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January 28, 2015
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Ginger Club Businesses offer Snappy Service

Northeast News Hoping to bring more business to their block, merchants in the 300 block of East 12th Street organized a Ginger Club, using a Ginger Snap as an emblem.

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January 21, 2015
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A little slice of Beverly Hills in Independence

Northeast News “Beverly Hills Acre Tracts. Ideal home sites on easy terms. City conveniences, no city or special taxes, half-acre lots at the price of city lots.”
So reads the marketing

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January 14, 2015
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The Interurban could get you there

Northeast News The message on this Hall Brothers color postcard mailed on April 24, 1917, to Miss Lula Mercer, care of The Hotel Washington, room 516, Portland, Ore.

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January 7, 2015
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Beauty Springs eternal on Cliff Drive

Northeast News “Fountain and Cliff Drive, North Terrace Park, Kansas City Missouri.”
So reads the description on this divided back, hand-colored postcard published around 1910.

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December 31, 2014
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Out with the old…

Northeast News “Kissing the Rod” “O heart of mine we shouldn’t worry so,
What we’ve missed of calm we couldn’t have you know,
What we’ve met of stormy pain and of sorrows

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December 24, 2014
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Holiday wishes from the king of rock

Northeast News This week we take a break from historic cards and offer up a jewel for the Elvis Presley fans among us.
This postcard shows a uniformed Elvis Presley and

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December 17, 2014
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Holy rosary Christmas crib

Northeast News This real photo postcard of the Holy Rosary Church’s Christmas Crib was taken during the 1941 holiday season.
Holy Rosary Parish, 911 E.

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December 10, 2014
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Theater was one of many downtown

Northeast News Built of reinforced concrete and ornamental brick at a cost of $115,000, the Gayety Theatre stood on the former home site of A.W. Armour.
Armour, of course, was one

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December 3, 2014
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Hannibal Bridge and gateway to growth

Northeast News Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City.
Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were both in a literal race for their city’s future in the mid-1860s.