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Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue…and Green Too! Page 7

IN THIS ISSUE:

Mother Siegel's Curative Syrup w PAGE 12

Fifty Years of Fabulous Fenners, Part II w PAGE 35

The Ma g a z i n e T h at Ke eps Yo u I n fo r m e d!

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VOLUME 38, #3 • July 2021 FRONT COVER:

For July's cover, we chose a festive backdrop to accompany a very timely article by Bitters Columnist Bob Strickhart. Bob's article features a rare bitters with a very patriotic name, "UNCLE SAM'S / WILD CHERRY BITTERS." Read all about it beginning on page 7.

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In This Issue:

Editors: Ralph Finch Bill Baab Jodi Hall

Letters to the Editor .......................................................................... 2

Managing Editor Libby Smith The Medicine Chest John Panella Joe Widman New England Review Mike George Bitters Columnist Bob Strickhart Spouting off on Mineral Waters Donald Tucker Contributing Writers: Ralph Finch Kevin Sives Design, Layout & Production Jake Pluta

Heard it through the Grapevine........................................................ 4 Three Cheers for the Red, White & Blue (and Green too!) .............. 7 Mother Siegel's Curative Syrup....................................................... 12 Fruit Jar Rambles: 1930's Jar Closures ........................................... 17 Classified Advertisements................................................................ 22 Show Calendar................................................................................. 27 Medicine Chest: One Bottle, but it's Worth a Story....................... 30 History in a Name ........................................................................... 32 Fifty Years of Fabulous Fenners, Part II .......................................... 35 History Repeats Itself ...................................................................... 40

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LETTERS

to the Editor

Another Fahrney Oddball Hi, John, Here’s yet another bottle variant of the Fahrney family medicine business (right). Perhaps your Medicine Chest contributors will appreciate it. This aqua BIMAL item measures 5 1/8” tall and has a smooth base. It appears to have been made in the 1870s to early ‘80s era. The embossing reads as follows: DR D. FAHRNEY & SON HAGERSTOWN. MD. (NOTE) The period after HAGERSTOWN was probably meant to be a comma. Also, there is no period after the DR (Doctor) abbreviation. Dan Desmarais Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

Yeoman’s Fruit Bottle Hi, John, I found this early advertisement (far right) for Yeoman’s Fruit Bottle in a copy of Genesee Farmer that I picked up and thought your readers might find it of interest. Regards, Jim Lockmiller Battle Creek, Michigan Editor’s note: Jim and I go way back as digging friends and bottle buddies. Back in the 70’s, Jim, my father, and I used to dig the old dump along the tracks (Interurban line) which crossed and paralleled the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek. Many interesting items were dug from this spot over a period of more than twenty years (although no Yeoman’s Fruit Bottles)! — John Pastor

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Found Bottle Hi, John, I found this bottle (above) 30-plus years ago in a bucket and cannot find anything about it. Can you help? Thank you, Terry Teague Athol, Massachusetts

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Dr. Fahrney’s Ad Cover Hi, John, FYI, the Dr. Fahrney’s ad cover pictured in that article (“In the Medicine Chest,” June issue, p.41) is in my collection. Here it is in color. Fine issue as always! Richard Sheaff Bethel, Vermont

Doctor Norton’s Mystery Bottle Hi, Everyone, Richard Sheaff owns this ad cover that was shown in black-and-white in last months issue of AB&GC.

This mystery Dock Blood Purifier has stumped me since receiving it in a small collection purchased last October from an Etsy seller in Canning, Nova Scotia. It is one of the first blood cures I have purchased. So far I have not found a single reference to a Dr. Norton (other than the one of the Tasteless Worm Destroyer fame) in any bottle reference book or electronic database. This bottle is certainly on the larger size at 9 3/8” tall and base at 3 3/8” x 2” and made with a round post-bottom mold. It is embossed: DR. NORTON’S / DOCK BLOOD / PURIFIER. Does anyone know anything of Dr. Norton or his Dock Blood Purifier they would be willing to share? Thank you, Zac Mirecki Hartford, Connecticut

Three views of the Dr. Norton's Dock Blood Purifier sent in by Zac Mirecki. Does anyone have information?

Editor’s note: The “Dr. Norton’s / Dock Blood / Purifier” is a new one on us! Can any of our readers help Zac with a little information on this mystery bottle? July 2021

Heard it through the

Grapevine Take a Shower and Then Die? It could cure ulcerations and diseases of the skin, possibly forever Edited by Ralph Finch Selling last year by AA Auctions of England was a pot lid imprinted “DOCTOR SHOWER’S RADIUM SALVE.” Lot 13 was described as “a very unusual small 2 inch lid with original base that comes in green and red print and stated it was for ‘all kinds of ulcerations and diseases of the skin’ including ‘cancerous growths!’ Scarce and very desirable, especially with original base.”

in many countries after it was discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. Spas featuring radium-rich water are still occasionally touted as beneficial in Japan. In the U.S., nasal radium irradiation was also administered to children to prevent middle-ear problems or enlarged tonsils from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. Radium (usually in the form of radium chloride or radium bromide) was used in medicine to produce radon gas which in turn was used as a cancer treatment. For example, several of these radon sources were used in Canada in the 1920s and

Hmmmm. Radium shower? Use that and perhaps after your shower your skin will really glow?

FYI: According to Wikipedia and other sites: “Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie on Dec. 21, 1898. Radium was once an additive in products such as toothpaste, hair creams, and even food items due to its supposed curative powers. Such products soon fell out of vogue and were prohibited by authorities

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Early in the 1900s, biologists used radium to induce mutations and study genetics. As early as 1904, Daniel MacDougal used radium in an attempt to determine whether it could provoke sudden large mutations and cause major evolutionary shifts. Thomas Hunt Morgan used radium to induce changes resulting in white-eyed fruit flies. Nobel-winning biologist Hermann Muller briefly studied the effects of radium on fruit fly mutations before turning to more affordable x-ray experiments. Radium was used in the production of toothpaste and wristwatches and was thought to be curative until researchers discovered that intense radioactivity had adverse effects on health. It is the sixth element of the alkaline earth metals with atomic number 88 and symbol Ra.

The 1880-90 pot lid was in excellent condition, “just an old tiny pinhead glaze flake on the back of the rim (barely worth mentioning) and just a few tiny in-manufacture marks and indentations (all under the glaze and nothing at all untoward).” The base “looks to be original, with just a very small flake on the top of the rim which is completely hidden when lid on top. Both top and base have traces of a fatty substance in the glaze, presumably from the oil atum which it originally contained. Estimate: £80-100, with no reserve. It sold for £155 ($220) with 26 bids (plus a 15 percent buyer’s premium).

uranium! The glaze in red fiestaware made prior to 1943 contains small amounts of radioactive material.

1930s. However, many treatments that were used in the early 1900s are not used anymore because of the harmful effects radium bromide exposure caused. Some examples of these effects are anaemia, cancer, and genetic mutations. Radium cures reached their pinnacle of popularity in the U.S. during the 1920s, promising to remedy many diseases, restore youthful vigor, and revitalize an ailing sex life. Fiestaware? In 1943, when the U.S. was developing the atomic bomb, the government was surprised to learn that a pottery maker was buying significant amounts of

Mrs. Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, died in 1934 from its use. She was known to carry test tubes of radium around in the pocket of her lab coat. It was a slow and painful death. And such a changing world. She died from the “new-world radium,” while her scientist husband died in 1906 in Paris, after stepping in front of a horse-drawn wagon. Radon is a radioactive gas that results from the natural decay of uranium and radium found in nearly all rocks and soils. Elevated radon levels have been found in every state. Breathing radon over time increases your risk of lung cancer. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Nationally, the EPA estimates that about 21,000 people die each year from radon-related lung cancer. Only smoking causes more lung cancer deaths. Make sure to get your home tested for radon! There are do-it-yourself home test kits available.

Heard it through the

Grapevine Batsto Revs Back! Another welcome sign for the hobby Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sept. 19. The Batsto Village Antique Bottle and Classic Car Show is back! This popular annual event takes place at the historic Batsto Village, Wharton State Forest, Hammonton, N.J. Several years ago, the Batsto Citizens Committee (BCCI) joined with the Cruisin’ Classic Car group to create a combined event that has become a tremendous success. It seemed that a show with antique and classic cars should have something else for visitors to enjoy. What better than antiques? Being held in the heart of Wharton Forest at Batsto Village, where glass and bottles were produced after the iron industry financially could not survive, also seemed appropriate.

Iron is no longer produced at Batsto Village. The idea of the British coming up the river to end the production of shot and cannonball at the Village no longer exists. But the history of such can be seen at the monument at Chestnut Neck. In addition, this is a great opportunity to walk around and remember some history. The history of the Colonies before America was America can be enjoyed. Also some of the more recent history of toys without batteries, tin toys not plastic, records that were analog and not digital sounds on your phone, bottles that were returned for 2 or 5 cents, not throw-away plastic. There will also be food trucks!

Remember: Advertising doesn’t cost,

IT PAYS! A display ad this size costs only $30.00 for one month. What are you waiting for? Call us today!

It is a rain-or-shine event, but let’s hope for sunshine Sept. 19 at Historic Batsto Village from 9 to 3. For more information, contact Jim Hammell: 856.217.4945; Email: hammelljm@gmail.com

World’s Longest Yard Sale A whole lot of fun - and bottles! by Jay Kasper I wanted to comment on what is billed as “The World’s Longest Yard Sale.” It stretches from Michigan to Alabama, and takes place on August 5 - 8. Stop by our sale in West Manchester, Ohio (4 miles north of IH-70). We’ll have antique bottles, including 700+ Hutchinsons from Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Also, bitters, medicines, poisons, inks and more. Plus postcards, sports cards, vintage Christmas and holiday collectibles, beer and soda signs, glassware. Watch for signs! It is always a great time. Jay Kasper, text: 361-649-8221; email:jamast@att.net

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BITTERS bottles By Robert Strickhart

Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue (and Green Too!)

appy Fourth of July everyone! Sometimes, when I write these articles I feel like I’m at a bottle show and I’m just having a pleasant conversation with some of my bottle friends. I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you I enjoy writing these articles, doing the research, and having good conversations with my bottle buddies. I hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.

there are three variants of this really fine bitters. Let’s take a look at those variants.

One thing about this Corona virus is that it really makes you appreciate the camaraderie we share in the bottle world. Not attending bottle shows is really a drag and I’m reminded of a Joni Mitchell song where she says you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. So let’s look on the bright side, there is light at the end of the tunnel and we’ll be back together again soon.

