Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Phillip Sollomi opened the Wishbone Restaurant in 1948 in a renovated private residence, just north of the Country Club Plaza at 4455 Main St. The restaurant specialized…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Cooks were able to take their daily cooking tasks “out of the Space Age and into the Stone Age” when Rival Manufacturing introduced a small appliance named…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher The Westgate Hotel was constructed at the junction of 9th and Main and Delaware in 1916 at a cost of roughly $400,000. The “new” Westgate Hotel was…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor If there’s still candy rustling in the bottom of the trick-or-treat bag, the remainder may be better suited for the tastes of adults instead of children. This…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher In today’s market, a case could easily be made against Joseph Loose for collusion and the sharing of trade secrets when, as a Board Member of National…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher The foundation for the Coates House, originally the Broadway Hotel, was laid in 1857 prior to the formal onset of the Civil War. However, escalating border skirmishes…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What type of goodies will you find in your trick-or-treat bag? Among your candy favorites, you’ll likely find an assortment of gum. Unlike regular chewing gum, bubble…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you find in your trick-or-treat bag? Candies that were once popular may be controversial today. Candy “cigarettes” first appeared as a novelty…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Originally built in stages between 1900 and 1935 on a 240-acre hillside just outside the county seat of Liberty, Mo., the Odd Fellows Home as it is…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher The description on the back of this Chrome style postcard published by James Tetrick, 619 W. 33rd street in Kansas City, Mo. in the late 1960’s reads:…
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