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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 6, 1919

Meetings are being held by all the miners’ unions in the Sheridan field to select delegates to the conference which the officials of District 22 have called in Cheyenne on Nov. 10. The purpose of the conference is to consider the withdrawal from the international organization and to resume work in the Wyoming fields. C. …

November 6, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 5, 1919

The response to the Third Roll Call of the Red Cross in Sheridan to date is rather disappointing. People are not meeting their obligation to the organization with the same generosity that was characteristic during the war. The coal strike continues effective throughout the Sheridan field, and as yet there is no evidence of a …

November 5, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 4, 1919

Assurance is given the public that the available supply of coal will be equitably distributed through a central distributing agency under the direction of City Commissioner H. A. Loucks. Arrangements were made today with all coal dealers to either close their offices or place their scales at the disposal of the central agency. The town …

November 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 3, 1919

One hundred men and women are canvassing Sheridan today for the third annual roll call of the Red Cross and to secure subscriptions to the fund for carrying on the local work. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson Jr. are in Sheridan from their ranch near Big Horn. They drove in by automobile, but found …

November 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 2, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reynolds have returned home from an extended trip to the east. Mrs. Elwin Terron and daughter of Soda Springs, Idaho, are in Sheridan for a month’s visit with Mrs. Terron’s mother, Mrs. Etta Lewis, and her sister, Mrs. Pickel. Mrs. Al Willey returned today from Ames, Iowa, where she has been …

November 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 1, 1919

The strike in the Sheridan coal field is 100 percent effective, according to Rees Davis, vice president of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor. All men ceased work at the close of the shift yesterday evening. The nationwide strike of miners entered its first day today with more than 400,000 miners idle. The Electric Service …

November 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 31, 1919

The last coal to go to the public from the union mines in the Sheridan field will be delivered today, unless the strike order is withdrawn. Final plans for launching the campaign for the Third Annual Red Cross roll call were made at a luncheon at noon today at the Sheridan Inn. Whistles will blow …

October 31, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 30, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. M. Moncreiffe of Big Horn are spending a few days in Sheridan. Also in Sheridan today are Mrs. A. C. Jeffries of Clearmont, who arrived last night, and Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Gilbert, who are staying at the Crescent hotel. C. C. Trader, a banker in Ranchester, came to Sheridan yesterday …

October 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 29, 1919

In a meeting at the City Hall last night, Sheridan’s American Legion made plans for observance on Nov. 11 of the first anniversary of the signing of the armistice. George Lord of Sheridan and E. W. Lord of Dayton left this forenoon on a business trip to Montana. Lists of registered voters have been put …

October 29, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 28, 1919

The Red Cross has finished its war program and has now started the peace program. Sheridan county must raise $12,000 to carry on the work of the local chapter during the coming year. J. Ira Kirby, deputy sheriff, departed for Cheyenne yesterday on official business. James Maxwell, Jacob Olson and Fred Dykes, all of Clearmont, …

October 28, 2019

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