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Saturday, March 19, 2022

"50 GALLONS OF GARBAGE-DISTILLED WHISKY SEIZED"

FEDERAL AGENTS DISCOVER 'SUPPOSED PIGGERY' IS A STILL

Kane, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On March 19, 1922, The Evening Star reports that federal agents raiding "the supposed" piggery* owned by Andy Orzichowski which is located on the outskirts of Kane, Pennsylvania "found the place to be a well equipped distillery."

Instead of gathering city refuse for hog troughs, Mr. Orzichowski has been using it for the manufacture of illegal whisky.

The agents seized 50 gallons of garbage-distilled whisky along with almost 100 gallons of prepared mash.  Agents reported most of the liquor was to be shipped to Pittsburgh.

*piggery is a place where swine are kept.

SOURCE

"'Piggery' Was Still," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 19, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

   
 
Anna Phosa's Piggery Business
South Africa (2011)
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