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1976: State scrutiny forces Mo Pac to address pollution
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (127+ words) Daily American Republic 1976: State scrutiny forces Mo Pac to address pollution There was black gold in the Black River 50 years ago, and under threat of lawsuits the Missouri Pacific Railroad agreed to take drastic action to ameliorate and remove the…...
Danish warship sunk by Nelson's British fleet discovered after 225 yea. ..
2+ week, 6+ day ago (577+ words) Working in thick sediment and almost zero visibility 15 meters (49 feet) beneath the waves, divers are in a race against time to unearth the 19th-century wreck of the Dannebroge before it becomes a construction site in a new housing district being…...
1976: Piece of Ozark history goes up for sale
3+ week, 1+ day ago (86+ words) Daily American Republic 1976: Piece of Ozark history goes up for sale Infrastructure spread throughout the Ozarks during the 20th century, and in 1976, it brought the end of an era. The Powder Mill Ferry was put up for sale after a new…...
SHANE: Hidden stories of soldier food at the Poplar Bluff Museum
3+ week, 4+ day ago (885+ words) Daily American Republic SHANE: Hidden stories of soldier food at the Poplar Bluff Museum The Poplar Bluff Museum tells many unknown tales of our community. I want to tell you some of those hidden tales found within the museum walls....
1951: Malden tank crewman gets lucky break during Korean War
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (129+ words) Daily American Republic 1951: Malden tank crewman gets lucky break during Korean War Seventy-five years ago, a tank crew fighting in Korea stumbled into a minefield " and back out again, safely. This weekend in history also highlights a freak bean fire,…...
A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the tim. ..
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (414+ words) The casts, which scholars call "imprints of pain," dramatically capture the position each resident was in when they died in 79 AD. The reproductions were created by pouring liquid plaster into the voids left by the decomposed bodies in the hardened…...
Black history is all of our history: First Poplar Bluff Black Histor. ..
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (700+ words) It was a night to remember, according to an attendee of the first annual Black History Ball in Poplar Bluff. On Saturday, Betty Borders hosted the Black History Ball, where hundreds gathered to celebrate Black history, with unity being the…...
1926: Telephone and radio send mixed signals
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) In the days of landline house phones, it was easy to pick up a receiver in one room to listen in on a phone call in another. But hearing your neighbor's grocery order over the radio? That would've been just…...