SHERIDANWYOMING.COM | LIFE ALONG THE BIGHORNS

A look back in time

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 6, 1919

The Scotch Woolen Mills, at 131 N. Main street, has a special sale this month on misfit suits. Mrs. Fred Reed last night received a letter by airplane from her husband, who is in New York on a business visit. This is among the first aero service letters to reach Sheridan. City Furniture Co. is …

March 6, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 5, 1919

Esther Smith entertained five of her friends at her house on South Jefferson street in honor of her 11th birthday. An enjoyable afternoon was spent in games and guessing contests, followed by a dainty supper. Miss Helen Barton is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick at the PK ranch. J.L. Grey of Buffalo …

March 5, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 4, 1919

Sen. N.A. Pearson was loud in his praise this morning for the work performed by Mrs. Peter Kooi in bringing about the defeat of a bill in the recent legislature to sell Wyoming’s state hospitals, including the one in Sheridan. Women’s suits are priced from $23.50 to $59.50 at Reed’s. These are models that impart …

March 4, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 3, 1919

The city skating rink will be open tonight and tomorrow. The tract was flooded again last night, but only with a very thin covering of water. Scales Motor Co. has on hand several Ford touring cars for sale for just under $607. Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Diltz returned to Parkman today. They’ve been visiting their …

March 4, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 2, 1919

Lawrence Kennedy left Clearmont last week with a car of horses. He expects to sell them in the east and farm for his mother this summer. Andrew Stager came up from Gillette and spent today in Sheridan. Mrs. Agnes Duncan left today for Camp Grant, Ill., where she will meet her son, Gerald, who has …

March 4, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Mar. 1, 1919

Governor Carey has vetoed a bill passed by the recent legislature providing for state poultry shows, the first of which was to have been held at Sheridan. Mrs. J.D. McRae of Buffalo is visiting in Sheridan. The Knights and Ladies of Security will give a masque dance at the Union Hall between Monarch and Carneyville …

March 1, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Feb. 28, 1919

It was open season today for lawsuits here against the railroad company. Four suits were filed, one for injuries suffered when sparks from a defective locomotive set the plaintiff’s clothes on fire and three for losses resulting from delays in shipment of cattle. Postmaster Canfield will receive bids for carrying the mail between the depot …

February 28, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Feb. 27, 1919

Reputed hypnotist Prof. Norwood went free in Judge Hoop’s court yesterday afternoon after the chief witness of County Attorney Graverson testified that, so far as the witness’s part was concerned, Norwood’s hypnotic exhibition was all a fake. Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Todd of Buffalo are registered at the Western hotel. Mrs. John Beebee of

February 27, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Feb. 26, 1919

Because hypnotism is in some instances made a felony under the statutes of Wyoming, John Norton, whose professional name is Professor Norwood, spent last night in the county jail and is to have a hearing this afternoon before Justice Hoop on a complaint filed yesterday afternoon by County Attorney Graverson. George W. Donaldson and Marvin …

February 26, 2019

Read More

A Look Back in Time: Feb. 25, 1919

On the ground that it’s a public nuisance, Mayor Camplin, on complaint of various people, this morning ordered the removal from a show window on Main street, a subject of hypnosis on display there. The display has been in the window of the Voight & Horning store as an advertisement of an attraction at a …

February 25, 2019

Read More