From the 75th anniversary of D-Day to president Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, these are the most striking and memorable pictures from this past week.
Posts Tagged 'Illinois'
Photos Of The Week – June 7, 2019
Published June 10, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Alton, flood, Illinois, photography, photojournalism, picture, Politics
Four Stories About Chicago [video]
Published April 9, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Chicago, Chicago Cubs, cross-stitch, Darryl Wilson, Emma McKee, Illinois, Kareem Wells, Moms On Patrol, Tamar Manasseh, video
Is This 23 Year-Old The Next Einstein?
Published August 23, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Aurora, Chicago, Cuban-American, genius, Harvard, Illinois, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Next Einstein, physicist, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Success
According to secondnexus.com –
Harvard University believes the world’s next Einstein is among us — and she’s a millennial. At age 23, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is already one of the most well-known and accomplished physicists in the U.S. The Cuban-American Chicago native graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in just three years with a 5.0-grade point average, the highest possible, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard with full academic freedom — meaning she can pursue her own study on her own terms without staff interference.
Small Town Is Home To Big Things
Published September 19, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Casey, Illinois, St. Louis, tourism, travel, World’s Largest, World’s Largest Golf Tee, World’s Largest knitting needles, World’s Largest Mail Box, World’s Largest Mailbox, World’s Largest pitch fork, World’s Largest Rocking Chair, World’s Largest wind chime, World’s Largest wooden shoes
STL Today reported on Casey, Illinois – a very small town that likes very large things. –
Welcome to Casey. The locals pronounce it more like “Kay-zee.” It’s a town of about 2,700 people just south of Interstate 70, about halfway between St. Louis and Indianapolis. It has a small Main Street, which, like those in many small-town USAs, has seen better days.
But just this summer, the Casey City Council voted to reduce the speed limit on a stretch of Main to 20 mph because so many pedestrians were walking through the town, gawking.
Because just in the past four years, Casey has these new things: the world’s largest mailbox, golf tee, knitting needles, crochet hook, wooden shoes and pitchfork. That’s in addition to the rocking chair and wind chimes.
Man Had Turn Signal Lever Embedded In His Arm For 51 Years
Published January 2, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1963 Thunderbird, Arthur Lampitt, auto wreck, car accident, Car Crash, Granite City, Illinois, medicine, St. Louis, surgery, turn signal lever
Fifty-one years ago, Arthur Lampitt of Granite City, Illinois, smashed his 1963 Thunderbird into a truck. This week during surgery in suburban St. Louis, a 7-inch turn signal lever from that T-Bird was removed from his left arm. Dr. Timothy Lang removed the lever Wednesday during a 45-minute operation. Lampitt, now 75, is recovering at home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the accident broke Lampitt’s hip, drawing attention away from the arm, which healed. A decade or so ago, his arm set off a courthouse metal detector. An X-ray showed a pencil-sized object, but since it caused no pain or hardship, Lampitt let it be.
How A Drip Coffee Maker Works [video]
Published August 6, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bill Hammack, bubble pump, check valve, coffee, Drip Coffee Maker, espresso, Illinois, Java, latte, Mr. Coffee, science, University of Illinois Urbana, video
Bit Of History – 1986 Shuttle Disaster
Published May 21, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1971, 1986, 8-track tape, Andy Economy, Cape Canaveral, Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe, Dr. Alice Purdes, eight track, Ellison Onizuka, Francis Scobee, Globe Democrat, Granite City, Gregory Jarvis, history, Illinois, Judith Resnik, Madison, Marvin Owca, Michael Smith, Missouri, NASA, newspaper, O-ring, picture phone, picturephone, President Reagan, Ronald McNair, Ronald Reagan, Saint Louis, Sam Economy, space exploration, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger, St. Louis, Sydney Shedd, William Papa
I just uploaded four newspaper pages from the the day that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on take-off in January of 1986. The crew member who is most remembered is teacher, Christa McAuliffe. Also added a few odds and ends of local news. Of particular interest are tech-related stories from 1971 that feature the picturephone and bootleg 8-track tapes.
Local odds and ends HERE and HERE
Homepage of my classic newspaper site HERE
Woman Fights $105,000 in Parking Tickets
Published April 12, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: abandoned car, Chicago, Illinois, Jennifer Fitzgerald, O’Hare International Airport, Parking Ticket, police, violation
Jennifer Fitzgerald has been fighting more than $100,000 in parking tickets on her junk car after she says it had been abandoned by her former boyfriend for three years in an employee parking lot at O’Hare International Airport.
