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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 17, 1919

Representative C.P. Story of Sheridan introduced another prohibition bill in the Wyoming legislature this morning. The new bill is less dramatic in its prohibitions than the bill approved by the Wyoming Anti-Saloon League. John Cover of Big Horn is hauling wheat today. Mrs. S.H. Hardin of the O Four Bar ranch is spending several days …

January 17, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 16, 1919

Smith Brown met death beneath a fall of earth sometime between Saturday night and yesterday afternoon on the homestead claim of William Price, about six or eight miles southeast of Sheridan. His body was discovered yesterday almost completely covered by several tons of earth. Samuel M. Breckenridge, a pioneer resident of Sheridan, died at 7:30 …

January 16, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 15, 1919

Wyoming’s attorney general has ruled that the recent opinion of City Attorney Diefenderfer is correct and liquor dealers will be unable to get back any part of the fees they paid for licenses in Sheridan. It’s expected that within 24 hours, possibly sooner, the United States will be voted dry by the action of the …

January 15, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 14, 1919

Miss Gladys Dougherty, 16, became the bride of Ralph Beatty, an employee of the street railway company, at 1 o’clock this afternoon after an attempted elopement had failed. Senator Peter Kooi of Sheridan was selected by the Republican caucus today for vice president of the state senate. Mayor Camplin has drafted a polite requisition upon …

January 14, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 13, 1919

Popular Sheridan boy Donald Garbutt met death in an airplane accident at 10 o’clock this morning at Carruther’s Field in Benbrook, Texas. Rev. C.F. Fisher, pastor of the Congregational Church in Sheridan since June 1916, has been called to the Congregational Church at Cheyenne. He said today he will in all probability formally announce his

January 14, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 12, 1919

Sheridan county’s bonded indebtedness is given at $3,500 in the report of the state board of education. It’s the only bonded indebtedness in the state, as given in the report, which is less than five figures. Sheridan County Assessor John Morris is attending a meeting of county assessors in Cheyenne. Swan Grocery and Market has …

January 14, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 11, 1919

It took a jury in district court an hour this morning to reach a verdict that two men were guilty of aggravated assault against J.A. Cross, ranchman. Maximum penalty for the crime is $1,000 fine or a year in jail. Fire consumed a quantity of hay in a barn at the corner of Third and …

January 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 10, 1919

A number of Sheridan and Johnson county people have been mentioned for possible appointment to state positions. Among them are S.H. Hardin of Ranchester for commissioner of taxation and C.M. June of Buffalo for state examiner. Sheridan county has gone on record as favoring a per pound tax on all motor vehicles for revenue purposes, …

January 10, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 9, 1919

Sheridan county commissioners have determined to take over the fair grounds for a purchase price of $8,000. In other action, Sheridan has made its bid for recognition as a station on the trans-continental aerial mail service whenever it may be instituted in this section. Dr. Vincent J. Keating successfully performed a caesarian operation at the …

January 9, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Jan. 8, 1919

Mrs. Peter Jacobs, who resides on a ranch at Beckton, 10 miles west of Sheridan, is expecting a visit from her brother, Harry Matson. The tragic story of the ruthlessness of the flu epidemic in Sheridan county is told in the statistics of deaths for 1918. According to the records of County Health Officer Hurd, …

January 8, 2019

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