Belle Rive News Briefs and Homecoming invitation
Mrs Vermadelle Wilkey of Alton and many neighbors visited friends in Belle Rive and nearby towns. A Free Will Baptist homecoming is planned for Sunday June 23 with a basket dinner at noon. Condolences extended to Mrs Fred Stull on her husband’s death. Mrs Alfred Sanders and son from St Louis spent Monday in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermadelle Wilkey
Alton
Mary Emma Hopkins
Paul Horton
Vernon
Neal Richardson
Dahlgren
Charlie Horton
Ross Horton
Walter Whitlow
Whittington
Virgil Klinter
Junior Corn
Armella
Texas
Lindell Cathout
Bensonville
Sarah Hailes
Decatur
Pearl Webb
Sullivan
Mary Drew Barfield
Roscoe Gant
West Frankfort
Frank Marlow
Joe Ratliff
la Grange
Helen Scrivner
Silas Rat
Charlie Overby
Arnold Ripplinger
Nacie Atchison
Joe Payne
East St. Louis
John Winn
Dale Brown
Rochelle
Della Esmon
Agnes Browder
Nell
Flora Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Free Will Baptist Church
Fred Stull
Alfred Sanders
St. Louis
Bessie Saneve
Whisky Rebellion sparked by excise tax protest
Washington called out the National Guard in 1794 to quell the Whisky Rebellion as Pennsylvanians resisted the whisky tax. The study of homiletics involves theological grounds for preaching. Esther Cleveland Bosanquet, daughter of Grover Cleveland, is noted as the first presidential child born in the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
Pennsylvania
White House
Esther Cleveland Bosanquet
Grover Cleveland
Old English turn of the glass phrase explained
The expression turned down as denial traces to an old English custom of turning a drinking glass upside down when no more beverage is desired. This gesture signaled refusal and ended service in taverns and gatherings, infusing everyday speech with a clear cultural memory.
Plumbers Named From Lead Pipes Originating Term
The word plumber originates from the Latin plumbum meaning lead. Historically lead pipes were common in early plumbing, shaping the profession’s name.
Washington Column: Translating a Lisp and Idle Gossip
A collage of Washington gossip and satire highlights from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson hosting Mrs. Lopez Mateos to Carol Channing mimicking a lisp. The piece notes a translator’s help, jokes about Barry Goldwater, a new Capitol Hill restaurant The Rotunda, and Keep America Beautiful events. It also cites World Food Congress remarks by Secretary Freeman with a quip about listening and a drug of politics. The column closes with Space Pioneer von Braun predicting a Russian space coup as winter launches set up for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Lyndon Johnson
Mesieany
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Carol Channing
Senora Lopez Mateosi
Carol
Mrs. Johnson
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Arkansas
Young Democrats
Barry Goldwater
18Th Century-Fox
18Th-Century Fox
Capitol Hill
Congress
Ballyhooed
Keep America Beautiful, Inc
Washington Monument
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Memorial
Delacarlia
Fort Totten
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
World Food Congress
Boyd Owen
Owens-Alinois Glass Co
Toledo
Owens
Wernher von Braun
Siberia
National meter bar sent abroad for comparison
The national standard meter bar of the United States has been sent to Sevres near Paris for comparison with the international standard. This marks a third testing event following earlier occasions in 1903 and 1922 to 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sevres
Paris
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Boe
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WaLler
Samuel Paul
Jamaica
N.Y
Belle Rive
Armour
Armour Star
Angel Food
Yalinon
del Monte
Can
Cello
Bologna
Braunschweiger
el Monte
Bush
Atoes
Brooks
Broadway
Captain Hook
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