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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 22, 1918

Sheridan County is over the top in subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The final computation, with the Arvada district still unreported, is nearly $961,000. The county’s established quota was $670,000. Only 32 cases of influenza were reported to the county health officer, Dr. Hurd, last night, at least nine of which were located

October 22, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 21, 1918

Women’s union suits are specially priced at $1.19 at Reed’s. County Clerk Withrow is engaged today in making up the official ballot for the coming election. He hopes to have the work finished tomorrow. Undersheriff Kirby left today for Rawlins, taking with him three inmates of the county jail who have been awarded a course …

October 22, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 20, 1918

The Red Cross has put out a call for nurses, attendants, both men and women, bedding, night clothes, woolen clothes and other materials in the fight that is being waged against the influenza epidemic. The fall campaign at the sugar factory was instituted today, the day being chiefly devoted to getting things into smooth operation. …

October 22, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 19, 1918

Two deaths from influenza were reported in Sheridan this morning. One entire Japanese family of three in this city has been wiped out by the influenza, and the three bodies now lie at the Champion & Shannon funeral parlors awaiting arrangements. Volunteer nurses from the emergency hospital this morning inaugurated the wearing of gauze masks …

October 19, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 18, 1918

Two deaths were reported today in Sheridan as a result of influenza, one at 6 o’clock last night and the other at 3:25 this morning. It is claimed that those unsightly and dangerous street obstructions which are being installed by a Montana concern under a free 10-year franchise are to become the property of the …

October 18, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 17, 1918

The patriotic people of Sheridan County have over-subscribed their quota of the Fourth Liberty Loan by approximately 30 percent. Matt Koxtinbour is in the county jail to answer a beer-selling charge. He was brought in from Carneyville by Undersheriff Kirby on a bench warrant. Five Sheridan county mothers have registered for the prizes announced on …

October 17, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 16, 1918

The blinding lights in the traffic obstructions installed under a free 10-year franchise permitting a Montana corporation to derive revenue from Sheridan business houses through the sale of advertisements were responsible last night for an auto collision on Main street. Workmen were engaged today in cleaning up a big house on East Grinnell avenue to

October 16, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 15, 1918

Advertising lights on posts, set up as a test on Main Street last night, proved a miserable failure as many motorists avoided entering or crossing the street, thinking the glaring red lights on the obstructions indicated the street was blocked to traffic. Tony Moskal, an Austrian miner employed at the Monarch mine, met death from …

October 15, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 14, 1918

New revelations were made today concerning the 10-year free franchise granted by the city to H. Masterson, “trustee,” for use of Sheridan’s streets for advertising purposes. Only 12 “traffic tombstones” will be installed, instead of 20, and the advertising franchise has dwindled from $76,800 to just over $23,000. The Chase-Lister Theatrical

October 15, 2018

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A Look Back in Time: Oct. 13, 1918

Clyde Orville Rucker died at his home on Gladstone street at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The cause was pneumonia which had developed from Spanish influenza. Billings high school outplayed the Sheridan gridiron squad at the baseball park yesterday afternoon. Mr. J.C. Buckingham and wife came to Sheridan on 42 today from Lodge Grass, Mont. Mr. …

October 15, 2018

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