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A non-profit news organization, bringing coverage to underserved communities since 1932
adminDorri Partain Contributor Don’t forget the Guy’s- Guy’s Potato Chips, for this special offer. Inside specially marked bags, chip munchers could find one of twenty different pin-back buttons featuring Major…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Decades before television and the internet, folks relied on radio for news and entertainment. Credited to Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), the radio receiver quickly became a…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Whether they’re square or round, baseball cards have always been a popular business giveaway item. Featuring players from our hometown team, the Kansas City Royals, two long-time…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Is your Easter lamb made of cake, or butter? While the Easter Bunny may fill your basket with chocolate bunnies, jelly bean eggs, and marshmallow chicks, for…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Consumers tired of paying higher prices for name brand products embraced the introduction of generic label goods during the 1980s. Also called “white label” goods, they were…
adminDorri Partain Contributor For over 100 years, felt pennants have been a colorful way to show team spirit, whether at the stadium or on your bedroom wall. To this day,…
adminDorri Partain Contributor American icon Betty Crocker was born in 1921 to respond to homemakers’ baking questions. Following a contest promotion in an issue of “The Saturday Evening Post” magazine,…
adminDorri Partain Contributor For girls who want curls, the Lady Sunbeam Vista model VHD-9 provided the “fastest, easiest way to always enjoy lovier hair” without a salon appointment. From the…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Quarter or dollar? After the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was introduced in 1979, users quickly discovered it was hard to distinguish from the Washington quarter…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News I pity the fool who does not remember Mr.T! At the height of his popularity, actor/wrestler Mr. T appeared in movies, television programs, a cartoon, and…
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