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The New York Times took a cheekier approach with its front page headline: “John Barleycorn Died Peacefully at the Toll of 12.”

But come November Hangman wakes up again, sort of like John Barleycorn in reverse.

Later, about 300 people gathered for a fundraiser at John Barleycorn in River North, where the price of admission was a symbolic $20.16 per person.

Led by the clergy, countless campaigns were mounted to persuade people to curb their consumption of John Barleycorn.

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.