Square, Yellowish green, LTCR, Tooled lip, 2 sp, Scarce

Some time ago, we had a “conversation” celebrating Saint Patty’s day and talking about green bitters bottles. Now, here it is Independence Day and I am still thinking of green bitters bottles. On the Fourth of July, Uncle Sam is celebrating for sure. Let us see if you can follow where this train of thought is going. In that past article, I stated that if you ask a bitters collector to name a green bitters, the reply would possibly be “Dr. Loew’s Stomach Bitters.” Sample bottles aside,

The first variant is described by Ring/ Ham as follows: L 111 DR. LOEW’S CELEBRATED / STOMACH BITTERS & / NERVE TONIC // f // THE / LOEW’S & SONS CO./ CLEVELAND, O. 9 1/4 X 3 (5 1/4)

Swirled fluting on neck and shoulder Be reminded that the LTCR notation indicates a long tapered collared mouth with a ring. The bottle is listed as scarce, which indicates that there are between 76 and 150 examples known. The green color of this bottle and the swirled fluting on the neck are the two features that make this bottle so easily identified. These traits follow through in all three variants, some of the sample-sized examples available as well, and another bottle we will visit in this article later on. While Ring/Ham describe this bottle as yellowish green, there are many variations of green out there. An almost olive green Loew’s has surfaced and from time to time you will find deep emerald greens showing up as well. I would expect to

DR. LOEW’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS & NERVE TONIC.

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pay in the $400 to $600 range for a nice example and, while the bottle does show up from time to time at shows and on the auction block, it is not all that often. That said, you may see some really high prices paid for this bottle, especially if the color is strong and not so washed out. You have heard me say that every bottle has a story, and the example of Doctor Loew's that is on my shelf is no exception. The year was 1995 and I had it in my mind that a splash of green would really look good on the shelf.

ABOVE: The Loew & Sons Co. letterhead on a letter from September 12, 1896. BELOW: A sample Dr. Loew's next to a full-size bottle.

While I live in New Jersey, I have traveled yearly to Rochester, New York whenever possible to attend their regular show each spring. In fact, I may be one of the most long distance club members, as I was encouraged to join the Rochester club way back in the day by a fellow by the name of Kel Kelsey. He was quite persuasive and I’m glad he was, as I have enjoyed this group of people for a long time. Jack and Audrey Stecher, Bob Sheffield, Bert Spiller, John DeVolder, Jim Bartholomew, Chris Davis and a host of others are among the members you would get to see yearly, and Aaron and Pam Weber are still at it, putting on a great show year after year. If you’ve never been to the Rochester show, I strongly suggest you make the trip as I have for the last thirty years. I was on the hunt for a nice example of a green Dr. Loew’s and met up with a gentleman by the name of Ken Cornell. I had met Ken before but never had quite the conversation I had with him that day. If you remember Ken, he was a mountain of a man and I always respected him as a knowledgeable bottle dealer. He asked me what I was looking for and I told him about the green Dr. Loew’s. He said “If you really want a great example, don’t buy one now, come back and see me next year, I’ll have one for you.” I said, “OK, I’ll wait, and I’ll see you next year again,” and he smiled. Next

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year rolled around and I walked up to his table sort of thinking that perhaps he didn’t remember our conversation from the previous year. I didn’t even get a hello out of my mouth when he put up his finger and said, “Wait a second, I have something for you.” As he reached under the table and handed me the bottle he said, “You’re going to pay for it, but I think you’ll agree it’s worth it.” That nice, mint, deep dark green Loew’s still sits on my shelf and every time I look at it I think of Ken Cornell. He didn’t forget the conversation or the bottle, and I’ll never forget him. While the next two variants are quite different from the L - 111 example, these two Loew’s bottles are very similar to each other and separated only by one small change in the embossing. These bottles introduced the H.C. Christy Company embossing and are a later bottle. So, this is a good time for a little research concerning the Loews Company. “Those Pre-Pro Whiskey Men” is a blog authored by Jack Sullivan, and he has done some wonderful research which I share with you now. Thanks, Jack, for your terrific research. As far as a timeline is concerned, Loew’s Bitters can be dated all the way back to the late 1870s when John Loew first started his business. In 1883 John’s sons, Charles and Daniel, joined the business and we end up with John Loew’s and Sons embossed on the bottles we collect. John Loew retired and subsequently died in 1897, but the boys continued the business until 1912. The boys appear to have sold the rights to their family business to Henry Christy, a Cleveland wholesale grocer who specialized in alcohol and alcoholic products. The later Dr. Loew’s bottles are listed by Ring/Ham as follows: TOP: The H.C. Christy Loews with label. BOTTOM: Loew & Sons letterhead.

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L 115.5 LOEW’S / STOMACH BITTERS // f / THE / H. C. CHRISTY CO. / CLEVELAND, OHIO // f // L . . . Loew’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters 9 1/4 x 3 (5 1/4) Square, Yellowish green, LTCR< Tooled lip, 2 sp. Rare Swirled fluting on neck and shoulder and: L 116 DR. LOEW’S / STOMACH BITERS // f // THE / H. C. CHRISTY CO. / CLEVELAND, OHIO // f // L . . . Loew’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters 9 1/4 x 3 (5 1/4 ) Square, Yellowish green, LTCR, tooled lip, 2 sp. Rare Swirled fluting on neck and shoulder Note that the only difference between these later two bottles is the addition (or deletion) of DR. before Loew’s. Also note that these later two specimens are listed as rare as compared to the scarce classification for the L - 111 example. Rare indicates that there are between 16 to 35 specimens out there and I think they are more difficult to come by. I suppose that the H.C. Christy company bottles are not as abundant due to the fact that by the time Christy took over the business, Prohibition was putting the brakes on alcohol and less product was being sold.

ABOVE: Uncle Sam’s Wild Cherry Bitters bottle. RIGHT: Newspaper ad for Uncle Sam Wild Cherry Bitters.

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I was able to come up with a letterhead from the Loew’s Company and I think you’ll agree that the engraving is quite impressive. The hustle and bustle of a busy business at work can be felt when we zoom in and take a closer look at the headquarters of the Loew’s product. But let us now turn our attention to another bottle that has a very similar style and shape, yet reads a bit more patriotic, if you get where I’m going. The iconic green bottle with a fluted neck was also utilized by another bitters company, this time with a bit more appeal to the American Fourth of July customer. The bottle I’m referring to is listed by Ring/Ham as follows: U 4.3 UNCLE SAM’S / WILD CHERRY BITTERS // f // UNCLE SAM’S / WILD CHERRY BITTERS 9 1/2 x 3 (5 1/4) Square, Yellowish green, LTC, Swirled fluting on neck and shoulder, 2 sp, Tooled lip, Extremely rare Example was found in the St. Louis Missouri area. According to Ring/Ham there are only five or fewer examples of this bottle known. I cannot attest to the accuracy of this as I have only heard of one other example besides the one that sits on my shelf. Measure all you want and put the two bottles side by side, Uncle Sam’s Wild

Cherry Bitters is the exact same bottle as Dr. Loew’s. To take it one step further, Peachridge Glass reported a label-only bitters being added to the next Bitters Bottle supplement called Ash Tonic Bitters. The new listing will be catalogued as A 100 L, and this bitters was discovered at the Conestoga Auction Company auction in Lancaster Pennsylvania back in October 2015. Once again, it is the exact same bottle as the Uncle Sam’s Bitters or the Dr. Loew's bitters, but this time without the embossing and only a label. Uncle Sam’s Wild Cherry Bitters is really a mystery. No information could be found about it at all, including even where it was made. But once again thanks to my friend Joe Gourd I can share with you some advertising for Uncle Sam’s, but that’s about it. Ring/Ham mentioned that an example was found in the St. Louis, Missouri, area and if you consider that St. Louis is only an eight hour drive from Cleveland, it’s not a far stretch to think that whoever put up Uncle Sam’s just went to the same bottle manufacturer and said “Hey, do you have a bottle I can put my stuff in.” My guess is they just took the same stock bottle and added two new embossings to the original mold and called it a day.

ABOVE: Uncle Sam poster. RIGHT: Uncle Sam's Bitters Trade Card.

Dr Loew's and Uncle Sam bitters bottles side-by-side.

What a great name for a bitters though, Uncle Sam’s Wild Cherry Bitters. Why, every red-blooded American would want some of that, wouldn’t they? I hope you got a bang out of this article, and as usual, comments or questions are always invited. I’d be glad to hear from you and you can direct your comments to me at strickhartbob@aol.com. Happy Independence Day!

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Profile view showing side and back of advertising clock bottle.

Time Ran Out for Mother

Seigel’s Curative Syrup (and the Shakers, too) By John Ault

Editor’s note: John Ault of Gravesend is one of England’s top collectors, a researcher and writer. Once again, we thank him for his contributions. (The AB&GC has edited the article for space.)

here are only a handful of these brass-cased clocks that have cropped up in the U.K. which advertise Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. Most of those don’t have the original advertising clocks. The mechanism was cheap and many had after-market replacements fitted that don’t feature the wording on the face. Luckily this one survived, albeit with a broken spring. Andrew J. White was the New York agent for the medicine which had a branch at 35 Farringdon

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Road, London EC. The base label shows that these clocks were given as gifts to valued customers or traders at Christmas. The contents for the medicines were actually produced by America’s Shaker community, a religious sect well-known for its production of prolific amounts of plant extracts and ingredients. In 1875, medicine maker A.J. White established a business relationship with the Shakers, agreeing to purchase the various botanical herbs from them in exchange for business loans. White helped them

meet their growing need for distribution by printing almanacs and selling their products via various agents, noting that “The business is respectable, for all goods made by the Shakers are known to possess real merit. It cannot be classed with the ordinary patent Medicines of the day, as there is no secret about its composition, the formula from which it is prepared being printed on each bottle.” White’s reputation before this business deal was that of a shady quack patent medicine salesman. According to the

BELOW: Ads for the product were found in the Australian Star (of Christchurch) issue on August 4, 1903. Another ad was found in a Welsh paper, The Merthyr Express, on March 13, 1909. Note that this product could cure women and, most important of all, “Does not interfere with household duties.”

ABOVE: Shaker trade card (front and reverse).

LEFT: Original bottle with label, box, and advertising 'clock bottle.' All of the great clock images in this article are courtesy of John Ault.

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Doin' the Shaker dance: "You put your right foot in…"

The base of the advertising 'clock bottle.'

