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May 17, 2016
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Summer brings rain, sometimes flooding

Northeast News As we approach the summer rain season, it is fitting that we run a postcard showing a scene in the West Bottoms during the great flood of 1908:

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May 10, 2016
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Staley’s Educated Twins

Northeast News Romeo and Aureo are identical twin pigs. They have traveled all over the country and are well educated.

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May 3, 2016
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Roses are red … and pink, and white …

Northeast News Between October 21-24 of 1864, the area we now know as Loose Park was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War west of

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April 26, 2016
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‘One of the greatest playgrounds in America’

Northeast News The description inside this vintage 1930s Curt Teich linen postcard folder of the Lake of the Ozarks reads, “Lake of the Ozarks is formed by a huge dam

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April 19, 2016
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Those were some postcards! (And that’s no exaggeration)

Northeast News William H. “Dad” Martin of Ottawa, Kan., is considered to be the father of the exaggerated postcard.

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April 12, 2016
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We all went fishin’ with Harold

Northeast News “Gone fishin, instead of just a wishin.” Those once-obscure lyrics became Harold Easley’s theme song as he ventured weekly to various outdoor spots throughout the world to spotlight

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April 5, 2016
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Sharp Building stood downtown

Northeast News This week’s postcard, published by the South West News Company of Kansas City, Mo., features a Real Photo postcard view of the Sharp Building on Petticoat Lane.