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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 12, 1919

Notwithstanding the fact that the international officers have canceled the coal strike, the men in the Sheridan fields remain idle. So far, they have not been officially notified that the strike is at an end. Sheridan felt the grip of real winter last night when the temperature dropped from 5 below zero at noon yesterday …

November 12, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 11, 1919

Coal production in the Sheridan fields will without doubt be in full swing again tomorrow. Sheridan today received the news of the cancellation of the nation-wide coal strike. Baled hay is now selling at $25 to $35 a ton as a result of the early snows and general shortage of feed due to the drouth. …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 10, 1919

For the first time in many years, Sheridan today found herself almost completely isolated from the outside world with all telegraph wires riddled by blizzards. Rees Davis, vice president of the state federation of labor, said today that when the miners in the Sheridan field get official word that the strike has been canceled in …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 9, 1919

Dr. E. R. Schunk and his brother, A. H. Schunk, who is visiting here, returned today from a successful deer hunt on Pass creek. Mrs. H. L. Richards left yesterday for her home in Philadelphia after spending the summer at the IXL ranch. Next summer she will occupy a summer home of her own in …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 8, 1919

Sheridan today is in the grip of the worst storm of the season, with the forecast of a drop in temperature near the zero point tonight. The situation regarding the coal supply for the city isn’t regarded as reassuring. The snow seriously interfered with the operation of the street cars this morning, and for nearly …

November 11, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 7, 1919

On the seventh day of the big strike, the strike continues effective and quiet prevails in the Sheridan coal fields. Troy Wade of Monarch is in Sheridan today. Also in the city are W. H. Johnston and H. C. Jeffers, both of Dayton. E. F. Roll of Arvada is in Sheridan today on business. He …

November 7, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 6, 1919

Meetings are being held by all the miners’ unions in the Sheridan field to select delegates to the conference which the officials of District 22 have called in Cheyenne on Nov. 10. The purpose of the conference is to consider the withdrawal from the international organization and to resume work in the Wyoming fields. C. …

November 6, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 5, 1919

The response to the Third Roll Call of the Red Cross in Sheridan to date is rather disappointing. People are not meeting their obligation to the organization with the same generosity that was characteristic during the war. The coal strike continues effective throughout the Sheridan field, and as yet there is no evidence of a …

November 5, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 4, 1919

Assurance is given the public that the available supply of coal will be equitably distributed through a central distributing agency under the direction of City Commissioner H. A. Loucks. Arrangements were made today with all coal dealers to either close their offices or place their scales at the disposal of the central agency. The town …

November 4, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 3, 1919

One hundred men and women are canvassing Sheridan today for the third annual roll call of the Red Cross and to secure subscriptions to the fund for carrying on the local work. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson Jr. are in Sheridan from their ranch near Big Horn. They drove in by automobile, but found …

November 4, 2019

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