adminDorri Partain Northeast News America’s largest cookie sale began with one Girl Scout troop in 1917. The “Mistletoe” troop of Muskegee, Oklahoma had a successful cookie sale as a service…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Around 200 A.D., the Roman Emperor Claudius was busy conquering various parts of Europe and Asia, making a general nuisance of himself in a most barbaric…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Despite the name, Chinese Checkers is truly an international game. The concept of a board game where players use markers to move from one side to…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Built in 1906-07 by the Swenson Construction Company at a cost of $15,000, the stone-arched 15th Street Bridge spans what was then R.T. Van Horn Road…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Vending machines made to dispense canned soda became more popular once the ring pull-tab for easy opening was patented in 1963. Prior to that development, canned…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News No need to stay home when it’s time to feed the baby. Baby bottle warmers hit the road in this handy combination hot pot and bottle…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News When King Camp Gillette conceptualized an extremely thin, sharp blade for shaving, he wasn’t aiming for a closer or more convenient shave. As an entrepreneur, he…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News For centuries, books, documents, and letters were written with a simple quill pen that was dipped into ink. The first advancement by John Mitchell in 1822…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This Hallmark Cards postcard titled “Airplane View of Kansas City, Mo.” is actually a copy of a photograph taken in 1929 or 1930 by the Curtiss-Wright…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Preserving baby’s first shoes was an uncommon practice until Violet Shinbach, mother of two, saw a pair of children’s shoes plated with a metal coating while…
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