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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 10, 1915

A crew is at work putting down concrete on Coffeen avenue. The space between the rails and a foot on each side of the car track is being paved with concrete. The H.F. Bar ranch has purchased a Heider tractor through R.I. Mitchell, the local agent at Buffalo. The tractor will be used in the …

August 10, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 9, 1915

All the bridges, culverts and ditches on the public highways in Sheridan County are in excellent condition, and the county commissioners are taking necessary precautions to protect them from damage during the threshing season. All persons owning and operating traction engines are required to lay down planks not less than one foot wide and three …

August 10, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 8, 1915

Francis Williams is the winner of the third watch given away in the Sheridan merchants’ Pony Campaign. Three watches remain to be given away this month and next, and the pony outfit will be awarded on Oct. 2. A 1916 Buick Six, 45-horsepower, is for hire from Theodore Kleinberg. Also a 40-horsepower Nyberg. Country trips …

August 10, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 7, 1915

The Monarch Coal company will spend $17,000 during the next 30 days in putting in a new screening system and making other improvements on the tipple at the Monarch mine. Work is part of a program to bring the mine up to a high state of efficiency. Ranchester, the thriving town 16 miles north of …

August 7, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 6, 1915

The acreage of winter wheat in the Sheridan country is better than ever. That’s according to Ralph Denio, manager of the Denio Milling company. He added that, in spite of the large crop this year, the yield still won’t be sufficient to supply the demands of the local flouring mills. The third watch in this …

August 6, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 5, 1915

Figures recently compiled show that Sheridan County’s assessed valuation for last year totaled just over $16 million. The total valuation shows a gain of nearly $28,000 over property values in 1913. W.B. Scouten and W.M. Davis of Dayton are transacting business in Sheridan today. County commissioners T.B. Brundage and S.B. Gwin went to Clearmont today

August 5, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 4, 1915

The radiator emblems ordered by the Sheridan Motor and Good Roads club have been received, and will be mailed out at once to members of the club. The Sheridan Commercial club has purchased a Rheem patented sheafmold. The machine will be used in preparing the grain and grass exhibits that the club is gathering. The …

August 4, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 3, 1915

Sheridan County Electric company has the new Hotpoint electric iron for $3. An electric iron means cool ironing days all summer. You can do away with the stove, heavy sadirons and other old-style ironing day troubles. J.A. Waisner of Arvada is transacting business in Sheridan today. Miss Jeannette Tschirgi of Sheridan has been engaged to …

August 3, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 2, 1915

The city council today passed an ordinance changing the stock routes through the city, chiefly the route for stock coming into the city from the Big Horn Road. Livestock has previously been brought into the city on Big Horn avenue to Nebraska street then east to Sheridan Avenue. Now stock must be driven east on …

August 3, 2015

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 1, 1915

Mr. and Mrs. S. Knapp of Arvada are in Sheridan today. Edward Seerie, of the Edward Seerie company of Denver, is also in Sheridan today, inspecting the progress on the work of the Sheridan sugar factory. The D&D Auto company of Sheridan delivered new Cadillac Eight automobiles last week to Peter Kooi and W.H. Spear …

August 3, 2015

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