Dorri PartainDorri Partain Northeast News Casting a warm glow on a Halloween night, illuminated blow-molded figurines once decorated numerous homes after they debuted in the 1960’s. Shaped as assorted pumpkins, ghosts…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor A new type of candy named “Butter Cream Corn” contained no butter, cream nor corn, but could easily be shaped to resemble a kernel of corn. The…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor “Every bit of Bit-O-Honey goes a long way” Introduced in 1924 by the Schutter-Johnson Company of Chicago, Ill., this chewy honey and almond flavored taffy was packaged…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Whether you only use a few drops or a tablespoon or two, Tabasco pepper sauce will add spice and flavor to any dish. First bottled by Edmund…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Northeast neighbors during life may also end up being neighbors during their eternal rest. In the next plot north of the Burge family (from our Sept. 14…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor When Elmwood Cemetery opened its gates in 1872, two acres on the southwest corner (Block H) were purchased by B’Nai Jehudah Temple for Jewish burials. Founded in…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The early settlers of Jackson County and Kansas City rest in peace inside the gates of Elmwood Cemetery. When David Burge (1806-1886) purchased 160 acres, his estate…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Buildings designed by architect Charles Ashley Smith (1866-1948) are still prominent throughout Historic Northeast Kansas City today. Born in Ohio, Smith arrived in Kansas City in 1887…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Look for the union label, it says we’re able to make it in the USA. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was founded in New York…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Party on with the original party animal! As the official mascot of Budweiser’s Bud Light beer, Spuds MacKenzie was a bull terrier that was the Hawaiian-shirt-and-sunglasses-wearing life…
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