Billings is most remembered more for the production of “Billings Bitters,” a moonshine-based product that was marketed as a cure-all for most conditions of the day. Permission was granted by the treasury department in July 1888 to sell the product as medicine, which provided tax exemption for Billings.
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2019 Thanksgiving Side Projects
Never a dull moment during a staycation.
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