[1] Cantrell & Cochrane's Ginger Ale continued to be sold in America as late as the 1950s in cans whose tops were shaped like cones. Cantrell & Cochrane are still in business as of 2008, headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey, owned and managed by Kelco Sales & Marketing. They still make ginger ale.
[2] Later acquired by Canada Dry.
[3] Vernor's appears to have stopped its concentrated syrup in oak casks in the 1980s. Fans say it has never tasted the same since. Since 1993, Vernor's has been owned by Cadbury.
[4] Ultimately acquired by Canada Dry in 1965, then killed off.
[5] John James McLaughlin preferred to be called Jack. His parents were Robert McLaughlin and Mary Smith. He was born in Tyrone, Ontario. He graduated in pharmacy from the University of Toronto in 1885. In 1890, he married a Maude M. Christie. He called his company "The J. J. McLaughlin Company Limited, Manufacturers of Hygeia Beverages." In Toronto, he lived at 81 Glen Road. The couple had a daughter, Maud. He died on 28 January 1914.
[6] Sam, aka Robert Samuel, aka Colonel Sam, persuaded his father to switch from carriage making to car making. Sam transformed his father's company into the McLaughlin Car Company, which later became General Motors Canada.