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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor If a chipmunk could sing, what would it sound like? Under the stage name of David Seville, Ross Bagdasarian (1919-1972) recorded a hit song titled “Witch Doctor”…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor How do you pay a fraction of a cent? This was the dilemma when the Missouri Legislature voted to begin collecting sales tax on purchases, adding a…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Just like the bright plastic candy-filled eggs found in Easter baskets or backyards, L’eggs hatched a new way for consumers to purchase pantyhose. Introduced by Hanes in…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Nearly two centuries following the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, their young Native American guide was honored on an American dollar coin. Born as a…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The interesting life of Missouri native Margaret Tobin Brown has been presented in two acts on stages across America. The popular musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” tells…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor In movies and on television, America watched Anna Marie “Patty” Duke grow up. Born in 1946, she began her lifelong acting career at age 12, portraying the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor While the event will look different this year, Northeast’s most popular fundraiser is slated for March 19, as in years past. As previously celebrated at the three…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor She may be little, but she hasn’t aged a bit while providing laughs to generations. “Little Lulu” Moppet made her first appearance in 1935 as a single…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Countless barbeque restaurants dot the neighborhoods in and around Kansas City today, but during the early years of the 20th Century, ‘que was only found in the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor More than 70 years after its composition, a Ragtime two step became a chart-topping recording. “The Entertainer” was composed by Black composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917) in 1902,…
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