Developed and formulated [Canada Dry] Ginger Ale.
In 1890, Canadian pharmacist and chemist John J. McLaughlin of Ontario, opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, McLaughlin created "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" (Coincidentally, Coca Cola was also concocted a few years before in 1886 by a pharmacist, John Pemberton.) Three years later the drink label featured a map of Canada with the present Crown and shield. McLaughlin's wife, Maude, is reputed to have come up with Canada Dry's enduring slogan "The Champagne of Ginger Ales" which gave the drink a high class image. For a few decades thereafter, this effervescent beverage was mainly an Ontario / Canadian regional drink. Once its popularity spread to the United States around the 1920s, it eventually became a major American brand ....
JOHN JAMES McLAUGHLIN a pharmacist and manufacturer, son of Robert McLaughlin* and Mary Smith; m. 23 Oct. 1890 Maude Christie in New York City, and they had a daughter and three sons, one of whom died in infancy; d. 28 Jan. 1914 in Toronto.
A grandson of immigrants from the north of Ireland, J. J. McLaughlin attended public school in Enniskillen. After his father had moved his carriage-building business to Oshawa, Jack, as he was known, completed his studies at the high school there. He hoped to be a doctor, but decided on a career in pharmacy; he was apprenticed in Oshawa and in 1885 he graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in Toronto. He moved to Brooklyn (New York City), where he took a postgraduate course in pharmacy, worked as a dispenser, and then managed one of Brooklyn's largest pharmacies. It was there that he conceived of starting in the soda-water and mineral-water business.
Since the 1890s McLaughlin had suffered from ill health, although, according to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, he "all the time kept in touch with his business." He died of a heart attack in 1914 at his home at 81 Glen Road and was buried in St James' Cemetery.
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In 1890, Canadian pharmacist and chemist John J. McLaughlin of Ontario, opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, McLaughlin created "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" (Coincidentally, Coca Cola was also concocted a few years before in 1886 by a pharmacist, John Pemberton.) Three years later the drink label featured a map of Canada with the present Crown and shield. McLaughlin's wife, Maude, is reputed to have come up with Canada Dry's enduring slogan "The Champagne of Ginger Ales" which gave the drink a high class image. For a few decades thereafter, this effervescent beverage was mainly an Ontario / Canadian regional drink. Once its popularity spread to the United States around the 1920s, it eventually became a major American brand ....
JOHN JAMES McLAUGHLIN a pharmacist and manufacturer, son of Robert McLaughlin* and Mary Smith; m. 23 Oct. 1890 Maude Christie in New York City, and they had a daughter and three sons, one of whom died in infancy; d. 28 Jan. 1914 in Toronto.
A grandson of immigrants from the north of Ireland, J. J. McLaughlin attended public school in Enniskillen. After his father had moved his carriage-building business to Oshawa, Jack, as he was known, completed his studies at the high school there. He hoped to be a doctor, but decided on a career in pharmacy; he was apprenticed in Oshawa and in 1885 he graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in Toronto. He moved to Brooklyn (New York City), where he took a postgraduate course in pharmacy, worked as a dispenser, and then managed one of Brooklyn's largest pharmacies. It was there that he conceived of starting in the soda-water and mineral-water business.
Since the 1890s McLaughlin had suffered from ill health, although, according to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, he "all the time kept in touch with his business." He died of a heart attack in 1914 at his home at 81 Glen Road and was buried in St James' Cemetery.
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Developed and formulated [Canada Dry] Ginger Ale.
In 1890, Canadian pharmacist and chemist John J. McLaughlin of Ontario, opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, McLaughlin created "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" (Coincidentally, Coca Cola was also concocted a few years before in 1886 by a pharmacist, John Pemberton.) Three years later the drink label featured a map of Canada with the present Crown and shield. McLaughlin's wife, Maude, is reputed to have come up with Canada Dry's enduring slogan "The Champagne of Ginger Ales" which gave the drink a high class image. For a few decades thereafter, this effervescent beverage was mainly an Ontario / Canadian regional drink. Once its popularity spread to the United States around the 1920s, it eventually became a major American brand ....
JOHN JAMES McLAUGHLIN a pharmacist and manufacturer, son of Robert McLaughlin* and Mary Smith; m. 23 Oct. 1890 Maude Christie in New York City, and they had a daughter and three sons, one of whom died in infancy; d. 28 Jan. 1914 in Toronto.
A grandson of immigrants from the north of Ireland, J. J. McLaughlin attended public school in Enniskillen. After his father had moved his carriage-building business to Oshawa, Jack, as he was known, completed his studies at the high school there. He hoped to be a doctor, but decided on a career in pharmacy; he was apprenticed in Oshawa and in 1885 he graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in Toronto. He moved to Brooklyn (New York City), where he took a postgraduate course in pharmacy, worked as a dispenser, and then managed one of Brooklyn's largest pharmacies. It was there that he conceived of starting in the soda-water and mineral-water business.
Since the 1890s McLaughlin had suffered from ill health, although, according to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, he "all the time kept in touch with his business." He died of a heart attack in 1914 at his home at 81 Glen Road and was buried in St James' Cemetery.
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In 1890, Canadian pharmacist and chemist John J. McLaughlin of Ontario, opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, McLaughlin created "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" (Coincidentally, Coca Cola was also concocted a few years before in 1886 by a pharmacist, John Pemberton.) Three years later the drink label featured a map of Canada with the present Crown and shield. McLaughlin's wife, Maude, is reputed to have come up with Canada Dry's enduring slogan "The Champagne of Ginger Ales" which gave the drink a high class image. For a few decades thereafter, this effervescent beverage was mainly an Ontario / Canadian regional drink. Once its popularity spread to the United States around the 1920s, it eventually became a major American brand ....
JOHN JAMES McLAUGHLIN a pharmacist and manufacturer, son of Robert McLaughlin* and Mary Smith; m. 23 Oct. 1890 Maude Christie in New York City, and they had a daughter and three sons, one of whom died in infancy; d. 28 Jan. 1914 in Toronto.
A grandson of immigrants from the north of Ireland, J. J. McLaughlin attended public school in Enniskillen. After his father had moved his carriage-building business to Oshawa, Jack, as he was known, completed his studies at the high school there. He hoped to be a doctor, but decided on a career in pharmacy; he was apprenticed in Oshawa and in 1885 he graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in Toronto. He moved to Brooklyn (New York City), where he took a postgraduate course in pharmacy, worked as a dispenser, and then managed one of Brooklyn's largest pharmacies. It was there that he conceived of starting in the soda-water and mineral-water business.
Since the 1890s McLaughlin had suffered from ill health, although, according to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, he "all the time kept in touch with his business." He died of a heart attack in 1914 at his home at 81 Glen Road and was buried in St James' Cemetery.
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