ABOVE: Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup bottle with original label. RIGHT: The box for Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup.

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August 22, 1884 issue of Health: A Weekly Journal of Sanitary Science, his Mother Seigel’s contained a “decoction of aloes, with borax, capsicum, gentian, oil of sassafras, oil of wintergreen, taraxacum, treacle, and rectified spirit.” Trading this hodgepodge recipe for the reputation of ingredient purity associated with the Shaker community led to a great resurrection of both reputation for Mother Seigel’s and also extra business for White, who became extremely wealthy. In fact, Andrew White’s company was successful enough to be carried on by his son, Albert, until the corporate entity was sold to Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories in 1957. The Shakers also made “White’s Curative Syrup.” A record for the community at Mt. Lebanon dated Oct. 5, 1881, stated: “Brother Benjamin came to offer the Church a chance to prepare and put up a new medicine compounded and invented by A.J. White of New York who gives preparations to the amount of twelve hundred dollars and New Lebanon gives two hundred. The Church gladly and gratefully accepted the offer.” The Shakers were originally an English Christian sect founded in 1747 who broke off from the Religious Society of Friends. They were initially known as “Shaking Quakers” because of their ecstatic behaviour of body movements, dancing, and speaking in tongues during worship. The first devotees were Jane and James Wardley, who claimed to have received a divine command to start the one true church. However, the most influential leader was Ann Lee, who had lost four children as infants and claimed to have received messages from God saying that sex was an evil. As a result, abstinence was required for devotees as preparation for their eventual entry into heaven. In England the Shakers were often incarcerated for disturbing the peace by disrupting other Christian services and hounded for

their beliefs. In 1774, they emigrated to America to escape this persecution, with initial settlements in New Lebanon and New York’s Mount Lebanon. They led a celibate communal lifestyle and were very much ahead of their time. They practiced pacifism, were anti-slavery and believed in equality of the sexes, which they institutionalized in their society in the 1780s. The Shakers won admiration for their model farms, orderly and prosperous communities, beautifully simple furniture, and fair dealing with outsiders. Their industry and ingenuity produced numerous inventions, including the screw propeller, babbitt metal, a rotary harrow, an automatic spring, a turbine waterwheel, a threshing machine, the circular saw, and an improved washing machine. They were also the first to package and market seeds, plus cultivate their range of pure medicinal herbs.

The Shakers won admiration for their model farms, orderly and prosperous communities, beautifully simple furniture, and fair dealing with outsiders.

At its peak there were 6,000 believers and 19 communities. Their numbers were also swelled by taking in orphans, before the advent of state-run institutions. However, at the present time there is just one active village, *Sabbathday Lake, which is located in Maine. Their celibacy and opposition to child-bearing resulted in the inevitable drastic thinning of their numbers, and consequently many of the other settlements are now simply run as museums. Unfortunately, today there are only two surviving members of the community, Sister June Carpenter, and Brother Arnold Hadd. Truly the end of an era for the Shakers. Time really has run out for them. Editor’s note: *Sabbathday Lake, near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, is the last active Shaker community, with just two members as of 2018. The community was established in either 1782, 1783 or 1793, at the height of the U.S. Shaker movements. As of last April, Carpenter was 82, Hadd was 64. And Ralph was 81.

Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup clock bottle advertising piece.

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PUTTING A LID ON 1930s JAR CLOSURES In 1982, when Dick Roller published his first volume of FRUIT JAR PATENTS Volume II, Book 1, 1870-1884, he listed 93 fruit jar-related patents registered by the U.S. Patent Office in the 1870s. Fourteen years later, in 1996, when he published Volume III, 1900-1942, only 8 fruit jar related patents were listed for the decade of the 1930s. Dick readily admitted that “not all the patents granted from 1900 through 1942 are included in this volume.” At that time researching patents and acquiring patent copies through the Patent Office was a time-consuming process. In this pre-computer age, when photocopy machines were still relatively new, Dick spent many hundreds of hours doing his beloved research on fruit jars, both for the FRUIT JAR PATENTS series and for his invaluable (to fruit jar collectors) FRUIT JAR NEWSLETTER and related writings, which continued to the time of his death in June 1998. Photo 1 shows a jar with what is obviously some kind of jar closure. These show up from time to time at bottle shows and in antique malls. The closure, as shown, consists of a pair of slidable clamping jaws, connected by a “rotatable cam member,” which connects them and provides downward pressure on a blue-enameled, circular disk that could seal with a gasket on the jar lip, as in Photo 2. This “Bottle Or Jar Cap” was registered as 1,859,710 by the Patent Office on May 24, 1932, to Ferdinand Neubauer, of Brooklyn, Ohio, who assigned 24-1/2 percent each to Frank Forthaller and Joseph Pazourek, both of Cleveland (Figure A).

One of the clamping jaws is stamped *PATENT NO. 1859710 * BOIL * SEAL. A quick look at the heavy metal jars and rotating cam key and the blueenameled lid suggests that this closure would be expensive to use for canning 20 or 30 jars of tomatoes, beans, and peaches. Indeed, while the patent text refers to “a rubber gasket or sealing ring,” a “tight sealing engagement with the top of the bottle or jar,” and “closure member for bottles, jars, and the like,” there’s no mention at all for using the closure to preserve foodstuffs, or any other specific use for that matter. Basically, the introduction of the text states simply that, “One of the objects of my invention is to provide a closure member of simple and economical construction which can be readily attached to or removed from a bottle or jar.” After that follow numerous descriptions of just how the contraption works, including an additional disc that I’ve never seen and which may never have made it to the final manufactured closure; omissions and additions to described patented items were not unusual.

PHOTO 1: Quart fruit jar with Neubauer closure.

Still, if it looks like duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s not unreasonable to conclude that it may well be a duck. In my view, this closure looks, walks, and quacks just like a fruit jar closure. The two-piece, plus gasket, closure in Photo 3 is less complex than the previous Neubauer assembly, and that may be the reason that, as far as I can find, no patent was ever issued to cover it. It claims that there was a patent applied for, but many of those applied-for patents never seem to have gone any further. This one consists of a top-seal metal lid with a flat metal clamp that hooked and

PHOTO 2: Closure applied and tightened.

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tightened under the threads of a standard fruit jar (Photo 4). The clamp is stamped CANTON PRODUCTS INC. CANTON, OHIO EZE-ON EZE-OFF SANITARY JAR CAP PAT. APLD. FOR START THIS THREAD ON TOPMOST THREAD. I‘ve found out almost nothing about the Canton Products Co., Inc., but on Aug. 23, 1933, an ad run in the MARION (Ohio) STAR, under “Agents And Salesmen” sought a Distributor for the “EZEON, EZE-OFF Sanitary jar cap. Canning season now big cash opportunity. Call Plaskett, factory man, between 6-9 p.m. Kumfort Hotel.”

FIGURE A: Neubauer's 1932 patent for a "Jar Cap."

A more professional offering appeared eleven months later, in June 1934, in POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE, which even depicted use of the closure (Figure B) –– “Agents Millions Waiting To Buy Amazing New EZE-ON, EZEOFF Canning Jar Cap (illustration of jar lid and clamp). “Simple twist of wrist seals it air-tight on jar –– or removes instantly. No tools, no tugging or straining. Cannot stick or corrode. So simple –– 10-year-old child can operate. Fits any odd or standard glass jar. Makes air-tight seal –– spoilage greatly reduced. Lasts for years. Big season just starting. 10-second demonstration quickly convinces housewife. Hundreds of men and women made good money last year. Some unworked territories open. Send 10c for sample and proposition. Write today. “Canton Products, Inc. 807C Brant Bldg., Canton, O.”

PHOTO 3: Sanitary Jar Cap assembly.

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Salesmen continued to be sought in Ohio, while on Aug. 1, 1934, an ad in the MORNING CALL, of Allenstown, Penn., promised that “You Can –– Earn $5 every day you work selling Eze-on Eze-off Sanitary jar caps. Amazing new invention. A Canton product; a 2 minute’s

demonstration and a sale. Canning season just beginning. Canton Products Co. Inc., Distributor, 331 Ridge Ave.” Last evidence of the Eze-on Eze-off closures appear in the Aug. 17, 1934 NEWS-JOURNAL of Mansfield, Ohio, where one of several “Timely Announcements” declared, “Now a jar cap easy to take off. A cuss proof jar closure, save by using odd jars. Always sanitary. Eze-on, eze-off jar caps. See demonstration Saturday, Third & Fourth Sts., markets. Lew Sales Co., Spring 1012.” Doesn’t sound like a very big operation; a small splash in a potentially big pond for about a year, after which they seem to have gone the way of so many other unappreciated “amazing new inventions” before them. I’ve seen a couple boxes for one dozen of these closures over the years, and there’s even one variation of the closure that’s identical except for the metal clamp being completely unlettered.

$27,000 LOOT CACHED IN FRUIT JAR TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 2. — Trail of the loot taken from three pouches of registered mail stolen from the baggage room of the Santa Fe station here May 21 last led back to Trinidad today, when Ray Miller, arrested with Frank Hicks in Denver, Sept. 22, accompanied U.S. Marshal Burris to a field near Beshoar Junction, a few miles southeast of this city, and unearthed from a buried fruit jar $21,000 in Liberty bonds and $6000 in currency. Miller is reported by the authorities to have admitted the bonds and money were part of the loot taken in the robbery. –– SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Volume 112, No. 75, Oct. 2, 1922

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PHOTO 4: Sanitary Jar Cap applied.

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FIGURE B: June 1934 ad for Sanitary Jar Cap.

