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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 27, 1919

All coal being produced in the Sheridan field this week will be for railroad purposes. The last coal for domestic purposes was mined Saturday and cleared out of the mines yesterday. Bobby, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Collier, entertained 12 of his young friends yesterday afternoon, the occasion being his birthday. …

October 28, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 26, 1919

J. O. Darnell of the Acme Coal company returned tonight from an eastern trip. L.E. Gilbert is in Sheridan today from Buffalo. C.T. Lee, banker and stockman of Gillette, has purchased the Nichols bungalow on Residence hill. The mercury dropped to 6 degrees above zero tonight, which is the coldest weather so far this winter. …

October 28, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 25, 1919

Due to the coming coal strike, the railroad in the Sheridan district has placed on embargo the movement of livestock in order to divert every car and every engine possible to the movement of coal before the strike starts on Nov. 1. Following practically a month of harvesting beets, the fall campaign of the Sheridan …

October 28, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 24, 1919

The grade school girls basket ball tournament is in full swing. It was intended to have the games played on outside courts, but the bad weather has made that impossible, and the games are being played in the Linden gym. Sheridan got a touch of real winter last night when the temperature dropped to 10 …

October 24, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 23, 1919

The impending coal strike, which it seems nothing will avert, has started a panic among Sheridan consumers. There is a wild scramble to secure coal, aggravated locally by cold weather and snow. Fall and winter dresses are on sale this week at Reed’s, priced at $12.50, $19.50 and $23.50. A new Auction Bridge Club was …

October 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 22, 1919

Rosa-Maye Kendrick, daughter of Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick, has chosen the name “Sundance” for the new steel steamship that she has been designated to christen at the Hog Island Shipyards on Oct. 25. Miss Moore, county demonstrator, went to Ulm today to conduct a demonstration. W.V. Kirby, the banker at Arvada, is in …

October 22, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 21, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 21, 1919. An order made by Judge J.H. Burgess in district court in Sheridan directs the payment of nearly $57,000 to Natrona county as inheritance tax on the estate of Verner Z. Reed. Mr. …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 20, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 20, 1919. The Sheridan Cooperative Company, a new corporation, has purchased the L. & M. Basket Store. The store has been placed under the management of R.C. Cox. About 30 men started this morning …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 19, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 19, 1919. Ben Beckett, who resides in a tent at Sixth and Main streets was taken to the hospital at 3 o’clock this afternoon in serious condition as the result of inhaling gas from …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 18, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 18, 1919. Frank Stockdale will conduct a Retail Merchants Institute in Sheridan during the coming week, under the auspices of the Sheridan Commercial club and Business Men’s club. Tickets are free to members of …

October 21, 2019

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