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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 14, 1916

S.W. Sinsheimer, general manager of the Holly Sugar company, says a short line of railroad will be built from Ranchester up Tongue river, going far enough to permit beet growing clear to Dayton. All fall and winter suits are one-third off regular prices at Stevens, Fryberger & Co., Sheridan’s New York store. Wooltex coats start …

November 14, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 13, 1916

The temperature recorded at the weather bureau last night was 27 below zero, a record low for November. The previous record was on Nov. 12, 1913, when the mercury dropped to 15 below. Ranchester is without water. There seems to be some trouble with the power plant at New Acme, and the town can’t pump …

November 14, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 12, 1916

The members’ model match of the Sheridan Rifle club, scheduled for today, had to be postponed due to inclement conditions. The shoot will be held on the first Sunday affording suitable conditions. Mrs. Oliver Coast and children of Sheridan visited Friday and yesterday at the Williams home in Ranchester. Miss Inez Vance of Soldier Creek …

November 14, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 11, 1916

Dealers in coal have been about the busiest people in Sheridan due to the unseasonable cold over the past few days. Orders for immediate delivery have piled in faster than they could be filed, and every available team and man has been at work. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Welton of Soldier Creek spent yesterday in …

November 14, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 10, 1916

Sheridan county commissioners have rejected all the bids for putting in the concrete piers for the proposed Arvada bridge over the Powder River. Commissioners met Wednesday and yesterday this week. Coats start at $11.75 at Stevens, Fryberger & Company, Sheridan’s New York store. Riley Motor Co. has postponed the planned auction sale of automobiles

November 10, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 9, 1916

Sheridan county went for Wilson for re-election as president by approximately 1,000 votes, and gave Gov. John B. Kendrick the majority of votes for U.S. senator. The Murphy Gulch school is presently without a teacher, following the resignation of Miss Myrtle Marlinee. E. S. Townsend of Beckton is hauling his potatoes to market. Mrs. John …

November 10, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 8, 1916

Many schools of the rural districts in Sheridan county have been converted into rope halter or hackamore factories. The work doesn’t exclude regular school work but is a sideline on which the boys put their spare time. Rope halter making was selected as the winter club work for boys in Wyoming schools this year. James …

November 8, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 7, 1916

Voters are turning out in Sheridan as never before. Ideal weather conditions have contributed largely to the large and early turnout. Women’s and children’s sweaters are $1.39 to $7.50 at Sheridan’s Golden Rule store. Angora cap and scarf sets are priced at $2.95. D&D Hardware company has Pyrex glassware. Many Pyrex pieces will fit

November 7, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 6, 1916

Clyde Todd of Sheridan called at the H.C. Williams home in Ranchester this morning. Will Johns is building an addition to his barn on Lower Dutch creek. John Nicks recently sold his property on Dutch creek to some eastern people. Nick Yost and Andy Ferguson of Carroll helped Fred Shuler move his house the first …

November 7, 2016

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 5, 1916

Sheridan was visited by one of the most violent wind storms of the autumn today. The wind was followed by a light fall of snow. Total precipitation here was just under an inch. C.C. Trader and Glen and Jimmie Jester, all of Ranchester, returned from the mountains yesterday morning. They spent several days hunting, and …

November 7, 2016

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