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THE CAPITAL REGION ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB has announced their show will take place in the summer instead of October. July 18th is the date we chose. This will be an outdoor show with 25ft. spaces and ample parking. The show will be at the Mabee Farm along the Mohawk River, Exit 1 (rt.5s) off of 890. The cost per space will be $30.00. There will not be food but it can be procured if enough people want it. We hope to see you all there. Our contacts are: ADAM STODDARD, 518256-7663; email: acstoddard63@gmail. com, or: PHIL BERNNARD, 518-4297641; email: explomar@hotmail.com 7/21 ALWAYS SOME BOTTLES AND COLLECTIBLES AT OUR STORE SHORE ANTIQUE CENTER, 413 Allen Ave, Allenhurst, NJ 07711. Open 7 days Come visit 14,000 square feet of stuff. Fresh plunder arriving daily. CHRIS MYER, GLEN VOGEL usually around. 8/21 SAVE THE DATE: BALTIMORE ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB'S new Show Date: September 26, 2021. 8/21 ANTIQUES ON FIRST - 919 FIRST ST. BENICIA, CA. When visiting the S.F. Bay Area or Napa Wine Country, be sure to stop in nearby historic downtown Benicia; a nationally designated small town “Main Street” with shops, restaurants and magnificent Bay views. Also location of the Gold Rush era brick State Capitol museum, Civil War Camel Barns military/ local museum, and legendary former waterfront Bottle Digging bonanza of the West (“Benicia Glass”, Balto torpedoes, cathedrals, sodas, bitters, pontiles). ANTIQUES ON FIRST has a rotating selection of locally dug Bottles, Clocks, Militaria, Railroadiana, Art, Advertising and more. Open Wed thru Sun 12:00 (often earlier) to 5:30. 9/21 SEE YOU IN RENO 2022! Where the TOP 25 Western Whiskys will be on display! RICHARD SIRI. 9/21

WORLD'S LONGEST YARDSALE, US 127 from Michigan to Alabama, August 5-8 Visit our sale, West Manchester Ohio, 4 miles north of I-70. Antique bottles including 700 Hutchinsons from Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Bitters, Medicines, Poisons, Inks and more. Plus postcards, sports cards, vintage Christmas and holiday collectibles, beer and soda signs, glassware. Watch for signs. JAY KASPER, 361-6498221 text, jamast@att.net 8/21

Wanted d WANTED: Hobbleskirt embossed Coca-Cola bottles: 1915's, 1923's, D-Patent's 6oz's and 6 1/2 oz's. Collector will buy or trade. JIM GEORGES, georges77@twcny.rr.com or 315-662-7729. 7/21 WANTED: Better Albany N.Y. bottles and flasks, L.Q.C. Wisharts in rare colors / all variants. Guilderland, N.Y. Stoneware. DON KELLY, dmebottles@aol.com, Phone: 518365-3783. 12/21 WANTED: George Ohr Pottery Cabins. Or Cabin Inks. BOB TERRY, 303-5692502, llterryualusa@yahoo.com 9/21 WANTED: OWL DRUG bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything from the Owl Drug Company. MARC LUTSKO, Email: letsgo@montanasky.net, 406-293-6771, Box 97 Libby, MT 59923. 1/22 WANTED: Harley bottles of West Chester, Pa. and Philadelphia, Pa. The West Chester bottles (3) display either J. Harley, James Harley or E.M. Harley. The Phila. Bottles (3) display Edwd. Harley, Schul (Schuylkill) 4th & Market St., Philada or E. Harley, 802 Market St. or E. Harley, West Market St. These bottling business operated in the late 1840s through the early 1880s. BOB HARLEY, rwh220@Yahoo.com, Phone: 215-721-1107. 12/21 WANTED: Washington County, MD bottles ARLIE GIFFT, 301-432-6473. 7/21

WANTED: U.S.A. Hospital Dept. and any pre-1866 embossed food bottles, mustards, early Baltimore, Wheeling, D.C., Alexandria sodas, beers (stoneware or glass) damage free. BRUCE, cwaddic@yahoo.com, Phone: 703-307-7792. 12/21 WANTED: EMBOSSED CURES WANTED: Including these pontils: Avery's, Benson's, Bernard's, Brown's, Bull's, Burt's, Cannon's, Flander's, Frambe's Geoghegan's, Hamilton's, Jacob's, Lay's, McAdoo's, McElroy's, Parham's, Rhodes' Prov. R.I., Rohrer's, Rudolph's, Star-in's, Stone's, Toledo, Woodman's. ALSO BIMALS: Anchor, Bavarian Bitters, Beesting, Bixler's, Bliss, Boot's Indigestion, Bowanee, Bower's, Bradford's, Bromo Mineral, Bronson's, Bull's (Baltimore), Carey's CholiCura, Clement's Certain (green), Collins' Opium (aqua), Cowan's Certain, Davis Indian, Detchon's Infallible, Edelweiss, Electrofluid, Ewer's Arcanum, Forest Pine (unpontiled), Francisco's, Frog Pond 8", Green's King's Cure, Large Handyside's (chocolate amber), Helmer's, Hilleman's, Hinderman's, Holden's (green), Hungarian, Indian Mixture, JBF, Kauffman Phthisis, Keeley's (opium, neurotine, solution), Large Kellum's, Kid-Nee-Kure, Lenape's, Lindley's, Long's Malaria, Loryea (green), Marsden, McConnon Cough, Amber McLean's (8"), Miniotti's (clear), Morning Glory, Murphy K & L. Pageapfel's, Park's (clear), Peck's, Pennock's, Peterman's (green), Rattail, large River Swamp, Scott's (bird), Streetman's, Tremaine's, Vosburgh, Wadsworth (goat), Warner's K & L Rochester (green, aqua, clear), Wildwest, Wilkinson's, Wilson Footrot, Winan's (no Indian), York Corn Cure. Looking for many others, especially embossed with label, contents, box. Also would like data on unlisted cures for future Cure Book. JOHN WOLF, ohcures@yahoo. com, 937-275-1617, 1186 Latchwood Ave., Dayton, OH 45405. 2/22 WANTED: Pontiled Sarsaparilla Bottles of quality condition. Email or call. dumondmd55@gmail.com, 207-607-0058. 7/21 July 2021

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WANTED: Colored Illinois and Missouri Sodas. Also Colored Fruit Jars. Top $$$ Paid. Call, text or email. STEVE KEHRER, kehrer00@gmail.com, 618-410-4142. 3/23 WANTED: Anything from Hightstown or Cranbury New Jersey that I might not have. Rue Bottles, especially a M.A. RUE. Silvers bottles or tins etc. KEVIN KYLE, bottlediggerKev@aol.com, 609-209-4034. 7/21 WANTED: "Artesian Bottling Works, Mont(a)zuma (sic), Ga.", crown top. Also, any bottle embossed "Oglethorpe, Ga." JIMMY BRAY, landrut60@gmail.com, Phone: 478-952-6706. 7/21 WANTED: Seeking bottles and advertising from Avon, New York. Bottles in many categories - milks, bitters, Saratogas, cures, druggists, beer, soda, etc. Especially looking for a REXALL bottle from F.H. Cooper The Rexall Store - Avon, N.Y. Also, half pint strap side flasks in colors I don't have. JIM BARTHOLOMEW, barthology@frontiernet. net, 585-705-8106. 7/21 WANTED: Cox's Stomach Bitters, Tootle & Charles (square bitters shape), Kennedy's East India Bitters (medium size), Royal Bodega 4th & Pearl (aqua Beer), Alpine Bitters Hartwigs Celebrated Brew & Bemis Omaha. MARK WATERBURY, 712-898-7583, mwater51@siouxland.com 7/21 WANTED: Pontiled medicines from Midwestern states & Louisville. SCOTT GARROW, 630-450-2524. 7/21 WANTED: Any New Bedford (MA) Bottles, Stoneware, Trade Cards, 1. Brownell & Brownell & Wheaton Cobalt Sodas, Charley Ross Bottles. RON TETRAULT, arjaytee777@gmail.com, 508-999-0275. 7/21 WANTED: 26-Ogival Stiegel bottle. JAMES DUGUID, 540-937-4727. 7/21 WANTED: Old metal signs in excellent condition. Whiskey, Beer, Tobacco etc. Beautiful graphics. Porcelain and tin just as good. ED, 530-795-0360. 7/21

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WANTED: Amazon Bitters, Liquor Bottles from Utica, NY. PETER McQUADE, 802695-3393. 7/21 WANTED: Jar Lid for Cohansey 2 1/2 Gallon R.B. #628. EDDIE DeHAVEN, 609-390-1898, 23 W. Golden Oak Lane Marmora, NJ 08223. 8/21 WANTED: Cleveland Ohio Color Drug Stores and Medicines. Painesville and Chardon Ohio Bottles. Howdy to the Dover boys, Steve and Tim. Thanks! BOB SMITH, 440-318-4143. 7/21 WANTED: For research project: Two Vermont drugstore bottles: Dr. W.S. Nay / Underhill, VT. and Jericho Drugstore / Jericho, VT. Mint condition, please. DON FRITSCHEL, donfritschel@gmail.com, 970-477-4643. 7/21 WANTED: Buy, sell, trade Mississippi Gulf Coast bottles. ONDIE LADNER, 228-6699850. 7/21 WANTED: Florida Strap-sided Flasks! I also collect Florida Drugstore Bottles. Also, wanted Florida Bottling Works that I don't have. RONNIE McCORMICK, oldflabottles@gmail.com, Phone: 352-2628672. 7/21 WANTED: Top prices paid for Baltimore colored sodas and ales, especially Ten Pins & Torpedo's. GREG SMITH, 443-417-3916. 8/21 WANTED: Midwestern Bottles and Flask. SODA - Akron Ohio, "T.H. Wyatt-Proprietor Akron, Ohio" Squat. Iron pontil. Cobalt blue. JIM, 330-699-0580. 7/21 WANTED: Embossed Maine Druggist / Pharmacy / Apothecary bottles. Phone: 207409-4135, nostrebor@comcast.net 7/21 WANTED: 1940 Sumter County Florida license plate. This would be the "44" County designation prefix number. Good to better condition. Please call and leave message; all calls screened. Thank you. GENE, 352-2889450. 7/21

WANTED: Antique jug (any size) with name of MORTON on it. Contact me by email or phone. dfurda@roadrunner.com, Phone: 818889-5451. 8/21 WANTED: Good reward paid for 5 inch aqua bromo-seltzer bottle. Looking for Bel Air MD and Delta PA items. STEVE CIBOROWSKI, cobaltbot@yahoo.com, 410-459-7610. 7/21 WANTED: Scarce medicines with crudeness and character, hinge mold or pontiled. Also wanted, scarce poison bottles, American or foreign. Especially want "Clarke's Embalming Fluid/Springfield, Ohio" with the word POISON embossed on the back. Also, other embalming bottles with the word POISON. Also wanted, H.K. Mulford Chemists poison bottle in amber, with the word POISON embossed on it. Thank you. MARC STOLZER, 732-572-9554, 613 Village Drive, Edison, NJ 08817. 8/21 WANTED: Simonds Embossed or/and Labeled Bottles and Stoneware. RAY SIMONDS, tsimo123@comcast.net, 41 Mason Farm Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551. 8/21 WANTED: Rare Dr. Kilmer examples (such as sample bottles of Cough Cure or Female Remedy) or any examples with contents/ boxes/circulars. Also, rare cobalt "Extract of Witch Hazel, 8" (see Adams' Bottle Collecting In New England, page 30). Also, if anyone has the prices realized list from the 1976 Charles Vuono auction, I would greatly appreciate if it they would scan it and email it to me. MIKE, maleect@aol.com, 623-825-2791. 7/21 WANTED: Looking for Michigan Milk Bottles - embossed and pyroglazed - war slogans, nursery rhymes, etc. Also pre1900 Michigan Bottles of all types - one or a collection. STEVE DeBOODE, thebottleguy@comcast.net, 616-667-0214. 7/21 WANTED: Looking for Anchor Strapside, any color/size. twaller@htfinc.com, Phone: 757-442-6099. 9/21

