Medicine Chest: One Bottle, but it'sWorth a Story

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

Presents our absentee mail/phone bid cataloged auction #75 of Patent Medicines, Pills,Tins,Apothecary/Drugstore andAdvertising 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 IndianTonic, Lightening Sarsaparilla,Wetherall’s Sarsaparilla, Dr. Belding’sWild Cherry Sarsaparilla, Dr. Picault Mother’sTreasure, 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’sWhite 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 ofYellow Dock & Sarsaparilla, ProfessorWoods Hair Restorative, Brants Indian Balsam, Dr. Jaugo SpanishAgue-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-ManTablets, Marvin’s Cascara Chocolates, GastrogenTablets, Pond’s Laxative Pills, Cascara-Elm Cure Constipation, BlackoTablets, Unguentine Store tin, Complete Countertop Displays for SuretyAspirin andWhites PinkTablets, Group Lots and more! ToothPowder Tins: Dr. Holt’s, Severa’s, MilitaryTooth Powder, PhenorisAntiseptic, Colgates Dental Powder, Riker’s, Perfection, Cheney’s ListeratedTooth Powder and PainlessParker. Tooth Bottles = Glyco-Thymoline, &AntiseptineTooth Powder.Pills: Sex-ine Pills, Ma-Le-NaWormTablets, Henry Baxter’s Mandrake BittersTablets, Parmelee’s NewVegetable 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’sAnti-Bilious Pills, Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills, McLean’s Universal Pills. Complete Counter Display Box of Bick’s Laxative HeadacheTablets, 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. EarlyAmethyst Carboy Storage Jar, Inverted Merck Jars, 6 Different Labeled Poison Bottles, Lot ofPorcelain Drawer Pulls,Wooden, Peruvian Quassia Cup and more!! Veterinary: Labeled Bottles = Dr. Daniels EyeWash, PileozionWonderWorker and SulphurTablets, Dr. Johnson’s Distemper Remedy, Hood Farm Colic Cure, “Oculum” Germicide,I.X.L Liniment,Agoil to Cure Colic & Distemper inAnimals, 2 = Merchant’s Gargling Oils. Packages: Dr. Earl S. Sloan Horse Powders, SaloVet PoultryTonic, Pratt’s Poultry Regulator. Dr. LeGear’s Egg LayingTablets. Unusual, Blackman’s Stock & Poultry MedicinesTin-Litho Counter Stand. Complete Counter Display for Bickmore Gall Salve for Horses & Cattle. Security Food CompoundWooden Bucket, Dr. Daniels’ Dog & Puppy Bread sign, 1903 Dr. Daniels Calendar etc… Advertising: Signs: Dr. Jaynes: Expectorant /TonicVermifuge = JohnAdams Poster, Matching Pair = George & MarthaWashington Family Medicines in Original Frames!! ReverseGlass Dr. Jayne’sAlterativeThe Best Blood Purifier. Early, CivilWar Era Broadside for Dr. Jackson’s Liniment, Dr. Hand’s Remedies for Children, Dr. Haynes’Arabian Balsam, Kemps BalsamThe Best Cough Cure, Comstock’s Dead Shot Pellets forWorms,Warner’s SafeYeast,Ayer’s HairVigor, EmbossedTin = Dr. George’s Herb Medicine Case etc… 5 Drops for RheumatismWoodenThermometer. Nice Counter Die-Cuts for: Shac HeadacheWafers and Nujol for Constipation. Big, Display Box for Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. Unusual, California Cough Balsam Stoneware Mini-Jug, 1897Antikamnia Calendar,Amber, Hick’s Capudine lug Counter Jar, Dr. Kings New Life Pills Counter Jar, Selection of wood shippingcrates and more!!!

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

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