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A look back in time

Spanish Influenza, Jan. 10, 1919

The Sheridan newspaper reported today, Jan. 10, that across Wyoming, the flu situation showed a marked improvement during December. At the...

July 15, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Jan. 8, 1919

Statistics of births and deaths in Sheridan county, released today, Jan. 8, by County Health Officer Hurd, show the tragic story of the flu...

July 14, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Jan. 4, 1919

It’s reported today, Jan. 4, that a number of mothers widowed by the influenza epidemic in Sheridan are seeking employment, but they are...

July 13, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Jan. 3, 1919

Though sensitive people are still using safeguards against influenza, and there is still an undetermined amount of lingering illness...

July 13, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Jan. 1, 1919

R. E. Sundean, the new Sheridan insurance impressario, has been laid up with influenza at the Sheridan Inn since a few days before...

July 13, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Dec. 30, 1918

Sheridan’s city council adopted the annual appropriation today, Dec. 30, but did not include a provision proposed by E. E. Lonabaugh for...

July 10, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Dec. 28, 1918

The report today, Dec. 28, is that there is still a great deal of influenza in Sheridan, attested by the considerable overturn in school...

July 9, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Dec. 27, 1918

The Sheridan Enterprise reported today, Dec. 27, that Lloyd Jennings Garretson, 4-year-old son of H. E. Garretson of Clearmont, died at the...

July 8, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Dec. 26, 1918

No new cases of influenza were reported to County Health Officer Hurd on either Christmas day or the previous day, but one was reported...

July 7, 2020

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Spanish Influenza, Dec. 23, 1918

Although delayed by the influenza epidemic, “The Ocksheperida,” the official newspaper of Sheridan high school, has resumed...

July 6, 2020

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