Old Rock, It had the sock!

The stream runoff created a population of neighborhood drunk dogs.

Maggots in the corn bin added some protein to the mix.

When Thompson's Station, Tenn., added a new distillery, then the town suddenly had a rich liquor history. That's because the new distillery is near another business coming to Thompson's Station. Mars Petcare. That company started out as a distillery on the Kansas-Missouri border many moons ago. The Old Rock Distillery was located about three blocks from my birth home in Galena, Kansas. As a youth I remember neighborhood dogs becoming drunk after drinking from the stream behind the distillery. A member of the Doane family was an owner. People discovered that some of the "mash" left behind in the process of making whiskey was good stuff to serve to their dogs. Doane decided later on to shelf the whiskey concept and start making dog food.

DON'T GO MESSIN' 'ROUND HERE

SHOT TWO WOLVES 

Two large gray wolves were on display in the window of the Chicago Meat Market last Friday. They were shot by A. M. Boyes a few miles north of the Union Chapel school house north of Empire. A neighbor of Mr Boyes had been bothered by the wolves stealing his chickens and had seen them and started to give chase. They informed Mr. Boyes, who was able to head them off an' kill them. They weighed 32 and 30 pounds respectively. 

Galena Weekly Republican, February 9, 1923, Page 1

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