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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 1, 1915

Stevens, Fryberger & Co., Sheridan’s New York Store, has Warner’s rust-proof corsets for women from $1 to $3 a pair. F.M. Wright, agricultural superintendent for the Sheridan Sugar company, has mailed a letter to each of the beet growers in Sheridan County, informing them that the company expects to begin harvesting beets about Oct. 1.

September 1, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 31, 1915

Between two and three thousand men will participate in the Labor Day parade which will be a feature of the opening day of the Sheridan Stampede next Monday. A special train bringing the men from the mines will arrive in Sheridan at 10:30. Hewitt’s Bootery is having a fall showing of school shoes. Boys’ shoes …

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 30, 1915

A group of eastern capitalists are ready to finance a railroad up the Little Goose valley provided financial support can be secured from the people of Sheridan and Big Horn. The executive committee of Sheridan’s Commercial club met this morning to consider the proposition. About 25 automobilists and their friends attended the dedication of the

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 29, 1915

A head of cabbage weighing 14 pounds is on display in the window of Ote Felker’s news stand. The cabbage, which is of the early Wakefield variety, was grown in Mr. Felker’s garden on South Brooks street. The first arrivals of new fall suits are at the Golden Rule store and will be available to …

August 31, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 28, 1915

Two thousand fat lambs belonging to T.A. Stout went on the Omaha market Tuesday at $8.60. That netted him $5.93 per head without any cutbacks. Sealed proposals are now being taken for the furnishing of screened lump coal to the several school houses in Sheridan’s School District 7. Bids will be opened and awarded on …

August 28, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 27, 1915

Mrs. E.V. Pointer has a display of the new fall styles in hats at her business at 7 S. Main Street. A special line of hats is available from $3 to $5. All teachers employed in the schools in Sheridan are required to attend the Sheridan County Teachers Institute. The institute starts on Aug. 31 …

August 27, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 26, 1915

Militiamen from Newcastle proved to be the best shots at a competition at the Fort Mackenzie range in Sheridan yesterday. The competition was for selection of 10 men from Wyoming National Guard companies A and D to compete with teams from other companies in the state next month. Winners of the state shoot will compete …

August 26, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 25, 1915

A Sheridan man is under arrest on a charge of attempting to break into a room at the Joy Hotel. He was attempting to gain access to the room last night by tearing off the screen, but occupants of the hotel hearing the noise ran out and caught him. They detained him until the police …

August 25, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 24, 1915

A 200-foot bridge across Powder River, which was started last fall, has now been completed and is ready for traffic. The bridge forms the connecting link in a good road between the Sheridan country and the ranches in the Lower Powder River country. Governor Kendrick is expected to arrive in Sheridan in the latter part …

August 24, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 23, 1915

N.A. Pearson has purchased an electric floor sander, a device for dressing floors. This device is the first of its kind ever brought to Sheridan, and it’s being used today on the floors at the new mill on Dow Street. The machine will do the work of at least four men supplied with hand floor …

August 24, 2015

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