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A Look Back in Time: March 5, 1921

Sheridan high school’s boys will go to Buffalo tonight for a basketball game there. No girls’ games are scheduled.Campbell Stroud, city water superintendent, says the snowfall was light during the last winter and no water that comes with the spring rains and snows should be allowed to waste. Sheridan city banks today reported that, as …

March 8, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: March 3, 1921

Jacob Hergert of Clearmont is a Sheridan visitor. Members of the Sheridan Elks lodge will have an initiation of candidates, election of officers and a banquet at 8 o’clock tonight in the fraternity’s home on West Brundage street. Doctors Anderson and Anderson, chiropractors, have announced plans to build a modern office and apartment building, two

March 3, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: March 2, 1921

Sheridan High school classes held popularity contests, choosing students as Best Natured, Most Popular, Best Sense of Humor and Best All-Around Athlete. Committees from the Sheridan and Clearmont commercial clubs yesterday afternoon made protests to county commissioners on conditions of roads in various parts of the county. In a report to the Sheridan

March 2, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 28, 1921

John P. Croff, with the United store of Sheridan, has returned from a buying trip in St. Louis, Chicago, Boston and New York. C. W. Cooper, pastor of the Sheridan Christian church, will conduct special services in the Acme Amusement hall at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Mrs. A. C. Tezak, whose husband is manager of the …

March 1, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 26, 1921

Members of Boy Scout Troop 8 of the Holy Name church set to work early this morning to clean up Sheridan avenue, raking and piling up bricks and rocks that have covered the highway since the good roads day of last summer. Visitors in Sheridan today include Arvada rancher Nick Wildt, Dutch Creek rancher Frank …

March 1, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 25, 1921

Mrs. James M. Brunsell Jr. of Swan street and an unidentified young man rescued two boys, ages 6 and 8, from drowning yesterday in Big Goose creek between Swan and Badger streets. The boys were on their way home from school when they tried to walk across the thin film of ice over the creek. …

February 25, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 24, 1921

W. E. Bowman of Dayton is in Sheridan today. Also in Sheridan today is Frank Lacey, OW country stockman. R. K. Peck of Buffalo has returned to his home after a visit of several days in Sheridan. Edgar Hardesty of Arvada was in Sheridan today, making arrangements with the Farm Bureau to launch a marketing …

February 24, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 23, 1921

After a two weeks’ visit in Washington, the adjutant for the American Legion, Department of Wyoming, has returned with the news that Fort McKenzie will be utilized at once as a hospital for disabled servicemen. Billings High defeated Sheridan High 25-13 tonight in an exhibition of basketball that was far superior to any yet presented …

February 23, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 22, 1921

Sheridan’s recent “Optimists’ Week” attracted nationwide attention. The secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, with headquarters in Chicago, wrote a letter congratulating Sheridan upon the inauguration of the “smile and buy” campaign. Miss Clara Summers of Summers Sisters has returned from three weeks spent in Chicago and

February 22, 2021

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A Look Back in Time: February 21, 1921

Samples of certified seed produced on Sheridan county farms continue to arrive in the office of the Sheridan County Farm Bureau in the courthouse. Many other farmers are submitting seeds to Agriculturist Thomas for certification by the state laboratories. The Mary Martha Class of the Methodist church held their monthly banquet yesterday at the home …

February 22, 2021

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