today. He went to Acme to visit friends and neglected to tell his brother, with whom he lived, where he was going. Fire of unknown origin destroyed a livery barn in Clearmont at noon today. The building, a large quantity of hay, …

January 13, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 9, 1920

Rotary Club members at their weekly luncheon at the Sheridan Inn today gave recognition to the Boy Scout movement as an important factor in the development of boy life along proper lines. A preliminary legal battle began in Judge J. H. Hoop’s court this morning, which will determine whether a prominent young Dayton rancher must …

January 9, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 8, 1920

The budget for Sheridan county for 1920 carries appropriations totaling just over $150,000, which is $29,000 in excess of the budget last year. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Stuart and Mr. Norman Stuart left today for Omaha where Mr. Stuart will enter the Swedish Mission Hospital for treatment. Walter Miller, a rancher on Squirrel creek, …

January 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 7, 1920

County Assessor John X. Morris is making plans for the annual assessment that will start the first Tuesday in February. Under instructions from the state equalization board, the assessment will be made this year at full valuation, which probably will bring the assessed valuation in the county up to at least $35 million. The partnership …

January 7, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 6, 1920

A proposal has been made to build a new hotel in Sheridan, costing $500,000, if the people of Sheridan will put up $240,000 and receive in return that amount of second mortgage bonds bearing 7 percent interest. Water pumped from the mill dam at the Jefferson street bridge was put through the nozzle on Neilsen …

January 6, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 5, 1920

The Sheridan Enterprise today received letters from Thermopolis and Ten Sleep commenting favorably upon the suggestion originating in Greybull for creation of a new state out of northern Wyoming and southern Montana, with Sheridan as the capital. A feature of the city council this morning was the adjournment of the council as it has been …

January 6, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 4, 1920

The Billings-Sheridan Motor company, distributors of Reo, Hudson, Essex and Packard automobiles in this territory, has opened a branch sales room and service station in Buffalo. Louis Flores, a miner at Carneyville, received a serious scalp wound by the explosion of a shot in the mine late yesterday afternoon. He was brought to the hospital …

January 6, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 3, 1920

The extreme range of temperatures in Sheridan during 1919 was 144 degrees, according to records furnished by H. A. Frise, observer at the local weather bureau. District court Judge J. H. Burgess today issued an order suppressing the evidence in the case against a man charged with illegal possess of liquor. The judge gave the …

January 6, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 2, 1920

Celebrating the 18th anniversary of the inauguration of new year night dinners and dances at the Sheridan Inn, the dining room at the Inn last night was crowded with many guests. All tables had been reserved in advance for many days. The most successful show ever held by the Northern Wyoming Poultry association will end …

January 2, 2020

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