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adminDorri Partain Northeast News People, price and productivity make America great, according to this hefty bolt produced by ARMCO. With its weight and gold-toned finish, it makes a handy paperweight,…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Do you know your presidents? Can you tell Franklin Pierce from Benjamin Harrison? While never as popular as sports trading cards, the first set of U.S.…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News America’s largest cookie sale began with one Girl Scout troop in 1917. The “Mistletoe” troop of Muskegee, Oklahoma had a successful cookie sale as a service…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Despite the name, Chinese Checkers is truly an international game. The concept of a board game where players use markers to move from one side to…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Vending machines made to dispense canned soda became more popular once the ring pull-tab for easy opening was patented in 1963. Prior to that development, canned…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News No need to stay home when it’s time to feed the baby. Baby bottle warmers hit the road in this handy combination hot pot and bottle…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News When King Camp Gillette conceptualized an extremely thin, sharp blade for shaving, he wasn’t aiming for a closer or more convenient shave. As an entrepreneur, he…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News For centuries, books, documents, and letters were written with a simple quill pen that was dipped into ink. The first advancement by John Mitchell in 1822…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News Preserving baby’s first shoes was an uncommon practice until Violet Shinbach, mother of two, saw a pair of children’s shoes plated with a metal coating while…
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