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Bottles And Extras The official publication of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

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Vol. 15 No. 2

American Face Pipes - Page 52-

Collecting Washington-Taylor Flasks - Page 24 -

Ben Holladay The Man and His Whiskey - Page 10 -

Rainier Beer - Page 54 Policy Business - Page 50 -

Zipp Manufacturing Co. - Page 18 -

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(pronounced “Sars-a-pear-a-fear”) Cylindrical fifth. 1866-75. Applied top.

Louis Lacour became partners with Jean Castera in 1859, becoming one of the larg est wholesale liquor dealers in San Francisco. In 1866, Lacour became the sole owner and decided to create a special bottle for a new, special product. San Francisco Glass Works would design this funny container meant to look like a lighthouse. The bottle and the product were very successful. By 1869, however, Lacour, in failing health, sold the business. Louis Lacour ended up moving to San Rafael, a well-do-do area near San Francisco, and became a member of the California Stock Exchange. Lacour died of a heart attack in 1873. A succes in his own time, a unanimous vote of the Stock Exchange agreed to close business for a day in memory of this well known and well liked San Francisco businessman. Offices at the Stock Exchange were draped in black.

The Lacour’s Bitters, although not considered rare, are one of the most highly prized western bitters known. Their greatest claim to fame is not only their richly detailed design and unusual top, but the many beautiful colors these bottles are found in. Most often amber, the Lacour’s are also found in greens and various shades of aqua, the latter being the rarest color. There are three variants of the Lacour’s Bitters with minor differences separating them. Apparently, enough bottles were sold that it warranted two new molds. The main variance is that the examples made from 1870-73 are a little shorter than the original mold, and the examples made from 1874-75 are even a little shorter. They also have no dot on the base and generally display a little longer neck. Whatever the variant, the Lacour’s bottles are all highly collectible and desireable. Interesting to note, the top is the same as the Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters, which was also made in San Francisco.

Rarity: Scarce, however, with the Lacour’s bottles, rarity is defined in color variance rather than overall rarity. Amber is the most common, greens next and aqua the rarest. Usually, the aqua variant is the later and third variant, while the greens are usually original and the second variant.

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Bottles And Extras Vol. 15 No. 2

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Table of Contents Bottle Buzz................................................2 Recent Finds..............................................4 Officer Listing...................................6 Follow-Up to Schlitz Cecil Munsey...............................7 Let’s Talk About Ink: Ink on the Web Ed & Lucy Faulkner.....................8 Ben Holladay: The Man and His Whiskey Jack Sullivan..........................10 The 2003 California Recall Election; And its relationship to the “Octopus Flask” Cecil Munsey............................14 The Dating Game: The AB-Connected Mark Allen Vegotsky, Ph.D..................16 Zipp Manufacturing Co. Root Beer Donald Yates.............................18 Recycling, Double-Dealing or Advertising Freebies and Premiums Charles S. Harris......................22 Collecting Washington-Taylor Flasks Michael Roberts........................24

Cataloging a Russell UHL-Patented Glass Screw Cap Barry L. Bernas...........................29

Rainier Beer, 1883-1916; North Pacific Brewery, 1884-1916 Dave Scafani.........................54

The Incurable Cure Collector Bill Baab.....................................34

Carling Black Label Beer in the White Bottle Cecil Munsey.......................56

Veterinary Collectibles Roundtable: Dr. H. Clay Glover, V. S. Dr. Michael Smith..................36 “It looks like a peppersauce bottle” Cecil Munsey.................................38 Poison Land Mike Dickman...............................42 Collecting Sample Bottles Bryan Grapentine..........................44 Angeline Smelker Joe Terry................................47 How Fortune’s Have Been Made In the Policy Business - F. W. Koch John Eatwell...............................50 Odds ‘N Ends Bill Baab..................................51 Collecting American Face Jugs Max Bell..................................52

Book Review: Local collector taps Internet to write price guides Steve Ketcham........................60 Bottles from Anheuser Busch Curt Faulkenberry.................61 H. Wagener Brewing Company Stan Sanders Mickey Roach.........................62 The Poland Spring Story Howard Dean..........................66 Regional Reports.................................70 Membership Info...

Display and Advertising Rates...76 Classified Ads.........................................77 Membership Benefits, Fed 4 Sale.............84 FOHBC Show-Biz Show Calendar Listings............85

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News, Notes, Letters, etc.

Send Buzz Notes to: Kathy Hopson, E-mail: kathy@thesodafizz.com or write: Buzz Notes, 1966 King Springs Road, Johnson City TN 37601

From Bill Lockhart: In the Winter issue, I wrote about the Knox Glass Bottle Co. and two manufacturer’s marks that had not been identified before (at least anywhere I could find). Since then, I have seen a drawing of a D-in-a-keystone mark.

However, I have not seen this mark on glass. If it actually exists, it was probably used by either the Mid-West Bottle Co. (the “d” in Mid), Gas City, Indiana, that joined Knox in 1951 just before the company went to the K-in-a-keystone mark for all of its plants.

The other possibility is the plant in Danielson, Connecticut, that became a part of Knox in 1959.

If anyone has a bottle with the D-in-akeystone mark on its base, please let me know, especially if it has a two-digit date code on it. First, I would like to confirm that such a mark exists.

Second, if I can pin down the years the mark was used, I will pretty well know which plant it came from.

Thanks, Bill Lockhart 1313 14th St., Apt. 21 Alamogordo, NM 88310 bottlebill@zianet.com (505) 439-8158 From David Whitten, Kentucky: Believe it or not, the Fall 2003 issue has an article that solves a mystery that I have been wondering about for the last three or four years: The mark on the bottom of several small clear jelly glasses (or whatever they were originally intended to be - product jars of some sort, but which I think of as small “orange juice glasses”) of various sizes that I have picked up here and there.

Lo and behold, it is the mark of the Capstan Glass Company, of Connellsville, Pa., in business from 1919 to 1938, according to the article by Barry L. Bernas, starting on page 55. I am so excited to finally find out about the origin

of this mark. and I have NEVER even heard of the company.

Having an interest in American glass companies & bottle makers’ marks, this one is a new one on me. I posted a query to an EAPG glass group on yahoo over a year ago, thinking someone might know - but didn’t get any leads. Here are the pictures I posted, the mark is another unknown one on the base of a small clear glass pill bottle, probably circa 1890 to 1910. Does anyone know who the makers are?

I really enjoyed the Louisville show and found a few additions to my collection of Louisville bottles. (NO, not the Louisville Glass Works flasks everyone else thinks of when you say “Louisville bottles”). I have a rather strict budget and so I collect the unappreciated and

Bottles and Extras presently somewhat ignored glass production from the later companies in Louisville: Kentucky GlassWorks Company; Southern Glass Works, and Falls City Glass Company, all in business during the 1880s period.

I have been doing research on Louisville glass as time permits, and have found there were at least eight different factories located there, seven of them bottle houses and the other one a plate glass works only. Maybe some day I will have enough solid information to write an article on them.

David Whitten E-mail: drw90459@iglou.com From Ed Tardy: I am enclosing a few pictures of a cool looking pottery jug that a fellow I know came up with recently. Can you help me with history, value, age, etc?

The jug appears similar to White’s Utica pottery with gray background and

Bottles and Extras cobalt highlight to the raised lettering and reads “TWOMEY & MIHOLOVICH / THE / YELLOWSTONE / OPS BOURBON / 22 MONTGOMERY / ST / S.F. On the reverse there is what appears to be some sort of flower basket.

I have been reading some recent editions of the FOHBC’s magazine and want to compliment you and everyone else on an excellent job – better than the other bottle magazine!

Ed Tardy Answer from Ralph Van Brocklin: It is always a pleasure to hear from you and I certainly appreciate the nice compliment about the magazine! We take great pride in this publication and are pleased to get the nice comments we have been receiving from our members and others in the collecting community.

The jug does appear to be White’s and others I know feel that it is, indeed a Utica-made piece. Hopefully some of our readers who are more familiar with the pottery from that area can verify this for us. I have seen four or five of these over the years, so would consider them rare.

The last two I have seen sell have garnered in excess of $500.00.

In addition to the jug which you have inquired about, there is at least one pintsized two-tone jug of similar shape that has black stenciling and there is a fancy gold-rimmed shot glass with etched shield beneath a crown advertising “TWOMEY & MIHOLVICH THE YELLOWSTONE 22 MONTGOMERY ST. I have a half-

Spring 2004 pint pumpkinseed flask in my collection which reads: THE / YELLOWSTONE / S.F. / 22 / MONTGOMERY ST. The first listing for The Yellowstone in the San Francisco directories is found in 1896. George M. Axtell, who the prior year was bartending for Gendar & Hink, was listed as proprietor of this saloon at 22 Montgomery Street. In that same year, we find Vincent Miholovich listed as a bartender at the Crystal Palace and James Twomey in partnership with Andrew Woods and William Munn as proprietors of The Auditorium at 9 Powell Street. As an interesting side-note, all of these establishments have embossed pumpkinseeds representing them.

In 1897, Axtell has sold the saloon to Vincent Miholovich and James Twomey, now listed as “proprietors, The Yellowstone Saloon, 22 Montgomery St.” They continue as partners with The Yellowstone up into the 1907 directory.

In 1908, we find Vincent Miholovich listed as residence, only. The Yellowstone is now under the proprietorship of James Twomey and Edward Borremans (who had previously been a bartender in San Francisco for many years). The address remains 22 Montgomery Street, indicating that it was one of the establishments to survive through the 1906 earthquake.

The partnership of Twomey and Borremans lasts at least through 1913 and possibly into 1914 (I do not have access to the 1914 directory at this time). In 1915 James Twomey is listed only as a residence and Ed Borremans is listed selling liquors at 300 4th Street. There is no listing for The Yellowstone in the residential, the restaurant or the liquor sections of the a915 directory. The Yellowstone is listed at 22 Montgomery Street without denotation of proprietors in the 1916 and 1917 directories and is now called the “ Ye l l o w s t o n e Café”. It is no longer listed in 1918.

Ralph Van Brocklin

3 In Memory of Richard Thomas Stockton Aug 18, 1928 – April 3, 2003 The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors has been advised of the passing of Richard Stockton in April of 2003.

A well-known collector, he will be sadly missed by those who knew him and enjoyed the bottle collecting hobby with him.

Our sympathy goes out to his family.

From Mark Smith, LIABA Open letter to all clubs: This is a lovely hobby, families, friends all having a grand time collecting, and learning of our history. However, is your club ready should trouble arise? What you will read here is a true story.

About a year ago, a rather friendly, helpful fellow came into our club. Like many clubs, our membership has become somewhat thin over the years. Many members have left, either by moving, retirement, or to that great digging dump in the sky.

As such, he seemed all right. Interested in bottles, just starting out in the hobby, and he was even willing to give writing the newsletter a shot. Why, he even posted a link for the club on his web site, as he did handle some bottles on his site. All seemed well.

Then one day, in early January (2004), my wife received a phone call that chilled our blood and froze our hearts with fear!

Someone had seen the clubs posting on this persons web site, and somehow managed to track us down. Luckily for the club, I tend to leave my name and phone number where ever I go as a contact for the club. Turns out the person in question is a convicted pedophile, currently on probation. The person gave us information on where to look to confirm what they said to us, and when we did, there was this man’s photo looking back at us! And, our child is the same age as the persons victims! Well, we darn near dropped dead! The last thing I wanted hanging around the club meetings was this person! What to do? How to get rid of him? Children attend club meetings, shows, etc. The potential legal liability is earth shattering at the least should something happen at a club sponsored event. They had to go, or the club will cease to exist. We could not continue as

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So we turned to an attorney for help.

We were informed that since the club does NOT receive public funding, our funding coming from dues, show proceeds, etc., we are considered a private club. As such, a private club is governed by its by-laws.

A private club is permitted to expell a member for conduct unbecoming a member, as long as it is done in accordance with the groups by-laws. It is legal. This is the course of action which

Spring 2004 we took to expell the member, to protect ourselves.

I urge ALL clubs to review your by-laws at your very next meeting! Not next year, not after the show, but the next meeting! It is better to be prepared to deal with this type of situation, and know your by-laws and be sure your club has a clause in its by-laws permitting the club to expell a member for conduct unbecoming a member!

While I hope it never, never, ever

Bottles and Extras happens to anouther club, it very well could. It happened to us! And, if your club does NOT have this clause, add it into your by-laws right away. NOW! After all, it this the type of person you would want with your kids? Think about it, think about it.

As I said, this is a 100% true factual story. It really happend. To a club. To our club.

Recent Finds “Anarchist Medicine” A History of Anarchy, Organized Labor and Labor Unrest As Told In A Bottle

by Ralph Van Brocklin I have always enjoyed American history and that certainly is one of the facets of bottle and stoneware collecting that appeals greatly to me. The history of the towns and proprietors of the Western flasks I collect is inescapably intertwined with the items themselves.

Occasionally, I have the opportunity to have some facet of history, deeply buried in a mind cluttered with 30 years of primarily medical facts, stirred. And so it was when I spotted an item on eBay approximately two months ago. The item was a very nice yellow amber figural billy club accentuated with amber swirls— a bottle that would grab your attention on looks, alone. But what really fascinated me was the label on this item, which read: “ANARCHIST MEDICINE CONTENTS WARRANTED CURE NOT ADOLPH GEORGE 1892 NORTH-SIDE TURNER HALL” The label was an obvious play on words indicating that the “medicine” (the billy club) was intended as anything but a cure for any anarchist.

When I graduated from high school in 1972, one of the scholarships I applied for was offered by the AFL-CIO, and dealt with ones ability to understand the nature of labors struggle for the working man and to be able to put the history of that struggle into contemporary perspective. I thought that I recalled a period of extreme unrest, deemed anarchy by many at the time, near the time of formation of the

labor unions and thought that this item might relate to that. An internet search verified that this label relates to the at times violent confrontations between those who wanted an acceptable standard of living for those in industry and the owners whose motive was profit above all else.

On May 1, 1886, labor struck in support of an 8-hour day at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago.

The involvement of radicals and anarchists led to a confrontation with police at the plant that left one dead on May 3rd. According to an article by Ellen O’Brien and Lyle Benedict (1), “that evening a small group of anarchists met to plan a rally the next day in response to the McCormick incident. The rally began about 8:30 PM May 4 at the Haymarket, a site on Randolph between Halsted and Des Plaines Street ... About 10:00 pm, as the rally drew to a close, 176 policemen led by Inspector John Bonfield moved in demanding immediate dispersal of the remaining 200 workers. Suddenly a bomb exploded. In the chaos that followed, shots were fired by police and perhaps by workers. One police officer was killed by the bomb, six officers died later and sixty others were injured. No official count was made of civilian deaths or injuries probably because friends and/or relatives carried them off immediately.”

Following the “Haymarket Riot” all known anarchists and socialists were arrested and of the 31 named in indictments, eight were tried and convicted. On November 11, 1887, four of these men were hanged. Included among those executed were Adolph Fisher and George Engel and, failing to find an “Adolph George” in my internet search, I

suspect that this name on the label is a fictitious name taken from the first names of these two men.

In 1892, another major and violent labor dispute broke out, this time involving the steel industry in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The “Homestead Strike” involved the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers who were attempting to negotiate a new contract following the expiration of their prior three year accord versus the recalcitrant Henry Clay Frick who was manager of the Carnegie Steel Company.

In an attempt to break the union, Frick locked out the workforce on June 30, 1892, the day that the union contract expired. The union responded by keeping guard on the mill to prevent any scab labor from entering. In turn, Frick brought in 300 Pinkertons from the Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency of New York.

As these strike-breakers attempted to land from boats on the Monongahela River on July 6, 1892, a gun battle ensued and three Pinkertons plus seven workers were

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killed. Restoration of order in Homestead took garrisoning the National Guard of Pennsylvania for several months During this time, Carnegie Steel systematically undertook actions to weaken the union and success was achieved when, on November 17, 1892, day laborers and mechanics voted to return to work.

So, where then does “Turner Hall” fit in? According to an article by Paul Le Blanc, an Assistant Professor of History at Pittsburgh’s LaRoche College (2), “the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada…. was founded on November 15-18, 1881 at the Turner Hall in downtown Pittsburgh.” This organization became known as the American

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Federation of Labor in 1886 and one of its early actions was the strike for a 8-hour workday on May 1, 1886, that resulted in the “Haymarket Riot”.

Summed up, this bottle represents a compilation of the fear, distrust and disdain held by many at that time for the early labor movement.

(Author’s Note: Look for this bottle in the Federation Auction at the Memphis EXPO in August. A wonderful piece of early American history! Contact John Pastor if you have items which you would like to consign.)

References: 1) Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters and Disorders in Chicago. A Selective Bibliography of Materials in the Municipal Reference Collection of the Chicago Public Library. Compiled by Ellen O’Brien and Lyle Benedict, Chicago Public Library Reference Librarians.

2) The Founding of the American Federation of Labor. Paul Le Blanc.

Others: A Chronological History of Chicago: 1673 - . Municipal Reference Collection, Chicago Public Library.

Frick’s Fracas: Henry Frick Makes His Case. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/ 5349/ Source: Interview of Frick, Pittsburgh Post 8 July 1892. Reprinted in House Report 2447, 52nd Congress, 2nd

From Bruce “SlimDigger” Adwell re: Winter 2004’s Recent Find inquiry: According to Vernon Grant’s Bottled In Richmond book: “Dr. Goddin’s ( note it is a “G” an not a “C”) Compound Gentian Bitters, Norman Goddin’s Drug Store, 1878 - 1881, 735 Brook Ave. While I have no proof of where this bitters comes from, this drug store seems to be a very good possibility. There are only three known to me. It is a square, aqua-colored bottle, 10-inches in height, with beveled corners, recessed panels and a tapered collar.

It is embossed in four lines as follows: “Dr. Goddin’s : Compound : Gentian Bitters : Richmond Va.”

Session: Employment of Pinkerton Detectives (Washington, DC: 1892).

Homestead: A Complete History of the Struggle of July, 1892. Arthur G. Burgoyne, 1893.

The Situation at Homestead. Illustrated American, July 23, 1892.

“The Incident” of the 6th of July.

Illustrated American, July 16, 1892.

Pennsylvania’s Labor Landmarks. http://www.laborheritage.org/IALLPA.html.

This verse reflects the other side of the story from that segment of society which would sympathize with the sentiments on the label on the billy club: “ ’Twas in a Pennsylvania town not very long ago Men struck against reduction of their pay Their millionaire employer with philanthropic show Had closed the works till starved they would obey They fought for home and right to live where they had toiled so long But ere the sun had set some were laid low There’re hearts now sadly grieving by that sad and bitter wrong God help them for it was a cruel blow.”

(From “Father Was Killed by the Pinkerton Men”)

From the best of my knowledge the bottle that Ronald Hinsley has turned up is a one of a kind variant of this bottle. Nice find . Hope this is of some help.

Also, from John Feldmann re: Dr. Goddin’s Bitters: Dr. Goddin’s Bitters can be found on page 244 and a similiar-shaped bottle to the Dr. Goddin’s on page 578 of Ring/Ham Bitters Bottles.

John went on to state that he has one of the examples listed on page 244, but has never seen the form of the bottle Ronald Hinsley inquired about.

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SCHLITZ “The Beer [& Bottles] That Made Milwaukee Famous Follow-Up Comments & Illustration from Cecil Munsey In the most recent issue of BOTTLES & EXTRAS (Vol. 15, No. 1 of 4 – Winter 2004, pp. 25-29, Issue #157), I wrote an article entitled, “SCHLITZ ‘The Beer [& Bottles] That Made Milwaukee Famous’.”

In that article, in the section headed, “Experimentation” (page 27), I dealt with the post World War II involvement (1948) of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company with the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation in the development of “Royal Ruby Red” beer bottles made in “Anchor Glass.”

Besides the nine red beer bottles made for Schlitz to consider. Only three different sizes and shapes ever went into production and were used by Schlitz. In the article’s “FOOTNOTE,” the reader was informed that: “Anchor Hocking made Ruby Red experimental and a few production bottles in several categories beside beer. These include milk, juice, chile, mayonnaise, pill bottles, baby food, wine, liquor, and ketchup. Few of those bottles were made and seldom are they seen on show sales tables.”

Bryan Grapentine FOLLOW-UP: The variety of experimental “Royal Ruby Red” bottles and jars that actually made it into production, and therefore marketed, is not known. Because experimental bottles were designed, it must be remembered that only a few of those designs were ever actually purchased and used by the companies for which they were created. Experimental bottles, in this red-container-category, do or did exist. Occasionally experimental bottles do appear in the collector marketplace.

That recently happened. on eBay a seller listed what he described as a “Rare Experimental Royal Ruby Red Whiskey Bottle (see illustration).” The seller, who had read the Bottles and Extras article, was quite accurate when he further explained about his red bottle that: “This rare red bottle was made in a very small quantity by Anchor Hocking in the early 1950s. This experimental bottle never went into production … The threaded – top bottle is 7-1/2” tall and 4-1/2" x 2-1/ 4" at the base. The front [obverse] has a recessed design of 3 squares joined at the corner arranged diagonally. The reverse has embossed ‘FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE / OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE’ [Embossed on liquor bottles by law from 1933-1964]. Embossed on the

bottom is ‘13 (Anchor symbol) 50 / Royal Ruby (in script) / Anchorglass.’”

The savy seller started the bidding at $49.95 for the 6-day auction. The final price, after 17 bids, was $158.37.

“RED” ALERT: Readers may find my recent embarrassing experience instructive. I blush to tell you that it was in seeking a red bottle that I had my first bad experience after several hundred successful buys at eBay auctions.

The item which caught my eye was a “1939 A. J. NIGG RUBY RED GLASS POISON BOTTLE!” with a starting bid of $12.99. Under “DESCRIPTION” the seller announced: “This is a stunning Ruby Red glass poison bottle. The label is mostly intact. The label has skull and cross bones and it reads Iodide Mercury Red. A. A. Nigg, Pharmacist, Charter Oak, Iowa. On the bottom it has a 39, 3, and an F inside a hexagon. I assume it stands for 1939 and the 3rd month.

It measures 4” 3/8h X 1"3/4 X 1"1/4.

It is in overall excellent condition and offered with No Reserve at a Very Low Price!!”

The seller’s photograph of the bottle was fuzzy but the bottom of the bottle had been held up to a light and it appeared red. I felt confident because the seller had a feedback rating of 86 and 98.9% of those were positive feedbacks. He had been registered and selling on eBay since

July 28, 2002 – over a year from the time I started bidding on the item.

At the end of the auction, after a total of five bids, I won the auction with a successful bid of $37.51.

I sent the seller a check for the purchase price plus postage and handling.

When the bottle arrived I was disappointed to find that he had sold me a small rectangle amber bottle that had contained iodine. The red-colored bottom of the bottle was a result of residue from the iodine.

I requested a refund that he agreed to with little hesitation. He indicated that as soon as he received the returned bottle a refund would be forthcoming.

I didn’t receive the refund.

When contacted again asking for the refund, he responded with “I haven’t received it yet. When was it sent? I have a money order for the refund, so when the bottle arrives, I will send the money order right out to you.

I was quickly losing faith in the integrity of the seller. My response to him was: “I sent the bottle back to you (Postal Service Item #8000 1220 004 7338 4824) on 10-20-03 at 12:52 PM. It arrived and was signed for on 11-4-03 according to the ‘Return Receipt for Merchandise,’ Postal Service Form 3811 that I received back from the Post Office a week later.”

From then on I have not able to get the seller to respond to a number of requests for a refund.

I contacted eBay and reported my problem (with a copy to Meg Whitman the CEO of eBay, meg@ebay.com ). They replied with, “We want to assure you that we will investigate this situation and get in touch with you as soon as possible.”

I periodically “search” eBay “by seller” and find that he has not used eBay since the failed transaction with me.

There has been no word from eBay. I suspect the seller just re-registered with eBay under a new name and a new e-mail server or did any of a number of other things to avoid returning my money.

Reader, the lesson I have purchased for you, is really a simple Caveat Emptor – Let the buyer beware! I let my greed and knowledge overrule my common sense. Not new to the reader is the wonderful old saying, “If it looks to good to be true, it usually is.”

Perhaps the reader will be able to profit from my experience. I certainly hope so.

AND let me conclude by saying I will still buy and sell on eBay BUT I will try to be more careful and, sadly, more skeptical of that marketplace and its participants.

