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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1954
Page
10
Henry Clay favored Kentucky hospitality and a self written punch recipe for congenial gatherings. The note describes how he won people over with his hospitality and a special punch he devised for social events.
A compact tribute to Daniel Webster noting his quick speaking style and influence as a leading orator. It highlights his famous line Liberty and Union now and forever and his early praise of James Crow’s bourbon as finest in the world, suggesting others regretted not saying it first.
A local debunking notes Twain never said the weather line. It attributes instead to Charles Dudley Warner. The piece recounts Twain favoring Old Crow at a Kentucky distillery and asking the Elmira tavern bartender which barrel was in use.
Fragmentary OCR lists dates and places including Fortland Maine Oct 17 Toledo Ohio Oct 18 Parkersburg West Virginia Oct 18 Santa Fe New Mexico Oct , Chicago NL Salt Lake City Utah Oct , Cincinnati Ohio Oct Boston Mass Oct Hearhisburg Pa Evansville Ind.
An old tale recalls a backwoods distiller profiting from the first quarter moon, spawning a saying about moonlit mash. Weather and moon phases dictated production until 1835 when Janes Crow modernized whiskey making, earning fame for Kentucky. Elbert Hubbard quote appears on ambition and grit.
A playful historic note on cocktails like the Manhattan and Ward Eight, tracing their origins from a wartime emergency to political roots. It cites bourbon uses, simple recipes, and a skeptical take on mint julep handling, praising Old Crow as the bourbon of choice.
A Confederate general John Hunt Morgan in a peace letter to a Lexington friend offers how to obtain Old Crow whiskey. He writes let me know how I can get some whiskey to you and mentions the return mail will carry you a demijohe. The note reflects Morgan’s cavalry leadership in Morgan's Raiders and ties to James Crow's bourbon.
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