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  • April 11, 2018
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Kansas City’s first memorial

Michael Bushnell Northeast News Dedicated on June 2, 1909, the August R. Meyer Memorial, at 10th Street and Paseo Boulevard, was the first memorial to be placed in a Kansas…

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  • April 4, 2018
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Thoroughly modern courthouse

  Michael Bushnell Northeast News This linen postcard showing north and west sides of what at the time was the new Jackson County Courthouse at the intersection of 12th and…

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  • March 28, 2018
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Stone church stands test of time

Michael Bushnell Northeast News “The Builders Society of the Ivanhoe Park Congregational Church earnestly requests your subscription or renewal to The Ladies Home Journal or The Saturday Evening Post –…

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  • March 14, 2018
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The Pendergast Way

Michael Bushnell Northeast News This week we feature a piece of Kansas City’s Irish history just in time for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day festivities. The 1920s-published card depicts the…

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  • February 28, 2018
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History remains bridge to the past

Michael Bushnell Northeast News In 1950, there were only two bridges that spanned the Missouri River to the north, offering access to downtown Kansas City. The old Hannibal Bridge, originally…

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  • February 14, 2018
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Perchance a kiss to steal

Michael Bushnell Northeast News Around 200 AD (CE), the Roman Emperor Claudius was busy conquering various parts of Europe and Asia, making a general nuisance of himself in a most…