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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 22, 1919

A band of 5,200 sheep belonging to H. Burns passed through Sheridan today. The sheep, which were in excellent condition, were being taken from summer range in the mountains to Buffalo creek. The new bungalow schools at Taylor were opened today, and the one at Coffeen Avenue school will be opened very soon. John Patrick …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 21, 1919

Mr. and Mrs. George Messick left today for New York City and other eastern cities on a month’s business trip. The first killing frost of the season happened tonight, according to the weather bureau, when the temperature dropped to 30 degrees. The Clearmont School lower grades were awarded first prize for an exhibit of school …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 20, 1919

The boys’ and girls’ club fair, which is scheduled for Saturday, will give the public of Sheridan county, an opportunity to see what the 300-odd members in the county are capable of doing. A.L. Putman, state examiner, and C.F. Dickinson, assistant examiner, are examining the books of the Sheridan county treasurer today. Grading of Sheridan …

September 23, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 19, 1919

Clearmont made good on a big scale with its first fair yesterday. A large crowd attended a splendid array of farm exhibits, classic sporting events including racing, bronco busting, bull-dogging, tractor demonstrations and many prize-winning contests. A decision by Judge J.H. Burgess on the search and seizure clause of the prohibition law has been appealed

September 19, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 18, 1919

Wyoming is to have a state fair price commissioner. Governor Carey announced today that he has named Theodore C. Diers of Sheridan to the position. Mr. Diers, who is a democrat and former state senator, was federal food administrator for Wyoming during the war. Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Morgan are in Sheridan today from their …

September 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 17, 1919

Many of Sheridan’s chicken fanciers are making an exhibition of their birds at the Midland Empire exhibition that’s being held in Billings this week. Dr. F.A. Hodson of the state board of health has notified the Sheridan school board that all pupils who have not been vaccinated or otherwise protected against smallpox must be excluded …

September 17, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 16, 1919

The will of the late Vernon E. Reed has been filed for probate with the clerk of the district court in Sheridan county. The value of the Wyoming estate is $4.5 million. A new school building has been completed in District No. 36 near the Big Corrals. Miss Dorothy Wheden is teacher in the new …

September 16, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 15, 1919

People packed the stands, setting a record attendance at the two-day wild west celebration in Sheridan. This was the first such event held here since the war. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Lillienthal and children came to Sheridan today from their homestead near Clearmont to spend the winter. Mrs. G.C. Bramel returned to her home in …

September 16, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 14, 1919

Mr. Roy Brown, his mother, Mrs. Bill McDonald, and Mrs. Anna Clouse, all of Dietz, motored to Sheridan recently. An ancient iron kettle, a shovel with the handle half rotted away and an old pick are on display in the window of R.R. Selway’s office on West Brundage street. The relics were found in an …

September 16, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Sept. 13, 1919

A. Brammer of Dayton is in Sheridan today. Also in the city is J.L. Horton of Clearmont. L.R. Hines of Billings is registered at the Western. Riley Motor Co. has just received Navy Specification Gasoline. Price is 30 cents per gallon. The Big Stampede dance will be at Central Hall tonight. Sherrard’s orchestra will provide …

September 16, 2019

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