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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 3, 1919

L.F. Calkins has changed his residence from 164 South Sheridan avenue to 238 West Works street. Plumbers, in an effort to open a clogged sewer by use of a fire hose, flooded the basement of the Congregational church. Four inches of water had entered the basement by the time the matter was discovered. Sterling Davis …

October 3, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 2, 1919

“Doc” Spear has returned from a trip to Omaha. J.H. Thomas, county agent, held a demonstration on the successful use of the government vaccine for cattle recently at the Levers-Early Scott ranch at Dayton. Plans for the Central School building were received for discussion at a meeting of the school board last night. Postmaster Canfield …

October 2, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 1, 1919

R.S. Whitehead, a contractor in Sheridan, was awarded the contract for construction of a 16-foot gravel road up Big Goose valley. The contract was awarded by the State Highway commission yesterday in Cheyenne. George D. Underwood, an employee at Monarch Coal company, was killed instantly last night in an automobile accident on a steep hill …

October 1, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 30, 1919

The Sheridan Enterprise has arranged to receive play-by-play reports on the World Series by Associated Press. Bulletins will be posted in front of the Enterprise as reports are received. The state highway commission has given official recognition to the Custer Battlefield Scenic highway from the South Dakota line to the Montana line, passing through

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 28, 1919

Owing to adverse weather, the ballgame advertised today between Buffalo and the Sheridan Elks wasn’t played. W.S. McPherrin, Sheridan police chief, his nephew Ray Laymon and Ole Pointer went to Lake DeSmet last night for some duck hunting. In a letter to W.D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan Commercial club, the Iowa State Highway commission …

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 27, 1919

More than 100 boys and girls from all sections of the county are in attendance at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Fair at the Sheridan Feed Yards. The fair, which is today only, features swine, sheep, dairy cows, fowls and a wonderful display of vegetables ranging from tiny peanuts to big pumpkins. The many friends …

September 30, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 26, 1919

Edward E. Austin, who has been associated with the Scales Motor Co. in Sheridan since his return from France two months ago, will go to Buffalo to be with the Buffalo Motor Co. Buffalo Motor Co. is a branch of the Scales Motor Co. of Sheridan. Ranchers living in the Big Goose valley are much …

September 26, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 25, 1919

Engineers of the state highway department are now locating the north and south road from Buffalo to Sheridan and Buffalo south to Casper. The work is in line with the highway department’s system of interlacing state highways. W.H. Wallace, chairman of the good roads committee of the Sheridan Commercial Club, has called for a meeting …

September 25, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 24, 1919

The Sheridan Commercial Club has assumed the responsibility of building a modern hotel in Sheridan, and plans are now underway for putting the project through. K.M. Klinger cut 25 tons of excellent sweet clover from 30 acres of dry land on his ranch 15 miles south of Sheridan this season. F.A. Wilson, a rancher on …

September 24, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 23, 1919

Randall & Jordan, the architects for the Central school, will present completed plans for the building at a meeting of the school board tomorrow night. H.B. Austin and George Austin have sold their ranch on Little Piney and will return to Sheridan to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Mossberg have returned from an …

September 23, 2019

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