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adminDorri Partain Northeast News What would you like to be for Halloween? Whether it’s an animal, an occupation, or the latest superhero, store-bought costumes are the easy choice. As trick-or-treating…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News The Dial-A-Matic Automatic Adding Machine needs no batteries or solar power to calculate the answer. A series of connected rotary wheels and gears could be dialed…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News The aroma of fresh-roasted coffee wafting around Kansas City is not a recent trend. In 1899, Frank Ennis (1866-1962) became Kansas City’s first coffee roaster. As…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News How many miles can you drive between fuel-ups? This handy mileage meter, compliments of your local Skelly dealer, makes it easy to calculate. Just line up…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Can’t find your car keys? The earliest models of automobiles had neither doors, roofs, nor keys. Many resembled carriages, so the term ”horseless carriage” was quite…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Saving a summer’s bountiful garden harvest for later in the year was essential for homemakers decades ago and the invention of the reusable glass jar made…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Is the Big Boy a burger or a mascot? America’s original double-decker cheeseburger dates to 1936, when Glendale, California restaurant owner Bob Wain created his special…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Make no mistake, erasing is much more fun these days than in years past. Before Edward Naime discovered that a piece of rubber could erase pencil…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News The creation of U.S. Highway 66 was a multi-year process that began in 1912, when Cyrus Avery (1871-1963) was elected as Tulsa’s County Commissioner. An early…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News The U.S. highway known as “America’s Main Street” became the title for a hit television series that debuted October 7,1960. The hour-long drama, “Route 66,” featured…
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