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WANTED: Back Bar Bottles with white or colored enamel pictures or lettering; Etched pre pro whiskey shot glasses; Embossed / Etched beer glasses; Beer mugs; Souvenir Steins / Mugs. PAUL VAN VACTOR, 502-533-2693 call or text, PO Box 221171, Louisville, KY 40252-1171. 8/21

WANTED: Does anyone have an early DAMAGED Dr. Townsends that they are willing to sell? Also looking for early Hostetters shards. TOM, Pontil1903@yahoo. com, 707-397-1815. 8/21

WANTED: Bottles, jugs or related items from Fla. panhandle area. Also W.V. stoneware, bottles, etc. especially White Sulpher Springs or Greenbriar items. ALAN, 850-832-1882, alankatmcc@hotmail.com 8/21

WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME. All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base. Especially need labeled Clarke's any size. Also, any Clarke's ephemera - trade cards, almanacs, news ads, etc. CHARLIE MARTIN, cemartinjr@comcast.net, 781-248-8620. 8/21

WANTED: MICHIGAN MICHIGAN Good Bottles Wanted from Michigan. Top Dollar Paid. Call me First, Call me Last, Just Call me. Mineral Waters, Colored Druggists, Animal Embossed Druggists, Cures, Seltzer & Dykema Poisons, Strap Side Flasks, Cobalt Beers & Hutches, Pearsall Beers Flint, Pontiled Sodas, Wolf embossed Beer Detroit. JEFF SCHARNOWSKE, jscharno@live. com, 989-494-3182, 1101 N. Shiawassee Owosso, MI 48867. 8/21

WANTED: Looking for information for the book I'm writing on Michigan Patent Medicines and Saratoga-type Mineral Water Bottles from Michigan. Have a lot but need more. Michigan Cities and Medicines Phinny Howell and Powers Fremont. GORDON HUBENET, 616-826-4226. 8/21 WANTED: California Pontilled Sodas ROBERT LUTHI, 408-892-3530. 9/21 WANTED: Dr. LeRoy's Antidote to Malaria, Morris, Illinois. RUSS SINENI, bottlenut@ aol.com, 815-501-6820. 9/21 WANTED: Still looking for a couple of Hutchinson Sodas: Holdrege Bottling Works from Nebraska with the 20 in front. A Houck and Dieter from El Paso, TX with the 20 in front. Still collecting bottles and advertising from the cities of Long Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro, Harbor City, Lomita, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Venice, Ocean Park, Sawtelle and Santa Monica. DAVID HALL, 310-7108118 text or call, P.O. Box 781, Wilmington, CA 90748. 8/21 WANTED: Looking for Pittsburgh Double Eagles, in color. Please email. galenware70@ gmail.com 8/21

WANTED: Milk Bottle Collections from everywhere, but specifically from New York. Do you have stoneware from Warsaw, N.Y.? I am looking for a round pyro quart from Metuchen, N.J.? Does it exist? Also, pontils from Perry N.Y., Avon N.Y., Warsaw, N.Y. JIM, 315-527-3269. 8/21 WANTED: I just wanted to give a shout out to fellow collectors! I miss seeing you at the Michigan shows. I pray that you are in good health and spirits in these trying times. I'd like to thank John and his staff for their work on this wonderful magazine. Hope to see you at a Kalamazoo Show later this year! JIM ESTHER. 7/21 WANTED: Soda's Bottle of So. East Fl. by Larry Smith! Dave in Dane County would like to hear from you. No Show in 2 years so far! DAVE, 305-444-2696. 7/21 WANTED: Detroit Area Old Bottles bottlemike@outlook.com, 586-219-9980. 9/21

WANTED: Free blown and pattern molded bottles, jars and other glass items from the Pittsburgh area, including New Geneva, Brownsville, Monongahela and other eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia glasshouses. Aqua, amber and other colors are wanted. JAY, Lhawkins63@msn.com, Phone: 724872-6013. 8/21 WANTED: Lancaster and Lockport Glass Works Bottles and Pontiled Sodas from Buffalo, N.Y. DAVE POTTER, potter815151@gmail.com 8/21 WANTED: Embossed UTAH Pharmacy, Druggist, Hutchinson, Crown Top, Food, Milk, etc. and Sealfast Sold by Utah fruit jars. Also, wire bails for glass lid fruit jars. Have extra fruit jar lids and misc. bottles for trade or sale. Any size - condition considered. BUY - SELL - TRADE. SHERARD HARDMAN, srhardman1@gmail.com, 801-735-3045, 289 N. 300E., Spanish Fork, Utah 84660-1827. 8/21 WANTED: Bliss Bottles and go-withs and Speta milk bottles and go-withs from Cleveland Ohio. bdbliss@hotmail.com, 814765-5911 or 814-553-9701. 9/21 WANTED: PHILADELPHIA STRAPSIDED or Seamed Whiskey Flasks. I collect and catalog these and also have an interest in Thomas H. Dillon (TD) Philadelphia mineral water bottles. Please contact me if you have any in your collection or wish to sell. ART MIRON, Email: jestar484@verizon.net, 215-248-4612. 9/21 WANTED: UTAH BOTTLES. JACK PLAYER, 801-599-3606. 9/21 WANTED: Milk,Soda or Beer Bottles from the following Connecticut towns - Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Huntington, Seymour, Oxford, Monroe & Trumbull. MARK PEDRO, 203-650-9190. MDPedro1979@ gmail.com 9/21 July 2021

21st Annual Friday, July 16th Saturday & Sunday July 17th and 18th

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Show CALENDAR JULY 17 RICHMOND, RHODE ISLAND The Little Rhody Bottle Club tailgate swap meet, (9AM to 2PM) at the Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138). Free set up for all! Bring your own tables. Info: WILLIAM ROSE, 508.880.4929; Email: sierramadre@comcast.net JULY 17 & 18 ADAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA The 21st Annual Shupp's Grove Summer Bottle Festival, (Sat. & Sun. 6 AM to dusk, early buyers Friday, 3 PM), at the famous 'Shupp's Grove', 607 Willow Street, Reinholds, PA 17569. Info: STEVE GUION, PH: 717.626.5557, or: 717.371.1259, Email: affinityinsurance1@windstream.net JULY 18 ROTTERDAM JUNCTION, NEW YORK New date, New location! The Capital Region Antique Bottle Club outdoor Show & Sale, at the Historic Mabee Farm along the Mohawk River, 1100 Main Street, Rotterdam, NY (exit 1, Rt. 5S off 890). Info: ADAM STODDARD, PH: 518.256.7663; Email: acstoddard63@ gmail.com, or: PHIL BERNNARD, PH: 518.429.7641; Email: explomar@hotmail.com AUGUST 6 & 7 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK FOHBC 2021 National Antique Bottle Show, OnCenter Civic Center, Syracuse, N.Y. View and download info. packet & contract at fohbc.org. Additional info: JIM & VAL BERRY, Email: jhberry10@yahoo.com, or: JIM BENDER, Email: jbender@millservicesinc. com. FOHBC National Show – Eastern Region. AUGUST 15

Poughkeepsie, NY. Info: MIKE STEPHANO, 27 Rogers Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, PH. 845.233.4340; Email: mjsantique@aol.com AUGUST 16 – 22

607 Willow Street, Reinholds, PA 17569. Info: STEVE GUION, PH: 717.626.5557, or: 717.371.1259, Email: affinityinsurance1@ windstream.net

BOUCKVILLE, NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER 12

50th Annual Madison-Bouckville Antique Show, outdoor antiques and collectibles including two huge bottle tents! Over 2,000 dealers and vendors located on scenic Route 20, Bouckville, NY. Info: JIM BURNS, 315.527.3269 or JIM BARTHOLOMEW, 585.705.8106.

PEKIN, ILLINOIS Pekin Bottle Collectors Assoc. 51st Annual Show & Sale (8:00 AM to 3:00 PM), at the Moose Lodge, 2605 Broadway Street, Pekin, IL. Admission $2, Free Appraisals. Info: DARYL WESELOH, PH: 309.264.9268. SEPTEMBER 17 & 18

AUGUST 22

AURORA, OREGON

FLORENCE, KENTUCKY New Location! 3rd Annual Northern Kentucky Antique Bottle & Small Antiques Show, (9AM to 2PM; Early Bird, 8AM, $10) at the Florence Lions Club, 29 LaCresta Drive, Florence, KY. Adm. $3. Info: ED MORRIS, PH: 859.414.4693; email: ed@morristreasures. com, or: RANDY DEATON, email: nkyfinds@gmail.com

Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, & Collectibles Show & Sale, (Friday 12 - 5PM, dealer set-up & early admission $5; Sat. 9AM - 3PM general adm. by donation), at the American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, OR. Info: WAYNE HERRING, Ph: 503.864.2009; or: BILL BOGYNSKA, email: billbogy7@gmail.com, Phone: 503.657.1726.

AUGUST 28

SEPTEMBER 18

BRIMFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

RICHMOND, RHODE ISLAND

New date, New Location! 51st Annual Somers Antique Bottle Club Show & Sale, (9AM to 2PM) at the Brimfield Auction Acres, 35 Main Street, Brimfield, MA. Adm. $5 (Free parking). Info: DON DESJARDINS, 22 Anderson Rd., Ware, MA 01082. Ph: 413.687.4808, Email: dondes@comcast.net

The Little Rhody Bottle Club tailgate swap meet, (9AM to 2PM) at the Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138). Free set up for all! Bring your own tables. Info: WILLIAM ROSE, 508.880.4929; Email: sierramadre@comcast.net

AUGUST 29

SEPTEMBER 18

DAVENPORT, IOWA

YOUNGSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

The Annual Mississippi Valley Antique Bottle & Advertising Show, (9 AM to 2 PM), at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1111 West 35th St., Davenport, IA. Info: MERLE VASTINE, Ph: 563.349.0816.

