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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 17, 1918

Pupils of the John S. Taylor school have “adopted” a little French girl whose father was killed in the world war. The school children reached this decision voluntarily yesterday afternoon. The shop windows along Main street are dressed in holiday attire and are attracting much attention from both young and old. Many of the displays …

December 17, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 16, 1918

Every man, woman and child in Sheridan county is asked to have ready a dollar this week for membership in the American Red Cross. This is Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Week, and universal membership is being sought. In pursuance of a nationwide plan, James Rennie, in charge of the local federal employment office, has …

December 17, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 15, 1918

Judge R.P. Parker returned today from a 10 days visit to Chicago. No new cases of influenza were reported for today by doctors in Sheridan County. Dr. E.I. Schindler has returned from St. Louis where he has been for the past three weeks at the bedside of his mother. His mother’s health has greatly improved. …

December 17, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 14, 1918

County Health Officer Hurd declared today that, starting now, the homes of all new sufferers from influenza will be placarded and subjected to a modified quarantine. Many Sheridan families are adopting fatherless children in France. Among them is Mr. Peter Kooi, who has added three fatherless boys to his family to match up with his …

December 14, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 13, 1918

Under the auspices of the Sheridan Gun club, a big coyote hunt is scheduled to occur on Sunday, Dec. 22. The affair is to be a round-up and will cover around 36 square miles of the territory between the Big Goose and Little Goose on one side and Beaver creek on the other. The 1919 …

December 13, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 12, 1918

The attorneys representing a Dayton man charged with wife desertion have set up a claim that the wife desertion act of 1915, under which the prosecution is brought, is unconstitutional. The doors of the big poultry show in Sheridan were thrown open this morning at 9 o’clock. Almost 400 specimens of chickens, mallard ducks, turkeys …

December 12, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 11, 1918

Forty fatherless children in France must be adopted by Sheridan county residents, according to a quota assigned to this locality. Several families have agreed to contribute the required amount to adopt a French child for a year. Subscriptions for the annual charity fund of the Salvation Army are to be circulated within the next few …

December 11, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 10, 1918

Seven applicants have passed muster and secured acceptance of their applications for naturalization in Sheridan county. Seven divorce cases have been dropped into the district court hopper within the past week. The strain encountered by anyone seeking to rent houses in Sheridan continues unabated. As a result of a shooting scrape at Dietz this afternoon,

December 10, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 9, 1918

Judge Burgess opened the December term of district court this morning. Ten thousand acres of state and school lands were offered for sale at the Sheridan county courthouse this morning. About 100 bidders were present in addition to an immense crowd of spectators. All stores are crowded with Christmas shoppers. Many visitors from the surrounding …

December 10, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Dec. 8, 1918

A farm bureau was organized in Sheridan County at a meeting yesterday. E.C. Bowman was elected temporary chairman, and M. Moncreiffe temporary secretary. Both men are from Big Horn. A prisoner being escorted from Sherman, Texas, to Sheridan by Sheriff Mossberg jumped out of a toilet window of a passenger car Friday night in Nebraska …

December 10, 2018

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