Remember This? Tax mills
Dorri 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 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…
Michael Bushnell Publisher A mere three stops after boarding the interurban car of the KCCC&SJ’s (Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph) Excelsior Springs line at 20th Street and Burlington…
Dorri 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…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News To dovetail with our “Remember This” feature of the week that remembers L’eggs Panty Hose, we bring you an advertising postcard for the G. R. Kinney…
Dorri 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…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Katherine Berry was born in Cave Spring, Ky., in 1860, eight years after her sister, Alice Berry was born to Stephen Berry and his wife. The two…
Dorri 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 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…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Born near Lexington, Ky., on June 6, 1843, young Leannah Loveall would go on to live a long and very interesting life, laced with tragedy, several dust-ups…
Dorri 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…