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Let’s Talk About Ink with Ed & Lucy Faulkner

The Other Bottles of Apollos W. Harrison The Harrison Columbian Ink Company is probably the most well known 19th century ink company, not only by ink collectors, but by bottle collectors in general. The first listing of the company in the Philadelphia City Directory was 1847 at 8 1/2 S. 7th Street, according to McKeanin and Wilson in their book. This address is listed through 1851. The company was known as Apollos W. Harrison, Books, Maps and Ink. The last reference they could find was 1877, which was a home address. There is also no reference to HC in a report published by the Boston City government in 1891 that listed major ink companies of the time, so it is probable they were out of business before then.

Their small aqua ink bottles are easily found at bottle shows, and at any given time, there is usually one on eBay. Larger size and colored ones are more difficult to obtain. And of course, the large gallon cobalt one makes the news every time it is sold, the last time for $30,000 plus buyer’s premium in the Mebane auction.

However, like most other 19th century ink companies, Harrison made other products and was not known as just an ink company. Products we know they made (from known bottles) include hair dye,

perfumes, tonic stimulants, and flavoring extract. Pontiled and smooth bottom bottles are known. While other ink companies made hair dye, perfumes, tonics and extracts are a bit unusual for an ink company.

By 1861, the Harrison Company was known as the Harrison’s Columbian Perfumery and Ink as can be seen on the company envelope. His business address on this envelope is 26 South 7th Street.

The stamp dates this envelope to the 18571861 period (the actual postmark date is

Bottles and Extras not legible). Perforated stamps were first used in 1857 and this stamp (No. 26) was taken out of circulation at the beginning of the Civil War. The Civil War caused many problems for the postal service. The Union decided to withdraw and invalidate all existing stamps, issuing new and different ones. The Confederate post offices were ordered to return all stamps, but it is doubtful that they did so.

Confederate post offices eventually issued their own stamps. By August of 1861, the Union had issued new stamps although the old ones were accepted in exchange until the end of that year, after which any one used was marked with “Old Stamps Not Recognized”. For the complete story, we suggest reading a history of the Confederate and US postal Services.

As many large ink companies were established in the mid-1800’s, perhaps competition was a reason for turning to other products. One of the most unusual ones for an ink and perfume company, was a Tonic Stimulant. I don’t have access to a picture, but one was sold in the Watt White auction in 1996-97. It had a label and was still in the box. Also in that auction was a large hair dye and a labeled bottle—Extracts for the Handkerchief.

Ladies commonly perfumed their handkerchiefs. Perfumed ink was also popular during that period, although I can find no reference to it by Harrison.

Perfume bottles include the large clear one pictured here, as well as the aqua octagonal one, a round clear one with attached lid, and a small rectangular one, similar to a small ink bottle. All are

This label from an early shipping box gives the 8 1/2 South 7th Street address.

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References: American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, McKearin and Wilson, 1978.

Report on Record Inks and Paper, Public Records, Boston, 1891.

Web Search: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Stamps & Postal History of US. Web Search: US Stamps 1-39.

Watt White Collection, Charles Moore Auctions, Dec. 1996Jan. 1997.

Mebane Collection, Glass Works Auctions, Oct. 2002, Feb. 2003.

Company envelope, circa 1860. embossed Harrison’s Columbian Perfumery with the rectangular one being embossed vertically. A large round one was also sold in the Mebane auction.

Another product made by Harrison was flavoring extract.

The bottle is the typical rectangular bottle with embossing and label. Without the label, one would probably never pick it up at a show. It is clear and the embossing on one side is A.W. Harrison, and the other, Philadelphia. The label reads flavoring extract with an address for the company at 10 South 7th Street.

Also pictured here are two small flat hair dye bottles, one aqua, pontiled, and the other clear with a smooth bottom. The small one is only 2.5" tall and probably contained only one use.

Note that on both these bottles, the “S’s” are reversed.

While their ink bottles are very popular, there seems to be less interest in these bottles even though they are much less common than the small inks. They generally sell at modest prices for bottles this old and uncommon. With these companion bottles being overlooked by most collectors, we are able to add to our collection of go-withs fairly inexpensively.

Check at the next show you attend for these bottles and let us know if you find any different ones that we may not have seen.

We can be reached at: Faulkner@antiquebottles.com.

Harrison Perfume with pewter lid.

Article heading: Early Hair Dye botltes with reversed S’s.

Above left: Harrisons Columbian Perfumery embossed bottle.

Above right: Embossed and labeled flavoring extract.

Harrison eight-sided perfume.

Harrison perfume bottle.

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Bottles and Extras

Ben Holladay: The Man and His Whiskey

by Jack Sullivan

(Special to Bottles and Extras) During the mid-1800s, when Ben Holladay was accounted the largest employer in America and one of the wealthiest and most famous citizens, it probably never occurred to him that his name and legacy would live on largely through the distillery he founded as a sideline. But that is how things have turned out.

Holladay was born in 1824 in a log cabin in the Kentucky hills near the town of Blue Lick Springs. Early on, he was exposed to the ways of managing a wagon train, accompanying his father in leading soldiers westward through the Cumberland Gap. Soon the young hostler relocated to Weston, Missouri, already a "jumping off point" for thousands of pioneer settlers. It was from Weston by dint of hard work and an acute business sense that he created a transport empire that eventually included the outfitting of wagon trains, a stagecoach monopoly, steamship lines and eventually the Oregon Central Railroad. By 1864, Ben Holladay was accounted the largest individual employer in the entire United States.

An artist's rendering of Holladay's initial distillery from the Historic Weston Missouri Coloring Book.

One of his biographers calls Holladay the "America's King of Wheels" because his far flung transportation system bound half a world together. To Will Ermine, who wrote a novel about him, Ben was the "Boss of the Plains." To author Erle Stanley Gardner, he was "a truly redblooded hero." Yet to many of his contemporaries, Holladay was a tough and ruthless businessman who did not hesitate to trample anything, or anyone, who got in his way. His enemies considered him unscrupulous and devoid of any moral sense.

Nevertheless, American elites of the day, including President Lincoln during

the Civil War, sought his company and advice, and the common folk sang his praises in popular tunes: "You ask me for our leader, I soon inform you then; "It's Holladay they call him, and often only Ben; "If you can read the papers, it's easy work to scan; "He beats the world in staging now, or any other man."

Ben Holladay was a man of large appetites, and one of them was for whiskey. In one account, his brother Joe ran a saloon at the corner of Clifford and Burr Streets in Weston. Its window bore a sign announcing that "Monongahela Whiskey" could be found inside. But that liquor was made in Pennsylvania, a thousand miles away, and was expensive to transport all the way to Missouri.

Holladay had a better idea. In 1804, at Weston, the explorers Lewis and Clark had found some excellent limestone springs that later generations used to fill their water barrels on the way West. The young entrepreneur understood that the same tasty limestone-based water would be an ideal ingredient to make very good whiskey. So it was, as a sideline to his transportation empire, that in 1856 he founded a distillery on the outskirts of Weston and put his brother, Donald, in charge.

Whiskey proved to be a highly lucrative product. As the liquor began to flow from his stills, it found a ready market in frontier America. Ben's whiskey sold for five dollars a gallon, but he later charged his Indian customers a beaver pelt for just two swigs. Legend has it that he personally measured his drinks in half-pint cups coated inside with tallow and stuck his fingers in to aid his measure. Biographer Ellis Lucia says that "between tallow and fingers, the whiskey stretched a long way." As with most of his business enterprises, Holladay's distillery flourished.

Barrels of liquor were stored in cool limestone caves near Weston until Ben's hostlers could load them on wagons to the thirsty folks out West.As time went by, Holladay himself was developing a taste for more exotic libations, like champagne

Ben Holladay at the height of his wealth and fame.

and scotch. As one of America's wealthiest men - and abetted by a socialclimbing wife - he became renowned for his fancy parties. At a time when 25-cents would buy dinner, some of the couple's extravaganzas reputedly cost $10,000.

Holladay, a large man with a spreading beard, eventually owned three mansions, one in New York City, a two-hundred room palace near White Plains, N.Y., and a longdisappeared stately residence at 1311 K Street, N.W., in what is now downtown Washington, D.C. The D.C. mansion was used mainly as a place for Holladay to entertain Members of Congress to influence them to increase his subsidies for carrying the mail. At one point, his company was being paid $1 million annually by the U.S. Post Office.

In the 1860s, Holladay bought two large bronze lions to grace the spacious entrance to his K Street mansion. They were not originals, but excellent copies of lions cast by the famous Italian sculptor Antonio

One of Ben's lions at the Corcorian Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Old Ben Holladay whiskey ceramic.

Canova for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in Rome. It was common in those days for the American super-rich to covet such statues. They suggested a heritage of culture and classical interest that was otherwise lacking in free-booting millionaires like Ben Holladay.

Everything seemed to be going right for this self-made man until railroads begin to make stagecoaches obsolete. That was followed by the Black Friday stock exchange panic of 1873. Ben Holladay was ruined. He lost his business to creditors and was forced to sell off many of his buildings.

Perhaps because of strong personal attachments, he held on to his D.C mansion with its lions and to the Weston distillery. During ensuing years, Holladay struggled hard to make a financial recovery, but he died in Portland, Ore. in 1887, without having succeeded in regaining his lost wealth.

Despite Ben's financial reverses, the distillery stayed in the Holladay family for a number of years. David Holladay's daughter married a man named Benton, and the firm became Benton and Holladay.

Despite an 1880 explosion during the processing of applejack that killed three workers and injured six others severely, the business flourished under the direction of Holladay's relatives. In 1895, eight years after Ben's death, however, the family sold out to another "larger-thanlife" character, George W. Shawhan. He dumped the Holladay name and gave the company his own as the Shawhan Distillery Company. In 1907, Shawhan cashed out his Weston interests and moved to Verona, in Southwestern Missouri, where he operated another distillery until his death in 1912.

During Prohibition, subsequent owners shut the Weston facility, but continued the farming operations that George Shawhan had started as a way to use spent mash from the distillery for animal fodder. After Repeal, the company was purchased by Isadore Singer and his brothers. They began making Old Weston and Old Holladay bourbons at the site where Ben first had begun distilling.

About 1939, the Singer family bought the name "McCormick" from a nearby distillery founded years before by E. R. McCormick. The story is that Mrs. McCormick had "gotten religion" during Prohibition, and would not let her husband reopen when whiskey again became legal.

Under the McCormick Distillery name, the Singers later sold out to Cloud L. Cray, who used the facilities to make industrial alcohol during World War II. After the war, Cray's sons began a small bourbonmaking operation that sold its product regionally. They soon joined other distillers like Jim Beam, who were selling their liquor in fancy ceramic bottles, and from 1969-1987, issued a

The Holladay and Barton plant of the late 1800s.

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McCormick's Bourbon - 7 Years Old.

series of collectible decanters honoring American events and heroes. In 1983, McCormick issued a bottle in honor of the Pony Express - but did not mention Ben. And while "Doc" Holliday, the gun-slinger, was memorialized with a special McCormick decanter in 1972, Ben Holladay, the distillery founder, was ignored. McCormick also marketed its products in ceramic jugs, some of them shown here.

After a change of management in 1980, the McCormick Distilling Co. began marketing its products nationwide,

McCormick's Platte Valley Corn Whiskey, with Hillbilly.

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selling blended whiskey, gin, vodka and grain alcohol. Following still another change in ownership in 1993, the company ceased giving tours of the factory and moved its Country Store operation - tee-shirts, hats, mugs, etc. into an 1886 building in downtown Weston, current population, 1,528.

Today the firm is a major bottler and distributor of alcoholic products, with sales in 50 states and 37 foreign countries. It has corporate offices in Dallas, but its main plant is still located in Weston. The original Weston distillery has been placed on the National Register of Historical Sites and - with the demise of the Michter operation in Pennsylvania - McCormick can claim to be the oldest continuously active distillery in the United States.

During his lifetime, Ben Holladay was a celebrated a figure as Bill Gates is in his own time. Newspapers and magazines regularly profiled him and reported his

escapades. Songs were written about him.

Denver named one of its major streets after him in the 1850s. But time takes a toll on celebrity status and today, only Western history buffs readily recognize his name. Ironically, Denver's Holladay Street later became the site of that city's "red light" district, and synonymous with wanton women and debauchery. In the late 1800s, Ben's relatives petitioned the city fathers to change its name. Today, the avenue is known as Market Street.

Nor did ownership of Canova's famous lions bring Holladay immortality. One year later, after his death, the K Street mansion, and the lions, were sold at auction. For $1,600 - a considerable sum in those days - Washington's Corcoran Gallery bought the resting felines. At first they resided on Pennsylvania Avenue, across from the White House, outside the museum's first location. In 1897, they were moved down 17th Street to the present museum site, where they are identified with Corcoran - not Holladay.

Today, Ben Holladay truly is a forgotten giant of the Old West. As biographer Lucia puts it: "...Nowhere in all this broad land is there a monument, a marker, a statue, to the King of Wheels."

Today, the principal reminder of this fabulous American figure is a whiskey brand from the McCormick Distillery. It is B.J. Holladay "Private Keep" Sour Mash Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The distinctive black and gold label shows a striking figure with a black beard and an ox-drawn Conestoga wagon in the background. It is an image of Ben, idealized and perpetu-

McCormick Gin Jug.

McCormick Missouri Whiskey.

"Made in the Hills" Platte Valley half-pint and pint.

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Cover of Holladay Street, a Denver History, with one of the ladies responsible for the street name being changed to Market.

ated. Some celebrities might not be happy with their only memorial being a whiskey bottle, but his history suggests that Ben Holladay might not mind at all.

Information for this article has come from a number of sources. Many thanks go to Stephanie Parsons of the McCormick Distilling Co., for her help. The distillery website also provided useful facts and illustrations. Among books written about Ben Holladay are a biography: THE SAGA OF BEN HOLLADAY: GIANT OF THE OLD WEST,

by Ellis Lucia (1959), and a novel based on his life, BOSS OF THE PLAINS, by Will Ermine (1940). Some of this material previously has appeared in the Potomac Pontil, the newsletter of the Potomac Bottle Club.

Label for B. J. Holladay Private Keep Bourbon.

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is proud to present a Live, Unreserved, Public Auction of fine Early Bottles, Flasks Jars and Stoneware to be held in conjunction with the 2004 EXPO

Cook Convention Center Memphis, Tennessee Saturday, August 14, 2004

We are currently seeking quality consignments for this auction!

To discuss the possibility of consigning an item or group of items, or for more information regarding this sale, please contact: John R. Pastor, 7288 Thorncrest Dr. SE, Ada, MI 49301 Phone: (616) 285-7604; E-mail: jpastor2000@msn.com

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The 2003 California Recall Election; And its relationship to the “Octopus Bottle”

by Cecil Munsey Copyright © 2003

The History The governor who gave California the recent and internationally famous (infamous?) recall, initiative and referendum that allowed the recent 2003 recall-election was Hiram Johnson (Figure 1). Johnson was California’s 23rd governor and served from 1911-1917.

His reforms rescued the state from the tentacles of the Southern Pacific Railroad which effectively owned California’s government from 1880 to 1910.

Before Johnson came to power, Southern Pacific owned the state Senate, Supreme Court, the Republican and Democratic parties and most state offices.

Organized in 1865 by Charles Crocker (Figure 2), Mark Hopkins (Figure 3), Collis P. Huntington (Figure 4) and Leland Stanford (Figure 5) – four very rich and powerful men – by the end of the 19th century Southern Pacific could do as it pleased in California to maintain the profits of its monopoly at the expense of farmers and all others.

The railroad machine chose Republican candidates for governor. The public dutifully elected them. Democratic Gov. James Budd attempted to curtail the power of Southern Pacific, but was blocked by a Republican Legislature.

In 1899 the railroad saw to it that Budd did not get re-elected. His replacement was machine candidate Henry Gage.

California did not have a Democratic governor again for 40 years.

Fig. 1

California’s only hope was a reformminded Republican. It found one in Johnson, a successful San Francisco lawyer. In his six years as governor (1911-1917), he tamed the railroad, reformed government in other ways and restored democratic processes by giving voters the right to recall state officers and place initiatives on the ballot – including the historic 1978 Proposition #13 and, of course, the 2003 recall of a very unpopular governor.

Hiram’s father, Grove Johnson, was a railroad spokesman in the California Senate, and his son’s anti-railroad politics soured their relationship. In 1912, Hiram Johnson helped form the Progressive or Bull Moose Party and became Teddy Roosevelt’s running mate. In 1916, he opposed Republican Party nominee Charles Evans Hughes and helped elect Woodrow Wilson. When he entered the U. S. Senate in 1917, he opposed everything President Wilson did. He even voted against entering World War I. In 1920, Johnson refused to run as vice president because he opposed Warren Harding. In 1932, he opposed Herbert Hoover and favored Roosevelt, but when Roosevelt was elected, he opposed all his policies. After Pearl Harbor, he reluctantly supported World War II, but Fig. 2

Bottles and Extras in 1945 he opposed creation of the United Nations.

Johnson died in 1945, leaving behind a lifelong record of bitter opposition to men and policies. His opposition was always personal. It was never just difference of opinion with Johnson – he was right and others were evil.

The Bottle Following the “Romantic” period in American Literature (1810-1865) came the era of “Realism” (1865-1914).

During the latter period, also known as “The Gilded Age,” some authors were content with a general censure of materialism and political corruption, but others went one step beyond and wrote more specifically. One such famous American author was Frank Norris (1870-1902) – Figure 6. Going one step beyond “Realism,” Norris became the man who is credited with introducing, to this country, the more severe school of literature, “Naturalism.” His writings foreshadowed some of the aspects of notable modern authors – the brutality of Hemingway and the unflinching depiction of sordid detail in Faulkner, are just two examples.

In 1901 Norris published The Octopus, which was to be the first in a trilogy about the (1) production, (2) distribution, and (3) consumption of American wheat that was being grown in California’s San Joaquin Valley and shipped by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Norris died at the age of 32. He was only able to complete two of the planned novels before his untimely death. The principle action of The Octopus is the struggle between Fig. 3

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The capacity of the bottle is four ounces. It is made of milk glass and was originally decorated with gold and red, the coin being gold and the octopus red. Today the bottles are almost always found cleaned of their paint which makes them a most attractive solid white. The metal screw-caps have a cork lining which fits snugly on the ground-off threaded neck of the bottle – an excellent dating mark of certain turn-of-the-19 th-century bottles.

Concluding Comments The late figural bottle book author, Otha D. Wearin (see bibliography) served three terms in the United States Congress. He was a personal friend of Senator Hiram Johnson.

We can only wonder if they ever discussed the commemorative Octopus bottle that undoubtedly they were both aware of.

References Books: Munsey, Cecil. The Illustrated Guide to COLLECTING BOTTLES. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1970.

Wearin, Otha D. Statues That Pour – The Story of Character Bottles. Denver: Sage Books, 1965.

Periodicals: Munsey, Cecil. “Literature Inspires Bottle,” The Bottleneck, Volume 2, No. 8, August 1967.

the wheat growers and the Southern Pacific Railroad for the fertile San Joaquin Valley.

The classic octopus figural bottle (Figure 7), commemorating the battle between the farmers and the railroad, indirectly honors Hiram Johnson the reform-minded San Francisco lawyer who was able to reform the democratic process in California by giving the voters the right to recall state officers and place initiatives on the ballot, thus ending the railroad’s strangle hold on the farmers.

The bottle has the shape of a large American dollar. An eight-armed octopus has secured a strangle hold on the coin.

On the obverse, the head of Liberty is shown with her mouth open as though screaming with pain. The reverse shows the American eagle under which the date 1901 [the year the book was published] is embossed in the glass.

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Internet: Frank Norris: http://www.creativequotations.com/one/ 536.htm Leaders of the Central Pacific Rail Road Coompany: http:// bushong.net/dawn/about/college/ids100/biographies.shtml California’s Governors: http://www.governor.ca.gov/ govsgallery/h/documents/inaugural_23.html Cecil Munsey 13541 Willow Run Rd. Poway, CA 92064-1733 (858) 487-7036 cecilmunsey@cox.net

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The Dating Game

by Bill Lockhart

The AB-Connected Mark Since this will now become a regular feature in Bottles and Extras, I should introduce myself. I began collecting bottles by accident when I was researching a book on the El Paso, Texas, soft drink bottling industry. One of the former bottlers whom I interviewed gave me a bottle. Later, I was photographing a collection of bottles, and the collector gave me five duplicates from his collection.

Another collector gave me more. After a while I began browsing antique shops.

That led to more dealings with collectors.

Then I found eBay – what more can I say.

As an archaeologist, a historian, and a sociologist, I have been researching bottles for about ten years now. My goal is to write histories and bottle chronologies for all the bottle-related industries in El Paso, Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Juarez, Mexico, before I retire in about 13 years.

Check out my three e-books (all free) at http://alamo.nmsu.edu/library/ lochistory.html. I currently teach sociology at the Alamogordo branch of New Mexico State University and plan to stay until I retire.

I became interested in finding out more about manufacturer’s marks a few years ago when I discovered that some of the things I read in Julian Harrison Toulouse’s book Bottle Makers and Their Marks (the bible for dating such marks) did not seem to fit what I was seeing on bottles. In addition, I kept finding marks that were not listed. In the last issue of Bottles and Extras, I wrote about two such marks from the Knox Glass Bottle Co. Most of “The Dating Game” will be about these makers marks, although I hope to eventually talk about mold seams and other marks on glass made by bottle machines.

In each column that I write, I will discuss some aspect of bottle dating and will ask for your help. Collectors hold a vast array of knowledge because of the possession of large numbers of bottles.

The marks on bottles in your collections can help me to come up with more answers. If we work together as a team, we can accomplish much more than anything we can do separately. You may e-mail me, call me, or write – or send information to Kathy here at Bottles and Extras. If you have any ideas about manufacturer’s marks, date codes, or mold marks, please let me know. I will always acknowledge where I get my information.

Adolphus Busch or American Bottle Co.?

I read as much as I can find about bottles, and I was looking over an archaeological report by James E. Ayers (1984 Rosemont: The History and Archaeology of Post-1880 Sites in the Rosemont Area, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Archaeological Series No. 147, Vol. 3. Cultural Resource Management Division, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tempe) where he talked about “the AB monogram mark of the American Bottle Company.” I was surprised because Toulouse claimed that the mark was used by the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co. Who was right?

It is fairly easy to figure out why Toulouse assumed the mark was from Adolphus Busch. Busch went into the bottling business to provide containers for Anheuser Busch beer. Most, if not all, bottles bearing the AB-connected mark were beer bottles. Hence, a very logical deduction: the beer bottles were made by Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co. Archaeologists cite where they find their information, so I tracked down Ayers’ source to an unpublished manuscript written in 1980 and titled “Beer Bottles from the Tucson Urban Renewal Project” (James E. Ayers, William Liesenbein, Lee Fratt, and Linda Eure). It was a study of numerous of beer bottles and bottle fragments excavated in Tucson. Ayers and his associates discovered bottles with the AB-connected mark followed by “Co.” This pattern fit the American Bottle Co. name much better than the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co. They further found marks of 6 - B, 7 - B, 8 - B, and 9 - B on heels of the AB-connected bottles. These marks were also used on bottles with the A. B. Co. mark known to be used by the American Bottle Co. They also found no 6 - B (or similar) marks on any of the A. B. G. M. Co. bottles known to have been made by Busch.

Ayers’ researchers also suggested that the 6-B, 7-B, 8-B, and 9-B marks are onedigit date codes for 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909. These are found on the heels of bottles embossed with both the AB-connected and A. B. Co. marks. In addition, the group noted 6-S, 7-S, 8-S, and 11-S marks on A. B. Co. bottles. They suggest that the “B” bottles were from the Belleville, Illinois, plant, and the ones marked with “S” were made in the Streator, Ohio, factory.

What the Ayers group said made sense, so I looked for a way to test it. Part of the answer lay in the way the Owens Bottle Machine Co. marketed their product.

Until about 1920, Owens only licensed a few glass companies to use their machines.

The American Bottle Co. had the exclusive license to make soft drink and beer bottles. Therefore, if Toulouse’s dates were correct (he said the AB mark was used from about 1904 to about 1907), and I could find a bottle made by an Owens machine, then the mark must have been used by American. My friend, Bill Lindsey, found an amber beer bottle with the AB-connected mark and an Owens scar (the identifying marking of the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine) on its base.

This pretty well confirms the identification of the mark as belonging to the American Bottle Co. Before we leave the discussion of the AB mark, however, we should examine why Toulouse suggested the 1904-1907 date range. He actually said “Circa [approximately] 1904-1907.” In other words, he was guessing at the date, probably based on a combination of manufacturing style and circumstances.

