Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor A little bird told me your pie crusts are soggy. While this little ceramic bird might resemble a salt shaker, its function is to help pie bakers…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher 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 led…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Savvy, modern day cooks may have a computer in their kitchen that stores all their favorite recipes and searches for new ones, but the Foley Kitchen Komputer…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Following a donation to the Northeast News of some photo albums once owned by Northeast resident Frank A. Dorcy, Jr, we searched old copies of The Northeast…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher In 1885, Mr. Alfred Zartman, assisted by a J.W. Jenkins and a George Larkin, conducted a Sunday School class in the Oakley School, a small frame building near…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor How many chips can the potato chipper chip when the potato chipper chips potatoes? This mid-century kitchen gadget could quickly produce 25 long slices, uniformly cut, for…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Patrick Cudahy started in the meatpacking business as a carrying boy for the Roddis Packing House in Chicago in 1862. Cudahy was barely 13 years old at the…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainAssistant Editor Soothing vapors that can travel in your pocket wherever you go were developed by a pharmacist to aid his sick child. In 1894, Lunsford Richardson, a pharmacist…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This week, we showcase an advertising postcard published for the Vanderslice-Lynds grain brokerage company of Kansas City, Mo. The card depicts a beautiful woman, attired in the finest…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainAssistant Editor 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…
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