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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 25, 1917

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Denio motored to Hilman’s for dinner tonight. They were accompanied by their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kistler, Ruth Harriet Charles and Wilbur. Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold Warren and Berton Brewster are having a house party at their ranch near Birney. The event started today and will continue over tomorrow. …

August 25, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 24, 1917

The Basket Grocery will again offer hams and bacon at extra special prices this afternoon and Saturday. The fact that the market price on hogs has suddenly gone from $17 to $20 doesn’t affect this extra special. Mary Pickford is featured in “A Romance of the Redwoods” at the Orpheum theater. Prices are 10 and …

August 24, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 23, 1917

Pevy Welsbord of the Fair & Square Shop has returned home from a buying trip to Chicago and New York. Butterfly Pictures present Ruth Stonehouse in “Follow the Girl” today only at the Gem Theater. McCarthy & Tomsik, druggists, has a superb collection of jewelry cases, toilet bags, safety razors, mirrors, talcum powders, wash cloths, …

August 23, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 22, 1917

Judge and Mrs. C.H. Parmalee have announced the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor Hathaway, to Mr. Albert Perry Himes of Cleveland, Ohio. The marriage, which was on Aug. 11, comes as somewhat of a surprise to the bride’s friends in Wyoming. T. Harwood Stacy, with the department of justice, will speak on Red Cross work …

August 22, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 21, 1917

Papers have been filed in the district court by attorneys for I. E. Gilbert against John D. Powers for the recovery of alleged damages in the amount of $35,000. The suit grows out of the plaintiff’s purchase of a large number of sheep and the leasing of a large number of acres from the defendant. …

August 21, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 20, 1917

Charles Ray stars in “The Millionaire Vagrant,” a five-act triangle at Sheridan’s Grand theater today. Also featured today, “Surf Girls,” a two-reel Keystone comedy. Notice is hereby given that assessments in Sheridan Paving Districts 3 and 4 are now due and will become delinquent on Sept. 1. The Merchants Transfer & Storage Co. handles

August 21, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 19, 1917

In future, the Red Cross work room at the post office building in Sheridan will be open on Wednesdays as well as Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The Golden Rule store is having an August clearance of ladies’ hats. Any summer hat in the store, values up to $7.98, is on sale for $1. Also, organdies …

August 21, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 16, 1917

Eight more men have been exempted or discharged from military service by the District Board in Sheridan County on account of dependent relatives. The sheriff is looking for a man who robbed and held up Walter Smith of Ulm last evening. The man is believed to have made his escape on a freight train. No …

August 16, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 15, 1917

Harry G. Camplin of Sheridan has been appointed first lieutenant in the Signal Reserve Corps. Mr. Camplin was formerly first lieutenant in Company A of the Wyoming National Guard at Newcastle. Parties desiring to conduct refreshment stands, games, etc. at the Labor Day celebration to be held at the Monarch-Carneyville Union grounds should apply to …

August 16, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 14, 1917

Three more Sheridan men have been called into the National Army today, and two have been discharged. One has been discharged temporarily on account of physical disability, and the other because of dependent relatives. Mr. Elmer Anderson, who has been quite ill at his home, is slightly improved. School will recommence on Sept. 4, the …

August 14, 2017

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