Usually, a change in marks is connected to other changes (opening a new branch, changing manufacturing styles, etc.), and the 1904 date would fit that assumption.

Busch entered into the bottle making business to produce containers for the Anheuser Busch brewery in 1886. He merged with the Streator Bottle & Glass Co. and the Ohio Bottle Co. to form the American Bottle Co. According to Warren C. Scoville, in his 1948 book Revolution in Glassmaking, the Ohio Bottle Co. was awarded the exclusive licence for the first Owens Automatic Bottle Machine to be used for the manufacture of “beer, porter, ale, and sodawater bottles” on November 1, 1904. The

Bottles and Extras American Bottle Co. was formed the following year to take advantage of the license on a grander scale.

The year, 1904, could therefore be a somewhat intuitive date for the use of the mark by either Adolphus Busch or the American Bottle Co. to celebrate the merger (although 1905 would have been a better choice). The question of why the mark was used still remains. There is no intuitive reason why Busch (who, after the merger, still produced hand-blown bottles in only one factory) would need two marks.

American, however, had major plants in Streator and Belleville, Illinois, and Newark, Ohio, two of which (Streator and Newark) remained in operation even after the company sold out to the OwensIllinois Glass Co. in 1917. In addition, the firm controlled three other plants used by the former Ohio Bottle Co. The second mark (AB-connected) may have been an identifier for one of the major plants or the Ohio factories. The Belleville plant would be a likely candidate (remember the 6-B, 7-B, 8-B, and 9-B marks discussed earlier?). According to Toulouse, the plants produced bottles by both machine manufacture and hand blowing.

The ending date of 1907, however, remains unexplained. I have found nothing in the history of any of the plants that would suggest a reason for dropping the mark at that time. The date codes (6 -B, etc.) indicate a use of the mark until at least 1909. The three Ohio Bottling Company factories, two at Wooster and one at Massillon, Ohio (part of the original merger to form American), were all closed in 1917, along with the former Busch Belleville plant. That may be a better ending date for the use of the mark. By that time, too, most operations had changed to the use of automatic bottle machines.

The last item we should look at is whether the different markings actually identify the specific plants. It seems likely that the 6-B and 6-S marks are from Belleville and Streator. However, it is possible that the AB-connected, AB-connected with Co., and A. B. Co. are somehow representative of specific plants.

The evidence presented by Ayers and his associates suggests that only the A. B. Co. mark was used by the Streator plant, although all three marks may have been used by Belleville. Is it possible that the AB-connected with Co. may have been used only at the Newark plant? If these three plants are identifiable by these marks, what about the plants at Wooster and Massillon? At this point, I really do not know.

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In conclusion, we can add some new pieces of information to the bottle dating puzzle. First, the AB-connected mark almost certainly belonged to the American Bottle Co. instead of Adolphus Busch.

Second, the dates for the use of the mark probably extend from about 1904 until at least 1909, possibly as late as 1917.

Finally, the heel marks (6-B, 7-B, 8-B, and 9-B as well as 6-S through 11-S) are probably date codes that can be used to help place individual bottles in a specific time period. ******* Now, I want to ask you for help. First, I am looking for a bottle with a D-in-akeystone manufacturer’s mark. A photocopied page that someone gave me a long time ago claims that one exists, but I would like someone to confirm that. I suspect it might be the last mark used by a Knox Bottle Co. branch before the company switched to just using a single mark for all of its plants. If you have a bottle with that mark on it, please let me know and also tell me what kind of a bottle it is (perfume? beer? food? something else?)

And any numbers that were also embossed on the base.

Second, I am looking for information on the Illinois Pacific Glass Co. (1902-1925), Illinois Pacific Glass Corp.

(1925-1930), and Illinois Pacific Coast Co. (1930-1932). According to Toulouse, the first two companies used marks of IPG and IPGCo, although he never states which mark goes with which company. He also shows the marks by themselves, enclosed in a triangle, and enclosed in a diamond.

I see IPG in a triangle marks on soda bottles in my area (El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico), but have never seen the initials by themselves or in a diamond.

Others I have asked have seen the initials in several other combinations. It is possible that these other combinations appear on different types of bottles or on those made at different plants (or both).

Please check your collections and let Mark

Co A B Co A B G M Co

me know the following about any IPG, IPGCo, IPC, or IPCCo bottles you may have: 1) Which mark is on your bottle(s) – IPG, IPGCo, IPC, or IPCCo? 2) Is it just the initials or are they in a diamond or in a triangle? Do they have periods in between the letters or not?

3) Is the mark on the bottle’s heel or on the base?

4) Are there any numbers embossed on the bottle? If so, what are they? Are they separated by a dash or any letters?

5) Are the numbers on the heel, the crown (or other finish), or the base? Are they on the same side of the bottle as the logo?

6) Is the bottle blown into a mold (mold lines stop before they reach the finish) or machine made (mold lines extend to the top of the lip)?

7) Do any IPCCo (Illinois Pacific Coast Co.) or IPC bottles have two-digit date codes?

8) What kind of bottle is it? Fruit jar, soda, beer, medicine, milk, something else?

Illinois Pacific had plants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. If any of you collectors on the West Coast can help with information on any of these plants and/or the marks they may have put on bottles, please let me know. It would also be helpful to know what types of bottles each plant made.

Finally, please check your bottles for AB-connected marks and A. B. Co. marks.

Especially let me know about any made by machine and any possible date codes.

I have yet to see an AB-connected bottle with anything but a crown finish. Has anyone seen one? Does anyone have a bottle with the AB-connected mark that was something other than a beer bottle?

In future issues, I will let you know what I have found and what it all means.

Bill Lockhart 1313 14th St., Apt. 21 Alamogordo, NM 88310 (505) 439-8158 bottlebill@tularosa.net Company

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American Bottle Company

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American Bottle Company

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American Bottle Company

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Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co.

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ZIPP MANUFACTURING CO. ROOT BEER 1885 TO PRESENT

CLEVELANDʼS ROOT BEER HERITAGE

by Donald Yates We met Jim and June Zipp, who are the owners of Zipp Manufacturing Company in Bay Village, Ohio. What a great surprise, to meet such prominent entrepreneurs. Zipp’s specialties include ice cream flavorings and toppings. They also make special meat sauces and Bar-BQue sauces.

Jim and June allowed us to photograph their building and they gave us a tour of their operating plant. They also gave us a copy of their Zipp Family History, written by their son, Jim. Jim and June have two sons, James (III) and Joey. Jim is 15 and Joey is 13 (2003).

The Zipp building is scheduled to be demolished as part of the Bay Village expansion. It was built for the Zipp’s Co. in 1926.

The Zipp Manufacturing Co. was the largest employer in Cleveland up through the Great Depression. They had hundreds of employees in Cleveland, plus additional salesmen in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri, and Kansas. Their early growth was due to their high quality and reputation for pure products.

As you know---Cleveland was the number one root beer city. The Zipp Manufacturing Company was one of Cleveland’s pioneer root beer brewers. It was located at 747 to 751 Woodland Avenue. Zipp’s was a prominent producer of spice and fruit essence. They manufactured fruit extracts and juices for soda water manufacturers, bakers, pharmacists,

and soda fountains. They also produced a line of extracts for home use, including Root Beer Extract.

The Zipp Manufacturing Company was founded by John Zipp in 1885. John Zipp was born in Cleveland on December 13, 1857 and was the son of one of the first German pioneers of Cleveland, as a masonry contractor. John received his education at the Brownell Street School, and worked as a bookkeeper with John H. Gause Company for ten years. The John Gause Company made and developed extracts for the beverage and confectionery industries. While only 27, in September of 1885, John started his own small company. This was in a shop at 64 Woodland Avenue, where he manufactured extracts and baking powder.

In the 1861 Cleveland City Directory, there is only one Zipp family listed. This is Johannes Zipp and his wife Catherine, who lived at 50 Webster Avenue.

Johannes (John in German), was born on September 10, 1823. Johannes married Catharina Krekel on October 11, 1846. Johannes and Catharina had six children, John, Frederick, William, Julius, Louis, and a daughter, Catharina (Kittie).

This family came to the United States by steamer in 1849, and settled in Cleveland. Johannes worked in a quarry as a stone cutter and carver, a popular occupation at that time. Johannes died on January 12, 1864 the third year of the Civil War, probably a war casualty, since he was in his 30's. Kittie died in 1910. Fred was married to Martha and they had four girls: Lilian, Margaret, Ethel, and Gladys.

Julius married Laura and they also had a

girl named Ethel. William married Florence and had a girl, Catherine. John Jr. married another Catherine and they had two children. His son was also John Zipp III, who was born January 2, 1901.

In 1868, Kittie was a machine operator and lived with her mother, Catherine Zipp. In 1884, John Zipp was a bookkeeper for John H. Gause Company and resided at 21 Plum Avenue. His mother, Catherine still lived at 50 Webster Avenue, with her children, Kittie, Julius, Lewis, Fred, and William. In 1885, John Zipp was a bookkeeper for J. M. Weitz Company, and he moved close to home, at 54 Webster Avenue. John and Louis D. Zipp also had a partnership in a coal company located at 154 Brownell.

At the end of 1885, the Zipp history burgeoned, with the formation of Zipp & Schorndorfer, located at 250 & 252 Brownell. Their specialty was flavoring extracts and baking powder. The partners were John Zipp and Henry L. Schorndorfer. Henry Schorndorfer was married to Catherine and they lived at 32 Arlington Court. Their son Charles was a salesman and lived at home.

John Zipp was born on December 13, 1857 and married Catherine Emig in 1944.

John and Catherine had two children, John Jr. and Catherine Zipp Fisher. One of John’s hobbies was raising prize winning chickens.

John and his brothers, William F. Zipp and Louis D. Zipp started the Zipp Mfg. Co. in 1885. Other owners were Samuel Honeywell and Peter Emig, John’s Brother-in-Law. John Zipp lived at 54 Webster.

Frederick lived at 50 Webster with his mother, Catherine, and sister, Kittie, and brothers, Louis and William. In 1889, John moved to 385 Garden Avenue, and William moved to 206 Ohio Avenue. They also moved the Company to a larger facility, with a laboratory and a storage room at 101 & 103 Woodland Avenue.

Their specialties included, Zipp’s Grape Crystal Baking Powder, and flavoring extracts. They kept the Zipp & Schorndofer Name through 1892. In 1893, the name was changed to Zipp Mfg.

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Company. John Zipp moved to 661 Scovill Avenue. Henry Schorndorfer started his own company at that time, called Schorndorfer & Eberhard Co. located at 95 to 99 Woodland, almost next door.

Julius died in 1891; he was only 37 years old. Frederick died in 1898, and was only 38 years old.

The Zipp Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1895, with John Zipp as President and Treasurer, Louis Zipp as Vice President, William F. Zipp as manager, and William A. Kappler as Secretary. In 1898, John and Catherine moved again to 1127 Cedar. Zipp’s specialties included: Zipp’s U.S.P. flavoring extracts, pure fruit juices, crushed fruit pulp, and rock candy syrup. Also John’s Baking Powder (named for John Zipp of course), and Gold Star Ammonia. Their address was 111 to 115 Woodland Avenue.

William still lived at 50 Webster Avenue, and Louis, next door at 54 Webster.

John Zipp Jr. was born on January 3, 1901, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was employed by Zipp’s Co. in 1925, when he was 24 years old. John Zipp was a chemistry major and graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, and U.C.L.A.

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John Zipp Sr. was responsible for the financial affairs.

John Zipp Jr. had a sister, Catherine, who married Franklin Fisher.

Franklin also helped with the financial end of the business. John Zipp Jr. retired from the Zipp Co. in 1983 and died on October 9, 1989; he was 88 years old.

In 1905, Cleveland city streets had their major name changes and renumbering. The Zipp Mfg. Company changed their address, as a result, from 111 to 115 Woodland, to 745 to 751 Woodland Avenue. Their specialties were: Zipp’s U.S.P. flavoring extracts, pure fruit juices, crushed fruits, rock candy syrup, etc. Also perfumes and toilet waters, John’s Baking Powder, and Gold Star Ammonia. John’s new address became 7818 Cedar Avenue. Catherine Sr. was a dressmaker and still lived at 50 Webster Avenue. Julius had died and his widow, Laura, lived at 240 Sawtell Avenue. William was the General Manager, and lived at 50 Webster, with his mother. They experienced steady growth during this period.

In 1907, the new address for William F. Zipp, Manager, was 1268 Webster. This was a result of the new street organization. William’s daughter Katherine lived at 1268 Webster. Louis D. Zipp was the

19 Vice President, and lived at 8004 Linwood Avenue. In 1909, they added soda fountain supplies as a new specialty. In 1913, John and Catherine still lived at 7818 Cedar Avenue. Julius’ widow, Laura, and her daughter, Ethel I. Zipp, lived at 6805 Cedar Avenue. William was still the General Manager, and he moved to 1312 E. 89th Street.

In 1915, The Zipp Manufacturing Company were makers of: Zipp’s Flavoring Extracts, Pure Fruit Juices, Crushed Fruits, Preserves, Jellies, Jams, and Pure Apple Butter. They also carried: John’s Baking Powder, Zipp’s White Cloud Ammonia, Zipp’s Grape Juice, blueing, etc. The preserving works were located in North Dover, Ohio, which is now Bay Village.

In 1919, Louis D. Zipp was still the Vice President, and he had moved to 1366 Mathews Avenue in Lakewood. John Zipp was still the President and resided at 7818 Cedar Avenue. Laura and her daughter Ethel I. Zipp, still lived at 6805 Cedar Avenue; Ethel was a clerk.

In 1922, John Zipp was the President and lived at 7818 Cedar Avenue with his wife Catherine E. Zipp. John Jr. still lived at home with his parents, but he was now a clerk for the Zipp Company. Louis D. Zipp was the Vice President, but had moved to Monrovia, California. Frank L. Fisher joined the board of directors as the Secretary - Treasurer. William F. Zipp was still the Manager, and he moved to 8005 Melrose Avenue, with his wife Florence and their daughter, Katherine. Florence was a clerk at the Standard Drug Company.

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In 1925, their specialties were: Zipp’s flavoring extracts, crushed fruits, fruit syrups, Zipps Golden Sunset Orangeade, Zipp’s Cherri-O, and ZIPP’S ROOT BEER. They moved their operation to 2442 to 2444 E 9th Street in Downtown Cleveland. The factory was still located in North Dover, Ohio. John moved to 2717 Euclid Blvd in Cleveland Heights.

His son, John Zipp III, was a chemist and lived at 1330 Phelps Avenue. Ethel I. Zipp was the Chief Clerk at the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company. She still lived at 6805 Cedar Avenue with her mother, Laura.

In 1927, John was still the President, and John Zipp III was their chemist. He and his wife Gladys, moved to 1463 Riverside Road in Lakewood. Ethel and Laura moved to 2671 E 128th Street.

Louis D. Zipp was Vice President and resided in Monrovia, CA.

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In 1939, The Zipp Manufacturing Company moved to the Colonial Arcade, in Downtown Cleveland. Their factory, laboratory, and storage facility was located in Bay Village. John Zipp and his wife, Catherine moved to 3116 Chadbourne Road. John Zipp III and Gladys moved to 602 Dover Center Road in Bay Village.

Fred died in 1940, leaving Martha a widow. She lived at 2647 E 67th Street, with her daughter, Margaret. John was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Cleveland Singing Society, and several lodges. He was a strong German supporter. Many of his customers were from a German region of Cleveland. His market included Ohio and nine other states, with salesmen.

In 1942, John Zipp was the President; John Zipp III was the Vice President; Frank L. Fisher was the SecretaryTreasurer. Louis Zipp was no longer on the board of directors. They were makers of Zipp’s flavoring Extracts, crushed fruits, fruit syrups, chocolate products for ice cream and soda fountains. 223-225 Colonial Arcade. John Zipp Sr. died in 1944, requiring another reorganization of

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In 1951, Frank L. Fisher became the new President; John Zipp III was the Vice President; and Mrs. Nellie Fisher was the Secretary-Treasurer. Martha still lived at 2647 E 67th Street with her daughters: Ethel was still in high school at that time.

Gladys and Lilian were saleswomen.

In 1955, Martha and her daughters moved to 15400 Grovewood Avenue.

Lilian was a key punch operator at The Ball Bearing Company and Margaret was a stock woman for Seaway Distributors.

The Zipp Manufacturing Company is still in business today.

James Edwin Zipp was the next President of Zipp’s. He was born in Cleveland on February 23, 1937. James started working for Zipp’s part-time as a teen-ager. He really enjoyed working, especially for his father.

James was drafted into the Navy in 1955 and moved to Illinois. He joined the Lake Zurich Police Department and later became Chief of Police.

In 1983, James retired from the police department and moved back to Ohio.

Franklin Fisher had passed away and John Jr. asked James for his help running the business.

James Edwin Zipp passed away on July 9, 1987 from cancer. He was only 50 years old.

James Edwin Zipp Jr. was born on October 28, 1961 in Libertyville, IL. He graduated from Lake Zurich High School in 1979. James married June Gatwood and they have two sons, James and Joey.

In November, 1986, James Zipp Jr. started working for his father. During the first week, he was painting and during the second week, he became the new President of Zipp’s. His father had been very ill at that time.

In the Zipp’s Family History, they traced their roots all the way back to the early 1700’s in Prussia – Germany.

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ROOT BEER MUGS - Zipp’s Root Beer Mugs came in several different sizes and styles of stoneware. Some had two sets of blue and white stripes and others were plain. The mugs were made by the Sherwood Brothers pottery in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Zipp also used ornate syrup dispensers.

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INTRODUCTION FROM ZIPP’S 1908 CATALOG: “We take pleasure in calling the attention of Soda Water Dispensers to our New Catalog. We manufacture a complete line of Flavoring Extracts, Crushed Fruits, Fruit Juices, Rock Candy Syrup, and Phosphates, also a number of trade winners in the way of Summer Drinks.”

“The quality of our product has gained for us a constantly increasing trade. 23 years experience qualifies us to meet the requirements of the most exacting. Our prices are as low as we can consistently make them, quality of goods taken into consideration. Your patronage solicited with the assurance that all orders with which you favor us will receive prompt and careful attention.”

In 1908, Zipp’s crushed fruits came in 14 flavors, including apricot, grape,

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It was used for ice cream soda syrup and for making ice cream.

Zipp’s Pure Fruit Juices came in 21 flavors including raspberry, strawberry, orange, cherry, currant, peach, lime, nectar, grape, Root Beer, sarsaparilla, coffee, ginger beer, and vanilla. These were bottled in one gallon stoneware jugs.

They also made chocolate past for making sodas. Zipp’s Bonnie Belle was one of their most popular summer drinks.

In 1908, Zipp’s had 35 flavoring extracts, including: almond, banana, birch beer, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger beer, nectar (blend), raspberry, sarsaparilla, and wintergreen.

Zipp’s also carried 11 different grades of vanilla. You could purchase a 52 gallon wooden barrel of rock candy syrup.

Zipp’s High Grade Phosphates came in 7 flavors, including plain (phosphoric acid) to give carbonated beverages a kick. In 1908, they only had six fruit colors available, blue was not introduced until later.

In Zipp’s 1935 Soda Fountain Price List, they offered 26 different Dover Brand Canned Fruits (North Dover Ohio is now Bay Village). Zipp’s offered 10 true fruit flavor syrups and Fancy Flavors, including maple, Root Beer, almond, tangerine, lemon custard, egg nog, Parisian, and mint. They offered Zipp’s Root Beer, Cherri-O, Orangeade, Grape-O, and Zipp’s Lime-O for soda fountains.

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Recycling, Double-Dealing or Advertising Freebies and Premiums

by Charles S. Harris Ooltewah, TN 37363

How in the heck in this era of Instantaneous Obsolescence, Guaranteed Garbage and One-Time-Use-Only can we comprehend the idea of buying an item for one purpose and using it for something entirely different? Especially hard to comprehend is the concept that this item has two entirely different use purposes designed into its original inception.

About as close as I can find to this concept in our modern society is the use of Baby Food, Jelly or Peanut Butter jars being filled with screws, nails and little miscellaneous items in one’s workshop where the genius-at-work has nailed the lids to the bottom side of a floor rafter and screws the small jars full of the sorted items into the lids in a neat orderly manner. Other than this use the concept has almost been lost to “modern man.”

Back in the World War I & II Eras and the Depression Era (a very slight few of us might still remember that time in our history) making do was a very common fact of life. If we didn’t have what we needed we made something else take its place — this concept was heavily ingrained into our culture. It even carried over into design and manufacturing — especially into the necessity of infant Feeding.

In Teresa’s and my (yes, I have been converted) searching for new specimens to add to our baby bottle collection we have managed to find a few of these anomalies. One of the most common of these is the Callet Nursery Rhyme Baby Bottles.

They were designed and manufactured

with the concept in mind of being Advertising Bottles, either being distributed primarily by Dairies, Furniture companies, etc. in boxed sets with the firm’s name and address either printed on the box, on an inserted label, or actually pyroglazed onto the bottle itself. In this endeavor the Samuel Callet Company was quite successful and it also created quite a following amongst the collectors.

Samuel Callet even carried the concept one step further, making his To His Majesty or To Her Highness bottles into banks with a special slotted lid. There are at least 71 different known designs in at least two different colors for most designs — that is a minimum of at least 142 different collectible bottles. Added to that number are the bottles that actually have the advertiser’s logos on them.

Just recently at the 450 mile long Highway 127 Yard Sale Teresa was talking to a dealer and asked him if he had any baby related items. He thought for a moment and said “No.” In a couple moments she walked up to him with a brown Clapp’s Juice bottle with the original label on it in her hand. He let her have that 6 dollar bottle for 3 dollars.

This was the first Clapp’s bottle that we have ever seen with the label. At the top it reads “Fruit Juice for Baby” and in the contents statement it states “Each ounce supplies 100% of the minimum daily requirement of Vitamin C for Infants,”Packed by the Duffy-Mott Company, inc., New York, N.Y.” Of special note is the slogan in a yellow panel: “REUSABLE NURSING BOTTLE”. These 4 ounce bottles came in clear and brown colors and are usable with the standard plastic screw-on ring and nipple or small-necked variation for the pull-on nipple. This is the bottle that actually inspired this ittle story.

Recently found on EBay was a plain, unembossed 8-ounce oval Baby Bottle with the

Bottles and Extras narrow neck for a pull-on nipple. What made it special was the old brown paper label still affixed to the front side. It read “DESERTO brand IMITATION VANILLA FLAVORING” “Capacity 8 Fl. Ozs.”, “Prepared by CARR, OWENS & CO., Inc., Wholesale Druggists, Baltimore, MD.” While looking for something else I ran across a label or sale which read “EXT. OF VANILLA, COINTAINS ALCOHOL 61%, L.E. CORWIN, M.D., DRUGGIST, 813 W. 16 ST., PHONE 2772 BLUE, TOPEKA, KANSAS”.

An M.D. Druggist — I’ve never heard of that one?

Sounds like Dr. Corwin didn’t run a drug store, he ran a Saloon! This label probably dates from the early teens to the 1920’s. We don’t consider Vanilla a medicine anymore, but in the 1800’s and early 1900’s, according to King’s American Dispensatory in 1898, by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D. & John Uri Lloyd, Phr.M., Ph.D., it was considered a medicine and said to: “Exhilarate the brain, prevent sleep, increase muscular energy, and stimulate the sexual propensities. It is useful in infusion, in hysteria, in rheumatism, and in low forms of fever. It is also considered an aphrodisiac, powerfully exciting the generative system.”

A wood carving instructor friend of ours from Nebraska, John Burke, while teaching in Canada found and mailed to us an old common cork type MELLIN’s Food jar. What was so unique and uncommon was the large rubber Baby Bottle Nipple that was still on it. It was hard with the teat broken off, but the rest

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was still there. It is a large Hygeia nipple with the “Pat. Dec. 5, 1916” and “Made in Canada” markings.

Now I have a bottle for you to help us with. We bought it on ebay in 2002 from a lady in Texas. She definitely remembers her mother feeding her little sister with it. It is round with only a neck protruding up from the sphere. It is 2.9 inches in diameter and was blown in a mold with a large amount of glass having settled to the bottom of the bottle. It has a pull-on rubber cap or somewhat disintegrated nipple that has sucked down into the bottle, caused by heat deterioration. The overall height of the bottle including the neck is 3 1/3 inches. Does anybody have any idea of what this bottle was originally made for?

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our Baby Bottle hunts in recent months.

