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  • January 16, 2013
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TWA Stratoliner in flight

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News January 16, 2013  To be repeated in your best airport announcer voice, with feeling and inflection: “Teeee Double UUU AAAY announces the departure of the…

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  • January 9, 2013
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School paramount in Army training

 By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News January 9, 2013  This week, we take a look at an early vocational technical training school in old Kansas City. Sweeney’s Army Motor Mechanics School…

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  • January 2, 2013
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A bright New Year

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News January 2, 2013 In addition to picture-view postcards that show scenes from cities and towns across America, there used to be millions of cards created…

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  • December 19, 2012
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Bucolic Camp a haven for scouts

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 19, 2012  The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council…

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  • December 12, 2012
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A beauty spot in Roanoke Park

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 12, 2012  Karnes Boulevard meanders through the Coleman Highlands, Volker neighborhoods and Roanoke Park, between Southwest Trafficway and 31st Street, and southwest  to roughly…

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  • December 5, 2012
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Kansas City’s tribute to the boys

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 5, 2012  This week’s commemorative postcard is an official souvenir card from the American Legion Convention held here in Kansas City in 1921 commemorating…

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  • November 28, 2012
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The house that beef built

  By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 28, 2012  When Kirkland B. Armour began construction of his palatial mansion on the boulevard that bears the name of his uncle, Simeon…

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  • November 21, 2012
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Hostess not alone in closings

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 12, 2012  When John Warneke arrived in Jackson County, Mo., in 1866, Kansas City’s population barely topped 15,000 souls, all intent on making a…