The Raleigh Bottle Club Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show, (9 AM to 2 PM), at the Hill Ridge Farms Events Center, 703 Tarboro Road, Youngsville, NC. Adm. $3, children under 12 Free. Info: DAVID TINGEN, Ph: 919.848.4387; Email: tingen1@mindspring. com; website: www.raleighbottleclub.org

POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER 11 & 12

Hudson Valley Bottle Club 34th Annual Mid Hudson Bottle Show & Sale, (9AM to 2:30PM, early buyers 8AM), at the Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge 275, 29 Overocker Rd.,

ADAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Special Shupp's Grove Fall Bottle Festival, (Sat. & Sun. 6 AM to dusk, early buyers Friday, 3 PM), at the famous 'Shupp's Grove', July 2021

Show CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 19

OCTOBER 1 & 2

OCTOBER 23

HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY

WILLIAMS, CALIFORNIA

MACUNGIE, PENNSYLVANIA

The Fall Antique Glass & Bottle Show in conjunction with Antique Car Show, presented by the Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc. (9 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine!), in historic Batsto Village, Wharton State Forest, Rt. 542 Pleasant Mills Road, Hammonton, NJ. Free Admission! Info: JIM HAMMELL, 856.217.4945, email: hammelljm@gmail.com

3rd Annual Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show, (Sat. 9 AM to 3 PM; Early Bird Friday, 10:00 AM, $10), in the old gym behind the Sacramento Valley Museum, 1491 E Street, Williams, CA. Free Adm. Saturday. Info: SLIM or CHRISTY EDWARDS, PH: 530.473.2502, Email: closethegatefenceco@ yahoo.com

New Date - New Location! Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 47th Annual Show & Sale (9AM to 2PM, early buyers 7:30 AM), at the Macungie Park Hall, Macungie, PA, Info: BILL HEGEDUS, PH: 610.264.3130; email: forksofthedelawarebottles@hotmail.com.

SEPTEMBER 19

OCTOBER 3

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK

CHELSEA, MICHIGAN

The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association 22nd Annual Show and Sale, (9:00 AM to 2:00 PM), at the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, NY. Info: TOM KARAPANTSO, 716.487.9645, email: tomar@stny.rr.com, or: PETER JABLONSKI, 716.440.7985, email: peterjablonski@roadrunner.com; or JOE GUERRA, 716.207.9948, email: jguerra3@ roadrunner.com

The Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator Club Annual Show, 9 am to 2 pm at the Comfort Inn Conference Center, 1645 Commerce Park Drive, Chelsea, Michigan. North off I-94 at M-52 exit. For more information or table reservations, contact: MIKE BRUNER at abbott4girl@sbcglobal.net or ROD KRUPKA at 248-627-6351 or rod.krupka@ yahoo.com

New Location! The Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 2 PM, early buyers 7 AM), at the Elizabeth VFD Event Center, 107 Market Street, Elizabeth, PA. Info: BOB DeCROO, 694 Fayette City Rd., Fayette City, PA 15438. PH: 724.326.8741, or, JAY HAWKINS, 1280 Mt. Pleasant Rd., West Newton, PA 15089, web: www.PittsburghAntiqueBottleClub.org PH: 724.872.6013.

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SEPTEMBER 19

OCTOBER 9

JULY 28 - AUGUST 1, 2022

COVENTRY, CONNECTICUT

RENO, NEVADA

WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

The Southern Connecticut Antique Bottle Collector Association and the Museum of Connecticut Glass, Bottle Show and Antiques Tailgate Event, (9 AM to 1 PM, Early Adm. 8 AM, $15), outdoors on the grounds of the historic Coventry Glass Works, 289 North River Road, Coventry, CT (at blinking light on Route 44). Adm. $4. Museum tours available during the show. For more info. or dealer contracts, please contact: BOB, PH: 914.241.9597; Email: rdsrla@ optonline.net

FOHBC 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino. Information: RICHARD SIRI, email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net, or FERDINAND MEYER V, email: fmeyer@fmgdesign.com. FOHBC National Convention – Western Region.

The Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club’s 46th annual bottle show, (9AM to 2PM, early buyers at 8AM), at the Westford Regency Inn, 219 Littleton Road, Westford, MA. Just five minutes off Exit 32 of I-495 follow the signs. Adm. $4. Info: KEVIN CANTRELL, PH. 978.551.6397; Email; kmcantrell86@gmail. com Website: www.mvabc.org SEPTEMBER 26 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Rescheduled from March! The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club's 41st Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 3 PM), at the Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossvile Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34), Rosedale, MD. Info: Show Chairman RICK LEASE, 410-4589405, email: finksburg21@comcast.net. For contracts, call: ANDY AGNEW, 410-5271707 or email: medbotls@comcast.net. Website: baltimorebottleclub.org.

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OCTOBER 17 FINDLAY, OHIO Findlay Antique Bottle Club's 44th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, (9 AM to 2 PM; early bird Sun. 7 AM $10), at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017 E. Sandusky St., Findlay, OH. Adm. $2, Children under 12 Free! Info: Show Chairman FRED CURTIS, 419.424.0486; Email: finbotclub@gmail.com, Website: http://finbotclub.blogspot.com

ATTENTION READERS: Due to COVID-19 precautions, a number of upcoming bottle shows have been postponed or cancelled. Please check with local show chairperson to see if your favorite shows are affected. We will have further updates in future issues as new information becomes available. Thanks.

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Join us August 16th - August 22nd at New York State’s largest antique show,

Madison-Bouckville, NY, on scenic Rt. 20 Dealers - Buyers - Friends Collectors What do we sell and collect? Bottles and milk bottles, stoneware, advertising, kitchen collectibles, political, furniture, antiques, just about everything!

What do we expect? For all to have a good time, for you to come and converse, buy from, sell to, with some of the most knowledgeable bottle and antique collectors in the area.

How many days do I have to set up? Set up 1 day, set up 7 days... whatever works for you!

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July 2021

By John Panella and Joe Widman

ONE BOTTLE, BUT IT’S WORTH A STORY I have never written an article about one bottle, and I doubt John Pastor has ever published one either.The reason for one bottle is that it is all I have purchased in a very long time. In fact, I bought it this morning. It fits perfectly with my other UNUSUAL Medicine Bottles. It is embossed on the front Phenic Oil - The Lightning Healer - from Phenic Oil CO Columbus O. USA. It goes nicely with my Life Renewer, Life Prolonger and Life Animator. Dann Louis, Marty Neihardt, and I meet about once a month in a small town somewhat centrally located between us. Dann, Marty and John Pastor all know what kinds of bottles I collect so they pick them up when they can. Marty sold me this one. My problem now is that John likes the same type of bottles and he is collecting them, too! John has a fifth bottle I tried to purchase about a year ago. I ended up offering him a ridiculous price, $400, so I knew he would sell it. He didn’t. Dann and Marty couldn’t believe it. I hope this article will help me buy it. I’m sweetening my offer to John. In the meantime, you may be wondering what that most unusual “quack” medicine could be? It is my current “Hearts Desire” bottle. The bottle is embossed, “HERBOTONE / THE / BOTTLED VACATION / TRADE MARK / MADE BY CHAPPLE DRUG CO, BILLINGS, MONT.” The bottle is clear, rectangular, blown in mold, and about 9 ½ inches tall. If any readers happen to be familiar with the bottle, I would love to know more about it. And, if someone has an example they might be willing to sell, I definitely would like to hear from you. Just email: oldmedicines@yahoo.com

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Presents our absentee mail/phone bid cataloged auction #75 of Patent Medicines, Pills, Tins, Apothecary/Drugstore and Advertising items. Closing date: Saturday, July 24th , 2021 at 10:00 pm EST Some of the highlights to include:

