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Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain At the northeast corner of the Indian Mound neighborhood where Gladstone Boulevard meets Belmont Avenue, one will find the geographical and historical Indian mound that overlooks the…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Each year, the Feast of St. Joseph is celebrated on March 19. In addition to a special Mass, the event includes the blessing and viewing of a…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain When Sylvia Raya and Anita Gulotta, along with other members of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, refer to “The Table” they are deep in preparations for the annual…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Kansas City motorists had to keep change handy to cross two bridges that spanned the Missouri River when both the Paseo Bridge and the Broadway Bridge first…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain It’s a popular prayer that won’t be found printed in any prayer book or Bible. “My Kitchen Prayer” has instead been copied many times in church cookbooks…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Manners maketh man, and woman and child, in this hefty tome devoted to gracious behavior at home and in public. As penned by Mrs. Oliver Harriman, and…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain To the victor goes the bragging rights, and what better way to brag that your hometown team is No. 1 than with a novelty license plate for…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Numerous sites throughout Kansas City have been named in honor of business owners and civic leaders Theron B. Watkins (1877-1950) and his adopted step-son Bruce R. Watkins…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain In the 1979 Kansas City, Mo., mayoral election, Democratic candidate Bruce R. Watkins faced Republican candidate Richard Berkley. Born in 1924, Watkins was adopted by his step-father…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Does your TV set still need rabbit ears? Prior to the direct television signal offered through cable providers, television viewers relied on either an outdoor or indoor…
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