I know that there must be others that we haven’t even thought about yet. Little things like these historical facets are what keep us looking for the new bottles. They are just one of the many various sidebars of collecting that allow us to learn more about the different aspects of this great hobby. Without variations and new knowledge, what fun would that be?

Charles S Harris 6808 Benwood Drive Ooltewah, TN 37363 relicnut@earthlink.net

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Collecting Washington-Taylor Flasks

by Michael Roberts

To introduce myself, I am 59 years old and live in Akron, Ohio with my wife (of 40 years this June) Sharon. I am a chemist by degree (Ohio University, 1965) and an inventor and entrepreneur by trade. I am founder and co-owner of Rubber Polymer Corporation, a manufacturer of leading edge coatings for high performance applications. We are blessed that our son Mike and daughter Diana work for the company which keeps them, their spouses and our wonderful 2-year old granddaughter Ava, nearby.

I have been given the sobriquet “Mr. Washington-Taylor.” There is a reason why: my collection of flasks numbers more than 350. Of these, over 103 are Washington-Taylor, of which 98 are in color. Let me explain my definition of Washington-Taylor flasks. These correspond to flasks G-I-37 through G-I 61 in McKearin. Two of these are actually Washington-Washington (G-I-60 and G-I-61), two are Washington-(blank) (G-147 and G-I-48) and three are Washington-Sheaf of Wheat (G-I-57, 58 and 59). Nevertheless, they were aggregated by McKearin and represent the flasks I specialize in.

Like many I seemed to have been born a collector. A popular term for the “affliction” is “compulsive collector,” however, I prefer the more severe term “pathological collector”!

Following 20 years of accumulating stamps, coins, shells, etc., etc., I became a bottle collector. I had acquired a few curious “rarities” over the years, such as an 1846 Ponds extract. (Well, it said 1846 on the bottom!) In 1970, while living in Newark, Ohio, I met my first bottle digger and was hooked. I dug regularly for over a decade and brought home literally piles of bottles for a couple of years.

In 1972, I ran across my first bottle magazine. An article in the publication let me to contact a gentleman named Paul Ballentine in Springfield, Ohio.

When I stepped into the home of Paul and Mary Ballentine, I took the first step along the route to becoming “Mr. Washington-Taylor”. The Ballentines had assembled breathtaking collections of bitters, fruit jars, mid-western blown glass, fire grenades and inks among their

collections. Until then, I had never seen a real bottle collection. Paul advised me to collect for color, so I bought a couple of items from their sales shelf, went home and literally trashed 90% of the bottles I had accumulated.

My collection of colored bottles began to grow in earnest. It was eclectic and spanned the gambit from pontiled sodas to bitters to fire grenades to anything colorful. I even had a flask, a stained, chipped, aqua double eagle. My first Washington-Taylor flask was obtained in a trade (cast iron toy) with Alan Spear in 1974. This light blue-green bottle, a G-I-54 quart, became the nucleus of what is now one of the premier collections of its type.

A major attraction of the WashingtonTaylor flasks is the breathtaking array of colors in which they were produced. A further attraction (20 or 30 years ago) was the low price for which they could be acquired. Today’s prices would make the assembly of a collection such as mine

difficult for a wealthy collector, and impossible for one of limited means. Until last month, I had never paid more than $2,000 for a flask and had exceeded $1,000 only five times. I am a collector, not an investor, so I regret the current trend. On the other hand, I appreciate that these ultra-rarities are being recognized for the historic treasures they are.

My flasks are on display behind glass in my bottle room. Because of the fantastic range of colors, I backlight with natural wavelength light. While most flasks, including Washington--Taylors, were most often produced in aqua or other natural glass colors, there is no explanation that I am aware of to account for the rainbow tints utilized for them.

Let me point out that the natural (common) color for these flasks was aqua.

As opposed to the greens, olives, ambers and olive-ambers of New England flasks and the ambers and greens of the Pittsburgh flasks, Washington-Taylors are normally aqua. .For the most part they are

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G-I-39b in blue and pinkish amethyst

G-I-54 yellow green

G-I-54 yellow

G-L-37 copper puce ex Elvin Moody

pint scroll flask 7-up green ex Gail Ross

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G-I-51 champagne, ex Blaske

G-I-37 puce ex Roy Brown

G-L-37 olive yellow with striations

G-L-54 deep yellow green

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Bottles and Extras attributed to the Philadelphia area (Dyottville, possibly Crowleytown, New Jersey, etc) and Lockport, New York.

Only the Baltimore flasks approach, but can’t match, the range of coloration of these flasks. Keene produced some very spectacular flasks of violet/purple and of marvelous striated bottles, but neither Keene nor Baltimore produced the range of colors seen in the Washington- Taylors.

These flasks were produced in the 1850s to sometime in the early to mid1860s as is evidenced by the presence or absence of pontil marks. Certain molds occur only pontiled, other molds are strictly smooth-based, while some show both pontiled and smoothed-based examples. Neither the presence nor absence of pontil marks, nor type of neck finish influences value to a significant degree.

Color has an enormous impact on value. I have 17 different colors in the G-I-54 mold. At one end of the spectrum the aqua specimen may bring $90-$125.

The orange--pink-puce flask (see Ketchum’s “A Treasury of American Bottles”) might bring $8,000 or more (This is my personal favorite flask).

My favorite mold is G-I-54. This exhibits, in addition to its array of colors, neck finishes ranging from sheared neck to blob to tapered collar, to collar with ring, etc.

If it were in my power to describe the colors represented by these flasks, I would do so. Since the normal color was aqua, why do so many wild hues exist for these?

The standard answer is that orders were finished off with glass from a furnace pot containing decorative non-bottle glass when the bottle furnace ran dry near the end of the day. More likely, in my opinion, master blowers deliberately made unusually colored bottles for home window decorations or for curios. How does one explain a pink Lockport G-I-47 flask?

The question arises as to why George Washington and Zachary Taylor were paired on 26 molds and variants (excluding molds where Taylor was absent). The choice of Washington as “Father of His Country” is obvious. He appears on numerous flasks from the 1820s, or before, which pre-date these Washington-Taylor flasks by 30 or more years. Taylor appears on some other flasks that McKearin attributes to the period of 1847-48, which would commemorate

Spring 2004 Taylor’s victory at Buena Vista. This victory helped propel Taylor, old “Rough and Ready,” as he was known to the White House in 1849. His term as twelfth President was cut short by his untimely death at age 66 in 1850.

It is my opinion that the Philadelphial/ New Jersey.Washington-TayIors were produced in response to both his military successes and his death in office.

McKearin lists 32 mold forms and varieties from G-I-37 through G-I-61.

How many other variants are extant is unknowable. However, I have identified two personally. The first, which I designated G-I-39b, was published in a letter from myself to Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine a few years ago.

The inscription on the variant differs somewhat from that of G-I-39. However, the most obvious identifiers are the shape of the flask and the locations of the bottom of the ovals. On G-I-39, the edges of the flask gently circle to the base and the bottom of the ovals is within 1/8" of the base. On the variant, the sides straighten out visibly near the base and the bottom of the oval is ½” or more above the base.

I have found almost as many of the 39b as the 39 on show tables. I find it hard to believe that it was not previously differentiated.

The second variety, which I call G-I-41a, is a possibly unique half-pint.

Or perhaps it, too, is sometimes misidentified. The G-I-41 was (previously) the only known inscribed half-pint Washington-Taylor. To identify the variant, check the “G” in “General”.

If it is even with the third button down it is the variant. If the “G” is even with the top button, it is G-I-41. Likewise, the “S” in “Surrenders” is even with the bottom of the epaulet on the 41a and with the top of the epaulet on the 41.

There are 15 mold forms for the quarts, 14 for pints and 5 for half-pints. This is not indicative of the actual availability of the flasks. In my collection (mostly colored examples) are 68 quarts, 28 pints and only 7 half-pints. This distribution is much more accurate in reflecting the relative abundances of these three sizes.

Quarts are nearly three times as abundant as pints and about ten times more common than half-pints (in colors).

Of the 35 mold forms there are 7 of which I do not have an example. These are G-I-39a, 40, 53, 54a, 55a, 55b and 55c.

Some of these I’ve never seen for sale and

27 a few I’ve passed on. I am interested in acquiring an example, preferably in color, but acceptable in aqua of any of these.

Obviously some mold forms are much rarer than others. Some mold forms are available exclusively in aqua. In all cases for Washington-Taylors, an example in color will be more valuable, often much more valuable, than an aqua specimen.

Examples in blues, puces, pinks and “wild”, unusual or vibrant colors command higher prices.

I will give my personal opinion regarding the rarity of each mold form.

Behind each McKearin number, in parentheses, is the number of examples in my personal collection.

G-I-37, qt. (11): This is a relatively common form in aqua. Examples in green and blue-green are sometimes seen.

Scarce to rare in other colors.

G-I-38, pt. (6): One of the more common pint forms in aqua. Surprisingly, probably the second most available color (not the second least expensive) is puce.

Rare and desirable in most colors.

G-I-39, qt. (6): Can be found in aqua and occasionally shades of green.

Other colors are very scarce to extremely rare.

G-I-39a, qt. (0): One example reported, in yellow green. Possibly unique.

G-I-39b, qt. (3): Possibly a bit scarcer than the 39.

G-I-40, pt. (0): McKearin lists this as common; I would rate it and its 40a and 40b variants comparatively scarce in aqua and rare in colors.

G-I-40a, pt. (1): see above G-I-40.

G-I-40b, pt. (1): see above G-I-40.

G-I-40c, pt. (1): McKearin lists this as rare but I’ve seen examples around. It is a scarce mold and rare in colors.

G-I-41, ½ pt. (1): This is fairly common in aqua but rare and valuable in colors.

G-I-41a, ½ pt. (1): At present my light yellow-olive example is unique. I suspect that numerous misidentified examples may exist. In any event it will be rare in color.

G-I-42, qt. (4): This is a fairly common flask in aqua. Examples can also be found in a pale, bluish moonstone. Other colors are scarce to rare.

G-I-43, qt. (7): Fairly common in aqua. Occurs in beautiful colors, including an example that is gray with blue striations (Ed and Kathy

28 Gray also have one and at least one other exists). Rare in deep or odd colors.

G-I-44, pt. (3): A fairly scarce pint.

Rare in colors.

G-I-45, qt. (1): Occasionally seen.

Listed in aqua and pale yellow-green.

Exception to the rule, the colored examples are seen more often than aqua (but are still more expensive).

G-I-46, qt. (3): This is a scarce mold.

Can be found in light tints, such as pale gray or pale amethyst. These are rare.

Deeper colors would be very rare.

G-I-47, qt. (2): Commonly found in shades of green/blue-green and aqua. It is rare and desirable in other colors. One of my specimens is a vibrant pink, an odd color for a flask known to be a Lockport product.

G-I-48, pt. (4): Occurs less often than for the quart. Again, green/blue-green shades can be found. Other colors are rare.

G-I-49, pt. (1): This flask is rarely encountered. Light colors are known. A deeply colored example would be most desirable.

G-I-50, pt (3): This is a scarce flask.

Colored examples are rare and desirable.

G-I-51, qt. (9): This is one of my favorite molds because of the riot of colors in which it can be found. Not uncommon in aqua but it is scarce to rare in colors.

G-I-52, pt. (1): McKearin lists this as common, but I have rarely encountered it, even in aqua. Some examples (such as my black glass specimen) have extra long necks as if intended for use in a woven cover. Darl Pfieffer, noted collector of Ravenna flasks and Midwestern blown glass, believes this flask was made at the Ravenna Glass Works. McKearin attributes it to Dyottville. It would be most interesting if Darl could discover proof of his theory.

G-I-53, ½ pt. (0): Scarcer than the G1-56, even in aqua. It is quite. rare and sought after in color.

G-I-54, qt. (17): My favorite mold form is, perhaps, the most frequently encountered. Common in aqua, green and blue-green. Examples are also occasionally seen as olive-yellow and yellow-olive bottles. Other colors are rarer.

G-I-55, pt. (5): One of the more common pints. It is scarce to rare in colors.

G-I-55a, 55b, 55c, pt. (0,0,0): These variants are listed as rare (a, b) and very

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Spring 2004 rare (c) by McKearin. I would agree since I’ve never run across any of them.

G-I-56, ½ pt. (4): Fairly common in aqua. This flask like all half-pints is rare in color.

G-I-57, qt. (2): The Washington-Sheaf of Wheat flasks can be located in aqua upon occasion. Three or four are known in deep yellow-green. Other reported colors would be extremely rare.

G-I-58, pt. (1): My example is aqua, the only color listed by McKearin for this bottle. If someone has an example or proof of existence for one in color please let me know.

G-I-59, ½ pt. (1): One can run across an aqua specimen. Extremely rare in color. The cobalt example is one of the “kings” of the Washington-Taylors.

G-I-60, qt. (1): This and the G-I-61, both Lockport flasks, are to me the most beautiful form of the Washington-Taylors.

The G-I-60 is embossed with the Lockport Glass Works name. Contrary to McKearin’s “scarce” designation, I feel this flask is rare, even in aqua. Colored examples are extremely rare.

G-I-61, qt. (1): I concur with McKearin’s “scarce” rating for this one.

It can be found in color but it is rare and desirable.

Among my other flasks are, again almost all in color, twenty-seven scroll flasks, nineteen Union flasks, seventeen urn-cornucopia and a nice grouping of calabashes. I have several sunbursts and a smattering from most form groups. And did I mention the Gail Ross collection of double eagle flasks, the finest grouping ever assembled?

Gail Ross, who passed away in 1998, began collecting bottles in the late 1960s.

For nearly forty years, he pursued colored examples of double eagle flasks, Pittsburgh type. When he died, the collection numbered over one-hundred examples including numerous one-of-akind colors and unlisted mold forms. His collection included the Zanesville and Louisville (Pittsburgh type) flasks as well.

Gail had another fifty or so flasks of other types.

I met Gail in 1973. Soon we became inseparable bottle friends. From about 1977, neither of us attended a show without the other. Soon Gail, divorced and single, became a part of our family. He spent every Thanksgiving, New Year’s

and 4th of July with us his last twenty years. For the last ten, we and two friends spent a week each summer touring the country.

Upon Gail’s death, I couldn’t bear to see the magnificent collection dispersed, so I negotiated with the family to purchase it in its entirety. It required me to take a hefty second mortgage but I have no regrets. His family is happy that the collection is intact (although I have added a handful of additional flasks) and come to see it periodically.

Although I was with Gail during a great majority of his acquisitions and learned a modest amount, I probably possess less than ten percent of his knowledge regarding rarity, mold variants, etc.

The Pittsburgh flasks are most common in pints. Quarts and half-pints are nearly as common. Many molds are very common in aqua and a number are also common in shades of green and amber. (Gail put together an astonishing collection with many blues, citrines, bluegreens and yellows mingling with the more common shades. Though absent are the puces, apricots, amethysts and hardto-describe colors found in the Washington-Taylors - with the exception of the three different shades of amethystine G-I-126 half-pints. This mold form (with the wreath under the eagle) was Gail’s favorite. He put together fourteen different colors in his collection.

Photograhps: No. 1: G-II-89, all iron pontiled, ex Gail Ross.

No. 2: G-II-92 in bright yellow green, light blue and possibly unique deep blue-green, ex Gail Ross.

No. 3: G-I-43 in a bit off-gray color with blue striations.

No. 4-5 : G-II-126 half pint double eagles, ex Gail Ross.

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Cataloging a Russell Uhl-Patented, Glass Screw Cap

by Barry L. Bernas Have you ever closely examined a SIMPLEX-embossed, glass screw cap?

The specific one I’m talking about has been associated with the SIMPLEX MASON and ATLAS MASON’S PATENT, front-embossed jars. However, it could just as well have been used on any container with a regular-size mouth and an embossed, threaded finish.

If you have, you already know that each closure of this type is different in some way from any other one. Besides two, different, raised-lettering styles, these sealers have dissimilar, inner-surface characteristics. Likewise, every glass cap possesses a unique shape and comes in varying heights. Looking more intently at these closures, you will encounter additional, minor aspects which further discriminate one sealer from another.

In case you aren’t familiar with this sealer, the drawing in Figure 1 is an example of it. This sketch was used by Russell Uhl when he filed an application to patent this design on May 20th, 1905.

A little less than seven months after submission, his request was granted by the United States Patent Office on December 5th of the same year. Strangely, Mr. Uhl assigned the rights for his concept to the Perfection Glass Company; a firm he wasn’t visibly affiliated with in any manner.1

Figure 1 Whether you already know about this closure or are finding out about it for the first time here, there is no screw-cap, reference guide where more data can be found about the various types of Uhlpatented sealers that have been reported.

However, once you have read this article, you will have all of the necessary data to catalog your own examples and recognize an already reported one from a new find.

Merchant and Entrepreneur but not Inventor Russell Uhl was an unlikely candidate to come up with the Figure 1 innovation.

Between 1898 and 1905, he was a merchant, living in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. During this snap-shot look at his life, Mr. Uhl was the proprietor of several firms, including the Western Butter Market, Royal Tea Company, Royal Manufacturing Company, and Royal Soap Company. Also, he co-invested in the Perfection Water Bottle Company, Perfection Bottle Company, and Perfection Manufacturing Company and managed the Penn Tobacco Company.

Around the same period, land transfer records from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania indicated he was active in the acquisition of property within that municipal boundary.2 Throughout this span of time, there was nothing uncovered to suggest Mr. Uhl was anything but a merchant and entrepreneur. I believe the idea for his 1905 patent came from another source. His inspiration probably resulted from the settlement of a failed partnership he had with William Beach Fenn.

From early 1900 to late 1903, Russell Uhl was involved in a business venture with Mr. Fenn. Both men along with others initially formed the Perfection Water Bottle Company in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century. Over the next three years, this firm went thorough several name changes and relocated at least two times. It appeared Mr. Uhl was a major investor in each of these enterprises because he was carried as the Perfection Company’s president, regardless of the concern’s title or where it was located.3 By all measures of effectiveness, the relationship between William B. Fenn and Russell Uhl was amicable and productive.

Mr. Fenn was involved with successfully running the various Perfection operations while Mr. Uhl remained in Wilkes-Barre, minding his concerns in that City. 4 However, in late 1903, a rift in their association developed.

29 The problem started when Mr. Fenn bought out Russell Uhl’s share in the Perfection Manufacturing Company. This resulted in an overall obligation of $17,500 to Mr. Uhl. On top of this debt, William B. Fenn owed money to other suppliers of goods and services to the Perfection Glass Company and its predecessor firms. Whether Russell Uhl knew about the unpaid debts from the two concerns he formerly headed as president was unclear.

Regardless of his foreknowledge, he soon found out about them when representatives from several enterprises filed separate actions against him and his old partner in the County Court of Washington, Pennsylvania. The different suits alleged that Russell Uhl and William B. Fenn of the Perfection Bottle and Perfection Manufacturing Companies failed to pay obligations incurred in the name of their Companies. To make matters worse, Mr. Fenn soon vanished.

This left Mr. Uhl to face the County Court charges alone and empty-handed with respect to the $17,500 owed to him by William B. Fenn.5 Russell Uhl’s solution to this dilemma was swift. In a decisive move, he joined with several other Pittsburgh plaintiffs who had tendered individual suits against him and Mr. Fenn. Together, they filed a petition of involuntary bankruptcy in the United States District Court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania against William B. Fenn in late December 1903. This action caused the Western District Court of the Commonwealth to appoint a receiver who seized all of Mr. Fenn’s estate assets in order to pay off his and Mr. Uhl’s creditors.6 Early in 1904, Washington County Court records showed that petitions filed by many of the individuals and companies that were owed money by Messrs. Uhl and Fenn withdrew their submissions.7 In all probability, since these creditors had the opportunity to be listed in the statement of debts for Mr. Fenn in the bankruptcy proceedings being held against him in United States District Court, they chose this avenue rather than pursue their claim in the lower, Washington County Court.

The outcome of the Western District Court’s case placed the burden of repayment on the estate of William B. Fenn and probably set the stage for Russell Uhl’s patent request in 1905.

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The absent Mr. Fenn was a prolific inventor. From 1900 until 1905, records in the United States Patent and Trademark Office showed a minimum of eighteen patents were issued to him. Six of these were for jar closures or similar devices.

During the same period, none were ever granted to Russell Uhl.8 So where did he get the notion to apply for a separate patent on an all-glass, screw cap?

Although lacking direct evidence, I think it came about because Mr. Uhl didn’t get sufficient restitution from the petition he partially initiated in bankruptcy court. From his $17,500 claim at the time, Russell Uhl got back only $1207.50 or 0.069 percent of his total input. Out of the same ruling, other claimants faired much better. For example, the Republic Glass Manufacturing Company (read John P. Elkin) got the letters patent for an improved jar closure (759,168) while Paul Synnestvedt, an attorney that processed and managed many of Mr. Fenn’s patent applications, purchased the rights to six of Mr. Fenn’s patents for $30. Included in these was one for an improved jar closure (769,600). Figure 2 has the two examples of the above patents sitting sideby-side in chronological order.9

Figure 2

The left-side model was already being used on a widely distributed and fancily designed, Flaccus Brothers product jar (FLACCUS BROS. STEERS HEAD FRUIT JAR). In addition, it sealed the new “SIMPLEX packing jar” made for the Perfection Manufacturing and then Perfection Glass Company. To say the least, it was a product with money making potential for the patent owner. The right-

hand specimen was an advance, although clumsily in my opinion, to this popular, side-sealing closure. For me, it represented a step toward making an allglass closure for a Mason-style container with a standard-diameter mouth and threaded finish.

I opine the right-hand model in Figure 2 was used as the basis for Russell Uhl’s later submission. When produced, it represented a chance to recoup some of This parthis lost investment.10 factual and part-speculative scenario is one way to explain why Russell Uhl, a man with no known inventive proclivities, suddenly requested a patent to seal fruit or packers jars. Maybe some day, someone will come across new ephemera that will provide the piece of data, unlocking the door on this conundrum once and for all.

However, for now all we’re left with is my supposition or your insight.

Standard Terminology Well, enough with the quasi-historical musings, let’s get on with the methodology for identifying and cataloging these sealers. The first item to talk about is a set of descriptive terms to standardize the way each Uhl-patented closure is described. Basically, this section divides the screw cap into four, distinct areas. Let me describe each one, using the Figure 3 sketch.

Figure 3 a d b b c

c Outer, Top Surface or “a” The first part of the Uhl-patented, screw cap is the outer, top surface.

Considered to be the top of the sealer, this region has several traits which assist in determining one cap from another.

Skirt – Outer and Inner or “b” This is my term for the circular sidewall of the closure. On the outer skirt, vertical ribs are molded onto it. There may or may not be a bottom band in addition to the grippers on the sealer. The inner skirt has the cover’s thread cut onto the interior side-wall. This aligns with its counterpart on the container’s finish to tighten the screw cap.

Bottom Edge of the Skirt or “c” The area between the bottom of the outer and inner skirt is labeled the bottom edge of the skirt. It encompasses the

Bottles and Extras circular width of the skirt and has varying features on it. The most prominent one is a protruding, annular ring which creates the air-tight seal between this portion of the closure and the rubber, jar ring sitting on the container’s shoulder.

Inner Surface or “d” The inner surface of an Uhl-inspired closure is the final region to scrutinize.

By turning the screw cap upside down this area is exposed to view. The inner surface is the circular area lying between the inner skirt of the sealer.

Five, Distinct Groups of Uhl caps The next step in the process is to identify the Group in which an Uhldesigned sealer belongs. The features molded onto the screw cap on the inner surface determine the Group. Up to this point, I have discovered five, dissimilar characteristics. By no means allinclusive, my findings are only a starting point for identifying other groups that haven’t been reported.

At this point, it should be noted that the order of the Groups I’m about to present shouldn’t be construed with the time period each one was manufactured.

For instance, Group I might not be the earliest design produced. Similarly, Group V models weren’t necessarily the last style turned out. The progression of examples from oldest to newest for the Uhl-patented screw cap is a topic for another article.

The picture in Figure 4 shows the inner surface of a screw cap assigned to Group I. The embossing, (dot) SIMPLEX GLASS CAP (dot) FOR MASON JARS (in a circle) with PATD (smaller D) DEC (dot) 5 (dot) 05 (dot) (in the center on two lines), is cut backwards on the inner surface of this sealer. The molded lettering on the inner surface can be read through the outer top section of the cap.

It is this feature, embossing on the inner surface, that makes this specimen a Group I member.

