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Dorri Partain Contributor Got a nickel in your pocket? Then head over to the closest Mugs Up Root Beer stand, where “The nickel is mighty” and a glass mug of…
Dorri Partain Contributor Got a nickel in your pocket? Then head over to the closest Mugs Up Root Beer stand, where “The nickel is mighty” and a glass mug of…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Located at 22nd and Brooklyn, Municipal Stadium was the home to many professional sports teams long before the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex was completed in…
Dorri Partain Northeast News The Kansas City Chiefs first played a championship game in 1966, losing to the Green Bay Packers, 35-10. That playoff was named the AFL-NFL World Championship…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Kansas City was serviced by two telephone companies when the North American Postcard Publishing Company printed this Real Photo postcard in 1909. In November 1901, The…
Dorri Partain Northeast News Even without dials, we still “dial” a number when making a telephone call. When inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, the need for…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Luin Kennedy Thacher was born in Hornellsville, New York, and immigrated to the Kansas City area in the mid 1850s to take advantage of the huge…
Dorri Partain Northeast News Look, look, Dick can read. Look, look, Jane can read. Dick and Jane can read a book. Generations of American schoolchildren learned to read by following…
Dorri Partain Northeast News A campaign to boost morale among insurance agency employees lead to the creation of the Smiley Face, the grandfather of today’s emoji graphics. Hired by the…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News The cornerstone of the Masonic Temple at 803 N. Seventh Street in Kansas City, Kansas, was laid Nov. 19, 1908. A host of local dignitaries were…
Dorri Partain Northeast News The kids will be dashing through the snow (next time the white stuff hits town) if Santa left a sled under the tree, creating years of…