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A Look Back in Time: April 21, 1918

New silks are priced $1.25 to $3.50 a yard at Reed’s. New Line rain coats for women and misses are priced from $4.50 to $15. Mrs. A.D. Brown of Dayton was in Sheridan yesterday. Mrs. Waldorf is visiting her sister, Mrs. Roscoe Lamb, at her home on Sumner street for two weeks. The Q.E.Q. Club …

April 23, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 20, 1918

Senator J.B. Kendrick reached Sheridan today for a brief business stay. He will leave tomorrow for his OW ranch. Subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan in Sheridan as of noon today totaled $451,500. Approximately $350,000 of that has been subscribed by 3,000 people in the city of Sheridan. Mrs. G.C. Trader of Ranchester spent yesterday …

April 20, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 19, 1918

Robert McFarlane left today for Billings, where he will take an examination to join the marines. If he passes the examination successfully, he will go to Mare Island. Folks from out Badger Creek way report that travel in automobiles is next to impossible because of the muddy condition of the roads in that part of …

April 19, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 18, 1918

Ralph H. Goebel and George Street have enlisted in the army. They left today on No. 42 for Fort Logan. Goebel enlisted in the medical department and Street in the quartermaster department. Carl Smith, a rancher near Clearmont, is in Sheridan attending to various business matters. Mrs. C.B. Godwin was hostess at her home on …

April 18, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 17, 1918

The urgent call for Red Cross workers in the gauze room has had a splendid result. More women have tendered their services than can be handled. Last Saturday, there were 85 women working in the gauze room at the city hall, and 20 had to be sent over to the Federal building. Thomas Salverson made …

April 17, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 16, 1918

Five men left for the army today. Three of them, Bruce E. Daugherty, Peter Schmall and Jacob Schmall, enlisted at the local recruiting station and will go to Fort Logan. Henry S. Bullen and John Paul Jones, have been working at Eaton’s ranch and will go to American Lake. G.C. Morrow of Beaver Creek is …

April 16, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 15, 1918

W.L. Prentiss, who for several years has been connected with the Burn Cleuch Dairy as a half-owner, has retired from the dairy business. He left this afternoon for Portland, Ore., where he will take charge of the purchasing department of the Union Meat Company. Robert W. Patrick, a celebrated lawyer of Omaha, arrived in Sheridan …

April 16, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 14, 1918

Mrs. Fred Morrow has as her house guests Wilbur Kinkaid and Mr. Luckett of Hardin, Mont. Both expect to remain in Sheridan for some weeks. Coffeen’s, at the sign of the Teepee, has a clearance sale on books. Every book in the north window, many priced from 75 cents to $1.35, are on sale for …

April 16, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 13, 1918

At noon today, Sheridan County had subscribed $345,000 to the Third Liberty Loan. Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Dier of Parkman are in Sheridan today. Also in Sheridan are Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Butterfield of Big Horn. The restriction that was placed on the killing of hens from Feb. 11 to April 30 has been amended. …

April 13, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: April 11, 1918

The people of Sheridan and the mining camps had subscribed a total of $271,000 to the Third Liberty Loan at noon today. The amount was announced during a luncheon of the Loyalty League. Miss Bernice Manlove of Ranchester arrived on No. 42 today, to spend the coming week with Miss Cusick of No. 104 Sumner …

April 11, 2018

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