Figure 4

Bottles and Extras The next example or Group II model can be seen in Figure 5. The left-hand version has a raised, circular plane in the center of the closure’s inner surface.

Pictured beside it is a mate. This one has a depressed, circular surface in the same location.

Spring 2004 The final version carries a Group V designation. The inner surface on the Figure 8 variant has a flat or irregular feel to it. There is no embossed wording or molded traits on this inner surface. The lettering appears to be like that in Figure 4; however, it is on the outer, top surface vice on the inner surface.

Figure 5

A Group III cap is pictured below in Figure 6. It has a raised, hollowed-out ring with a raised dot inside the hollowed-out segment in the center of the sealer’s inner surface.

Figure 6 The Group IV example follows in Figure 7. It has a raised dot in the middle of the screw cap’s inner surface. The contour of the raised dot may differ. Some Group IV closures have a conical or pointed dot. Others carry a rounded, raised dot.

Figure 7

Figure 8 With regard to referencing each of the five Groups, a roman numeral is the recommended means to designate one Group from another. For example, the Figure 4 model would be “Group I” followed in sequence through Figure 8 which carries the “Group V” label.

Four Separate Screw Cap Shapes Once the Group is determined, the shape of the Uhl-patented, glass closure is the next aspect to substantiate. So far, I’ve been able to identify four contours for this screw cap. Separate names have been assigned to each one for reference ease.

Again, I need to point out that the order in which I’ve chosen to list the contours of these sealers doesn’t imply these were made one after the other in a timelinelike manner. As such, the Figure 9 specimen shouldn’t be thought of as the first, Uhl design to be made. Likewise, the Figure 12 example may or may not have been the final version to be pressed.

As with the inner-surface attributes of the screw cap that determine its placement within a distinct Group, the alignment of closure shapes in a progression from firstmade to last produced will be left to a separate discussion.

Figure 9 The Figure 9 side view of an Uhlpatented cover has a simple design to it.

In my opinion, the outward appearance of it resembles the same motif seen on a

31 smaller screw cap that fits on the groundlip version of the FLACCUS BROS. STEERS (steer head in a circle) HEAD FRUIT JAR labeled container. It is the one with the embossed wording, TO REMOVE CAP PRESS DOWN & UNSCREW, on the inner surface of the sealer. Due primarily to this similarity, the Figure 9 model was named Flaccuslike.

Figure 10 The next variant has a stunning profile quite different from the simplistic model shown in Figure 9. Displayed in Figure 10, the vertical ribs on the outer skirt ascend from a small band at the bottom of the closure to a point above the outer, top surface of the screw cap. The semicircular protrusions give this area of the cover a jewel-like aspect. Thus, I’ve given the Figure 10 design the moniker, jeweled crown.

Figure 11 The third version is portrayed as Figure 11. As you can easily see, the vertical ribs on this type rise out of a somewhat taller band at the bottom of this sealer.

However, the grippers don’t ascend up and over the outer skirt. Instead, these stop short of the outer, top surface of the screw cap. The region above the top of the ribs appears to me to be a dome. Because of this feature, I’ve called the Figure 11 example a domed crown.

Figure 12 The last shape appears in Figure 12.

The much taller band at the base of the outer skirt on this specimen of an Uhlpatented closure is the most prominent trait on this cover. From it, thinner, vertical ribs rise along the outer skirt to just below the cap’s outer, top surface. For me, the symmetrical design of this sealer

32 looked remarkably like a man’s chapeaux.

As a result, its shape is labeled a hat.

In order to simplify any reference listing for the four shapes reported for the Russell Uhl-patented screw cap, a numeral can be assigned to each motif.

For example, the “Flaccus-like” variant would be referred to with the number “1.”

The “Jeweled Crown” model carries the digit “2.” The others would follow in sequence with the “Hat” item having the numeral “4.”

Three Closure Heights The Uhl-conceived sealer comes in at least three heights. The elevation of the screw cap is measured from the bottom edge of the skirt to the closure’s outer, top surface. Any protrusion above the sealer’s outer, top surface by a vertical rib isn’t considered in determining the height of the cover.

The first example is a tall closure. It is one inch or more tall. The second variant or standard example measures between three-fourths of an inch but less than one inch. The small version has a height of less than three-fourths of an inch.

These distances can be easily referenced by the use of numerals to distinguish one height from another.

Under this category, the number “1” would represent a tall specimen of Uhlpatented, screw cap. The digit “2” is for the sealer with a standard height and so forth.

Two Styles of Lettering On all variants, an embossed phrase, several words and/or a patent date appear on the outer top or inner surfaces of Uhlinspired closures. This attribute permits each screw cap to be further categorized.

The two styles of lettering are as listed in the following lines. Along with each one is a number for identifying the individual trait. A small letter indicates the presence of a variation in the way the phrasing or wording was cut into the mold.

1. The following wording and phrasing is molded onto the closure – SIMPLEX MASON PATENT APPL’D FOR. a. Variation one – (dot) SIMPLEX (dot) MASON (dot) PATENT (dot) APPL’D (dot) FOR - (Dots are in front of SIMPLEX and between all other words.) b. Variation two – (dot) SIMPLEX (dot) MASON (dot) PATENT

Spring 2004 (dot) APPL’D FOR - (No dot is between APPL’D and FOR.) c. Variation three - (dot) SIMPLEX MASON (dot) PATENT (dot) APPL’D (dot) FOR - (There is no dot between SIMPLEX and MASON.) d. Variation four – (dot) SIMPLEX MASON (dot) PATENT APPL’D FOR – (There are only two dots.

One is between the words SIMPLEX and FOR. The other is between the words MASON and PATENT.) 2. The following wording is molded onto the closure – SIMPLEX GLASS CAP FOR MASON JARS (around the outer edge of the sealer) PATD (elevated, smaller, capital D) DEC 5 05 (in center of sealer on two lines). a. Variation one – (dot) SIMPLEX GLASS CAP (dot) FOR MASON JARS PATD DEC (dot) 5 (dot) 05 (dot). There are five dots in this phrase variant. One is before the word SIMPLEX. The other is between the words CAP and FOR. The final three are in the date after the abbreviation for December, after the number “5”, and then at the end of the two digits “05”. b. Variation two – SIMPLEX GLASS CAP FOR MASON JARS (dot) PATD DEC (dot) 5 (dot) 05 (dot) The only dot in the first phrase is after the word JARS. The dots in the date are positioned as in variation one. c. Variation three – SIMPLEX GLASS CAP FOR MASON JARS PATD DEC (dot) 5 (dot) 05 (dot) There are no dots in the first phrase. The only dots on this version are in the date. These are positioned in the same positions as in variation one.

To reference any of the wording or phrasing styles seen on the Uhl-patented cover, the number and letter combination would suffice. In this case, the combination of “2.b.” would signify a screw cap with the following on it – “SIMPLEX GLASS CAP FOR MASON JARS (dot) PATD DEC (dot) 5 (dot) 05 (dot).”

Others Characteristics There are some other characteristics that appear on the Uhl-conceived sealer.

These serve to further segregate one screw cap from another within a Group.

The first is the size of the capital letters in the wording or phrasing that is cut onto the closure. Two types have been identified. The large one has alphabetical

Bottles and Extras characters that are 5/16 of an inch high or higher. For the smaller type, the same letters are 1/4th of an inch or less tall.

The next feature is the shape of the middle component in the capital letter “M” in the word “SIMPLEX” on the screw cap. Three styles have been uncovered. The initial one has a “Y” in the center. A “V” comprises the second example. This would be exactly like the large “V” that serves as the character between the two straight lines in the letter “M” in the word “SIMPLEX.” The final version has a small “v” as the central aspect in the large letter “M.” The style and shape of the vertical ribs or grippers on the outer skirt of this type of fruit-jar cover is the third attribute. Two basic styles have been revealed. One has a partial gripper on it. For this variant, the gripper is segmented. The separate piece can be at the top, bottom or top and bottom with a smooth space between it.

The second features a complete vertical rib. Regardless of the version, each vertical rib has a distinct shape. Four shapes have been discerned. The first has a thin, fountain pen profile.11 The next looks like a spike.12 For the third variant, a cannon barrel appearance is suggested.13 The last motif has been labeled log-like.14 On the bottom edge of the screw cap’s skirt is the fourth characteristic. This region can be rounded or flat. The first model normally has a raised ring on the bottom edge of the skirt. For the flat specimens, a polished or ground surface has been recorded.

The final trait totals the number of vertical ribs on the closure’s outer skirt.

Any or all of these attributes from the Uhl-patented sealer can be identified and recorded in the remarks section of the reference guide under the Group of closure being listed.

Reference Guide Listing Up to this point, I’ve discussed the various components of an Uhl-designed screw cap. Now I’d like to put them all together into a sample listing.

How would a depressed, circle on the inner surface; jeweled-crown; standardheight closure embossed with “(dot) SIMPLEX (dot) MASON (dot) PATENT (dot) APPL’D FOR” be cataloged? What if the same model had small size letters; a capital letter “V” as the middle component of the “M” in the word SIMPLEX; a spike style of complete,

Bottles and Extras vertical gripper; a rounded, bottom edge and fourteen ribs around the cap’s outer skirt?

By using the information from this article, the above example would be shown in a reference guide for Russell Uhl-patented covers as follows – II.2.2.1.b. Remarks: Depressed, circular surface; Small-size, capital letters; capital V; spike-style, complete ribs; rounded, bottom edge; fourteen grippers.

Catalog of Reported Uhl-Patented Closures By using the methodology from the prior sections, I want to list all of the Uhlinspired closures that are known to me.

This input will provide a starting point for others to add to the catalog. A remarks column to list the “other characteristics” about each sealer isn’t being shown in this assembly of closures.

Group I - I.4.1.2.a.

Group II - II.2.1.1.b and II.4.1.2.b.

Group III - III.2.2.1.a.

Group IV - IV.1.1.2.b, IV.1.1.2.c, IV.2.1.1.b, IV.2.1.2.a, IV.2.1.2.b, IV.3.1.1.d, IV.4.1.1.a, IV.4.1.2.b, IV.4.1.2.c, and IV.4.2.2.c.

Group V - V.2.1.1.a, V.2.1.1.b and V.2.1.2.b.

Postscript My simple but explicit methodology fills a void. Previously, this type of closure was described only by the embossed wording on it. While collectors knew variations abounded, there was no means available to describe the sundry examples or list them in a future reference guide for screw caps. Now one way to accomplish this objective has been presented. Your comments would be appreciated. BLB (Endnotes) 1 Fruit Jar Patents Volume III 1900-1942, compiled by Dick Roller, Phoenix Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1996, pg. 192. For more information about Russell Uhl’s invention, see Bottles and Extras, More Information on SIMPLEX Glass Screw Caps, by Barry L. Bernas, June 2000, pgs 3-4.

2 Wilkes-Barre City Business Directory 1898, pg.

410; Ibid, 1899, pg. 342; Ibid, 1900, pg. 263; Ibid, 1901, pgs. 201 and 262; Ibid, 1902, pg. 288; Ibid, 1903, pgs. 397 and 439; Ibid, 1904, pgs. 323 and 370; Ibid, 1905/06, pgs. 513, 565 and 659; R. L. Polk & Co.’s Washington Directory, 1903-04, R. L. Polk Publishers, Pittsburg, Pa., pgs. 274 and 333; Commoner and Glassworker, February 14, 1903, pg.

2; and Luzerne County Deed Book, Volume 397, pgs.

216-218. In my article, More on Perfection, that appeared in the December 2000 edition of Bottles and Extras, I hadn’t found any reference to the Perfection Bottle Company in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania when

Spring 2004 that submission was drafted. Subsequently in later research, I located a reference to it in the 1901 WilkesBarre City Directory.

3 Directory of the Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx City of New York, Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Company, 21 University Place, Manhattan, New York, New York, 1900 (for the year ending July 1, 1901), pgs 1050 and 1374; Ibid, 1901 (for the year ending July 1, 1902), pgs. 1050 and 1374; Ibid, 1902 (for the year ending July 1, 1903); Wilkes-Barre City Directory, 1901, pg. 201; Ibid, 1902; R. L. Polk & Co.’s Washington Directory, 1903-04, R. L. Polk Publishers, Pittsburg, Pa., pgs.

274 and 333; Crockery and Glass Journal, February 8, 1900, pg. 23; Ibid, May 10, 1900, pg. 19; Ibid, May 31, 1900; Ibid, February 7, 1901, pgs 7 and 28; Commoner and Glassworker, February 14, 1903, pg.

2; and Pressed Glass in America Encyclopedia of the First Hundred Years 1825-1925, John and Elizabeth Welker, Antique Acres Press, Ivyland, Pennsylvania, 1985, pg. 82.

4 The City Directories for Wilkes-Barre (1898-1905/ 06) and Washington (1903-04), Pennsylvania carried Mr. Uhl as a resident of Wilkes-Barre. Conversely, Mr. Fenn was listed with the glass concern whether in New York City or the Borough of Washington.

5 Washington County Court records, Wheeling Stamping Company vs. Russell Uhl and W. B. Fenn, October 16, 1903, pgs. 169 and 623; Ibid, Pittsburg Clay Pot Company vs. W. B. Fenn, December 2, 1903, pgs. 50 and 138; Ibid, Edward P. Remington vs. W. B. Fenn, December 4, 1903, pg. 54; China, Glass and Lamps, November 14, 1903, pg. 12; and National Glass Budget, December 26, 1903. It should be noted that the above list is only a partial one. There were other men and firms seeking restitution that included Perfection Glass employees for back wages that I didn’t mention.

6 National Glass Budget, December 26, 1903 and District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Docket 2339, National Archives and Records Administration, Mid Atlantic Region in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

7 Washington County Court records, Wheeling Stamping Company vs. Russell Uhl and W. B. Fenn, January 21, 1904, pg. 568; Ibid, Edward P. Remington vs. W. B. Fenn, March 10, 1904, pg. 54 and Ibid, Pittsburg Clay Pot Company vs. W. B. Fenn, March 19, 1904, pgs. 50 and 138.

8 United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette Volumes for 1900 (Design patent numbers D32,426, D32,427, D32,428 along with patent 664,472 were issued to William B. Fenn.); Ibid, 1901 (No patents were issued to William B. Fenn.); Ibid, 1902 (Patent numbers 706,812 and 706,813 were issued to William B. Fenn.); Ibid, 1903 (No patents were issued to William B. Fenn.); Ibid, 1904 (Patent numbers 755,223; 758,515; 759,168; 765,570; 767,807; 768,439; 768,440; 769,600 and D36,876 were issued to Mr. Fenn); and Ibid, 1905 (Patent numbers 802,381; 802,382; and 802,383 were issued to William B. Fenn).

9 United States Patent Office, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,168, dated May 3, 1904. Application filed June 10, 1903. Serial No. 160,830. Mr. Fenn applied for this patent to seal a neck differentially threaded, glass jar with a differentially threaded, glass screw cap. His concept entailed a closure with threads on the inner skirt and a circular, rubber band that screwed onto the container’s outer threads. A side-seal was created between the outer jar and inner skirt of the sealer when the glass screw cap was tighten down on the rubber band. United States Patent Office, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,600, dated September 6, 1904. Application filed September 16, 1903. Serial No. 173,420. This design by William B. Fenn sealed on the jar’s mouth. A coiled wire held the screw cap in place. The wire was screwed onto the jar by means of a debossed channel that was formed in the finish area of the container. The same type of groove was made on the inner skirt of the cover. This permitted the screw cap to be tightened on the container via the coiled wire. As far as I know, this

33 model wasn’t transitioned into production at Perfection Glass or elsewhere. District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Docket 2339, National Archives and Records Administration, Mid Atlantic Region in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

10 The facts surrounding both questions about Russell Uhl’s patent submission and assignment of rights to the Perfection Glass Company are few. As stated, Mr. Uhl lost a sizeable portion of his original investment ($16,292.50) when the final payments from the William Beach Fenn estate were issued. After the ruling, I can’t believe he didn’t immediately start to explore options to recoup a portion or all of the funds he had lost. With the estate being liquidated, the patents either issued to William B. Fenn or the applications for those from him that were pending presented the best advantage to accomplish his goal.

More specifically, the two, glass closures in Figure 2 offered a means to this end. The 759,168 patent was popular and by all accounts, making money for the parties involved. The patent rights belonged to the Republic Glass Manufacturing Company (read John P. Elkin) with the molds being in the possession of the new owners of the reorganized Perfection Glass Company (The Washington Observer, December 3, 1903, pg. 1). Some arrangement between these two corporations permitted workers at the Perfection Glass plant to make and sell this product. Tapping into this existing process probably wasn’t feasible for Mr. Uhl. Another way to proceed must be found. I believe he saw patent 769,600 as his next best course. The rights to it and others had been purchased by attorney, Paul Synnestvedt prior to the Court ordered repayment scheme being consummated. What he would do with them was anyone’s guess. I opine Russell Uhl swung a deal with Mr. Synnestvedt to improve on the design of the closure for patent 769,600. Once agreed to, Mr. Uhl most likely approached the leaders of Perfection Glass with a proposal that went something like the following. In exchange for mold-maker assistance in retooling the inner skirt of the screwcap from the 769,600 design to a threaded surface and a monetary stipend, Russell Uhl would agree to seek a patent on the new, closure motif and grant the sole rights to make and sell it to the Perfection Corporation.

If this happened as I have averred, Russell Uhl would stand to benefit and perhaps, attain part of his overall goal. Of course, other than the facts I’ve already presented, the above account is only my theory about what actually happened. Without more details, further clarity can’t be provided.

11 This vertical rib is rounded at the top. The sides slope gently inward toward the base of the gripper where the stylus would be on an actual fountain pen if the cover was removed. Besides the profile of a fountain pen, this style of rib has a thin aspect to it. It is considerably narrower than the other three versions.

12 The second, gripper shape is distinctive. From the front, the vertical rib has a rounded top. It is wider at the summit than it is at the base. A normal width at this point is 3/16th of an inch. The sides of the gripper angle inward towards the bottom of the rib. At the base, a standard rib of this kind is 1/8th of an inch wide. By turning the screw cap for a side look at the same vertical rib, the topmost portion of the gripper angles backward onto the outer, top surface of the sealer. This view gives the rib the same appearance as a spike.

13 The third, rib motif has a triangular, topmost segment. The sides of this example angle inward at a slightly less rate than those on the second model. Both of these features give the whole gripper the appearance of a downwardly pointing cannon barrel.

14 The fourth vertical rib has rounded top and straight sides with a standard width throughout.

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The Incurable Cure Collector

by Bill Baab Photos by Bill Baab Pity poor J. Carl Sturm. He is suffering from an incurable disease self-inflicted some 45 years ago. While probably not fatal, unless he works himself into a high dudgeon over something unattainable, he has to face the reality of it being with him the rest of his days.

It’s ironic that he collects antique bottles whose embossing and labels promise the takers of their contents cures of everything imaginable, from alcohol to tobacco and worse.

Each morning he arises from his bed and walks into his Central Florida living room, back-lighted shelves loaded with bottles in aqua, amber, cobalt, clear and shades of colors in between come into his view. All serve to remind him of the affliction that started in 1959 when he was serving in the U.S. Navy and stationed in Hawaii.

"My wife, Joy, and I decided to go for early American furniture and wanted to acquire a few bottles to match the decor," Sturm said during an interview.

"I didn’t realize it then, but collecting antique bottles is a disease that grows and grows."

He began his collection by purchasing medicine bottles with the word "Dr." on them and then Bill Agee published his book, Collecting the Cures.

"So I switched to cures and later saw a cures wanted ad from John Wolf, who was in the Army. We corresponded."

"We had an amicable competition going before eBay," said Wolf, who owns 1,850 cures from all over the world. "Carl had an earlier online connection, so he started before I did."

Sturm was limited to collecting only cures while his wife was alive, so "anything else I bought had to be for resale.

She died in 1992, giving me free rein, and I started collecting half-pint flasks. In ten years, I have amassed 563 different flasks, including 300-plus half-pints, the majority of them the historical variety. But I’m still missing quite a few of those listed in (George and Helen) McKearin’s American Glass book."

Sturm collected black glass bottles for awhile and some outstanding 18th century examples adorn a dining room table in his

home.

A fascination for the Spanish-American War led to him collecting artifacts including half-pint flasks embossed with the likenesses of the Battleship Maine and Adm. George Dewey.

"I also collect go-withs, including trade cards, almanacs, letterheads, shot glasses with the word cure embossed or etched on them, cure tokens and glass house paper.

I began collecting tobacco tags and tobacco-related items a couple of years ago."

Sturm estimates his collection now totals more than 1,600 bottles.

His favorite cure?

"That’s like asking which of your kids is your favorite," commented Joan Goree’, his longtime duplicate bridge partner.

Nonetheless, Sturm leans toward a cobalt Mexico (Mo.) Institute bottle claiming to cure whiskey, morphine and tobacco habits.

"It’s the only known example listing three habits and it’s probably my favorite.

I bought it at a St. Louis bottle show and paid $60. I’d tried to buy it the night before because I was afraid someone else would see it, but the dealer wouldn’t sell until the next day. I was lucky."

Another is the amber Joseph Michener & Sons Occidental Diptheria Cure from Philadelphia, Pa. "Another exists, but not in a cure bottle collection," he said.

Bottles and Extras Other favorites include an aqua openpontiled James A. Newton’s Cure for Croup, a 6-1/2-inch Radam’s Microbe Cure and a wordy bottle embossed Dr. W.W. Clark, M.D., Oil of Arnica, Cures Catarrh, Chilblains, Frosted Parts, Corns, Bunions, Sore Throat, Sprain, Bruises, Pain, Rheumatism, Etc. Sturm admits being intrigued by the "Frosted Parts" claim.

The Newton’s Cure came from the 25-foot level of a Memphis, Tenn., well dug by Gene Bradberry and Ed Provine.

"I bought it from Gene in 1973 for $20."

The 75-year-old Sturm, a Peoria, Ill., native, joined the Navy as a seaman recruit and emerged as a lieutenant commander 28 years later. He served during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and retired in Memphis.

He and his wife visited friends in Florida 30 years ago. "I went out to play golf and when I returned, she said, ‘I’ve found the house we’re going to buy!’ " He and Joan have been partners in duplicate bridge for about ten years and each is a bronze life master. They try to make bottle shows that fall on weekends of week-long bridge tournaments.

His sons, Tim (who resides in Orlando) and David (living in the Chicago area) also have been bitten by the bottle bug.

"I’ve lucked into a lot of things all these years, like seeing an item for sale at $1,500, turning it down and then finding one for $600," Sturm said.

"I think the bottle gods are looking after me."

Florida man's eclectic collection includes many items relating to the Spanish-American War.

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PHOTOS: Above Left: The Winans Bros. Indian Cure is one of the most bizarre in Carl Sturm's super collection. Above Right: Just a glimpse of part of Sturm's fabulous cure bottle collection; all have embossings painted for an easier read.. Above: Half-pint flasks (L-R): GII-43, Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, embossed E. LURIBUS UNUM, ONE OF MANY. GI-81, Stebbins & Chamberlain, Coventry Glass Works, Conn., embossed DEWITT CLINTON, C-T. GXIII-30, Lockport (N.Y.) Glass Works, embossed WILL YOU TAKE A DRINK -- WILL A DUCK SWIM (embossed duck). GXIII-76A, unknown glass works. This half-pint is unlisted. GXIII-76 is a pint. GX-12, unknown glass works, thought to be Danish, 19th Century. GXIV-7, unknown glass works, probably Lockport or Lancaster, N.Y., embossed TRAVELER'S COMPANION. Below Left: These three rows of 42 half-pint flasks represent only a fraction of Sturm's vast collection. Below Right: Cure bottle crates share shelf space with more flasks, Spanish-American War items and reference books.

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[Fig. 1] Poster with all the Glover medicines listed in the border around the central bird dogs in the field scene. Completing a set of all Glover remedies would be a lofty goal.

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[Fig. 2] Two examples of smaller Glover medicines. These packages contain 12 sided amber bottles, labeled but not embossed. 3 1/2"x 1". The Diarrhoea Medicine contained Opium. Vermafuge is a treatment to rid dogs of intestional parasites.

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[Fig. 3] Glover's Tonic bottle. While Dr. Glover was primarily known for treating dogs, several of his medicines, such as this Tonic, were labeled for use on horses. This example with the 24th Stree address dates to between 1923-1925. Embossed: H. CLAY GLOVER / NEW YORK. Fig. 5

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[Fig. 4] Blood Purifier bottle with earliest company address of 1278 Broadway, NYC. Glover's bottles are typically 5" x 2" x 1 1/4" and amber in color. Prior to the mid-1920's, bottles were embossed with the name of the remedy. After that time, medicines were in generic bottles embossed with the company name and city.

