If history is made up of small stories, then some of them fall off and disappear, like table scraps. Come and sample a few of…
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When I was younger, I spent a year working for a big box retail chain. One day, I noticed that one of my fellow employees…
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In 1925, a terrible event took place in Wisconsin that literally shook a city and left one man dead. The police were baffled, until the…
Leave a Comment24-hour, late night restaurants are a normal, accepted institution in the modern world. While some establishments have discontinued round the clock services, there are several…
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Winter driving is something that virtually all Midwestern drivers have to face down at some point. One night in 1926, Singleton Gardiner discovered just how…
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Gertrude Woodard was only seventeen years old. Popular and well-liked by many, young Gertrude lived with her parents near Hale, Missouri. She, just…
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I loved movies when I was a kid, especially westerns. They were great fun, but like most movies from back then, nothing bad ever really…
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Winter driving can always be sketchy in the Midwest. Snow, ice, and plummeting temperatures can create dangerous road conditions. Almost one-hundred years ago this month,…
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This past weekend, the Midwest faced down Winter Storm Jupiter, what was promised to deliver a whole lot of nastiness. Thankfully, here in eastern…
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