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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 24, 1919

Sheridan’s city council is considering breaking a contract under which the city furnishes the Burlington railroad with one-third of its entire water supply. The city entered into the contract in 1905, agreeing to provide the water for a consideration of $75 a month, or $900 a year. It has recently been determined that the railroad …

February 25, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 23, 1919

By a vote of 65 to 26, it was determined this afternoon that the new social organization in Sheridan will be a Young Men’s Club instead of a YMCA, at least for the present. An unusual wedding was performed in Dietz today by Father Schultz, under the rites and ceremony of the Catholic church. Alna …

February 25, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 22, 1919

Wyoming’s senate today passed a bill that provides for creation of a county poultry show and a state poultry show, both to be held annually in Sheridan. F.W. Walters and C.C. Cochran of Buffalo are visiting today in Sheridan. Also in Sheridan today is E.H. Phillips of Big Horn. D.G. Kapps, a traveling salesman representing …

February 22, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 21, 1919

Don’t forget the Colonial social at the M.E. Church tonight. A charge of 25 cents will be asked for a good musical and literary program and refreshments. Ralph M. Anderson and R.C. Watt are in Sheridan from Buffalo. Also in town are J.F. Grimm and E. Stephenson from Dayton. Nearly 700 farmers attended the farm …

February 21, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 20, 1919

James Rennie, in charge of the local office of the federal employment bureau, estimates there must be upward of 400 men out of work in Sheridan. The young men of Sheridan are to decide for themselves if they desire changing the movement here for the organization of a Young Men’s club into a Young Men’s …

February 20, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 19, 1919

The senate bill authorizing the state to dispose of the state hospitals, including the one in Sheridan, has been tabled by the house. Action is due in part to the influence of Mrs. Peter Kooi of Sheridan, who interviewed each representative on the bill, and pointed out, in convincing terms, the reason why the measure …

February 20, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 18, 1919

The senate late yesterday afternoon passed the bill authorizing the state to dispose of the state hospitals at Rock Springs, Sheridan and Casper. The vote was 14 for the bill, with one vote against it. The Sheridan Brewery in all probability will not manufacture beverages containing alcohol even to the one percent permitted by the …

February 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 17, 1919

About 40 property owners in the vicinity of where Third street intersects the creek have petitioned the city council for protection from the menace of overflow. They represent that the condition of the creek above and below Third street is dangerous on account of the removal of riprap formerly existing for the protection of the …

February 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 16, 1919

Miss Mary Pelissier returned tonight from a brief visit at Billings. Train 41, due this afternoon, came in tonight bringing some eastern mail that should have reached here Friday and Saturday. Deep drifts in Nebraska are blamed for the delay. Mrs. Floyd Whitechurch, 1446 North Gould street, and Walter R. Harris, 1203 Val Vista avenue, …

February 18, 2019

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A Look Back in Time: Feb. 15, 1919

The Sheridan County Medical Society late tonight wired Gov. Carey and the Sheridan county delegation asking that every effort be made to defeat the bill before the senate providing for the sale of the state hospitals. The telegram points out that the Sheridan branch of the state hospital is virtually self-sustaining. Aubrey Dodge Crawford, who …

February 15, 2019

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