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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 3, 1917

Word has been received that Companies D and F of the National Guard in Sheridan will entrain for Cheyenne around 5 o’clock this afternoon. The train will pick up Company E at Newcastle on the way to Cheyenne. Victor and Edison records for August are on sale now at the Sheridan Music and Floral Co. …

August 3, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 2, 1917

For an Extra Special Friday and Saturday, Sheridan’s Basket Grocery will have lard, compound and hams. Drive to Frank Smith’s for your fresh vegetables. Frank is on Leopard Street, West Addition, four blocks from Sheridan’s city limits. Aug. 3, 4 and 6 are Tire Conservation Day in Sheridan. A well-known tire expert will give personal

August 2, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 1, 1917

The examinations of men from Sheridan County for military service under the draft law are to begin the first of next week. The work of making up the available list is now complete, and the list will be posted at the Court House tomorrow morning. New fall and winter woolens have just arrived at the …

August 1, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 31, 1917

No intimation has as yet been received that Sheridan County will be allowed credit for recent recruits in the National Guard. If no credit is allowed, the county will have to supply 43 men on the first draft. A peculiarly brazen hold-up was pulled off Saturday night at the Boston Cafe in Sheridan. A local …

July 31, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 30, 1917

Billy Single Clifford, who is head of the firm of Clifford and Shane, producing firm of New York City, is in Sheridan and has made arrangements with the management of the Gem to put on an act for two nights at the theater. He will have a 45-minute monologue each night, assisted at the piano …

July 31, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 29, 1917

Annette Beckwith, osteopath, formerly with Dr. Buffum in the Masonic Building, has moved her office and is now in room 125 of the Crescent Hotel. Fannie Ward, the brilliant Lasky star, will be seen at the Orpheum today only in the Lasky Paramount production of “Her Strange Wedding.” Miss Blanche Evans will arrive in Sheridan …

July 31, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 28, 1917

Major H.E. Lonabaugh needs 13 more men to bring Company D of the National Guard to the full strength of 150, and could find room for about 25. If that number is reached, there may be no necessity to draft a single man from Sheridan County on this call. The first week of the Sheridan …

July 28, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 27, 1917

Senator Kendrick has sent to Mrs. Kendrick a number of quinine capsules of the sort that will be used to draw numbers of men to be drafted. Mrs. Kendrick is building up an instructive little museum of keepsakes from important national events. Mrs. Metz of Sheridan spoke to the ladies of the Van Tassell Red …

July 27, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 26, 1917

A petition has been put on the streets today, asking Sheridan’s city council to employ an expert to examine the city’s water system and to develop a plan to make the system adequate to meet the present and future needs of the city. Judge T.W. LaFleiche and Dr. David E. Kendall will be the speakers …

July 26, 2017

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A Look Back in Time: July 25, 1917

Ladies of Sheridan who are unable to sew in the Red Cross work room can obtain garments to make in their own homes. Apply at the work room during working hours on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. William Moncreiffe has just received a wire from Omaha stating that his cattle sold for $11.20 per 100. Those …

July 25, 2017

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