[Fig. 5] Round lithographed tin sign for Glover's Dog Remedies. The bulldog image is often seen in his advertising. This was originally hung by a small chain.

[Fig. 6] Tin counter top display with glass front for Glover's tins. Note die cut pediment that is hinged to stand up or lay flat. Size is ~6" x12".

[Fig. 7] The rarest of the Glover bottles are his Black Tongue Remedy and his Remedy for Sore Feet in Dogs. This example is embossed: GLOVER'S IMPERIAL REMEDY / FOR SORE FEET IN DOGS / H. CLAY GLOVER / NEW YORK. I know of no labeled examples.

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Dr. H. Clay Glover, V. S. Dr. Henry Glover produced the most extensive line of, for dog only, veterinary patent medicines in America. Dr. Glover based his empire in New York City. His production, based on the number of surviving examples, far overshadows his closest rivals. Drs. Clayton and Dent, both based in Chicago could not match Dr. Glover’s volume. Even the champion of all veterinary medicine producers, Dr. A. C. Daniels does not seem to have had the production demand for his small animal medicines that Glover enjoyed. Surviving examples of Dr. Glover’s Mange Medicine and his Distemper Remedy are probably two of the most common animal patent medicine bottles in existence.

Despite the huge number of surviving medicine and paper ephemera, almost nothing is currently known about the life of Henry Clay Glover. No historical information has surfaced, therefore, almost all the information that we have has come from the company’s own publications and medicines. Henry Clay Glover started practicing veterinary medicine sometime prior to 1877. In 1888, his medicines were awarded the medal of superiority by the American Institute of New York. He identified himself as a “Specialist in Canine Diseases.” As a reference, he stated that as of 1897, he had been the Veterinarian to the Westminster Kennel Club for 20 years.

I have attempted to date the production of Glover medicines, to determine the order of his various medicines and to discover rarity. I have used three sources for this information: company booklets, postal covers, and trade cards. I submit the following information for your consideration.

Any additional information that adds light to Dr. Glover’s life or business would be greatly appreciated.

The first known address for Dr. Glover is 1293 Broadway, New York City. Tins with this address state “H. Clay Glover, V.S. Prop.” Medicines with this address are the earliest Glover items of which I am aware. Some time prior to 1914, the company moved to 118 West 31st Street.

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Glover was still a sole proprietor. By 1917, the company was incorporated and the tins stated “H. Clay Glover Co”. The address after the incorporation was still West 31st Street.

The company moved to 127-129 West 24th Street in 1923. Medicines with this address seem to be the most common survivors, however the company was only there for two years. In 1925, they moved to 119-121 5th Avenue. The 5th Avenue address would seem to indicate a prosperous company. A 5th Avenue address in New York City today would give the impression of high class shopping and big money. However, the company medicine tins of this time show a marked decrease in their graphic quality. Elaborate packaging with dog images gives way to very plain package designs. Was this change the result of cost cutting brought on by decreased consumer demand for patent medicines in general? Dr. Glover’s company did stay at this address for twelve years, so they obviously had carved out a niche, however small, in the dog care industry. The final New York City address was 462 Fourth Avenue, which they moved to in 1937. Sometime after 1937, the company moved operations to Toms River, New Jersey. His company eventually went into the human hair care industry and was bought out in the 1950’s or 60’s.

CHART OF APPROXIMATE DATES OF NEW YORK CITY LOCATIONS: ~1888 (?) - ~1914 (?): Broadway ~1914 (?) -1923: West 31st Street 1923-1925: West 24th Street 1925-1936: 5th Avenue 1937- (?): 4th Avenue The 1931 edition of the “Glover Dog Book” contains a dedication to the memory of Dr. Henry Clay Glover. It states that he was “one of the earliest in the Veterinary profession of the United States to specialize in the study and treatment of diseases of dogs.” It is therefore fair to assume Dr. Glover died around 1930.

Dr. Glover’s bottled medicines and tins for dogs have long been a favorite to vet-

37 erinary collectors. Medicines directed specifically to dogs, were not produced in the abundance as were horse and cow remedies. Consequentially, today the demand for dog remedies by collectors far outstrips the available supply. Glover was in business long before and after the 1906 Food and Drug Act. It is interesting to trace the changes in the name of his medicines as time and government intervention went on. As with most early patent medicine companies, his first products were cures.

Glover’s Distemper Cure was a big seller based on the number of surviving embossed bottles. The name was changed to Distemper Remedy and finally to Distemper Medicine. All variations are easily available today.

Glover advertising posters, signs, and counter display containers are scarce and highly sought by collectors today. Booklets are the most common ephemera available. As for medicines, collectors are seeking examples with the most complete packaging. Bottles in original wrapper and tins in original boxes command the highest prices. Early lithographed tins with the company’s Broadway address are easily the most graphic and beautiful.

Amber embossed bottles range from very common to very rare. The most uncommon Dr. Glover medicine in my opinion, is his Sore Foot for Dogs medicine. This embossed bottle is very scarce and I have never seen an example with any label or box.

On a final note about Dr. Glover embossed bottles, I must pass on information that was given to me in the early 1980’s by a then long time bottle and veterinary medicine collector. It seems that in the 1960’s colored glass examples of Dr. Glover’s Distemper Remedy embossed bottle began showing up. These bottles were discovered in colors such as peacock blue, yellow green, and yellow, among others. The collector tracked these colored bottles down to florist shops. It seems that the florists were buying the bottles to place in flower arrangements. All the examples that this collector obtained had a sticker on the bottom of the bottle stating: “Made in Italy.” I have personally seen some of these bottles with original stickers. These bottles were indistinguishable from their amber brothers except by color. One must surmise that the original bottle mold somehow ended up in Italy. Among veterinary collectors today, only amber Glover bottles are considered original. There is no evidence to indicate that other colored glass bottles were ever produced by the company.

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“It looks like a peppersauce bottle.”

by Cecil Munsey Copyright © 2003

Introduction Sylvester Marsh (Figure 2) was born just under 200 years ago on September 30, 1803 in Campton, New 2 Hampshire in the foothills of the White Mountains fifteen miles south of Franconia Notch home of the granite profile of the Old Man of the Mountain, a state symbol (Figure 3).

[Sadly the 10,000-year-old red granite formation fell off the mountain on May 3, 2003.] Marsh was the ninth of eleven children. During the winter when he wasn’t needed to help on his father’s farm, he attended a one-room school. There Marsh said he learned, “arithmetic, geography and the first rudiments of grammar; reading, writing, spelling, and oratorical speaking.”

At age nineteen Marsh left home and walked the 117 miles to Boston, Massachusetts, the commercial capitol of New England. Within a few years he had worked his way up in the provision-andmeat trade, and by 1827, he owned his own stall at the Boston Quincy Market.

In 1828 he moved West on the newly completed Erie Canal. He settled in Ashtabula, Ohio where he continued as a provision dealer and a meat packer. In 1833 he moved on to Chicago, a frontier town of 300 inhabitants that was smaller, at the time, than his hometown of Campton in New Hampshire. He continued in the provision and packing trades and became one of the founders of the Chicago meatpacking industry. He invented many of the steam appliances and processes in the packing industry and was considered a founder of Chicago – one of America’s great cities. Although he did 3

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not patent it, he invented the coffee percolator in his time.

Marsh lost his entire fortune in the Business Panic of 1850, but soon regained his wealth in the grain business. A problem that hindered shipping grain was its tendency to sour or spoil while in storage.

An article in an 1860 issue of the Chicago Press and Tribune reported: “A perfect safeguard against the heating of corn has been discovered by our fellow citizen, Sylvester Marsh.

“Having secured a handsome fortune, he ceased packing beef and pork in 1853. For the last several years he has devoted a large share of his time, and not a little of his income, to experiments upon drying corn.

Using his new sixty-foot-tall grain kiln he dried corn and shipped the meal to California around Cape Horn and stored it there a year, and when it came back it was just as good as when first ground.

"Mr. Marsh is now supplying Corn Meal for whaling ships, for long voyages, confident that it will remain sweet for any length of time, and in any climate.

“The effect of his discovery upon the demand for our great staple in Europe can scarcely be over-estimated.

“We regard this as one of the most important discoveries of the age, and its enterprising, ingenious inventor will live in history as one of the benefactors of his species.”

Of eleven U. S. patents Marsh would receive, six were for grain dryers. He erected large dryers in Chicago, Illinois and Buffalo (Figure 4) and Brooklyn, New York. During the time he was rebuilding his fortune by drying grain, Marsh produced a proprietary product – a breakfast cereal, “Marsh’s Caloric Dried Meal.”

The cereal business, during last half of the 19th century, was akin to the patent and proprietary medicine industry. Marsh, with his dried meal cereal, unknowingly anticipated Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s

1894 accidental discovery of flaked cereal.

Marsh’s Caloric Grain Dryers, the cereal business, and his grain shipping company provided a substantial income. With his second fortune intact, Sylvester Marsh decided to retire in 1855, at the age of 52, and move to Boston. As might be expected of a man who had been a workaholic all his life, the sudden inactivity manifested itself in a physical upset, which he called “dyspepsia.”

To shorten this necessarily long introduction, let it suffice to report that Marsh decided to go back to work.

The project he selected for a new career was to build a railway to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington in his home state of New Hampshire. Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States.

The Mount Washington Cog Railway In June 25, 1858, three years into retirement, Sylvester Marsh was granted a five-year charter from the state to build his railroad. For three years, unexpected demands of his Chicago business interests and the Civil War prevented any action on building the railroad that most people regarded as an impossible task. In 1863 Marsh returned to the state capitol and got a five-year extension to his state charter.

Still, it wasn’t until May of 1866 that Marsh began to have his experimental locomotive built and the first 660 feet of track laid.

The first locomotive was built near Boston at the machine shop of Campbell, Whittier & Co. using Marsh’s plans. Once built, it was taken apart, brought to Littleton, New Hampshire by train, and ox-carted 25 miles to the Mount Washington site and reassembled.

It was August 29, 1866 when officials and guests arrived at the base of the mountain to witness the first run of new steam engine. The locomotive had been named Hero, but somehow it didn’t look like the hero it would soon prove itself to be. Someone in the crowd thought the upright boiler (Figure 5) looked like a condiment bottle, a common item on

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kitchen tables of the period, and cried: “It looks like a peppersauce bottle.” From that moment on, the engine was nicknamed “PEPPERSASS” which, of course, is “peppersauce” pronounced in the local New Hampshire dialect. Some of the guests got aboard a little flat car that had been built, and Peppersass repeatedly pushed it up the steep track and brought it safely down again with complete control.

In April 1867 a Swiss envoy came to New Hampshire to see Marsh’s “experiment.” The Swiss Government asked for his assistance. He gladly gave gratis patent drawings, photographs and advice. In 1871, the first European cog railway began operation of Switzerland’s Mount Rigi. Since the Mount Washington Railway’s completion, 57 similar mountainclimbing cog railways have been built in 35 countries around the world.

(Nineteen years after a stay with Sylvester Marsh, Otto Gruninger, working with Roman Abt, designed the cog railway that opened in 1891 at Pike’s Peak in Colorado.)

The bottle-resembling Peppersass was the first mountain-climbing cog railway engine in the world. It was used to build the railway and later haul passengers after the railroad was finished on July 3, 1869. The Peppersass, as originally built, resembled the standard stationary steam engine of the time. There was no tender or fuel storage; these features were added later. As described in the March 5, 1864 issue of Scientific American (Figure 6),

“…the vertical boiler was mounted on trunnions which allowed it to remain vertical on the steep grades of the railway.

Its boiler was of hand riveted design and operated at 50 pounds of steam pressure, yielding 45 horsepower.”

Interesting Facts About Mount Washington and its Cog Railway • The Native Americans called Mount Washington “Agiocochook”.

• A mountain man named Darby Field was the first to climb the mountain in 1642.

• Ethan Allen Crawford, in 1821, made the path that the cog railway would eventually take.

• The length of the railway is 2.81 miles.

• The ascent is 3,625 feet.

• The average grade is 1,290 feet to the mile.

• Because of the rugged terrain, three of the three and one half miles of track are built on trestles.

• The steepest part of the track, with a grade of 37.41%, is known as Jacob’s Ladder (Figure 7), and is the second steepest such track in the world. (At that incline, the heads of the passengers in the front of the coach are 13 feet higher 5 than the heads of the

39 passengers in the back.)

• There are nine curves of radius varying from 497 to 945 feet.

• Each trip requires over one ton of coal and 1,000 gallons of water to move the engine through the entire almost-threemile trip. (The train stops halfway up the mountain to take on water.)

• The peculiarity of this railroad is its central cog-rail (Figure 8) which consists of two pieces of wrought-iron, parallel to each other and connected by strong pins.

• The teeth of the driving wheel of the engine play into the spaces of the cog-rail.

There is also a ratchet, which could hold the locomotive at any grade.

• The engine rests on outer rails, which are four feet seven inches apart.

• For stopping trains and controlling their descent, both friction and atmospheric By 1876 the Cog Railway and White Mountain tourism were flourishing.

Records show that by then, Marsh was planning three new cog railway projects. But nothing came of these plans as human calamities intervened.

In 1877 both of Marsh’s sons, 32-yearold Frank and 21-year-old Sylvester Jr., died within two months of each other.

Sylvester March died of pneumonia, at his home in Concord, New Hampshire, on December 30, 1884.

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brakes are employed. In other words, the descent is controlled by admitting air to the driving cylinders, which compresses the air. (Also, the passenger car has an individual braking system and a brakeman to control the descent.)

• The (current) engines weigh about six and a half tons, and are rated at 50 horsepower, but by their gearing the power is greatly increased, at the expense of speed, which is two miles an hour.

• The engine always takes the down-hill end of the train, which consists of locomotive, tender, and one car that accommodates about 50 passengers.

• Since the railroad operates today with locomotives first designed in 1878, dur-

ing the winter they rebuild, repair, and actually build new engines in their own shop right on site.

What Happened to Old Peppersass?

“Peppersass, was used on the railway for about twelve years before being retired.

Fortunately, it was not scrapped, but stored on the property. In 1893 it went on display in Chicago at the Columbian Exposition where it rested on an elevated track. After the Exposition, it was placed on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago for eleven years. It was then displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. After this exposition it went to

Baltimore, Maryland where it came under the control of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) railroad. For the next 23 years it remained stored and out of sight.

In 1928, it was exhibited in Halethorpe, Maryland, at the Iron Horse Fair.

Following the display in Maryland, Peppersass was about to be stored away again by the B&O Railroad.

“Reverend Guy Roberts, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Whitefield, New Hampshire, had been searching for the whereabouts of Peppersass for some time. With the help of Colonel W. A. Barron, owner of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M), Peppersass was finally found at the

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It was sometime during the early days of the railway that an innovative employee devised a fast but dangerous means to descend the railway track. This was in the form of a homemade sled or toboggan that was little more than a wooden board about three feet long and a foot wide. Reinforced with steel, this slide-board (Figure 9) was especially designed to rest on the central cog-rail, and at the same time be prevented from sliding off when it was ridden down the mountain. Two long wooden handles, parallel to the board on either side and pivoted in front, served as crude but effective brakes. When pulled upward, the handles forced small steel plates to rub on the underside edges of the cog-rail so that a rider could slow down. Slide-boards originally came about as a convenience for track maintenance men who previously had to walk down the mountain at the end of a workday.

As well as convenience, slide-boards were a lot of fun, and they soon became the objects of sport and competition. The men soon discovered that these “Devil’s shingles” as they were sometimes called, could quickly accelerate to alarming speeds.

A good ride from the summit to the Base Station was made in about 10 minutes but employees began competing among themselves for the shortest elapsed time. The record time from summit to the Base Station was 2 minutes and 45 seconds! That equates to an average speed of 60 miles per hour.

Following the accidental death of an employee and a serious injury to another, slide-board use was forbidden shortly after 1906.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and delivered to the B&M shops in Concord, New Hampshire for a thorough overhaul and restoration. It was planned to put Peppersass on display in Bretton Woods at the foot of Mount Washington for all to see and enjoy.

“The Boston and Maine Railroad, who owned the Mount Washington Cog Railway at the time, decided to host a last run up the mountain. In conjunction with the New Hampshire Publicity Bureau, a gala celebration was planned to mark the return of Old Peppersass. Elaborate plans were made to run Old Peppersass up Mount Washington one more time before permanent retirement. The stage was set for the most spectacular run Peppersass ever made. It was to end, however in tragedy.

“July 20, 1929 came at last and the invited guests included governors from six states as well as New Hampshire’s governor. After many speeches and events Peppersass came trundling up the track to the podium area amidst blasts from its whistle and the sounds of the engine.

“Six train loads of passengers headed up the mountain in front of the Peppersass, the last train towing a flatcar for photographers and newsmen.

Peppersass climbed the route so familiar to her. All went well, and the 63-year-old engine performed as before. The trip was originally intended to only go as far as Jacob’s Ladder with its 37.41% grade.

However, all went so well that it was decided to continue over Jacob’s Ladder

and on to the Summit. It was decided to turn back when the Peppersass reached Gulf Tank. The hour was growing late and the other trains would be headed back down soon. The slow speed of the Peppersass would delay the down coming trains, so the decision was made to go back.

“The descent was started. Three other people joined the crew for the trip down.

All was well for about a half mile of the descent. Then there was a loud crack from the front of the engine. A tooth had broken from one of the gears and caused the engine to rise up and out of the cog rack. When the engine came back down

41 it did so on the right side of the rack and the cog was not engaged. This caused the old engine to immediately gain speed. The brakes were of no use because the cog was out of the rack. As gravity took over, the engine gained speed and was completely out of control with no chance of ever stopping. It raced down Long Trestle towards Jacob’s Ladder, its speed unchecked. The Engineer yelled for all to jump. All jumped except one. He hung on all the way across Jacob’s Ladder finally plunging to his death at the foot of the Ladder. Old Peppersass continued its wild plunge down the track, ripping pieces out as it went. Having covered almost 2,100 feet in her final plunge down the mountain, Peppersass finally left the track and was wrecked. Despite the presence of many photographers and newsmen, the actual wreck of the Peppersass was never recorded on film.

“The boiler did not explode and was recovered. Pieces of the engine were scattered all over the area and it was decided to gather them up and rebuild Old Peppersass for display. So, on July 29, 1929, the pieces of Old Peppersass were returned to Concord to be rebuilt. It can be seen to this day on display at the Base Station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway (Figure 10).”

The Mount Washington Cog Railway still operates today from early-May through early-November, depending on the weather conditions on Mount Continued on page 59.

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by Mike Dickman

Photographs by John Gregory and Mary Riggin In previous articles, we saw how glass makers created bottles with unusual shapes, projectiles, colors and embossings as a way to warn a largely-illiterate population about poisonous contents, without having to rely on labels and words.

Surely, one of the most interesting of these non-verbal warning devices was the infamous symbol of death: the human skull. Today, along with the trick-ortreaters during Halloween, we poison bottle collectors love skulls, especially when they're embossed on our bottles!

As everybody knows, the skull is the bony framework of the head which encloses and protects the brain. Originally, the symbol of a human skull with several bones laying beneath it was a positive Christian religious symbol. Apparently, the symbol derived from a legend that Adam had been buried in a hill outside ancient Jerusalem and that Jesus Christ was crucified atop the very spot where Adam's skeleton was buried. The religious

iconography of the skull-and-bones was widely recognized among early Christians and was used in many mosaics and paintings, as, for example, the famous mosaic in the Church of the Dormition in Daphni, Greece. Dating from the 11th century, the mosaic shows a skull buried within a mound of rocks underneath the Cross. The skull-and-bones symbol also was embroidered on vestments and used in various religious contexts.

Over the ensuing centuries, however, the symbolism changed, just as today's hiphop rappers use the word "bad" to mean "good." Although the reasons are not clear, the skull-and-crossbones symbol gradually came to assume negative connotations.

According to William C. Ketchum, Jr., the skull-and-crossbones symbol was known as the "death's head" by the time of the late Middle Ages, and was associated with danger and death rather than religiosity and piousness. Research by Griffenhagen and Bogard reveals that in the eighteenth century, after pirates apparently had adopted the symbol of a skull and cross bones for their villainous Jolly Roger flags, the Roman Catholic Church expressly forbade further use of the symbol.

Presumably, its use by pirates had solidified, and irrevocably changed, the connotation from religious to dangerous.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the negative symbolism of the skulland-crossbones was well-established and universal. In 1853, the American Pharmaceutical Association adopted Even if you couldn’t read English, you’d surely know a resolution that "all not to drink the contents of this bottle! It is extremely packages or bottles rare KR-1. [containing poisonous

Bottles and Extras substances] shall be distinctly labeled with the word "Poison" or a death's head symbol, conspicuously printed."

Embossed death's heads on poison bottles soon followed. According to Roy Morgan, the United Kingdom Patent Office issued a patent to G.F. Langford in 1871 for a bottle which "may be externally ornamented with a death's head." Although today we know of four surviving examples of Mr. Langford's coffin-shaped poison bottle (the exceedingly rare KU-36), none bear an embossed skull. (But who knows what other varieties of the KU-36 may be hidden in an attic or dump?) Indeed, for all their unusual and sometime bizarre shapes, none of the many known types of British poison bottles has a death's head symbol molded onto the glass.

We Americans, however, made up for our British cousins. From the late 19th century until 1936, American glass manufacturers produced almost two dozen different poison bottles with embossed skulls and crossbones, not counting color and size variations. Although there is one known Australian bottle embossed with a skull and crossbones (KS-58) and one Canadian bottle (KR-83), both of those bottles were designed and blown in America by Whithall, Tatum and Company of New Jersey. Apart from several types of German poison bottles bearing embossed death's heads and a few French bottles, however, every other known poison bottle embossed with a death's head is American. And the variety of the American-made skull-and-crossbones bottles is truly amazing, ranging from grinning foolish-looking skulls to truly terrifying visages! In addition, the unique and spectacular figural bottle in the shape of a human skull resting upon a base of two crossed human legbones (the KU-10) was patented in 1894 by Carlton H. Lee of Boston.

The last American poison bottle to bear an embossed skull and crossbones apparently was the amber KO-3 iodine bottle, patented in 1936, which in fact was the last "classic" American poison bottle.

However, use of the death's head on labels of poisonous substances continues to this day, as a trip to your local pharmacy will show.

The prices of skull-and-crossbones bottles vary widely. At the low end are the iodine bottles, which almost always feature an embossed death's head and

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This skull (KU-19) looks positively malevolent. often embossed writing as well. There are at least four such types of American iodine bottles, which were blown in different sizes (from 1/4 to 1-ounce) and colors. The most common iodine bottle (the amber KS-12) costs in the range of $10-25, while the cobalt KR-3, which bears a realistic, fearsome skull-andcrossbones, may cost about $125.

Notwithstanding their relatively modest value, the iodine bottles are blown-in-mold and exhibit a wide variety of interesting renditions of death's heads which collectors have nicknamed the Baby Skull, the Happy Skull, the Evil Skull, etc. At the other end of the price spectrum is Carlton Lee's cobalt figural skull (KU-10), often

selling these days for $3,000 or more in mint condition; this particular bottle, of course, is an archetypical figural bottle in addition to a poison bottle, and therefore commands a great deal of interest. Although the bottle is American, several examples have been found in defunct British pharmacies.

Although I admit I'm biased, I think that every bottle collector should have at least one "death's head bottle" in his or her collection.

Mike Dickman can be reached at: 120 Solana Dr., Santa Fe, MN 87501.

References: The late Rudy Kuhn's numbering system of poison bottles (i.e., KU-10) was explained in an earlier Poisonland column (B&E, Vol. 14, No. 3). Volumes I and II of "Poison Bottle Workbook" are available from Rudy's widow, Terry Kuhn, 3954 Perie Lane, San Jose, CA 95132; (408) 259-7564; cost is $20 per volume plus $5 shipping. The 60 or so pages from unpublished Volume III are available for the cost of copying plus postage from the Antique Poison Bottle Collectors Association, which publishes the informative quarterly Poison Bottle Newsletter. Contact Joan Cabaniss, Secretary/Editor, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104.

Griffenhagen, G. and Bogard, M., "History of Drug Containers and Their Labels" (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Madison, WI 1999), p. 92.

Ketchum, William C., Jr., "A Treasury of American Bottles" (Bobb-Merrill Co. 1975) pp. 184-185.

