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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 23, 1919

The impending coal strike, which it seems nothing will avert, has started a panic among Sheridan consumers. There is a wild scramble to secure coal, aggravated locally by cold weather and snow. Fall and winter dresses are on sale this week at Reed’s, priced at $12.50, $19.50 and $23.50. A new Auction Bridge Club was …

October 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 22, 1919

Rosa-Maye Kendrick, daughter of Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick, has chosen the name “Sundance” for the new steel steamship that she has been designated to christen at the Hog Island Shipyards on Oct. 25. Miss Moore, county demonstrator, went to Ulm today to conduct a demonstration. W.V. Kirby, the banker at Arvada, is in …

October 22, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 21, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 21, 1919. An order made by Judge J.H. Burgess in district court in Sheridan directs the payment of nearly $57,000 to Natrona county as inheritance tax on the estate of Verner Z. Reed. Mr. …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 20, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 20, 1919. The Sheridan Cooperative Company, a new corporation, has purchased the L. & M. Basket Store. The store has been placed under the management of R.C. Cox. About 30 men started this morning …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 19, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 19, 1919. Ben Beckett, who resides in a tent at Sixth and Main streets was taken to the hospital at 3 o’clock this afternoon in serious condition as the result of inhaling gas from …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 18, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 18, 1919. Frank Stockdale will conduct a Retail Merchants Institute in Sheridan during the coming week, under the auspices of the Sheridan Commercial club and Business Men’s club. Tickets are free to members of …

October 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 17, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 17, 1919. Deputy Sheriff Carl Fisk returned today from Douglas, where he took into custody a man under arrest for fraud in connection with the purchase of a motorcycle. The Golden Rule store is …

October 17, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 16, 1919

Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Oct. 16, 1919. The Custer Battlefield Hiway is an accomplished fact, nearly 1,500 miles in length, stretching from Omaha to Glacier National Park, thanks to completions made at a convention in Sheridan of boosters along …

October 16, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 15, 1919

More than 50 visiting delegates from towns in Montana and Wyoming are in Sheridan this afternoon in session with at least that many businessmen of Sheridan. The delegates are from towns along the proposed Custer Battlefield Highway, and the session is to make plans for the scenic route. Seven varieties of fall wheat averaged nearly …

October 15, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 14, 1919

Delegates from all Montana and Wyoming towns along the route of the proposed Custer Battlefield Highway will be in Sheridan tomorrow for the organization meeting. Owing to rain and snow which has retarded the beet harvest, the opening of the Sheridan Sugar campaign has been postponed from Oct. 20 to Oct. 25. E.G. Calkins of …

October 14, 2019

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