Labeled Patent Medicines: Warner’s = Log Cabin Hops & Buchu Remedy, Safe Cure, Safe Nervine, Diabetes Remedy, Dr. Craig’s Kidney Cure for Brights Disease, Radium-Radia, O-Sa-To Indian Tonic, Lightening Sarsaparilla, Wetherall’s Sarsaparilla, Dr. Belding’s Wild Cherry Sarsaparilla, Dr. Picault Mother’s Treasure, Swaim’s Panacea. 5 Different Dr. Shoop’s: Cough Cure, Croup Remedy, Cough Remedy, Croup Cure and Rheumatic Remedy. Cobalt Blue Puritana, Green Piso’s Cure, Chase’s Dyspepsia Cure, Himalya Nature’s Cure, Carey’s Cough Cure, Dr. Kaiser’s Cough Cure, Wait’s White Pine cough Cure, Prof. Lorman’s Indian Oil, Dr. Davis’ Family Medicines – Seneca Falls NY, Henry’s Vermont Liniment, Parks Cough Syrup, Hunt’s Remedy etc…Label & Pontiled: Dr. Guysott’s Comp. Extract of Yellow Dock & Sarsaparilla, Professor Woods Hair Restorative, Brants Indian Balsam, Dr. Jaugo Spanish Ague-Remedy, 3 Diff. Sizes = Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killers, Wheatley’s Spanish Liniment, S.M Kier Petroleum, I.L St. John’s Carminative Balsam, F.W Huntington, Port Huron, Mich. Etc… Labeled Bitters: Dr. Warren’s Quaker Bitters, Home Stomach Bitters, Vermo Stomach, Augauer, Begg’s Dandelion, Dr. Von Hopf’s, Renault Bitters, Boyer’s Stomach Bitters, Clarke’s Mandrake, Baxter’s Mandrake, 2 Different N.K Brown’s Bitters from Burlington, VT and Milwaukee, Wisc. And more!! Many of the above with Original Boxes Also!! Tins: Nice, Antikamnia & Heroin Tablets, Constant Female Pills, Bunsen’s Catarrh Cure, Make-Man Tablets, Marvin’s Cascara Chocolates, Gastrogen Tablets, Pond’s Laxative Pills, Cascara-Elm Cure Constipation, Blacko Tablets, Unguentine Store tin, Complete Countertop Displays for Surety Aspirin and Whites Pink Tablets, Group Lots and more! Tooth Powder Tins: Dr. Holt’s, Severa’s, Military Tooth Powder, Phenoris Antiseptic, Colgates Dental Powder, Riker’s, Perfection, Cheney’s Listerated Tooth Powder and Painless Parker. Tooth Bottles = Glyco-Thymoline, & Antiseptine Tooth Powder.Pills: Sex-ine Pills, Ma-Le-Na Worm Tablets, Henry Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters Tablets, Parmelee’s New Vegetable Pills, Gooch’s Mexican, Dr. Herrick’s, Morley’s Little Liver Pills, Dr. Hunt’s New Corn Cure, Dr. Spark’s Corn Cure. Wood Pill Ovals: Conger’s Mandrake Liver Pills, Dr. Todd’s Anti-Bilious Pills, Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills, McLean’s Universal Pills. Complete Counter Display Box of Bick’s Laxative Headache Tablets, group lots, etc…. Apothecary: Label Under Glass Jars in Clear, Amber, Green and Nice Set of 3 Large Size = Wm. R. Warner & Co. Private Label Jars in Cobalt Blue! Another set of 4 = 16” tall Cobalt Blue English Shelf Jars. F.E CANNABIS. IN. Gold lug apothecary jar. Early Amethyst Carboy Storage Jar, Inverted Merck Jars, 6 Different Labeled Poison Bottles, Lot of Porcelain Drawer Pulls, Wooden, Peruvian Quassia Cup and more!! Veterinary: Labeled Bottles = Dr. Daniels Eye Wash, Pileozion Wonder Worker and Sulphur Tablets, Dr. Johnson’s Distemper Remedy, Hood Farm Colic Cure, “Oculum” Germicide, I.X.L Liniment, Agoil to Cure Colic & Distemper in Animals, 2 = Merchant’s Gargling Oils. Packages: Dr. Earl S. Sloan Horse Powders, SaloVet Poultry Tonic, Pratt’s Poultry Regulator. Dr. LeGear’s Egg Laying Tablets. Unusual, Blackman’s Stock & Poultry Medicines Tin-Litho Counter Stand. Complete Counter Display for Bickmore Gall Salve for Horses & Cattle. Security Food Compound Wooden Bucket, Dr. Daniels’ Dog & Puppy Bread sign, 1903 Dr. Daniels Calendar etc… Advertising: Signs: Dr. Jaynes: Expectorant / Tonic Vermifuge = John Adams Poster, Matching Pair = George & Martha Washington Family Medicines in Original Frames!! Reverse Glass Dr. Jayne’s Alterative The Best Blood Purifier. Early, Civil War Era Broadside for Dr. Jackson’s Liniment, Dr. Hand’s Remedies for Children, Dr. Haynes’ Arabian Balsam, Kemps Balsam The Best Cough Cure, Comstock’s Dead Shot Pellets for Worms, Warner’s Safe Yeast, Ayer’s Hair Vigor, Embossed Tin = Dr. George’s Herb Medicine Case etc… 5 Drops for Rheumatism Wooden Thermometer. Nice Counter Die-Cuts for: Shac Headache Wafers and Nujol for Constipation. Big, Display Box for Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. Unusual, California Cough Balsam Stoneware Mini-Jug, 1897 Antikamnia Calendar, Amber, Hick’s Capudine lug Counter Jar, Dr. Kings New Life Pills Counter Jar, Selection of wood shipping crates and more!!!

For a fully illustrated catalog with color pictures send $15.00 to: McMurray Antiques & Auctions, P.O. Box 393, Kirkwood, N.Y. 13795. *ENTIRE CATALOG SHOULD BE VIEWABLE ON MY WEBSITE JULY 15TH

Email: mcmurrayauctions@aol.com Website: www.mcmurrayauctions.com

Phone (607) 775-5972. or Phone/Fax (607) 775-2321 Post auction price list included.

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July 2021

History in a Name? In ghost names, the past comes alive By Jeff Mihalik

ver the years, I have read several articles that focused on bottle embossing that indicated a town or other place of origin associated with long-lost ghost towns, pre-statehood and territories, and towns and cities that have had their name change over time. Although I do not specifically collect these types of bottles, I have always thought how cool they are. I especially like territory bottles, as they are tangible pieces of U.S. history that are now generally lost to most Americans. Several Midwest and Western states were once territories, and many bottles are out there that have preserved these names. I lived in Texas for over fifteen years, so one of my favorites is the Republic of Texas bottle (extremely rare) which I was able to see at the Lexington National show a few years back. I think that whenever I stop digging, I will try and focus on putting together a collection of territory bottles. (I probably should have started sooner!) For this article, I wanted to present dug bottles in my collection (about 98 percent of the bottles in my collection are dug) that indicate a historic town or state name. Since most of my digging has been in the local tri-state area, I’ll present these bottles by state.

OHIO (Columbiana County) In the long-lost ghost town category, I present a crock embossed with a 2 (for 2 gallon) enclosed in circles over J. Buck

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Cold Run, O. in one line (Photo 1). The embossing is washed in blue. This crock was restored from the pieces that I dug in a privy not far from Cold Run, a stream in eastern Ohio (thank you, Jim Healy!). There is no town named Cold Run now, but this area does show up on a Bing search as near the headwaters of Cold Run the stream. During the Sandy and Beaver Canal period (1830s to 1850s) Cold Run was in close proximity to the canal, a reservoir used to supplement water during low flow, and several early canal centers such as Lisbon and Hanoverton. A man named Jonothan E. Buck is listed as a potter in

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the 1850 Columbiana County census. These crocks, which are very hard to come by, are proof of his production of utilitarian stoneware during this very exciting period of time, and Cold Run as most likely a small village or community which is not known now. Staying in this general area, I have two drugstore bottles, a JS Marquis, Druggist with fancy initials and a PM Armstrong & Co, Druggists over a mortar and pestle, both embossed “New Lisbon” Ohio (Photos 2 and 3). In 1895, the town of New Lisbon changed its name to just Lisbon. You can spend many hours researching the history of New

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Lisbon and the colorful characters who called Lisbon home. New Lisbon’s heyday was in the 1830s, as it was the headquarters for the Sandy and Beaver Canal and its operations.

WEST VIRGINIA (Wheeling) Although these next items are not part of a territory that had a name changed, Wheeling is one of the very few West Virginia cities or towns that have bottles and stoneware (not to mention the china, wood, paper and metal items) that reveal its pre-statehood history. Looking through my collection, I find one soda, three flasks, one ink, two drugstore and three stoneware beer bottles that have Wheeling embossed or stamped on them. Presented here are the three stoneware beers (Pfarr and Winterholler, Garforth and F.J. Rothacker Lager Beer) which are all stamped with Wheeling VA (Photos 4, 5 and 6). I would have more examples of Wheeling bottles, but the Wheeling collectors are some of the most persistent, passionate, and organized group out there. It’s not uncommon for me to get a phone call asking if I found anything yet, even before I start to dig a new privy! Wheeling, along with all the current state of West Virginia, was once part of Virginia. When Virginia voted to secede after the outbreak of the Civil War, the majority of West Virginians opposed the secession. Delegates met at Wheeling, and on June 11, 1861, nullified the Virginian ordinance of secession and declared “The Restored Government of Virginia,” headed by Francis Pierpont. During the next few years, Confederate forces occupied a portion of West Virginia during the war, but West Virginian statehood was nonetheless approved in a referendum. A state constitution was then drawn up and in April 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the admission of West Virginia into the Union effective June 20, 1863.

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Another bottle in the lost town category, is an iron pontil soda with the town name of Fulton on it (Photo 7). It was put out by C. Snider and J. Konic & Co. (the & Co. was squeezed onto the base to make it fit — you’ve got to love these crude early embossings!). This bottle is very rare with maybe a handful or less of these sodas known intact. The town of Fulton no longer exists, but is now a part of Wheeling and is still known to many locals as the Fulton area of Wheeling.

PENNSYLVANIA (Pittsburgh) I have three interesting items that show how one town (a section of Pittsburgh’s north side) can be referred to and/or change its name many times over the years. I believe that one of the first names was Alleghenytown. I have that name embossed on an extremely rare six-sided open pontil ink embossed Sargent’s / Japan Ink / Alleghenytown (circa 1830s-’40s). It’s very crude, as they just barely were able to get the last “n” on the bottle (Photo 8). My example is damaged on two panels, but it is one of the favorite inks in my collection and came out of an early north side of Pittsburgh privy.

out of one pit (in Washington County, Pennsylvania) that were embossed Fry’s Great Rheumatic Cure / Allegheny (Photo 10). I have also had a bottle embossed N.S. (North Side), so you can really see how this particular area of Pittsburgh went by at least four different names over the years! So, that’s a wrap up of some of the very cool town names that are no longer here, town names that have changed over time, and pre-statehood names stamped, stenciled and embossed on dug bottles and stoneware in my collection. I hope you enjoyed this short look at history!

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The next item is a 1-gallon jug stenciled E.L. Cooper / Liquor Dealer / 42 Diamond St. / Allegheny City / PA / Made by T.F. Reppert Greensboro Pa (Photo 9). It does have a free-hand squiggle on the shoulder and blue wash on the lugs and at the bottom of the stenciling. I believe it to be from the 1880s era and was dug in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Lastly, I dug six cures PHOTO 10

Vince poses with this large poster of a woman holding a book. A very classy and rare 27 inch poster, it advertises six of Fenner's medicines. This photo and our June cover photo by Holldan Martonis.

Another Fenner advertising approach was using classicallooking women. This beautiful and exotic woman certainly grabs attention. A large ad for Fenner's medicines is on the back.

Last issue we focused mainly on the amazing bottles in Vince's collection. Now, in addition to more bottles, we will take an extended look at the posters, photographs and ephemera that make up the rest of his fabulous collection.

Fabulous Fenners, Part II By Vince Martonis

he astounding increases in people and products in post-Civil War America led to an equally astounding increase in product advertising and marketing. Chicago alone grew from a little over 100,000 people in 1860 to nearly 2.2 million by 1910. Numerous illnesses and diseases, in large part due to population growth and crowding, were met by ads promoting thousands of cures, medicines, remedies, specifics, tonics, liniments, balsams, and the like.

Wise businessmen needed catchy and colorful advertising to take advantage of a public eager to be relieved of their ailments. Warner came up with his embossed “Safe” logo. Kilmer came up with embossed kidneys, hearts, and lungs on his bottles, not to mention his “autumn leaf.” The Indian Queen (Columbia) figure sold many bottles of medicine. So did the attractive and patriotic cabin and ear of corn.

