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“deep seated . . . modesty”: Ibid., p. 4.
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“open hearted, congenial man”: “Death Spreads Sorrow in City,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 2, 1904, p. 1.
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“a hale fellow”: “Capt. Pabst Was Always Liberal,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 2, 1904, p. 4.
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“one of nature’s noblemen”: “Death Spreads Sorrow in City,” p. 3.
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“remarkable genius”: “Death of Frederick Pabst,”
Western Brewer
19 (January 1904): 16.
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“tremendous iron heart”: Quoted in David E. Nye,
American Technological Sublime
(Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994), 121.
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“athlete of steel and iron”: Quoted in Ibid., 121.
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“Dear father”: Frederick Pabst to My dear Parents-in-Law & Heinrich, July 16, 1867; Pabst Family Archives, Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion; Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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“Schlitz has loomed”:
Milwaukee Sentinel,
May 9, 1874, p. 8.
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“humiliating nature”: Charles Best to Frederick Pabst, February 19, 1884; Charles Best, Jr. Papers, 1874–1917, Folder 2; Archives, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Hereafter cited as Best Papers.
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“an extraordinary interest”: Charles Best to Frederick Pabst, May 30, 1884; Best Papers, Folder 2.
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“the dark side”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, March 2, 1891; Best Papers, Folder 4.
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Don’t worry, Charles
”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best,August 12, 1890; Best Papers, Folder 4.
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“My dear Sir!”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, February 19, 1884; Best Papers, Folder 2.
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“What I desire to say”: Charles Best to Frederick Pabst, May 30, 1884; Best Papers, Folder 2.
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“investing and accumulating”: Ibid.
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“We have a large overgrown”: Ibid.
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“knew more about the details”: “Knew Every Minor Detail,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 2, 1904, p. 4.
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“He knew the different”: “Employes [
sic
] Pay Their Tributes,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 2, 1904, p. 1.
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“practical brewer”:
Charles Conrad v Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company
; testimony of Adolphus Busch; St. Louis Court of Appeals, Case No. 1377; Missouri State Archives. Hereafter cited as
Conrad v Uhrig.
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“I am the maltster”:
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n v Fred Miller Brewing Co.,
Deposition of Adolphus Busch, April 26, 1894; Chancery Case Files, 1862–1911, Chancery Case F190; United States Circuit Court, Eastern District, Wisconsin; National Archives and Record Administration, Great Lakes Region (Chicago). Hereafter cited as
Anheuser-Busch v. Miller.
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“mouldy”: Quoted in William J. Vollmar, “Hops—Brewer’s Gold,” in
An Oral History of Anheuser-Busch,
Myron Holtzman as told by William J. Vollmar; typescript at Anheuser-Busch Corporate Library, III: 4, 5.
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“nourishing qualities”: J. E. Siebel, “The Use of Unmalted Grain,”
Western Brewer
3 (October 1878): 671.
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“highly esteemed”:
Anheuser-Busch v Miller,
Final Record Books in Chancery, 1862–1911, vol. Q, p. 619.
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“very pale, fine beer”:
Conrad v Uhrig,
testimony of Adolphus Busch.
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“exquisite aroma”:
Anheuser-Busch v Miller,
Deposition of Adolphus Busch, May 6, 1897.
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“we take the malt”:
Conrad v Uhrig,
testimony of Adolphus Busch.
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“a peculiar, fine flavor”:
Anheuser-Busch v Miller,
Deposition of Adolphus Busch, May 6, 1897.
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“is . . . very fine”:
Conrad v Uhrig,
testimony of Charles Conrad.
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“Can’t you give us”: Cochran,
Pabst Brewing Company,
116.
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“There is no doubt”: Ibid., 117.
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“Now Charley”: Frederick Pabst to Charles W Henning, March 31, 1882; Pabst Family Archives, Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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“I never found a business”:
Conrad v Uhrig,
testimony of Herman Kramer.
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“to put up a similar label”: Ibid., testimony of George King.
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“We stopped”: Ibid., testimony of Charles Conrad.
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“indignantly”: Ibid., testimony of Otto Lademan.
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“would have to stand”: Ibid., testimony of Charles Conrad.
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“go ahead”: Ibid., testimony of Otto Lademan.
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“pirating”: Ibid., Petition.
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“according to the Budweiser process”: Ibid., testimony of Charles Conrad.
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“I don’t know anything about”: Ibid., testimony of Lawrence Lampel.
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“I know the process”: Ibid., testimony of Otto Lademan.
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“immense sensation”: “American Beer the Best,”
New York Times,
September 7, 1878, p. 5.
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“We use bi-carbonate”: “Answers to Correspondents,”
Western Brewer
6 (June 15, 1881): 703.
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“‘sour’ and ‘bitter’”: “The Million’s Beverage,”
New York Times,
May 20, 1877, p. 10.
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“tried the experiment”: Ibid.
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“so accustomed”: “The Coloring of Beer by Yeast,”
Western Brewer
4 (1879): 43.

