Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Numerous sites throughout Kansas City have been named in honor of business owners and civic leaders Theron B. Watkins (1877-1950) and his adopted step-son Bruce R. Watkins…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Does your TV set still need rabbit ears? Prior to the direct television signal offered through cable providers, television viewers relied on either an outdoor or indoor…
Dorri PartainMuch like today’s text abbreviations, language users have looked for ways to write faster. Shorthand, also known as stenography from the Greek “stenos” (narrow) and “graphein” (to write), was first…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain A colony of feral cats roaming the alleys of the Pendleton Heights neighborhood has brought a group of neighbors and cat lovers together to care for them…
Dorri PartainWhich version of Coca-Cola do you prefer? That was the question everyone was asking when new Coke debuted on store shelves for a brief period of 79 days in 1985.…
Dorri PartainCome for the pizza, stay for the fun! These ShowBiz Pizza Place 25 cents game tokens made going out for pizza an expanded experience. A new concept in family entertainment…
Dorri PartainAs you drive along where Ewing Avenue intersects with East 17th Street, you may do a double take – is that an eagle battling with a cobra? As it took…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor As the first babies of 2022 enter the world, the method of keeping them clean and dry has changed greatly from the previous century. Both diapers and…
Dorri PartainAs clocks around the world approached 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999, revelers wondered what would happen as the hands struck midnight – would computers crash and send daily routines…
Dorri PartainThe “hostess with the mostest” may show her holiday flair with a festive homemade Christmas apron. For centuries, homemakers and chefs have utilized a fabric covering to protect their clothing…
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