admin- July 27, 2022
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Boomer Throwback: Heidel Brau
Michael Bushnell Publisher Chances are, if your parents shopped at Milgram’s Food Stores here in Kansas City, you probably had Heidel Brau in your fridge. Heidel Brau was a flagship…
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- July 20, 2022
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When America Went Dry: Prohibition in the 1920s
Michael Bushnell Publisher Mention the word prohibition to a room full of brewers and distillers and you’ll likely be met with an angry mob complete with pitchforks and torches. But…
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- July 13, 2022
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The Beer that made Milwaukee famous
Michael Bushnell Publisher The Joseph Schlitz brewing company entered the Kansas City market in earnest when they built a depot near 9th Street and State Line in the West Bottoms…
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- July 6, 2022
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Scandal, suicide part of Lemp Brewing history
Michael Bushnell Publisher While William J. Lemp Brewing Company did not have a brewing presence in Kansas City, the Romanesque and Gothic-styled, one-story Lemp Depot at 215 E. 20th Street…
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- June 29, 2022
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Oldest brewery west of the Hudson River
Michael Bushnell Publisher Royal Brewing Company of Weston, Mo., was founded in 1842 by John Georgian. Upon his death in 1857, the operation was purchased by August Kunz of Leavenworth,…
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- June 22, 2022
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Northeast’s own, Heim Brewery
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our summer postcard series featuring early local brewery operations and their families. No local brewing history would be complete without a focus on…
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- June 15, 2022
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Hotel linked to city’s rich beer brewing history
Michael Bushnell Publisher This summer The Northeast News will be spotlighting local beer history through our weekly historic postcard column. Kansas City has a rich brewing history through families like…
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- June 8, 2022
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Refinery integral to early Sugar Creek development
By Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of the refinery can easily…
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- May 31, 2022
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Dinosaur Park, South Dakota’s Dino-mecca
By Michael Bushnell This week, once again in conjunction with our “Remember This” column, we bring you a linen era postcard number 232, published by Curt Teich of Chicago, Ill.,…
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- May 25, 2022
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Snap, Crackle, Pop, Rice Krispies
By Michael Bushnell This week we feature two postcard-like, ink blotter cards marketed by the Kellogg’s Cereal Company of Battle Creek, Michigan. The cards were released sometime in the early…
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