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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 11, 1919

Heads of the local miners’ unions in the Sheridan field received official notice by telegraph today that the strike is at an end. The coal situation in Sheridan has materially improved during the last 24 hours, according to a statement from H. A. Loucks, fuel administrator. The country mines have largely increased their production, and …

December 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 10, 1919

Due to the coal shortage, Mayor Camplin has issued a proclamation to go into effect at 8 o’clock this morning that moving picture houses will be permitted to open at 8 o’clock at night and run until 10:30. The coal situation for Sheridan has changed little in the last 24 hours. Production in the Sheridan …

December 10, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 9, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Dec. 9, 1919. All miners are striking at Dietz, Acme, Carneyville, Monarch, Model and Kooi. With last night being the coldest in 20 years, dozens of families in Sheridan were without coal. At noon today, …

December 9, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 8, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. William Diener will entertain members of the Catholic church tonight at their home on West Loucks street. A splendid musical program has been arranged, and cards will be played, but there will be no dancing. The seniors of the Sheridan high school entertained the juniors last night, the feature of the entertainment …

December 9, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 7, 1919

Sheridan faces an acute coal famine. Already there are 100 families here who have no coal, and should low temperatures continue to prevail, the situation will rapidly become desperate. County commissioners at a special meeting yesterday passed a resolution that the county will place and maintain the Dayton mountain road in a satisfactory condition to

December 9, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 5, 1919

Notwithstanding reports on the streets today that mines in the Sheridan field had shut down again, all were working except Carneyville, which had shut down for the funeral of a miner killed there by a fall of coal on Wednesday. Nobles and novices from all over the northern half of the state are in attendance …

December 5, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 4, 1919

A storm of protest has been aroused by the action of the county commissioners yesterday in appropriating $2,000 for the Dayton-Kane road. There is a general feeling that the commissioners have failed to recognize the importance of this road, and a movement to increase the appropriation. H. A. Loucks, city fuel administrator, has called for …

December 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 3, 1919

The Western hotel re-opened today after being closed the past two months awaiting the arrival of furniture. Thomas W. Bradley of Billings, Montana, was the first guest to register. While it was closed, the hotel has been thoroughly renovated. The county commissioners have appropriated $2,000 for use on Dayton-Kane mountain road. They instructed the county

December 3, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 2, 1919

At 6 o’clock this morning, the temperature was 25 below zero, which was the coldest that it’s been since Jan. 31, 1918, when a temperature of 32 below was recorded at the local weather bureau. Will Mattox, who resides at Parkman, is in Sheridan attending to business matters. Also in Sheridan is G. A. Blake, …

December 2, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 1, 1919

The price of coal dropped in Sheridan today to $6 per ton. All consumers who purchased coal for $7 per ton from local retail dealers since Nov. 16 will receive a refund of 95 cents per ton. This is the result of the ruling of the government in the settlement of the coal strike. Mr. …

December 2, 2019

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