 

CHAPTER THREE

“Masters of the Situation”

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“all the leading brewers”: “The Schlitz Park,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
May 24, 1880, p. 8.
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“best citizens”: Ibid.
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“nausea and exhaustion”: Dorothy Richardson, “The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl,” in
Women at Work,
ed. William L. O’Neill (Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1972), 257.
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“Six beers”: Ibid., 258, 259.
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“wailing and gnashing”: “The Impending Calamity,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
February 14, 1874, p. 8.
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“Papa Best”: “The Tapsters,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
February 26, 1874, p. 8.
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“business worth $23,000”: “Beerschaum,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
February 23,1874, p. 1.
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“[i]t strikes me”: Frederick Pabst to Charles W. Henning, March 31, 1882; Pabst Family Archives, Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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“was away from home”: Erwin Uihlein quoted in Robert W. Wells, “The Uihleins of Milwaukee,”
Milwaukee Journal, Insight
Sunday supplement, April 23, 1972, p. 19.
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“In this manner”: Edward G. Uihlein, “Memoir,” trans. Rosina L. Lippi and Jill D. Carlisle; Edward G. Uihlein Reminiscences, Chicago Historical Society.
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“Presto!”: “Abolish Brewery ‘Agents,’”
Western Brewer
5 (January 1880): 58.
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“I laughed at him”: Quoted in Thomas Cochran,
The Pabst Brewing Company: The History of an American Business
(New York: New York University Press, 1948), 143.
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“[Y]ou will notice”: Charles Nagel to Adolphus Busch, February 13, 1894; Charles Nagel Papers, microfilm set; Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University. Hereafter cited as Nagel Papers.
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“[Brewers] were so anxious”: Quoted in Ronald Jan Plavchan, “A History of Anheuser-Busch, 1852–1933,” (Ph.D. dissertation, Saint Louis University, 1969), 123.
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“Mr. Blatz”: “Mr. Blatz’s ‘Clubhouse’ Again,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
June 1, 1884, p. 8.
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“not as good”: Quoted in Cochran,
Pabst Brewing Company,
p. 167.
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[S]ecure such men
”: Frederick Pabst to Charles C. Henning, June 1, 1882; Pabst Family Archives, Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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“a good warm overcoat”: July 1880, Pabst Brewing Company Ledger 1880–1890, MSS 0780; Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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“Danzinger uses money”: Quoted in Cochran,
Pabst Brewing Company,
166.
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“Concerning a suitable agent”: Quoted in Ibid., 167–68.
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“[K]eep on the lookout”: Fred Pabst, Jr., to Branch Managers, April 17, 1903; Pabst Brewing Company, Box 2, Clippings, Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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“control the price”: Quoted in Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey,
Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 41.
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“The men we have”: Quoted in Cochran,
Pabst Brewing Company,
151.
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“behind”: Quoted in ibid.
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“Now a perfect understanding”: Quoted in ibid.
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“wordy altercation”: “War Among Brewers,”
Chicago Daily Tribune,
October 25, 1893, p. 1.
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“very much annoyed”: “Capt. Pabst Indignant,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 14, 1890, p. 3.
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“There is no Piece”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, May 2, 1891; Charles Best, Jr., Papers, 1874–1917, Folder 5, Archives, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Hereafter cited as Best Papers.
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“enough to make”: “Capt. Fred Pabst Dies at His Home,”
Milwaukee Sentinel,
January 2, 1904, p. 3.
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“I’m very glad”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, August 12, 1890; Best Papers, Folder 4.
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“I am very often greeted”:
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association v Fred Miller Brewing Company,
Deposition of Adolphus Busch, April 26, 1894; United States Circuit Court, Eastern District Wisconsin; National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region (Chicago). Hereafter cited as
Anheuser-Busch v Miller.
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“exceptionally expensive”:
Anheuser-Busch v Miller,
Final Record Books in Chancery, 1862–1911, vol. Q, p. 619.
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“ordinary”: Ibid., 622.
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“deepest, shrewdest”: Quoted in John Gurda,
Miller Time: A History of Miller Brewing Company 1855–2005
([Milwaukee, WI]: Miller Brewing Company, 2005), 56.
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“the best Bohemian barley”:
Anheuser-Busch v. Miller,
Deposition of Ernst J. Miller, May 31, 1894. All remaining testimony quotations from Miller deposition.
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“Miller Bros.”: Charles Nagel to Rowland Cox, November 11, 1896; Nagel Papers, microfilm set.
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“As to the question”: Charles Nagel to Rowland Cox, January 16, 1897; Nagel Papers, microfilm set.
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“We have done”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, May 2, 1891; Best Papers, Folder 5.
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“We will not quite reach”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, December 5, 1891; Best Papers, Folder 6.
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“I often think”: Quoted in John C. Eastberg, “The Paramour and the Press: Society, Scandal and the Schandeins” (Master’s essay, Marquette University, 2000), 8.
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“Now my dear Boy”: Frederick Pabst to Gustav Pabst, December 24, 1888; Pabst Family Archives, Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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“I made up my mind”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, August 12, 1890; Best Papers, Folder 4.
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“Everything is lovely”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, March 2, 1891; Best Papers, Folder 4.
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“Gustav is out”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, December 5, 1891; Best Papers, Folder 6.
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“Your father”: Charles Nagel to Peter Busch, July 11, 1898; Nagel Papers, microfilm set.
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“I must repeat”: Quoted in Carlota Busch Giersch,
Gussie
(Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing, 1985), 24, 25.
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“Be moderate”: Quoted in Ibid., 26.
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“It is grand out there”: Frederick Pabst to Charles Best, May 2,1891; Best Papers, Folder 5.
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“the most aristocratic”: Quoted in Giersch,
Gussie,
30, 31.
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“Come in”: Alice Busch Tilton,
Remembering
(privately printed, 1941), 62.

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