Pike Press a Gluing Bridge for Pike County Life
The Pike Press weekly binds Pike County communities, delivering local chatter from Pittsfield to Fairmont. It reports council debates on R rated movies, Christmas bazaars, and a flood of stringer notes on illness, weddings, hunting, and lost pets. The paper lampoons distant city papers, while showing communal pride in small-town events and classifieds.
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Pike Press
Pike County
Illinois
Pittsfield
Gates
Zoe
PIKE
New Canton
Pearl
Harry Johnessees
Eddie Eppenheimer
Betty Lewis
Fairmont
Kinderhook
NEW York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Ira Tedrow
Bridge moved by Nip and Tuck to Eli Whitney site
Powerful Belgian draft horses Nip and Tuck pull a section of a covered bridge to its construction site under contractor Frank Atwood. The bridge, built by students at Eli Whitney Technical School in Hamden Connecticut, spans the Mill River on the historic Eli Whitney gun factory grounds.
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Frank Atwood
Eli Whitney Technical School
Hamden
Conn
Mill River
Eli Whitney
Farm income to drop in 1980 after high 70s year
The forecast projects net farm income to fall as much as 20 percent in 1980 after reaching the second-highest level in history this year. The decline could have political repercussions for President Carter in a presidential election year, as rural voters face lower earnings while other wages rise under inflation.
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Carter
USDA
Mystery basement farm study hints at soil research in Ohio field
Dr William Edwards oversees a long running soil and erosion study in Coshocton basements dug into cornfields and pastures. The project monitors eleven 65 ton earth slabs every ten minutes to gauge weight and water content as part of conservation research amid a broader farm income forecast for 1980.
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William Edwards
Coshocton
Family farm myth, says Walter Russell in AP analysis
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports Walter Russell, former U.S. Agriculture Department scientist and now head of Oppenheimer Industries, calls the traditional family farm a myth. He notes three farm types, with the family operation shrinking as efficiency and capital rise. by 1964 and a decade later, small farms' share of sales declined from about half to half from 205,000 to 100,000 units.
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New York
Walter Russell
Agriculture Department
Russell
Towa
U.S. Agriculture Department
Oppenheimer Industries
Agricultural Services Company
U.S
Carlisle Grange Holiday Party Set for December 18
The Carlisle Grange Annual Christmas Party and Tureen Supper are planned for December 18 at the Grange Hall Route 20 south. The tureen supper begins 6:30 p.m. and the Christmas Party with Bob Garner’s Musical Showcase starts at 8. In January meetings resume January 15. For info call Janet Eschtruth 233-7483 Lorain.
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Carlisle Grange
Grange Hall
Route 20
Bob Garner
Janet Eschtruth
Lorain
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Zimmerman Hampshires
Zim
Harold Slight
Myron Campbell
Baylis
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Pat Leimbach
the Chronicle Telegram
U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Deere Toys
John Deere
John Deere Christman
Kipton
Stor Builders Inc
Amherst
Ohio
Lagrange Tractor Sales
N. Center St
Atar
John Cunniff
Jim Schaeffer
Belden
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