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J.C. Nichols Company architect Edward Tanner designed the house. [2] The house was completed in 1927, and members of the Pendergast family lived in the home from the time of completion until Tom Pendergast's death in 1945. The house at 5650 Ward Parkway is one of the best known in Kansas City, because it was home to political boss Tom ...
The New England Society for the Suppression of Vice was founded in 1878 by a meeting of Boston residents following a speech given by Anthony Comstock.Comstock had founded the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice in 1873 as a vehicle for a crusade against numerous perceived ills of society, and sought to establish chapters of the organization in other cities.
Mack Barnabas Nelson was born in Arkansas in 1872. He came to Kansas City in 1894, where he worked for the Long-Bell Lumber Company.At the time of construction, Nelson was vice president of the lumber company, but he later came to the top position in the company after Long suffered financial reverses early in the Great Depression.
Patrick Tuohey is co-founder of Better Cities Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on municipal policy solutions, and a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to ...
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WGN-TV: Bozo's Circus, later The Bozo Show and The Bozo Super Sunday Show (with Bob Bell, later Joey D'Auria) WGN-TV: Breakfast with Bugs Bunny (with Dick Coughlin and Ray Rayner) WGN-TV: Dick Tracy Crime Stopper Club (hosted by Ray Rayner) WBBM-TV/WBKB/WGN-TV: Garfield Goose and Friends (Frazier Thomas) WLS-TV: Gigglesnort Hotel (with Bill ...
Kansas City’s winning sports teams, vibrant cultural scene and, yes, barbecue, are some of the reasons HGTV chose KC for its 2024 Urban Oasis sweepstakes. Someone will win this Kansas City home ...
The Statute of Winchester of 1285 (13 Edw. 1.St. 2; Latin: Statutum Wynton̄), also known as the Statute of Winton, was a statute enacted by King Edward I of England that reformed the system of Watch and Ward of the Assize of Arms of 1252, and revived the jurisdiction of the local courts.