tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post1394454876744843724..comments2024-03-23T05:26:31.832-07:00Comments on Those Pre-Pro Whiskey Men!: How Mary Dowling Outwitted National ProhibitionJack Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-84402484315575785292023-09-17T07:40:52.033-07:002023-09-17T07:40:52.033-07:00Anon: Thanks for adding this great story. Anon: Thanks for adding this great story. Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-69206643811109221582023-09-17T07:38:00.673-07:002023-09-17T07:38:00.673-07:00Anon (Sept 16): Thanks for being in touch. You h...Anon (Sept 16): Thanks for being in touch. You have a treasure trove. Both Don and I would like to have a photo of Mary. I will post it with the article and give you credit for the "find." Email me at jack.sullivan9@verizon.net.Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-6785707745891199472023-09-16T08:25:55.170-07:002023-09-16T08:25:55.170-07:00The only things from Mexico with the befamily is l...The only things from Mexico with the befamily is letters written to pappy Van winkles and Mr. Beam making deals for Mary and they shipped all across the united states and pappy set them up and told the prohibition agents including Eliot Ness that Mary and the beams were making fake cheap bourbon and not using limestone water and he told them that her cheap bourbon is making him lose his buisness and then told on al Capone and other feiend that was shipping marys bourbon all over chicago and all the other big cities and to about 500 speak easys ...so Mr beam wrote him a letter cussing him for asking him and mary to ship some mexico bourbon to him and then tell the cops ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-64386137862356270322023-09-16T08:14:32.470-07:002023-09-16T08:14:32.470-07:00I have boxes of all her old pictures and personal ...I have boxes of all her old pictures and personal documents and mail from around the world and all her distillery memorbilia and reports and bank statements and everything you can think of that she burried before she died so nobody would ever see it but I accidentally fell through a old wooden mahogany floor and landed underneath the floor of a old distillery office years ago and I landed inside a hidden concrete bunker type celler room with 2 big war trunks and a whiskey barrel full of everything she ever documented or sold or bought and all the mail from 1929's up to 1947....they all wrote each other in code words back then and sent telegrame then sent a wire and post cards then regular letters with the distillerys letterheads....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-39264715986080683372022-10-22T14:47:05.418-07:002022-10-22T14:47:05.418-07:00Don: How much I wish there was a photo of Mary! ...Don: How much I wish there was a photo of Mary! Have looked for one for years without success. If you find one, let me know. I would add it to my post immediately. Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-76703885765278508742022-10-21T15:34:09.311-07:002022-10-21T15:34:09.311-07:00Hi Jack, Don here. I am researching Mary Dowling....Hi Jack, Don here. I am researching Mary Dowling. Do you know if there are any pictures of Mary? Any clue on where I might find one? Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-15152470361053149852021-02-20T10:10:54.385-08:002021-02-20T10:10:54.385-08:00Unknown: This is what an Internet source says: ...Unknown: This is what an Internet source says: "The Dowlings were one of the 'Seven septs of Leix', and their original territory, called 'Fearann Un n-Dunlaing' or 'Dowling's County', lay along the west bank of the River Barrow. Leading branches of the sept migrated to the bordering counties of Kilkenny and Carlow, and later to Wicklow; there are four townlands called Ballydowling in the last mentioned county."<br /><br />Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-75793941770626591672021-02-20T07:45:38.789-08:002021-02-20T07:45:38.789-08:00Jack: Do you have any idea what part of Ireland Jo...Jack: Do you have any idea what part of Ireland John Dowling was from?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789050687690800470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-79354027206039622782014-09-21T11:21:46.649-07:002014-09-21T11:21:46.649-07:00Dear Harry Beam: Thanks for your excellent addit...Dear Harry Beam: Thanks for your excellent addition to my post on Mary Dowling. She was undoubtedly a woman of considerable gumption and intelligence. The footage on the Juarez distillery is of considerable interest.<br />You have a great whiskey name and legacy. JackJack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-513255228772440332014-09-21T10:36:26.503-07:002014-09-21T10:36:26.503-07:00The Joseph L Beam family remains grateful to Mary ...The Joseph L Beam family remains grateful to Mary Dowling for helping them stay afloat during prohibition. After Joseph L returned to Nelson Co. From Juarez, he was twice elected Jailer of Nelson Co before the end of prohibition. My great-grandfather Joseph L Beam and my grandfather, Harry Beam + his older brother Otis Beam were the Beams Mary Dowling hired to build the DM Distillery in Juarez during prohibition. I recently found film footage of the DM Distillery in Juarez here: http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Juarez,_Mexico_-_American_Distiller_Opens_Plant_Below_Border,_Introduces_New_Process_to_Age_Certain_Beverages_Banned_in_U.S.<br />Harry BeamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01691567842474987328noreply@blogger.com