Days Gone By: Odor issue has lingered for years
The Examiner • “HEALTH HAZARD CREATED BY OVERLOADED LAGOONS” – The smell of raw sewage in the air is a common happening in the southern sections of the city. So common that the stench created by effluent from two overloaded lagoons and unsanitary procedures practiced by business establishments in Kansas City are causing residents to become ill, some violently. The health hazard is existing in the area generally bounded on the east by Phelps Road, on the south by U.S. 40, on the north by 46th Terrace, and on the west by Hocker. But the stink knows no limits and drifts as far as a...
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