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A vintage sign for the Hotel Wilber in Wilber, Neb.

Wilber is the Czech capital of the nation.

 

Much of Wilber is decorated in the traditional Czech style. Polka music plays under awnings downtown.

Jim Edgecombe, owner and publisher of the Minden Courier, proudly shows school pride with a banner outside the office.

Artwork reminiscent of old printing press type decorates the Minden Courier office.

The printing press in Alliance operates multiple times a day to produce the Times-Herald and other area publications.

Printing press operators must quickly check settings on the press to ensure quality printing.

As papers are cut and folded, printing press operators pick them up and check pages to decide what adjustments to make on the press.