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Dorri Partain
September 6, 2023
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Dorri Partain Contributor Colorful and practical, bandanas can be used as a fashion accessory or simply to wipe one’s hands or brow. Typically red, blue or black with a white…

Dorri Partain
August 30, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor America’s favorite collie was created for a short story written by a British author. Eric Knight (1897-1943) used the country of his childhood as the setting for “Lassie…

Dorri Partain
August 23, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Rock and Roll music’s “British Invasion” started off in a big way when The Beatles arrived in America to tour during the summer of 1964. Any live appearance…

Dorri Partain
August 16, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Now I know my ABC’s, won’t you spell along with me? Whether used at school or at home, educational toys have served the purpose of keeping children entertained…

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August 9, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of pencils,…

Dorri Partain
August 2, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Whether one is sewing a button on a coat or quilting, a thimble can be a handy sewing accessory that saves the sewer from sore or pricked finger…

Dorri Partain
July 26, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor During a road trip along the developing interstate highway system, our nation’s 36th First Lady was appalled at the number of billboards and junkyards that were springing up…

Dorri Partain
July 19, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor All aboard, for a riverboat cruise on the Missouri River from the Port of Kansas City. Whether you call them riverboats, steamboats or paddlewheelers, these large vessels were…

Dorri Partain
July 12, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Can’t find your car keys? The earliest models of automobiles had neither doors, roofs, nor keys. With the earliest designs based on carriages, the term ”horseless carriage” was…

Dorri Partain
July 3, 2023
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Dorri PartainContributor Does your patriotism stack up? For the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, hundreds of collectables…