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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 8, 1920

One of the largest of recent cattle shipments passed through Sheridan last night when 60 carloads of stock from Spear, Montana, came through bound for the markets of Chicago and Omaha. The cattle are the property of the Spear and Faddis company. All schools in Sheridan opened their doors for the 1920-21 term this morning. …

September 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 7, 1920

Big Horn won first community prize for irrigated land products, with Dayton second in the recently ended Sheridan county fair. Ranchester took first place as a community with a dry-land display.A meeting has been called for Wednesday night at 8 o’clock for those who have subscribed to membership in the Sheridan Country Club. The meeting …

September 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 6, 1920

Hundreds of Sheridan spectators crowded the pavements of the city this morning as other hundreds of city and county residents took part in the annual Labor Day parade. The parade was led by the Sheridan municipal band.The final meeting before the opening of this year’s school term was held at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon between …

September 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 5, 1920

The fourth annual session of the Sheridan city schools will open Tuesday, Sept. 7. The school district will again serve lunches to the high school pupils, but there will be no lunches served on Sept. 7.An old-timers dancing party will be given at the popular Story pavilion on Sept. 8. All old-timers of Sheridan and …

September 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 4, 1920

Woman daredevil San-a-Pah toured Sheridan at noon today three hours before her scheduled jump from a flying plane as part of this year’s county fair. Meanwhile, judging of stock was being rapidly completed this morning and early in the afternoon.Boy Scouts are proving valuable to the fair management by the work they are doing at …

September 8, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 3, 1920

A driver for one of the local taxicab companies was found guilty of speeding in Sheridan’s police court yesterday afternoon and was fined $5 and costs. G. B. Queen has been selected as marshal of the Labor Day parade in Sheridan this year. As is usual, the parade is to be the outstanding feature of …

September 3, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 2, 1920

The Sheridan county fair opens today with more than three dozen horses, as well as numbers of real, long-horned cattle from one of the Spear ranches among the exhibits.Work has been halted on two of the important road projects in Sheridan county. A slight rain stopped work on the Sheridan-Buffalo road, while work on the …

September 2, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 1, 1920

An allegation has been made that, a day or two before the re-election of M. L. Blake, county and prosecuting attorney, a crime was reported to him but, rather than taking action on that, he stuck to his campaign desk.Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Raper of Mapleton, Iowa, have arrived in Sheridan to visit their …

September 1, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 31, 1920

W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan Commercial club, has accepted membership on the research committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.A man charged with obstruction of a public road between Clearmont and Arvada is expected to be brought to trial in J.P. Judge Hoop’s court in Sheridan on Sept. 3. Coming from …

August 31, 2020

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A Look Back in Time: Aug. 30, 1920

During the past 15 weeks, the Sheridan Enterprise has shown conclusively that there isn’t a country west of the Mississippi river with a wider diversified field of resources and opportunities than the Sheridan country.W. H. Wallace, president of the Sheridan Commercial club is on a road trip and has visited Lewistown, Roundup and Great Falls, …

August 31, 2020

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