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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 3, 1918

County Health Officer Hurd has received a letter from the state board of health saying that many inquiries are being made by teachers regarding the probable date of reopening schools. The letter advised her that indications do not point to an early reopening. Miss Maurine Tschirgi, one of those who laid aside her political campaign …

November 5, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Nov. 1, 1918

Work of paving the state highway from Sheridan to Big Horn is being blocked at one place because of the refusal of John A. Wymer to grant a right-of-way through his ranch. All other persons for the entire line of the proposed cement highway have granted a right-of-way. Only one death from influenza was reported …

November 1, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 31, 1918

State Food Administrator Diers announced today there will be more sugar for the householder and public eating places. He said rapid manufacture of the new crop of beet sugar in the west and the new crop of Louisiana cane sugar, together with free railway transportation, have relieved the situation materially. Seven deaths from influenza were …

October 31, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 30, 1918

Twenty-one new cases of the influenza were reported yesterday for the county at the office of Dr. Hurd, county health officer. Six deaths were reported in the 24 hours ending at noon today, two in the city and four in the county. Fort Mackenzie has been under inspection the past two days by officers sent …

October 30, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 29, 1918

No death due to influenza was reported in Sheridan during the 24 hours that ended at noon today. The Red Cross in Sheridan needs more women to go out as day nurses and give their services in homes where sickness prevails. Such women are urged to report to the Red Cross headquarters upstairs in the …

October 29, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 28, 1918

The petition for removal of the so-called traffic posts from Sheridan’s downtown streets did not come up at the meeting of the city council this forenoon. No mention was made of the petition filed two weeks ago, to which a good many citizens asked for removal of the obstructions. Miss Cora L. Williams of New …

October 29, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 27, 1918

Two fatalities were reported as having occurred in Sheridan yesterday, resulting from influenza complications, and one Saturday afternoon, while two other deaths have been reported at other points in the county since noon Saturday. A battery of four new tractors were drawn up on Works street alongside the big garage of the Riley Motor company …

October 29, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 26, 1918

The Sheridan Sugar factory, which began its fall campaign last Sunday, is obliged to temporarily close down today because of a lack of help. The influenza, together with the general shortage of labor, has crippled the factory for the time being. Only one death due to influenza was reported in Sheridan during the 24 hours …

October 26, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 24, 1918

Three deaths from pneumonia, resulting from the flu, were reported on Sheridan during the 24 hours up to noon today, and two in the county outside of Sheridan. A project is under contemplation to cut up the Joe Leiter ranch on Clear Creek into small farms, a project that will involve considerable construction. Today and …

October 24, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 23, 1918

According to the tabulated returns of the office of County Assessor Morris, the value of real estate in Sheridan county outside of corporation holdings is in excess of $12.14 million. That’s an increase over the valuation of last year of more than $580,000. Only one death among Sheridan people from influenza was reported to the …

October 23, 2018

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