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liquor laws

(Encyclopedia)liquor laws, legislation designed to restrict, regulate, or totally abolish the manufacture, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages. The passage of liquor laws has been prompted chiefly by the desire to...

fermented milk

(Encyclopedia)fermented milk, whole or skim milk curdled to beverage or custardlike consistency by lactic-acid-producing microorganisms. Many forms of fermented milk were used by early nomadic herders, especially i...

Mukacheve

(Encyclopedia)Mukacheve mo͞oˌkəchōˈvə [key], Czech Mukačevo, Hung. Munkács, Rus. Mukachevo, city (1989 pop. 85,000), SW Ukraine. It is a rail terminus and highway junction and has food, tobacco, beer, wine,...

Helsingør

(Encyclopedia)Helsingør ĕlˈsĭnôrˌ [key], city, Frederiksborg co., E Denmark, on the Øresund opposite ...

Aarhus

(Encyclopedia)Aarhus ôrˈho͞os [key], city (2021 est. pop. 282,910), capital of Aarhus co., central Denmark, on Aarhus Bay, an arm of the Kattegat. The second largest city in Denmark,...

Gambrinus

(Encyclopedia)Gambrinus gămbrīˈnəs [key], mythical Flemish king, to whom the invention of beer is attributed. He is represented in modern folk art as straddling a keg. ...

Holstebro

(Encyclopedia)Holstebro hôlˈstəbrōˌ [key], city, Ringkøbing co., W central Denmark, on the Storå Riv...

indigestion

(Encyclopedia)indigestion or dyspepsia, discomfort during or after eating caused by some interference with the normal digestive process. Symptoms include nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain, gas distress, and a feeli...

Anti-Saloon League

(Encyclopedia)Anti-Saloon League, U.S. organization working for prohibition of the sale of alcoholic liquors. Founded in 1893 as the Ohio Anti-Saloon League at Oberlin, Ohio, by representatives of temperance societ...

Willard, Frances Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia)Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–98, American temperance leader and reformer, b. Churchville, N.Y., grad. Northwestern Female College, 1859. She was president of Evanston College for Ladies and dean...