And Fenner? His logo was the Globe, the name he used for his own printing company situated in his People’s Remedies building. The logo appeared on Fenner’s boxes, medicine booklets, cookbooks, almanacs, and more. It emphasized the growth of his business and the widespread use of his medicines. But the Globe, of course, was not nearly enough to harness the attention of the needy public. Fenner’s primary advertisJuly 2021

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ing magnet was beauty, children, animals, and patriotism — important elements of our culture, directly tied to our needs. The most common Fenner trade cards are a set of eight which all feature children and animals. These small stock cards no doubt strongly appealed to the parents of sickly children. Each advertises a different Fenner medicine on the back. Some of his larger trade cards also featured happy and healthy children playing and enjoying life, outside, of course, where they ought to be, not sick and sad in bed. The cards loudly proclaim, “Mother, father! Help your child return to this state of health and happiness where they belong! It is your duty!” Beautiful women adorn his trade cards and posters. My favorite without doubt is the 13 ½ x 27 inch poster showcasing a woman who is not only beautiful but also apparently well read. Dressed to the nines, she looks demurely at the book in her hands. Consider even the group of six yellow roses she wears, in Victorian times a symbol of infidelity. No wedding ring here either. Question why she herself is in a yellow flowered dress and why her hair style has a floral look to it. Note how the large words — DR. FENNER’S REMEDY — encircle her head. “CURE, RELIEF, HONEY” are to the right. PREVIOUS PAGE: TOP: Vince states: "About thirty People's Remedies employees gather for a circa 1890 photo, but I don't see Dr. Fenner here. Fenner operated the Globe Printing Co. in the basement, the reason why one sees a globe on his paper advertising. Photo courtesy of the D. R. Barker Museum, Fredonia, NY. Retouching by Niles Dening Photography. BOTTOM: This Dr. Fenner's People's Remedies display by Vince at the 2019 GVBCA Show in Rochester won Best of Show and People's Choice awards. THIS PAGE: TOP: Salt Rheum and Family Ointment bottles came in a great variety. Note the three very rare artist mock-up boxes on the left. MIDDLE: Eight different medicine ads are on the back of these stock cards of children and animals. BOTTOM: Fenner's booklets feature varied attractive imagery and usually his Globe icon. Note the many differences in the two with the Statue of Liberty.

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Subtle but effective. Give the Victorian ad designer some credit. SHE is the remedy for what ails you! Fenner also took advantage of the patriotic fervor associated with the Spanish-American War in 1898. Note the coincidental use of that date on his bottles. The war was quickly won by the U.S., primarily as a result of vastly superior naval power. We lost only one ship while Spain lost nineteen. Admiral Dewey became a hero by sinking the entire Spanish Pacific Fleet at Manila Bay. Directly connected to this are the 9 x 11 ½ inch (usually) ships of war posters Fenner produced. Besides the U.S.S. Maine, I have nine others which feature battleships, cruisers, and two submarines. In addition to front advertising, each has one of two large ads on the back. These dynamic posters are scarce and readily snapped up by advertising collectors. Trying a different tack, Fenner promoted his medicines on a 12 x 8 inch poster honoring the Columbia, winner of the 10th America’s Cup in 1899 against the Shamrock, built by the British. Columbia won all three races against Shamrock and another three against Shamrock II at the 11th America’s Cup in 1901. Dismantled in 1915, her mast is all that’s left. It stands on Flagpole Green in a park in New York City. In 2018, I made the decision to display all this advertising and all my bottles one last time. Most of my Fenner ephemera and every Fenner bottle I was able to obtain in all my years of searching was displayed at the 2019 Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Show & Sale in Rochester. The display took months to plan and even a U-Haul PHOTOS: TOP LEFT: Fenner owned an ink company which produced this rather rare Paragon cone ink. TOP RIGHT: Dr. Fenner knew that children would definitely help sell his medicines. Drawn by Frances Brundage with a large ad on the back also. BOTTOM: Ten U.S. Naval Fleet posters from 1898 with Fenner advertising on both front and back. Remember the Maine!

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to get it there. It was about twenty feet long and ten feet deep. I am proud to say that my Dr. Fenner’s People’s Remedies display won both the Best of Show and the People’s Choice awards at the 2019 Genesee Valley show. It’s been a long trail that I walked since my Fredonia landlady handed me that first Fenner bottle in 1971. Countless friends I made. Countless conversations enriched my knowledge. I carry with me many memories which make me smile. In reassembling this small portion of what Dr. Fenner had created, I have thus been charged with the responsibility of finding it a suitable home. I think I have done this. The D. R. Barker Museum’s acquisition of my Fenner collection included my donation of over 200 items. I also prepared for them seven 3-ring binders containing the

41 billheads, 33 booklets, over 200 other paper items, and two with my extensive research file on Dr. Fenner. There are even original 1860s letters by Dr. Fenner, notes he wrote, and very rare 1870s printed materials. Included are 136 bottles, most with labels and boxes, many with contents. Everything is research-ready with detailed labels, tables of contents, and in archival pages. There is no better place for this than in Fenner’s hometown of Fredonia, N.Y. It is now securely housed in an important historic building where visitors may examine the items and learn a little about the fabulous Dr. Milton M. Fenner and how he worked to enrich not only his own life but the lives of countless others.

PHOTOS (clockwise from upper left): Adm.Dewey's 1898 destruction of the entire Spanish Pacific fl et in Manila Harbor. In the 1899 America's Cup, the U. S. ship Columbia beat the British ship Shamrock in all 3 races. A very happy moment when John Pastor presented the People's Choice Award to Vince. The display also won Best of Show. Four scarce St. Vitus' Dance Specific bottles. This was a Fenner medicine which sold very well long into the 1900s.

About the author: Married for fifty years this July to Joanne, Vince, now retired, was a teacher for 37 years. They are parents of four and grandparents of fourteen. As Hanover (N.Y.) Historian for 38 years, he’s presented hundreds of talks and major events and written dozens of articles. He lives in Gerry, N.Y., and still searches for historical items to research and collect. Email: vmartonis@gmail.com July 2021

History Repeats Itself When other target ball memories fade, will we always have Paris?

Ralph’s cobalt blue Gavelot that American Glass Gallery sold in the 2017-19 auctions.

By Ralph Finch

ack when I was totally dedicated to target balls, traveling the world in reality and via the internet, I had assembled 250 different balls (designs AND color variations). And when I “retired,” I knew, no, believed, that there were maybe only four balls I didn’t have. Oddly, one I was unable to acquire was cracked in half. And because of the damage, the price was what I thought to be exorbitant and that I would be cracked to bid that much. Not that I was known to be a good judge of what was excessive, having paid $30,000 for one ball. Then, maybe ten years ago, I remember when the Gevelot ball “exploded” in the ball hobby, starting with this old series of emails about the French eBay item: “Up for auction is this French target ball, beautiful cobalt blue glass with small bubbles and some small inclusions, about 3 inch diameter, embossed diamond pattern with raised dots, in the center band is embossed ‘GEVELOT’ and ‘PARIS,’ and between the two words something that looks like a snake.” “Gevelot is an existing company in France, in former times they produced ammunition etc., nowadays they produce plastic parts for the car industry.” “It was most probably made by ‘La Société Gévelot,’ who were manufacturers of ammunition including cartridges for hunting, in Paris, in the 19th century.” From the Gevelot website (http://www. gevelot.fr): Starting in 1823, “detonators,

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shotgun cartridges and munitions were produced. After a few moves, the company started to grow, and reached 500 employees in 1867. The factory was housed in 50 buildings covering seven hectares, on the Issy-les-Moulineaux site. Soon, I was getting queries from other ball collectors, and John Hargreaves of England added his two pence: “I have discovered that one of these Gevelot balls was sold in an auction in Belgium last week and perhaps the same one was sold on a ‘buy-it-now’ on French eBay, just last night!” I looked on French eBay, but couldn’t find anything Gevelot ball related, although there were eleven lots of Gevelot shotshells. The ball turned out to have been offered by a dealer in Aachen, Germany, and within hours, the bidding had climbed from $1 to $360 (and $565 on the second day). I congratulated Inspector Hargreaves for his fine work, but he responded: “Actually, Keith Kilvington deserves the credit!” When the original balls reached the U.S. eBay, within a month, I acquired three Gevelot balls, in the usual deep blue, after the prices had reached around $1,700. Each. Keir Lewis, an English contact who lived in France, replied: “Nice ball. It seems cheap for such a rare — unique? — item. I see it was sold in Germany. Mmmmm.”

So, the number of known blue balls seems to have reached 12 to 15, before fading into the dust of history. And that’s where they stayed until … In late June 2020 I received this email from a man named Pierre: “I have found 2 examples of the GEVELOT target ball, however instead of the usual cobalt blue colour these examples are in a very nice shade of *amber. I have researched the ball and read your 2010 article called ‘Paris Ball,’ so I am sure you will want to know where these came from and are there any more?” And, best of all, Pierre said the two balls were found in his family’s castle! I replied to him: “They are very hard to find, and your colors are unusual. I would love to hear about your castle; was there a shooter in your family history?” And the emails just got better. Pierre replied: “Our caste Couthove is located in Poperinge, Belgium. It was built in 1763 by the family Mazeman. The last one died in 1923 and adopted my great-

grandmother and so we are continuing the tradition. I am 20 years old but I already know that the castle will be mine. Actually, my father and I restored a lot of little pavilions in the park. I send you also a picture of one them, the pavilion above an old cellar were in the 18th and 19th centuries. They kept ice there. “I suppose that the target balls came from the family *Mazeman de Couthove. I know that they were hunters and so I supposed that they also did clay shooting. I found the target balls when we had to empty the attic for restoration of the roof. “I am a collector of ancient coins, but now I’m focusing on the items that I found in the attic. I will use the money of the target balls for the restoration of a signed painting that I found in a terrible state a year ago. Best regards, Pierre.” I remember thinking about what is in my attic. Some dust and a lot of very expensive insulation. And, had I known about the amber and green Gavelots, I would, years ago, have said there were five balls I didn’t have in my collection. *Now, one minor correction to Pierre’s emails. He mentioned amber, but when the balls arrived, one was the unlisted amber, and the other was in an unlisted green! So, make that SIX balls I didn’t have in my original collection.” *FYI: I found many references to the family “Raoul Mazeman de Couthove,” a Belgian politician (1854-1923). However, 99 percent of the references were in French, and despite a university degree I managed to fail French three times. (I do know that the word “three” in French is “trois,” but little else … and that’s a très sad story.)

r Publisher’s note: Ralph’s latest target balls, the amber and green Gavelots, along with a few shooting ephemera he found in his attic, will be offered in the current, July, 2021, American Glass Gallery auction.

ABOVE: Old and new photos of the Chateau Mazeman de Couthove, where Pierre found these two super-rare green and amber versions of Gevelot target balls in the attic.

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