Kimball County Fair Opens With Four Day Run
The 1951 Kimball County Fair begins Thursday, extending to four days and nights. 4-H and FFA livestock judging, Ak-Sar-Ben prize tractor drivers, team contests, wrestling stars Joe Dusek and Bob Geigel headline Thursday, Kids Day Friday, a real rodeo Saturday, stock car racing Sunday, and a lights-out Sunday rodeo. Carnival rides and band music accompany the event, praised as the biggest fair program in Kimball County in years.
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Kimball
Kimball County Fair
Western Nebraska Observer
FFA
Ak-Sar-Ben
Banner County
Mid-West
Joe Dusek
Omaha
Dirty Dusek
Bob Geigel
Iowa U
Betty Hawkins
Louisville
Donna Marie
Barberton
Ohio
Mike DiBiase
Danny Pledhas
Lodgepole
Kimball Junior Legion
Lodgepole Junior Legion
Kimball Fair
Fair Grounds
Kimball County
Frank Oliverius Receives National Driving Medal
Sidney man Frank W. Oliverius, longtime Railway Express driver, was honored by the National Safety Council with a gold medal and commendation for an eight year accident free record. He has yearly Railway Express safe driving awards and is expected to receive another this October.
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Sidney
National Safety Council
Frank W. Oliverius
Railway Express
National Organization
Oliverius
Idea Manly Americans and the Westward Frontier
The passage frames 19th century American expansion as aligned with Voltaire’s remark that ideas are like beards with men more likely to bear them, while women and children are left without them. It reflects a gendered view embedded in frontier rhetoric.
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Voltaire
Bridgeport to Take Over City Electric System
Bridgeport city council tentatively approved sale terms for the city electric distribution system to Consumers Public Power District. The board formalized the deal for 98,709 dollars plus 1,291 dollars in unreimbursed engineering, with transfer possible around the Oct 5-8 meter reading period and no power contract included.
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Bridgeport Electric Distribution System
R. L. Schacht
Consumers Public Power District
Bridgeport City Council
Consumers’ Board of Directors
Consumers
Bridgeport Council
Consumers’ Board
Board of
Schacht
Bridgeport Electric System
Western Public Service Company
Train collide damages Crook car in Sidney crash
A second train car collision occurred Friday in Sidney, injuring no one and causing heavy damage to a Crook Colorado car at 12:35 PM near the 10th Avenue Union Pacific crossing, as reported by Sidney Police.
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William Tilghman
Studebaker
J. D. McChesney
Cheyenne
Dagames
12Th Avenue
Harold L. Glant
Maurice Goldwater
Forrest Street
Richard E. Chafin
Ruby M. Wait
Page One
Colo
Sidney
10Th Avenue
Union Pacific
Three Mild Polio Cases Added To Kimball List
Kimball County reports two new polio cases and three suspected as mild, none severe. Mrs. Shirley Schadegg admitted a week ago and discharged after a light attack. Verli Ann O’Hare improves after hospital admission. Other cases under study include Dwain Madden and Dennis Randolph, with Opal Peterson and Jerry Strasheim still hospitalized. March of Dimes chair notes only one county case so far this year.
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Kimball
Kimball County
Shirley Schadegg
Verli ‘Ann O’hare
Michael O’hare
Dwain Madden
Frank Madden
Dix
Dennis Randolph
Willard Randolph
Bushnell
Opal Peterson
Jerry Strasheim
Cheyenne Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne County
March of Dimes
J. W. Martinosky
Scotts Bluff
Expensive Vanity in Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty Mirrors
During the Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian rulers valued their reflections in real silver mirrors. Handles of black obsidian and solid gold adorned these ornate pieces, signaling luxury and status in royal courts.
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Frank Oliverius
Rev
L. A. Smith
Denver
Dodge
Bridgeport
City Electric System
Sidney Rendering Service
National By-Products Co
F.H.A
Nebraska
LIFE
Merrick
Mercury
America
Equipa
JOE A. Gibson, Inc
Fc Frenadier McK Ouerry
Gream
Grenadier
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