Legacy of Blacksmiths Fades as Cars Change Rural Life
Information Director Bernie Camp notes once common blacksmiths and related trades declined with Ford's Model T and the rise of tractors. The piece reflects on how horses and horsepowered services gave way to modern transportation and agricultural tech, changing rural economies and social status symbols.
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Nebraska Farm J3ureau Federation
Ford
Dobbin
Henry
Motel T
Tempus
Congress
Brannan
Nebraska oil wildcat drillers and fields listed
A long OCR fragment lists oil field locations and operators across Banner, Kimball, Morrill, Dundy, Hitchcock counties with companies such as Signet, Miami Petroleum, British-American, Raymond Oil, and Chandler Simpson. It notes wildcat wells and field names including Mintken, Balke, Sickles, and Rether, ending with a non sequitur about Goodrich and Akron and a line about dollars spent at home.
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Page Qne
J. K Wadley
Clegg
Dundy County
Wildcat Signet Operating & Exploration Co
van Pelt
Banner County
Wildcat Petroleum, Inc
Balke
Blake
Blake Field. Miami Petroleum Co., Inc. No 1 Sickles
Morrill County
Waitman Field
Miami Petroleum Co, Inc
Young
Miami Field
Leo Hirsh
Mintken
Kimball County
Wildcat
Nebraska Drillers, Inc
Evertson
Britain
McGowan
Skelly Ou Co
Nealeigh
Hitchcock County
Rether
Chandler & Simpson, Inc
State of
Chadron Police Install Magic Radar Unit in City
Chadron police unveiled a new compact radar device attached to a patrol car to slow traffic. Demonstrations showed the unit can detect speeds from three blocks away and operates by a single officer using the cigarette lighter power source. The system eliminates need for stationary tripods and supports directional aiming.
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Chadron Police
Chadron
Reid wins state and shows wool prizes with ewes
Bud Reid reports two of his wool pelts placed second and third at the State Fair and fourth at the Kansas City Royal Stock Show. He runs about 70 ewes with purebred Correcalz rams and sells.
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Midwest
Bud
Bennie Pisacka
Henry Reiman
Frank Kudina
Hay Springs
Rieman
Pisaska
Bud Reid
Kudina
Reiman
Kansas City
Rushville
Bud) Reid
Sheridan County Farmers Hold Over One Million Bushels Of Wheat
Sheridan county farmers store 471 321 bushels on farms valued at 856 031 with 211 800 of 1959 wheat 375 987 and 47 927 bushels of 1957 wheat 94681 plus 485 353 bushels of 1959 crop in warehouses valued at 988 335 totaling 1 844 370 in wheat. Additional 1959 grain loans include 7 648 barley 1 882 rye and 593 oats. The 1959 corn loan program starts at 1 10 per bushel with 22 037 bushels of 1958 corn valued at 22 037 and 15 296 bushels of 1957 corn valued at 19 120 still in farms.
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Wheat
Sheridan County
Crawford to Valentine Bus Line to Begin Soon
Gale Earl of Chadron received authorization from the Nebraska State Railway Commission to operate a new Parl Bus Lines route connecting Crawford and Valentine via Highway 29. The daily service, including Sundays and holidays, is planned to begin in about two weeks with a 9 passenger minibus initially and a larger vehicle to follow as traffic warrants.
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Crawford
Valentine
Chaudron
Gale Earl of
Chadron
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Parl Bus Lines
Earl
Ser Ice
Wapon
Trafic Warrans
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Nebraska Farm Sbureau
United States
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Goodrich
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Marion Wolfe
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