Shows how product classification, taxation, testimonials, and purity claims could reinforce one another even when the underlying liquid contradicted the marketing.
A secondary synthesis based in part on Brian Haara's Bourbon Justice and historical advertising; legal and tax details require primary corroboration for publication.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey advertised purity, cures, vitality, and extreme longevity; English reports that its medical positioning affected tax treatment until a proceeding found the product to be sweetened whiskey without additional medicinal ingredients.
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