Morgan, Roy, "The Benign Blue Coffin" (Kollectarama, England 1978) pp. 7, 10.

Stokstad, Marilyn, "Art History" (Henry N. Abrams Inc. 1995) p. 327.

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COLLECTING SAMPLE BOTTLES

by Bryan Grapentine Photos by Larry Grapentine

Webster defines sample as a “representative part or a single item from a larger whole or group presented for inspection or shown as evidence of quality” In this article I will review mainly embossed glass sample bottles. These are of the most interest to collectors. Many samples were in paper label only bottles.

Stoneware mini-jugs and sample tins popular collector categories are samples but will not be considered here. These are a separate category Sample bottles may be put into two broad classes. Salesman’s samples were used to demonstrate to a potential customer some new feature, closure,

design or on ACL sodas and milk bottles, the colors available. I have not seen many bottles in this category and I rate them scarce.

Far more common are bottles made to contain a small quantity of a product normally found in a larger size bottle.

These bottles usually have the same shape, color and embossing as the full size product bottles. If the consumer liked the sample he knew what the full size bottle looked like, making it easier to find in the store. These bottles were often given free to potential customers – a form of advertising still in use today. Trial-size samples were sold for a small price to introduce a

Photo 1: Spirits (L-R) E,A,FARGO CO. WHOLESALE LIQUORS S.F. CAL. whiskey; I.W.HARPER whiskey THE CAMPUS GOSSLER BROS. COLUMBUS AVE & 104TH. ST. N.Y. Liquor; PORT (paper label 1 ¼” tall); MT.VERNON PURE RYE WHISKEY; QUAKER MAID WHISKEY

Photo 4: Food & tobacco (L-R) HIRES EXTRACT/FOR HOME USE; OLD MANSE CANADIAN SAP MAPLE SYRUP; GLOBE TOBACCO COMPANY DETROIT & WINDSOR full size: GLOBE TOBACCO COMPANY DETROIT & WINDSOR 2 1/4” sample size.

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Less common are sample bottles made to hold a sample of some liquid such as water or a flavoring concentrate for future testing. I have not seen many of these usually larger bottles.

Also seldom seen are physician’s sample bottles. A French Lick, Indiana Pluto Water bottle with “Physicians Sample” printed on the label, recently sold on Ebay.

Sample bottles are usually, but not always, quite small - but all small bottles are not sample bottles. This is especially true for scent and perfume bottles which

Photo 2: Salesman’s samples (L-R) The Owens Illinois duraglas HANDI-SQUARE A.C.L. COLOR SAMPLES 1948 DESK CALENDAR 12-color, each month is a different color; ACL APPLIED COLOR LETTERING ADVERTISES MERCHANDISE SELLS! DAIRY PRODUCTS OWENS ILLINOIS PACIFIC COAST CO.

Photo 3: (L-R) THE CROWN CORK & SEAL CO. BALTIMORE, U.S.A. used to demonstrate recently (at the time) patented crown cap; A.T. & S.F. CHEMICAL DEPT.; The A.R.MEYER AND CO. ORE MILLING & SAMPLING CO. LEADVILLE COL.

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Photo 5: Bitters (L-R) LASH’S BITTERS SAMPLE; SEAWORTH BITTERS CO. CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY U.S.A.; HENTZ’S CURATIVE BITTERS; DR. HARTERS WILD CHERRY BITTERS 3 ¾” and 4 ½”, FREE SAMPLE.

Photo 6: Bitters (L-R) GEO BENZ & SONS APPETINE BITTERS, sample and full size; HOLTZERMAN’S PATENT STOMACH BITTERS; DR.LOEWS CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS (very small 1/8” letters on the sample).

Photo 7: (L-R) CARTER’S INDELIBLE INK; PARKER QINK; THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINT AND VARNISH MAKERS; SANFDORD’S INKS; two SAMPLE THREE IN ONE OIL.

were often sold in small size bottles.

COLLECTING SAMPLE BOTTLES Few collectors, including the author, specialize in sample bottles, but they do make a great secondary collection. They are fun to collect, are easily found, interesting, attractive and do not take a lot of room to display. Sample bottles are usually inexpensive to buy and are a great

category for the budget minded collector.

You will find them at all bottle shows and many antique shops. An Ebay search for “sample bottle” will usually result in a list of several dozen for sale. However, many of the bottles listed there are just small bottles, not necessarily sample bottles. The small sample bottles survive well in trash dumps and privies, so are frequently found intact while digging.

45 Three interesting sample bottles recently appeared in a WESTERN AMERICANA auction. The three bottles from Leadville, Colorado mining companies resemble large round ink bottles (2½”w and 3½” tall but are described in the catalog as sample bottles. These extremely rare bottles were used by mining and milling companies located near the mining town of Leadville, Colorado, circa 1880’s. These large ink shape bottles are the only known embossed mining company bottles from the Western states. The three sold for an average price of $373. See photo # 3. This photo also shows a 10 ½” bottle believed to have been used to hold water samples from Fred Harvey restaurants and Steam engine water refilling locations. Railroad collectors prize these bottles.

SAMPLE BOTTLE CATEGORIES Sample bottle categories include bitters, spirits, medicine, hair, cosmetic, household, food, perfume, ink, and milk. Not often seen are Clevenger Bros. Factory samples made in the early 1900s for their retail outlet customers.

Bitters are perhaps the most popular, interesting, and attractive sample bottles.

These bottles often come in various beautiful colors and figural shapes usually the same as the full-size bottle. Many sample bitters have high dollar value. One of the most expensive is the amber lighthouse figural S-82 SEAWORTH BITTERS (photo # 5). The selling prices of these figural samples have exceeded $3,000 each in recent Glass Works Auctions. Sample medicine bottles are the most common, easily found, and generally reasonable priced.

DISPLAYING SAMPLE BOTTLES Sample bottles are easy to display. New and used display shelves of various sizes can often be found at shows, antique shops and used fixture outlets. I found a lighted, revolving TIMEX display case at a store going out of business. This lighted unit has 105 shelves each holding 2 or 3 small bottles – room for 300 bottles in a relatively small space. Front lighting is usually adequate. Back lighting will enhance colored bottles such as the AYER’S HAIR VIGOR. An interesting display can be created by placing the full and sample size bottles side by side on a shelf. See photo #6 I find sample bottles fun to collect and

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display. The usually low cost and great variety of these interesting bottles makes it easy to add to your collection on a regular basis. After all, much of the fun in the bottle hobby is adding to your collection.

Photo 8: Medicine (L-R) BROMO SELTZER; CALDWELL’S SYRUP PEPSIN; FREE SAMPLE WARNERS’ SAFE CURE CO.; DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT KIDNEY CURE.

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Bryan Grapentine can be reached by postal mail at: 1939 W. Waltann Lane Phoenix, AZ 85023 Or by E-mail: bpgrapentine@att.net.

Photo 11: Cosmetic (L-R) A.S.HINDS PORTLAND ME HONEY & ALMOND CREAM CAP. 2 ½ FL. DR. ALCOHOL 7%; OUR ROSEBUD C&T perfume; HOYT’S 10-cents COLOGNE; RIEGERS FLOWER DROPS PERFUME

Photo 9: Medicine (L-R) SOZODANT FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH; PINEOLEUM TRIAL PHYSICIANS; SAMPLE RUBIFOAM FOR THE TEETH (on opposite label side); RENE’S PAIN KILLING SAMPLE MAGIC OIL TRY IT.

Photo 10: Cosmetic (L-R) AYERS’ HAIR VIGOR beautiful sapphire blue; A.S.HINDS PORTLAND ME. HONEY AND ALMOND CREAM ALCOHOL 7%; HARLENE FOR THE HAIR SAMPLE.

This photo shows a 8 1/4" rectangular bottle listed as rare in Rink/Ham as S-219.5.

One side panel reads SULPHUR AND IRON, the other panel BITTERS. Paper label front and back, one in English, the other in French.

The product was produced by the Climax Chemical Co., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Lettering on the box includes: “Its properties are blood making, blood cleansing and life sustaining.”

This must have been a miracle cure, one of the many claims on the box: “One bottle will make the weakest chronic invalid feel that new life has been put into him” - what a bargain at 50 cents a bottle.

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Angeline Smelker

by Joe Terry Many people claim that it’s a man’s world. History tends to prove them correct. Few names of the female persuasion emerge from the annals of time to fall upon modern ears, especially with a connection to the hobby of bottle collecting.

In the course of doing research on a totally unrelated project I came across a previously unknown fruit jar patent. This caught my attention because it was to an Ohioan listed only as “A. Smelker”. As I continued my research I discovered a couple of more patents to this person.

Furthermore, the inventor was now identified by the first name.

An Ohio native through and through, Angeline Smelker was born, raised and died in the Buckeye State. She came into this world on April 1, 1844 as Angeline

Front Row, L-R: Margaret Mehring, Wm. Murphy, Sarah Reck, Ella Hill Back Row, L-R: Katherine Reck, Angeline Smelker, John Murphy, Simon Murphy, Joseph Murphy, Suzannah Spencer, Elizabeth English.

Murphy, one of a large family raised by William and Mary Murphy. She grew up on a farm, and as she matured, learned to do those tasks essential to farm living.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, the teenager watched several siblings leave home and join the Union Army. She stayed

home and helped her parents with the farm, filling in the void created by her brothers’ departure. After the conclusion of the conflict, she remained on the farm.

She was finally courted away by the attentions of David Smelker, a somber local farmer ten years her senior.

48 The couple exchanged vows on December 31, 1871. The two moved around a little, eventually settling down on a farm near North Star, Ohio, in Darke County. She gave birth to the first of their seven children less than a year after their marriage; Harry was that child, followed

by Florence in 1874, Olive in 1876, and Eva in 1877 (who died the same year). The rest appear to have come into this world after 1880, and included William, Leroy, and Edward.

It could be presumed that life for the Smelkers passed by much as it did for any other farmer of the time period. There was a living to be made if you were willing to work for it. Part of this would have included the preservation of food stuffs.

By the 1880s this process became increasingly easier and more economical to accomplish. This was due in part to a multitude of fruit jar patents, as well as the increased number of glass factories making them. While Mason’s Patent of 1858 would eventually prove to be the most prevalent of designs (simplicity is always best), inventors continued for decades to

Spring 2004 come up with alternate designs.

Angeline’s education would be assumed to have been basic, as were most women’s at that time. However, there was a ten-year period between her reaching adult age and her marriage. So maybe, just maybe, she was a little more learned than we know.

There is no doubt she had a familiarity with fruit jars, and among them was unquestionably the screw top Mason. Still, her first patent was for something different. In 1897, she submitted a formal application to the U.S. Patent Office for a closure for a fruit jar. The government granted her request, giving her patent 622400 on April 4, 1899. She had just turned 55 years old.

Her idea was for a jar made of glass, earthenware or other material, with a recessed section on the sides, near the top, which would have a rubber ring. The lid would clamp down upon this, as opposed to having the ring on top of the mouth of the jar. Another rubber band or flexible cord was wrapped around the outside of the cap to help seal the container. It also

Bottles and Extras involved an internal disk, which rested on an inside edge. This had a knob, which the cap rested on. When the lid was applied, it pressed down on the disk, which did some of the actual sealing.

There are no known examples of this patent design, or for that matter, of any of Mrs. Smelker’s jars. This could be for several reasons, the first of which is that none were ever made. This seems a little unreasonable, as with six patents, why bother if no one was making them?

The other possibility is that the jars are unmarked with patent date or number.

This has been the situation with a number of jars. Take for example, Alexander Brinkerhoff. At least one of his jelly glasses has turned up with only a metal lid embossed. If this were the case with Angeline, those lids would be rare due to the deterioration of the metal. Time will tell if someone eventually finds one.

Her next patent, number 645430, was granted in 1900 and followed by number 727470 on May 5, 1903. By this time, there seems to have been a rift between her and her husband. The first patent listed

Bottles and Extras her home as North Star, as did the second. These later ones show Greenville, the county seat, as her home. Investigation showed that her husband and several children moved to Saskatchewan, Canada.

Angeline remained behind, and while there seems to be no record of a divorce, they never cohabitated again.

Angeline would have now had more time to devote to her ideas, especially if she was living alone. The 1903 patent had similarities to her first, but also had some radical differences. It still had the internal disk, an idea she seemed attached to. The sealing ring, which was actually composed of two pieces, now sat inside the jar, as opposed to outside as before.

The closure had a screw cap assembly.

This lid also had teeth, much in appearance like a gear. This was followed by a similar patent in 1904, when she was granted patent number 776206 on November 29.

It was only a year later when she received yet another fruit jar patent.

Spring 2004 During much of this time, Angeline had a partner in her fruit jar exploits, a Mary Mehring of Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Mehring was formerly Mary Margaret Murphy, sister to Angeline. She had a few ideas of her own, which were incorporated into the designs. It would seem that they started working together on the 1900 design.

On November 7, 1905, patent number 803902 saw the light of the world. A seemingly simpler idea than the previous patent, the sealing ring was placed where it was easiest to work with, on the jar top.

It was held in place by a glass disk. A metal screw-ring held this down, much like many Mason jars of the day (and today, as well).

This seems to have been the last patent Angeline Smelker ever received. Nothing is known about what kind of success she had in marketing her ideas. There exist thousands of patents that likely never saw fruition. It is quite possible, even likely, that no one found her ideas practical. This

49 could have been in part due to the fact that she...was a she.

Her husband died in 1913 in Orange, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Angeline was to carry on for another eight years, dying in 1921 at the home of her son, the Rev. William H. Smelker of Dayton. She was survived by four children, a daughter living in Canada, and sons William, Leroy, and Edward .It would seem that she spent her years of separation in quiet obscurity.

Her obituary mentions nothing of her patents. This is not surprising, as many more prolific people have suffered the same indignity. These were, perhaps, not considered worthwhile accomplishments.

It did declare her as the widow of David Smelker, indicating, at least, that while they were separated, they never did divorce. She was buried at Green Mound Cemetery in Darke County, Ohio.

My thanks to the Local History Department of the Greenville Public Library for looking up the biographical information on Mrs. Smelker.

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HOW FORTUNES HAVE BEEN MADE

IN THE "POLICY BUSINESS

by John Eatwell Last week, I spent $2 for a lottery scratch ticket, with which I was extremely lucky, as I won $2. Most of the time, the buyers of these tickets do not get their money back. "Lotto" and "Power Ball" have worse odds and mathematically are the worst gamble in existence today. Many states have adopted this method of fundraising for various needs, such as parks, recreational facilities, wildlife projects, etc., etc. This money making scheme is not new, however.

I discovered an early version of Lotto while researching the history of one of my Denver whiskey flasks, "F. W. KOCH & CO / / 1544 LARIMER ST." CONTRIBUTE TO CAMPAIGNS In connection with the history of "Policy" in Denver, it is interesting to note that most powerful influences have been brought to bear to permit the game to run.

An important item in the expense account of the policy people is the periodical campaign contribution. It is well-known that Ed Chase has given large sums of money from time to time to the various political committees. He is the heaviest contributor.

Ed Chase was inclined to strong drink, however, and on one occassion, fired a shot at himself while sitting at his desk at the shop on 15th below Market. He did not succeed in inflicting any injury upon himself, and was hauled ingloriously to jail.

This is the first instance of any man operating a policy wheel ever attempting suicide. The losers are the ones among whom the suicides may be found.

V. I. Chuchovich opened his institution

two years ago with half a dozen writers.

Now he has about seventy-five writers and new ones are being employed every day.

He is always looking for deskroom for a writer, and when that is found, he furnishes his new employee with a pad of oil paper, a bunch of carbon and a hard lead pencil. This constitutes the entire working capital of the writer. He need not have a cent in his pocket when he starts, and he receives twenty percent of the money he takes in. He writes down the "gigs", "saddles" and "spiders" named by the player, takes the money and closes his book half an hour before the drawing.

HOW IT OPERATES The book is taken to the policy headquarters, where the wheel is about to be turned. All the books are in before the big glass cylinder is started in motion. The writer either carries it to the headquarters himself, or sends it by messenger. With all the boxes in the room carefully guarded, the wheelman begins operations.

A blind-folded lad stands upon a little platform and a man at his side turns the crank, which revolves the wheel. There are seventy-eight numbers printed on square slips of paper. Each paper is enclosed in a tube about an inch in length, and the seventy-eight are thrown together just like so many peanuts. The mass, by the revolutions of the big glass cylinder, is mixed thoroughly. Then the wheel is brought to a standstill, a little door at the top is opened and the blind-folded boy thrusts in his hand and takes out one of the cubes from the bunch. This continues until twelve of the seventy-eight numbers are laid on the table.

A three number 'gig' is to guess

correctly three of the twelve numbers that come from the cyclinder. If he is able to do that, he will receive 200 times his play - that is, for five-cents, he will get $10 and more, in proportion to the amount of his bet. In every policy shop, there is a blackboard on which appear the numbers brought out of each drawing. No sooner are the numbers chalked up than a crowd of victims appear to compare their little slips, which they received from the writers, with the results.

Ninety-nine out of every hundred players turn away from the blackboard in disgust and tear up their tickets. The hundredth probably has played a 'saddle'

Bottles and Extras - a bet that two of the three numbers he has played will come out - and receives fifty-cents for his nickel. Occassionally a lucky finds that he has won a 'gig', and he collects 200 times as much as he has wagered, which fact is loudly proclaimed by the writer, and soon spreads among the policy fiends, encouraging them to go up against the skin game at the very next drawing. No description was given as to what constitutes a 'spider'.

Ed Chase was often referred to as the "Policy King" of Denver. His "State" and "Association" companies operated with four drawings a day for sixteen years. The officials of the city, county and state, and the members of the legislature, were all well aware that policy was running openly, but they paid no attention to it. A few feeble attempts have been made to those places, but the prosecution of the managers and writers never went beyond the county court. (1) FRED KOCH GETS INTO THE POLICY BUSINESS Koch entered into partnership with Dan Heatley and Jim Marshall in the gambling, saloon and policy business at 1863 Larimer Street. Marshall and Heatley

Spring 2004 forced Koch out, but the latter, with his strong backing, had his day of revenge.

The building was owned by H. Solomon, a pawnbroker, and Jim Marshall had a lease on the upstairs for a gambling house until November, 1901.

Fred Koch, who owns the saloon in the Equitable Building, had been endeavoring to get possession of the building for a gambling house for a year, and offered Solomon a higher rent than Marshall was paying. So Solomon made a pretended transfer of the property to Fred Koch.

After that transfer was consummated, Koch and Solomon brought a write of ejectment in the court. The court ruled that Marshall had a verbal lease upon the premises until November. (2) ARNETT TAKES THE LAW INTO HIS OWN HANDS TO SERVE KOCH, ANOTHER POLICE PROTECTED GAMBLER Fred Koch employed a posse of six notorious men, who were supplied with revolvers in order to take "peaceable possession". (3) On the night of February 13, 1901, an armed gang raided the "Bucket of Blood", the gambling house at 1863 Larimer.

51 Philander J. Killam was shot three times by Jim Marshall, as he was ascending the stairs. Three men were booked on the police docket with 'disturbance'. They were released after each furnished a bond of $200. Fred Koch was their bondsman.

Fred Koch is disliked in policy circles on account of the smallness of his contributions. The other managers declare that Koch steadfastly refuses to "dig-up", although he conducts a thriving business.

Devote some time at your local historical archive source. You will be surprised what you find.

References: (1) Denver Times, April, 1903.

(2) Denver Times, Thursday, February 14, 1901.

(3) Ibid.

John M. Eatwell is a Past-President of the Federation and a member of the FOHBC Hall of Fame. He is an advanced collector of Colorado whiskeys and Pike's Peak flasks. Copies of his book, PIKE'S PEAK GOLD, an authoritative text on Pike's Peak and the bottles associated with it, are available for purchase by calling him at (303) 922-0815.

Photo, top left: Early newspaper clipping originally stated: “Wretched Dupes of the Soulless “Policy Kings” above photo.

Below photo, it added: “Here are types of the patrons of Denver’s Policy Business Shops, Drawn from Life by Artist Taylor.”

ODDs ʻN ENDS

by Bill Baab

John Wolf, a Dayton, Ohio collector, has been gathering information on cures, writing to collectors worldwide, in preparation for a book on the subject. He started bottle collecting in 1968-69...

The Rev. Bill Agee recalls owning three small River Swamp Chill & Fever Cures, the highly sought cure with the embossed alligator from Augusta, Ga., and only one large one.

"You may remember Dave Goad, the Travelin’ Bottle Man. He’d found a man in Atlanta with a large River Swamp.

Dave was always needing money and called me and said, ‘If you’ll send me $90 by Western Union, I’ll ship it to you,’ and I did and he did."

Agee began collecting cures in 1967 and let up 20-odd years later "because John (Wolf) was getting the best ones. I branched out into picture mineral waters

and picture-embossed sodas for 25 years."

The 73-year-old retired Baptist minister still serves churches in need and also is an appraiser for the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas where he lives.

Agee may attend the FOHBC Expo in Memphis later this year...

Carl Sturm and his wife, Joy, co-edited the Federation Glass Works Journal (predecessor to Bottles and Extras) and the Bitters & Sweets new-sletter of the now-defunct Orlando club.

There is a framed half-dollar on the wall of Carl Sturm’s den from an

adventure during his Navy days. "There was a party on Midway Island and I was performing magic for the kids, making a half-dollar disappear. I’d hold it in my mouth, but on one occasion, I had to sneeze and inhaled and down my throat it went. I was going to leave it in my stomach, but doctors talked me out of it, fearing future problems, so I had surgery and decided to frame the coin. The operating doctor said it was the first time he had performed major surgery for 50 cents!" (See story about Carl Sturm’s collection on page 34.)

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Collecting American Face Pipes

by Max Bell

While collecting American made face pipes, it has become obvious that although many different pipes and mold variations exist very little factual information exists about who made these pipes and what years they were manufactured. The bottle digging communities throughout the United States have been able to help date certain pipes by the age of the sites they were recovered from and excavations of some of the known pipe producing factories has been able to shed light on where some of these pipes were made.

That being said, separating fact from speculation is still a fine line.

In this endeavor to bring to light some of the information gathered by the past chroniclers of this uncertain history, I hope to give a picture of the beginnings of pipe making and pipe makers in the United States. Included in this history is a pictoral inventory of some of the known examples of American made face pipes and their approximate age.

American Indians were the first people to introduce clay tobacco pipes to the white settlers as early as 1586. Indian pipes were carried to Europe to serve as models for English and Dutch pipes later exported to America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The first clay tobacco pipes were made as early as 1690 in Philadelphia where in 1720 they were advertised by Richard Warder. Newspaper ads of 1725 mention “good long Tavern tobacco pipes for sale” and in New York a 1735 ad describing property for sale mentions “about twenty acres of clay ground fit for making tobacco pipes.” By the early 19th century other clay deposits were found in Virginia, the Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Pipes were being made at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania of both red and white clay.

Pipe bowls in the shape of a man’s head were being made at New Berlin and black glazed bowls were being made at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. John Gribble was another Pennsylvania potter who made pipe bowls shaped like Indian heads using red clay.

Clay pipe manufacturing was an important industry in New Salem, North Carolina. These pipes were made well into the 19th century and the craft is carried on today in the restored Single brothers

house in Old Salem, where visitors may buy pipes made in the old designs.

Other potteries making pipes in New England were the Shakers at Shirley. Also, John Tabor made pipes in Wells, Maine before moving to East Alton, New Hampshire in 1863. Excavations at East Alton produced three types of pipes. The first was covered with little nubs to make it look like a corn cob. The second displays a claw or talon gripping a plain bowl. The third is the head of bearded man who is believed to be General Grant.

Excavators at a pottery site at Point Pleasant, Ohio which was in operation from about 1838-1880 found four style pipes. The four designs were geometric, plain, special designs or initialed and face pipes. They were found in many shades of color from a light tan to almost black.

Some were salt glazed and some unglazed.

These old clay pipes are to be found in most old dumpsites today. They were made of inexpensive clays and sold for a few pennies. They were often discarded and been found in Northern California, The Dalles, Oregon, Louisville, Indiana, Wyoming, New Mexico, South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania and on many old army forts in the west.

Among collectors the most highly prized pipes seem to be the face pipes.

There are about sixty short stem American face pipes known to me.

From the factory sites and information gathered from bottle diggers, their production seems to have been between 1845 and 1870.