Classic Newspapers – The Big Snow of 1982
Published February 21, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1982, Big Snow of 1982, blizzard, Christopher Bond, classic newspaper, climate change, Gene McNary, Granite City, history, Illinois, Madison, Missouri, MODOT, newspaper, Saint Louis, snow storm, snowpocolypse, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Vincent Schoemehl, weather
Most St. Louisans (at least the ones who are 40 or older) remember the snow storm of 1982 as the ‘Big One’ that virtually shut down the city. A week after the storm, the Post-Dispatch published a special section covering the event. All 12 pages of that section have just added to HotMeatloaf.com.
View the Big Snow section HERE
Check out other papers at HotMeatloaf.com HERE
More Classic Old Newspapers
Published July 30, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Alpine Village, classic newspaper, Fijan-Maeras, Gateway Loan, Granite City, Granite City Journal, Granite City Press-Record, Harvey Miller, history, Illinois, Jerry Maeras, local news, Madison, Mayor Mike Sasyk, Mitchell, newspaper, Pontoon Beach, Ray Edwards, Schermers Market, Schermers Supermarket, school menu, St. Louis, Sterling TV, Tony and Joes Lounge, Tony Anselmo
A few more pages have been added to my classic newspaper site, HotMeatloaf.com. I’ve added a new section for local news. Local, in this case, is the St.Louis suburbs of Madison and Granite City, Illinois, and the newspapers are the Granite City Press-Record of 1960 and 1970, and the Granite City Journal of 1977. There is nothing earth-shaking, just small town news. If you are a history buff, are familiar with the area or just want a look back to the good old days, check out the Local News.
Classic Newspapers – Iranian Hostages Released – January 21, 1981
Published May 31, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1981, Alan B. Golancinksi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Barry M. Rosen, Bert C. Moore, Bruce W. German, Capt. Eric M. Feldman, Capt. Paul M. Needham, Charles A. Jones, Clair Cortland Barnes, Cmdr. Donald A. Sharer, Col. Charles W. Scott, Col. Leland J. Holland, Col. Thomas E. Schaefer, Cpl. Steven W. Kirtley, Donald J. Cooke, Duane L. Gillette, Elizabeth Ann Swift, Frederick Lee Kupke, free, freedom, Gary E. Lee, Globe Democrat, history, hostage, Illinois, inauguration, Iranian hostage crisis, Jerry J. Miele, Jerry Plotkin, John E. Graves, John W. Limbert, Joseph M. Hall, Jr, Kathryn L. Koob, L. Bruce Laingen, Lt. Cmdr. Robert Englemann, Lt. Col. David M. Roeder, Malcolm Kalp, Michael Howland, Michael J. Metrinko, Missouri, Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., MSgt. Regis Ragan, newspaper, Phillip R. Ward, President Carter, President Reagan, revolutionary, Richard H. Morefield, Robert C. Ode, Ronald Reagan, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saint Louis, Sgt. 1st Class Donald R. Hohman, Sgt. Gregory A. Persinger, Sgt. James M. Lopez, Sgt. John D. McKeel, Sgt. Kevin J. Hermening, Sgt. Paul Edward Lewis, Sgt. Rodney V. (Rocky) Sickmann, Sgt. William Gallegos, Shiite Muslim, St. Louis, Staff Sgt. Joseph Subic, Staff Sgt. Michael E. Moeller, Steven Lauterbach, Thomas L. Ahern, Victor L. Tomseth, William B. Royer, William E. Belk, William F. Keough, William J. Daugherty
Several pages have just been added to the classic newspapers at HotMeatloaf.com. The date was Jan. 21, 1981 and the Iranian hostages were released as Ronald Reagan was sworn in as President. Six full pages from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat are available. Hard to believe that it has been more than 30 years since that day.
Explore everything at HotMeatloaf.com HERE
Scans of Historic Newspapers
Published May 2, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1974, Dead Newspapers, Globe Democrat, history, Illinois, Metro-East Journal, Missouri, newspapers, Nixon Resigns, Politics, President Nixon, Republican, St. Louis, St.Louis Evening News, St.Louis Globe-Democrat, St.Louis Sun, St.Louis Today, Watergate
More old papers have just been added to HotMeatloaf.com. Most notable is from August 9, 1974, when President Nixon resigned. Also added, are several long gone newspapers from the St.Louis area. There is already quite a bit for history buffs to explore at the site, and more will be added in the future.
Nixon Resigns – read all about it HERE
Check out several long gone papers HERE
