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    264: KC Tenants Power

    November 20th, 2022
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  • Postcard

    Electric Park’s favorite band

    October 5th, 2022
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  • Remember This?

    Remember This?

    November 23rd, 2022
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  • Elmwood Cemetery’s Historic Armour Chapel

    September 28th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Northeast News The year was 1871 when Phillip Danforth Armour, in partnership with John Plankington, opened a small […]

    Elmwood Cemetery, welcoming and diverse since day one

    September 21st, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher This week’s Historic Postcard column delves into how Elmwood Cemetery, integrated on all levels, is a reflection […]

    Elmwood’s Gravestone Architecture

    September 14th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Northeast News Funerary Art is well represented in Elmwood Cemetery and some of the finest stone carvings can […]

    Elmwood Cemetery celebrates Sesquicentennial

    September 7th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher Welcome to the first of a series of four Historic Postcard columns dedicated to Elmwood Cemetery in […]

    Ford’s Old Winchester plant still a part of Blue River Valley History

    August 31st, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Northeast News This week’s Historic Postcard focuses on the upcoming Labor Day holiday and a brief history of […]

    Boulevard Beer remains local favorite

    August 24th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher No Historic Postcard series on the Kansas City beer scene, past or present, would be complete without […]

    Soda Water – the other bottled beverage

    August 17th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Northeast News To date, our Historic Postcard series this summer has focused on Kansas City’s local brewing history, […]

    Goetz Country Club Special, the Bright Beer!

    August 10th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher The new $750,000 M.K. Goetz Brewery wasn’t built in Kansas City until 1936, but it’s long, storied […]

    Private Label Branding: Katz Beer style

    August 3rd, 2022
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    By Michael Bushnell If a product bore the Katz label, consumers could be sure they were paying the lowest price […]

  • Boomer Throwback: Heidel Brau

    July 27th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher Chances are, if your parents shopped at Milgram’s Food Stores here in Kansas City, you probably had […]

    When America Went Dry: Prohibition in the 1920s

    July 20th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher Mention the word prohibition to a room full of brewers and distillers and you’ll likely be met […]

    The Beer that made Milwaukee famous

    July 13th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher The Joseph Schlitz brewing company entered the Kansas City market in earnest when they built a depot […]

    Scandal, suicide part of Lemp Brewing history

    July 6th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher While William J. Lemp Brewing Company did not have a brewing presence in Kansas City, the Romanesque […]

    Oldest brewery west of the Hudson River

    June 29th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher Royal Brewing Company of Weston, Mo., was founded in 1842 by John Georgian. Upon his death in […]

    Northeast’s own, Heim Brewery

    June 22nd, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our summer postcard series featuring early local brewery operations and their families. No […]

    Hotel linked to city’s rich beer brewing history

    June 15th, 2022
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher This summer The Northeast News will be spotlighting local beer history through our weekly historic postcard column. […]

    Refinery integral to early Sugar Creek development

    June 8th, 2022
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    By Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The […]

    Dinosaur Park, South Dakota’s Dino-mecca

    May 31st, 2022
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    By Michael Bushnell This week, once again in conjunction with our “Remember This” column, we bring you a linen era […]

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