In 1904, they did what all good beer manufacturers do and sponsored a baseball team in the Milwaukee Brewers League. Also that year, the Worldâs Fair came to St. Louis and the company had the honour of exhibiting a massive, 24ft high bottle depicting the spring house at the brewery.
The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda is the story of a love triangle between the Whale Caller, the whale Sharisha and the alcoholic Saluni. While the story is compelling, the reader will have to dig through layer of symbolism. At times I found it fascinating at times but at other times just wearying.
The earliest reports of whale sightings in the Bay of Banderas, date back to 1858 and mention the presence of mainly 2 species: the Humpback and the Grey whale. As a matter of fact, the bay was called Humpback Bay in the mid 1800's. Unfortunately, these reports come from log books of American whaling ships. Many species of whales were hunted from the mid 1800's to mid 1900's. The humpback suffered great losses due to his closeness to shores and his relatively slow speed. At the time, a lot of commerce depended on whale based products.