Category Archives: Beer

Bum on “The Block” Named “Big Ed” Fights Over Bottle of Natty Boh, Stabbed to Death With It (1975)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by atomictv

Man stabbed to death during fight on The Block over bottle of beer (The Baltimore Sun, 6/5/1975) A man police could identify only as “Big Ed” was stabbed to death with a broken beer bottle yesterday afternoon during a fight … Continue reading →

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All Hail the Preakness Manimal “Kegasus”!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by atomictv

Jockey Club hopes Preakness 2011 will ‘Be Legendary’ By Matt Vensel (The Baltimore Sun, 3/29/2011) A year after the Maryland Jockey Club encouraged Baltimore to get its “Preak” on with a feather-ruffling advertising campaign for last year’s Preakness party, event … Continue reading →

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RIP Fran Daniels, Gayety Showgirl, “Hamm’s Beer Girl”

Posted on March 21, 2011 by atomictv

By Avenue News.com, 3/21/2011 Frances Carol Mootafian (nee Kessinger), also known as Fran Daniels, passed away on Feb. 18, 2011. She was born on Nov. 23, 1931 in Camp Creek, W.Va. Born to parents Ira and Dorinda Kessinger, Frances was … Continue reading →

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“For My Boh”

Posted on February 19, 2011 by atomictv

By Violet Glaze (Baltimore City Paper, 2/16/20110 I write this valentine in Old Bay and blood, Baltimore, because I love you. I’m enthralled by you, besotted with you, I carry you in my heart like the first boy I kissed … Continue reading →

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