August 14, 1936
It might have been a good idea to sleep on the porch or in the park. On this day the temperature in Kansas City was 113 degrees.
June 2, 1997
Red Chaney died in Springfield on this day. He was the entrepreneur who invented the drive-through window. For 38 years he operated "Red's Giant Hamburg" on Route 66.
June 1, 1900
The folks in Lawrence County just got the news that the bond issue had passed and they would be building a new courthouse.
May 19, 1923
A new advertising strategy involving planes spelling out words with smoke had been developed, and for the first time a skywriter was seen over St. Louis spelling out "Lucky Strike."
May 6, 1888
St. Louis residents were finding eels in their sinks. The water commissioner said that eels and minnows could easily pass through the filters when they were young and then would grow while they lived in the settling basins.
May 2, 1878
The Neosho Times reported that some Washburn, MO boys were working for a farmer when they plowed up about $80 worth of gold and silver which the farmer had buried there at the beginning of the Civil War.
March 14, 1871
Barton County Missouri filed a lawsuit against Wyatt Earp claiming that he did not surrender the tax money and fees he had collected for local schools.
December 22, 1910
The Cassville Republican reported high hopes for a Barry County man who was establishing a skunk farm near Madry, MO.
December 14, 1911
Today in Missouri history, it was reported that the rabbit market had been ruined by warm weather. They were selling for only two cents each in south Missouri.