Barb,

On question no. 3: A photograph of Charles K. Klapproth is reproduced in
*Mark
Twain's Elmira: 1870-1910,* edited by Michelle L. Cotton with an
introduction
by Herbert A. Wisbey, published in 1985, LC no. 85-73562. Cotton also
reproduces in facsimile an ad from the *Elmira City Directory* for 1872-73
for
the saloon owned or run by August Klapproth (2 p's), presumably the
predecessor
to Charles (p. 22).  She also gives Charlie's dates as 1876-1928.

And in *Mark Twain in Elmira* by Jerome and Wisbey (177), you can find a
reprinting of an article by W. Charles Barber titled "Charlie Klapproth's
Cafe:
Mark Twain Sipped Here," originally published in *Chemung Historical
Journal*
vol 8, no. 4 (June 1963), pp. 1114-1116.  Barber has seen the Old Crow ads
and
says "The ad writers don't bother to spell the name right. Their version is
'Klaproth' and they persist in calling his business place a 'tavern' which
is
more than anybody around here managed to do."  He cites the Elmira
Star-Gazette's news story reporting when Klapproth "died at his home, 411
William St., on Dec. 9, 1922, after a brief illness." And he says he was
born
in New York City on 27 March 1855, facts which are at odds with Cotton's,
obviously.

I looked for but did not find an ad for Klapproth's cafe in our file of the
*Advertiser* for January 1880. A longer look would doubtless turn up
something.

On the more interesting questions (1 and 2) I can't help much, since we
don't
even appear to have a copy of *Mark Twain Drinking*. What reference are you
relying on for SLC's corresponding with Fuller about investing in a "whisky
mill"? Perhaps if I knew that, I could track down a more specific kind of
documentation.

By coincidence, I was trying to pin down what brand of Scotch Clemens
favored.
Any ideas? So far all I have are (1) Glen Whiskey, (2) W. W. Glencoe
Whiskey,
and (3) Andrew Carnegie's private stock. Only one of these appears to be
recognized on the numerous web sites devoted to Scotch.

Cheers,
Bob