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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…
adminDorri Partain Contributor As homemakers embraced electric refrigerators, first introduced for home use in 1927, they were now able to safely store leftover food. Early refrigerators, also called an“icebox,” were…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News In the event of a nuclear attack on American soil, can citizens survive on a diet of whole wheat crackers, hard candy, and water? Following the…
adminDorri 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…
adminDorri 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…
adminDorri 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…
adminDorri 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…
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