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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 16, 1919

The pay car arrived tonight. Checks will be distributed to the local railroad employees tomorrow. H. F. Bowman, who has been away since July, returned to Sheridan today. He expects to remain for a time at least. Oscar Demple and August Nelson went deer hunting yesterday. Owing to the coal shortage, the evening service of …

November 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 15, 1919

Although the strike of Wyoming miners has been called off, the miners in the Sheridan coal field have not re-entered the mines. The net result for the third roll call for the Sheridan county chapter of the Red Cross to date is a membership of just under 2,100 and a total of just over $3,500 …

November 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 14, 1919

Stocking caps for boys and girls, all wool and a good color selection, are priced 75 cents and $1 at Sheridan’s Golden Rule store. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lewis of Buffalo spent yesterday in Sheridan. They returned to Buffalo this morning by automobile. The end of the second week finds the strike situation in …

November 14, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 13, 1919

As yet, the miners in the Sheridan field are without official information that the strike has ended, and the mines continue closed. The snow accompanied by cold weather has resulted in a marked improvement of the roads and made it possible for teams to haul much larger loads of coal to Sheridan. As a result, …

November 13, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 12, 1919

Notwithstanding the fact that the international officers have canceled the coal strike, the men in the Sheridan fields remain idle. So far, they have not been officially notified that the strike is at an end. Sheridan felt the grip of real winter last night when the temperature dropped from 5 below zero at noon yesterday …

November 12, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 11, 1919

Coal production in the Sheridan fields will without doubt be in full swing again tomorrow. Sheridan today received the news of the cancellation of the nation-wide coal strike. Baled hay is now selling at $25 to $35 a ton as a result of the early snows and general shortage of feed due to the drouth. …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 10, 1919

For the first time in many years, Sheridan today found herself almost completely isolated from the outside world with all telegraph wires riddled by blizzards. Rees Davis, vice president of the state federation of labor, said today that when the miners in the Sheridan field get official word that the strike has been canceled in …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 9, 1919

Dr. E. R. Schunk and his brother, A. H. Schunk, who is visiting here, returned today from a successful deer hunt on Pass creek. Mrs. H. L. Richards left yesterday for her home in Philadelphia after spending the summer at the IXL ranch. Next summer she will occupy a summer home of her own in …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 8, 1919

Sheridan today is in the grip of the worst storm of the season, with the forecast of a drop in temperature near the zero point tonight. The situation regarding the coal supply for the city isn’t regarded as reassuring. The snow seriously interfered with the operation of the street cars this morning, and for nearly …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 7, 1919

On the seventh day of the big strike, the strike continues effective and quiet prevails in the Sheridan coal fields. Troy Wade of Monarch is in Sheridan today. Also in the city are W. H. Johnston and H. C. Jeffers, both of Dayton. E. F. Roll of Arvada is in Sheridan today on business. He …

November 7, 2019

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