The California gold rush area and especially San Francisco has produced a large number of these pipes. The largest known cache of these pipes ever uncovered was in Nevada City, California where, when excavating for a foundation on a house built about 1900, the owners started uncovering face pipes in large numbers mixed with ashes and rubble from a fire. There were approximately 300 pipes uncovered many damaged by fire, but some were in excellent condition.

After some research, this site turned out to be E.H. and A.H. Hirschman’s cigar store. It was a two story building destroyed in the fire of 1855. From the twenty-five different varieties of face pipes found at

Bottles and Extras this site it is possible to see which pipes were definitely produced in 1855.

The most intriguing face pipes to me are a number of presidential and presidential candidate faces attributed to Barney Spring of Rochester, New York. A set of presidential bowls was produced and presented to the Smithsonian in the 1890’s from the original molds and dies Spring had used years before.

The following summary of this series of pipes might prove helpful.

George Washington was president from 1789-1797. He was a military hero and father of our country. This pipe appears to have been made and distributed from 1850-1855. It is marked simply “Washington” on the left hand side of the stem. I only know of one mold of this pipe. [Fig. 1] Zachary Taylor who was known as “Old Rough and Ready” was a Virginian who migrated to Kentucky. Taylor was elected as a Whig in 1848 but died sixteen months after taking office. He was succeeded by then vice president, Millard Fillmore. This pipe is made in at least three different molds, one having script writing saying “Rough and Ready” on the left side of the stem. Another is in block lettering and two lines on the left side of the stem. The third variation is in script but has a slightly smaller bowl. [Fig. 2] Millard Fillmore was president from 1850-1853. This pipe is marked “president” on the left side and “Fillmore” on the right side of the stem. Two years after succeeding to the presidency due to Taylor’s death, he lost the Whig party nomination to General Winfield Scott. In 1856 he was nominated again but once again was defeated. This pipe appears to have been made and distributed from 1850-1855. I only know of one mold of this pipe. [Fig. 3] Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857. This pipe is marked “president” on the right and “Frank Pierce” on the left side of the stem. As the Democratic candidate, he won the 1852 election by an overwhelming electoral vote to become the youngest American president. This pipe is made in at least two molds with the same marking. Only the lip finish on the bowl is different. This pipe appears to have been made and distributed from 1853-1858.

[Fig. 4] Lewis Cass, nominated Democratic presidential candidate in 1848 but lost the

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53 Democratic nomination to James Polk of Tennessee. Polk lost the presidential election to Zachary Taylor. This pipe may have been distributed as early as 1848-1849 and has been found in California gold rush sites. I only know of one mold of this pipe. [Fig. 5] Henry Clay was a presidential candidate in 1824, 1832, and 1844. The pipe is marked “Henry” on the left and “Clay” on the right side of the stem.

Although Henry Clay was a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, he was denied the presidency threes times. In 1824 he lost to John Quincy Adams, in 1832 he lost to Andrew Jackson and in 1844 he lost to James Polk.

This pipe appears to have been made and distributed from 1850-1855. I know of two molds of this pipe. The difference is a ring of stars on the stem and slightly different hair. [Fig. 6] Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877. This pipe has no name appearing on it and may not be attributed to Barney Spring. Lura Watkins excavated a reddish-orange Grant pipe on the site of the John Tabor pottery which was in production from 1863-1872.

President Grant won two terms, defeating Horatio Seymore in 1868 and Horace Greeley in 1872. This pipe appears to have been made and distributed from 18651870. There are at least three known molds of this pipe. [Fig. 7] Many other face pipes of this era are so rare and so little concrete information is available that it is only speculation as to when they were made and by whom. In the future, excavations at known potteries may shed light on the makers. Until then I will continue to enjoy them for their beauty and mystery.

Anyone wishing to contact me regarding exchange of information, collecting, buying or especially anyone interested in selling even one of these pipes can reach me at: Max Bell 852 Holly Hills Drive Auburn, CA 95603 (530) 823-3315 My sincere thanks go all those who have helped in this endeavor. Special thanks to Byron Sudbury whose work “Historical Clay Tobacco Pipe makers in the United States of America” sets the mark for all who strive to bring the past to light.

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Rainier Beer 1883-1916

by Dave Scafani

Andrew Henrich and John Kopp formed a partnership in 1883 and opened up the Bayview Brewery.

[Fig. 7]

Green bottles from three eras.

Rainier Beer tray, date unknown.

Bibliography B.B Thomas and R.M. Burnett, A Study of Clay Smoking Pipes Produced at a Nineteenth Century Ohio Kiln, Macon, Thomas and Burnett.

Byron Sudbury, Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies, Volumes Two and Three, Byron Sudbury, 1983.

B.B. Thomas, “Collecting Presidential Pipes,” The Political Collector, October 1973.

Annette O’Connell, “American Made Clay Pipes,” Old Bottle Magazine, May, 1981.

Dixie Jordan, “Buried Treasure,” The Union, July 6, 1978.

1903 Rainier Beer tray.

Bottles and Extras The first year’s production was only 200 barrels. John Kopp left the partnership in 1884 to start the North Pacific Brewery in Astoria, Oregon. At this time, Henrich reorganized the brewery as Bayview Brewery Incorporated.

In 1892, a major merger with Albert Braun Brewing Association and Malting Company became one of the most widely distributed beer on the Pacific Coast.

In 1897, the North Pacific Brewery in Washington joined, followed in 1901 by Standard Brewing Company.

As of 1904, annual production of

Spring 2004 Rainier Beer had reached 300,000 barrels per year. Distribution was now world wide.

Bottlers such as John Rapp and Sons in San Francisco distributed Rainier Beer to their local areas.

Andrew Henrich died in 1910 at only 54 years of age. His two sons took control and by 1914, Seattle Brewing and Malting was the largest industrial enterprise in Washington. 1916 brought prohibition to Washington and the brewery closed. The name “Rainier” was sold to a California brewery and was not used again until after prohibitoin ended.

Original Bayview Brewery Building, Seattle Brewing and Malting Wagon.

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North Pacific Brewery 1884-1916

by Dave Scafani

Astoria’s largest and most successful brewery was established in 1884 by John Kopp.

The previous year, he had started the Bayview Brewery in Seattle, which would eventually be part of the giant Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, producer of Rainier Beer.

The North Pacific Brewery, located at 31st and Franklin, gradually increased its annual production to 15,000.

The brewery was destroyed by fire in 1889, but was rebuilt larger and greatly improved. As business increased, a branch brewery was opened in Portland in 1905 at 19th and Upshur. A downtown Portland sales and distribution office was also opened.

All operations ceased with the coming of state prohibition in 1916.

Left: North Pacific Brewery bottles, circa. 1902-1916.

An older, rare blob-top exists with JOHN KOPP / JK / ASTORIA, ORE. Below: Wagon horse’s breast plate for North Pacific Brewery.

1906 Rainier Beer Calendar Rainier Beer advertisement.

Dave Scafani, 416 Greenbrae Dr., Medford, OR 97504 scafanind@cs.com.

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CARLING BLACK LABEL BEER in the White Bottle Fig. 2

Researched and presented

by Cecil Munsey Copyright © 2003

PROLOGUE It was in the early 1960s. My wife, son and I were returning from a short visit to the snow in the local mountains. The road was a shimmering black asphalt ribbon as the snow melted in the bright sun. The side of the road was piled with recently plowed dirty snow. Perhaps because of the contrast, my eye caught sight of and my mind wouldn’t let go of the picture of a white stubby beer bottle lying at the side of the pavement. It was quite a few yards down the hill when the picture became fixed and focused in my mind’s eye.

I quickly pulled to the side of the road and stopped. “I saw a white beer bottle back there,” I answered my wife’s questioning look. Before any discussion about my habit of picking up things, I got out of the car.

After walking back up the hill in the slush, I claimed a Carling Black Label milk glass, stubby, 7-oz. beer bottle and carried it back to the car. I thought it would look better without its label so when I got home I soaked and scraped off the label and, since I was alone in my admiration of the bottle’s plain beauty, I put the bottle on a shelf in the garage and forgot about it.

I forgot about it, that is, until the mid1960s when I found an almost identical bottle in a light olive-green color. I

brought it home and, after some searching, I found the milk glass bottle and put the latest find with the original – on the shelf in the garage.

By then I was a collector of antique bottles and belonged to the local bottle club. And I had a bottle shelf in the living room window. What I didn’t have was the courage to place those beautiful modern bottles in my display. “What would my friends say?” I silently asked myself.

Several years later, while attending the annual bottle show of the mother club, Antique Bottle Collectors of Sacramento (ABCA), I purchased a stubby bottle identical in shape to the two securely secluded on the shelf in my garage. It was a beautiful Anchor Hocking Glass Company “Royal Ruby Red” stubby that once, in 1961, contained Schlitz beer.

I could hardly wait to get back home. I knew exactly where my light olive-green and white milk glass bottles were and I was excited about seeing how they would look sitting next to the new red glass stubby.

As I had expected, the sun shining through the display window gave the trio of bottles an almost stained glass (church) window look (Figure 1). From then ‘til now, I include any bottle I like in my display. For me collecting bottles is more about gathering not what is popular or expected, as much as collecting what is desired.

Fig. 1 Ever since I formed my own collecting philosophy, numerous beautiful and interesting bottles have come to rest in my bottle cabinet. Someday, I thought, I would make and take the time to study some of my bottles. Since my retirement at the

Bottles and Extras turn of the 21st century, that has become a reality. I joyously spend lots of my retirement time researching and writing about the bottles I’ve included in my collection over the years but have not had time to study.

The story of Carling Black Label Beer began as history in 1818. Until recently the once-discarded 1961 white (milk glass) 7-oz. “stubby” bottle was consequent of the story. Thanks to my library, the Internet and time to devote to this project, I am able to add the following story to bottle collecting history.

RESEARCH It was in 1818 that a farmer named Thomas Carling (Figure 2), migrated from England’s Yorkshire district, to the city of London, Ontario, Canada. As a farming pioneer, Carling obtained some land and began clearing it of trees in preparation for his planned farm. In accordance with the custom of the day, he called on his neighbors to help him remove the tree stumps. The cooperative effort was called a “stumping bee.” His neighbors came with their oxen and tools and the land was cleared of tree stumps.

It was the custom for the recipient of the community effort to provide food and drink for the event. Thomas Carling’s liquid refreshment was a home-brewed ale of such quality that soon he was brewing it for other stumping bees. In time, it grew so popular that he abandoned farming for full-time brewing.

According to one historian (see bibliography), “The first Carling brewery was a modest affair – a couple of kettles, a horse to turn the grinding mill and six strong men to work on the mash tubs. Carling was his own sales and shipping department. He started by trundling his wares through the streets of London, Ontario on a wheelbarrow.” He established the first brewing company that bore his name in 1840 in London, Ontario. It was called, “Carling Brewing and Malting Company, Ltd., of London, Ontario.”

Around 1849, Thomas Carling’s sons, William and John, took over the brewery.

It became known as “W. and J. Carling’s City Brewery.” Bottling both ale and porter, by 1860 the brewery was using 18-20,000 bushels of grain a year, 12-18,00 pounds of hops and malting 22,000 bushels of barley a season. “The proprietors give steady employment to between 15 and 20 men” runs a descrip-

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tion written about 1860, “and six horses are constantly employed in connection with the establishment (Figure 3). The works are propelled by a steam engine….”

In 1875, the brothers abandoned the old brewery and moved further down the creek from which they got their water. It was in that location that they built one of the largest breweries in Canada. The name was changed to, “Carling & Company.”

John Carling was the head of the company (Figure 4). John also represented London in the Canadian Parliament and became one of the best-known men in the Dominion of Canada. He was knighted in 1893 and became “Sir John” (Figure 5). [He died in 1911.]

Sir John’s son, Thomas H. (or T. Harry) and Joshua Dalton, an investor, joined the brewery as partners and all looked bright until February 1879 when fire gutted the new building. The fire, which appeared at one point to be under control, set off a terrific explosion (probably caused by malt

dust) that opened up the center of the building and restarted the flames.

Despite the explosion, the building’s walls were still sound and the brewery was rebuilt (Figure 6 ).

However, as a result of directing firefighting efforts in the frigid February temperature, William Fig. 3 fell victim to pneumonia and died several days later. The company rebounded after the fire with the help of investment from outside the family and with T. H. remaining as manager. (After only a few years as a partner, Joshua Dalton died in 1882.)

In 1880, Carling made its first entry into the American market, from Canada, by purchasing the “Rogers & Hughes Forest Brewery” in Cleveland, Ohio.

Calling it the “London Brewery” (after London, Ontario), they brewed Carling’s line of ale, porter, and brown stout.

By 1890, Carling was capable of putting out about 30,000 barrels of ale and porter a year. Carling also produced lager and, at the time, employed about 100 men. Also, at that time, the company issued its first metal serving tray (Figure 7) and other advertising items that are eagerly sought by collectors today.

Carling sold the American rights for Carling (1898) to the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company. Sandusky

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Fig. 6 brewed and sold Carling products until 1911. Carling did not reappear in the USA until after “National Prohibition.”

“The opportunity for Carling’s reappearance on the American scene in 1933 was created by a combination of the repeal of Prohibition and the deepening of the Great Depression,” according to one historian (see bibliography).

The building that became Carling’s Cleveland Brewery was the home of the Peerless Motor Car Company, makers of the prestigious custom-build cars. In the depressed economy of the times there was little demand for expensive Peerless automobiles. Peerless management decided to Fig. 7

take advantage of what they saw as the imminent rebirth of the long dormant American brewing industry. They exchanged 25,000 shares of Peerless stock, for the rights to the formulas for Carling brews, their identifying labels, and trademarks. The new firm was called the “Brewing Corporation of America.” The company tried at first to just brew Red Cap Ale (Figure 8), but sales were too slow to maintain the brewery. And sales didn’t climb until the introduction of Black Label (Figures 9, 10, 11) beer.

According to one beer historian (see bibliography),“The philosophy behind Black Label was to have a high quality lager that was available nationwide, but with a locally brewed budget price. The strategy worked and the next several decades led to rapid growth and

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expansion for the brewery and for the Carling Black Label brand.”

After World War II, the parent firm, Canadian Brewers Limited, acquired the Brewing Corporation of America.

In 1946, it was decided to eliminate the Black Label brand and concentrate on the higher priced and more profitable Red Cap Ale. That was a bad decision. Sales dropped 40% in just two years. By 1947 the company was losing $300,000 a month. The firm underwent a reorganization. By 1949 Carling sales reached 300,000 barrels per year which put the firm in 62nd place.

“Hey, Mabel! Black Label!”

Under new management, the Carling Black Label brand was re-introduced in 1950 and sales quickly rose 28% in one year and another 25% the next.

During the 1950s Carling Black Label featured an attractive blond beer-toting waitress named Mabel in a series of commercials. When a customer wanted a beer they cried “Hey, Mabel! Black Label!” Mabel the bartendress rarely spoke in the commercials but at the end of each spot she gave the TV viewers a friendly wink. Lang, Fisher, & Stashower created the advertising campaign in the late 1940s. Phil Davis wrote their ad jingle. A receptionist at a Cleveland television station was the first to play Mabel for a few months in 1950. Her name was Lucille Schroeder.

Jeanne Goodspeed, a New York actress and model, portrayed Mabel (Figures 12, & 13 ) beginning in 1951. However, in the mid-1950s, Goodspeed ended her career to become a mother and Carling Black Label people decided to animate the Mabel character but also thought it wise to insert images of Jeanne Goodspeed as Mabel for good measure. The ads ran successfully for almost twenty years.

Finally, in 1970, a new actress was cast in the role, but soon after, the Mabel character faded into advertising history.

Carling was the first to use a woman

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on television to attract the male beerdrinker. Carling used photographic techniques and beer-drinking situations for television commercials, and Mabel appeared in magazines and other print advertising (Figure 14).

The cornerstone of American TV advertising was (and largely still is) what experts call the “identifiable character” – Tony the Tiger, the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Whipple, and many others. As indicated above, Mabel was among the earliest and certainly one of the most successful identifiable characters during the early years of television. Indeed, with Mabel leading the way, the Carling Brewing Company skyrocketed up the list of America’s largest brewers, from number 28 in 1951 to number 6 in 1957 when Carling sales hit 3,000,000 barrels for the first time in the company’s history.

In 1960, Carling became the fourth largest brewery in America, with sales of 4,822,075 barrels of beer.

1962 – Carling announced a new “continuous brewing process” and built a new plant in Ft. Worth, Texas to feature the system. The process did not work due to a single faulty piece of stainless pipe and the plant was closed after just a few months of operation. This special process was supposed to be more cost effective than brewing beer in batches. (Readers may remember reading in this magazine about a

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similar attempt by Schlitz to speed up the brewing process that helped ruin the company by changing the taste of the beer – see bibliography.)

Sadly, the 1970s mark an era of very rapid decline and collapse of Carling.

The company began to see sales slip.

Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing Company started major cost cutting schemes, and heavy advertising promotions. They sponsored numerous products and events while at the same time slashing the prices of their beers. Carling had to cut prices to keep pace and ultimately cut profits to the point where Carling began to close or sell off breweries to try to stay financially afloat.

In 1976, Carling of Canada sold the American division, which in turn merged with the National Brewing Company of Baltimore and the resulting organization became “Carling-National Breweries.”

In 1979, the G. Heileman Brewing Company of LaCrosse, Wisconsin bought out Carling-National.

In 1991, heavily leveraged, G. Heileman filed for Chapter 11-bankruptcy protection and in 1994, was bought out by The Stroh Brewery of Detroit, Michigan.

While only selling a fraction of the beer that was sold in its heyday in the United States, Carling Black Label continues to have tremendous success in other countries.

EXCERPT: (edited) from “SCHLITZ – The Beer That made Milwaukee Famous” (see bibliography): After World War II, in 1948, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company requested that Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation (Lancaster, Ohio) submit sample beer bottles in “Royal Ruby Red ‘Anchor Glass’.” Four different samples were designed in 1949 and submitted to Schlitz.

The company wasn’t satisfied so three more designs were made and submitted early in 1950. Two of the last group submitted were selected and used to contain Schlitz beer. During the early 1950s Schlitz made three trial runs with the two Royal Ruby

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It is interesting to note that at the height of Mabel’s popularity, in a clever TV spot for Labatt’s Beer, a young woman exits a tavern with a package under her arm. Wearing dark sunglasses and a scarf over her head, she scurries down the sidewalk, her face obscured by her coat collar. Much to her dismay, she is stopped by a man-on-the-street interviewer, complete with microphone and camera crew.

Upon inquiry, the young woman reluctantly reveals that her package contains a six-pack of Labatt’s. The interviewer then asks, “Would you tell us your name?”

The woman, as if relieved that her dark secret has been uncovered, removes her sunglasses dramatically, looks directly into the camera, and says, “Why, yes.

I’m Mabel.” Of course, Labatt’s hadn’t lured away the real Mabel–merely a close facsimile. bottles selected. In all, they ordered and used 50 million bottles – 21 million of the quarts and 29 million of the seven-ounce returnables. The experiments were failures because consumers didn’t respond positively to the unusual red glass packaging.

In 1961 the Carling Brewing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) bottled its Carling Black Label beer in “handy” -shaped twelve-ounce non-returnable bottles made of milk glass by the Libby Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio (Figure 15).

In response to Carling’s success with their milk glass bottle, in 1963 (thirteen years after the first test of red beer bottles), Schlitz again tested the market for Royal Ruby beer bottles by Anchor Hocking (see bibliography). They selected a “handy” shaped twelve-ounce non-returnable bottle identical in construction (but not in color) to Carling’s 1961 milk glass bottle (Figure 16).

BIBLIOGRAPHY Books: Anderson, Sonja & Will. Anderson’s turn-

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of-the-century Brewing Directory. Self-published, Carmel, New York. 1968.

Munsey, Cecil. The Illustrated Guide to COLLECTING BOTTLES. New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc. 1970.

One Hundred Years of Brewing – ‘A complete History of the Progress made in the Art, Science and Industry of Brewing in the World, particularly during the Nineteenth Century.’

Chicago and New York: H. S. Rich & Co., Publishers. 1903.

Van Wieren, Dale P. American Breweries II. West Point, PA – Eastern Coast Brewiana Assn. 1995.

Periodicals: Munsey, Cecil. “SCHLITZ – The Beer [& Bottles] That made Milwaukee Famous.”

Bottles & Extras, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter, 2004.

Internet: “Hey Mabel Black Label” http://www.members.tripod.com/corzman69/ id30.htm “Mabel, Black Label!” – “America’s Lusty, Lively Beer!” http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/carling-.htm “Beer and Television Perfectly Tuned In” http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/ beer-commercials.shtml

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Washington, and is open to the public.

Tens of thousands of visitors each summer come to ascend Mount Washington on the first mountain-climbing cog railway. In our electronically-controlled space age world, where steam power has been so long in obsolescence, the cog railway is almost as curiously different as it was when it was first built. It has somehow survived takeovers, depressions, recessions, energy crunches, hurricanes, fires, washouts, bad coal, legislators, frequent bad weather and almost 150 years of time.

Bibliography Books: Bray, Donald. Cog Railway. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire: Mount Washington Railway Company, 1991.

Joslin, Richard S. Sylvester Marsh and the Cog Railway. Tilton, New Hampshire: Sant Bani Press, 2000.

Munsey, Cecil. The Illustrated Guide to COLLECTING BOTTLES. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1970.

Periodicals: “Into Cloudland by Cars” – Harper’s Weekly, August 21, 1869.

“Marsh’s Plan for Ascending the White Mountains by Steam” – Scientific American, Vol. X, No. 10, March 5, 1864.

“Mount Washington Railway” – Frank Leslie’s Illustrated, September 14, 1884.

Munsey, Cecil. “The Muckrakers – (Part 4) – Upton Sinclair” – Bottles and Extras, Vol. 11, Issue 117, January 2000.

Toulouse, Julian H., Ph.D. “How America’s Pioneers Lived” – Journal of the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs, Vol. 3, Spring 1975.

Internet: “The Last Run of Old Peppersass” – http://www.cog-railway.com/lastrun.htm Photographs: Bob Bermudes Donald Bray Robert Clement Richard S. Joslin Cecil Munsey Ian Robinson Cecil Munsey 13541 Willow Run Road Poway, CA 92064-1733 (858) 487-7036 cecilmunsey@cox.net

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BOOK REVIEW Local collector taps Internet to write price guides Minnesota collector and author Ron Feldhaus wrote “Candy & Display Jar Price & Identification Guide” by himself.

Dozens of jars are illustrated and identified. His daughter, Britt Albrecht, worked with Feldhaus on the illustrated “Fire Grenade Price Guide, 2002 Edition.”

Both books are available from the author.

These days, Ron Feldhaus doesn’t consider himself the serious bottle collector he once was. Thirty years ago, Feldhaus was known to dig half the night away during the coldest of winters, six feet down in an old dump in search of early bottles and jugs.

While the bottles don’t generally keep his full attention these days, Feldhaus is most certainly a collector. He loves early photos and stereo views. Real photo postcards and fine old advertising cards also grab his attention. Items from South Dakota, and especially Dakota Territory items, stir this collector’s heart most deeply. Whether it is a nice old etched glass or a beer tray from Sioux Falls Brewing and Malting or a liquor jug from a small town Dakota Territory saloon, Feldhaus is interested.

The South Dakota native got into e-bay a couple of years back, and he enjoys going out on the hunt to find items he can sell on line. He brings an engineering background to his computer-related activities, and he is often the guy his friends and family call with their computer conundrums. This part-time e-bay vendor has also helped more than a few of his friends and family get started selling on e-bay.

Back in the 1980s, Feldhaus took charge of a project which Minnesota’s two antique bottle clubs were attempting. The idea was to gather up all of the Minnesota antique bottle, advertising, breweriana, and stoneware research which had been carried out by numerous bottle club members. Once the material was gathered, the clubs hoped to publish a book. Feldhaus helped get the book

organized and visited dozens of collectors to take photos and make rubbings of their collections. He then found club members willing to work on making rubbings and drawings of embossed Minnesota bottles.

Others volunteered to do paste up, typing, and copy editing. The project grew into two volumes, published in 1985 and 1986.

The books remain the standard reference books for Minnesota bottles, and Feldhaus is named on the front covers as editor and co-author.

Although antique bottles are not the focus of his collecting these days, Feldhaus does still follow the hobby. Two types of old containers which interest him are store display jars and fire grenades.

In keeping tabs on collecting activity related to these two specialty areas, Feldhaus realized that no price guides were available for either bottle type. So, though such old bottles occupied little or no space in his own collection, Feldhaus decided it would be fun and interesting to write store jar and fire grenade price guides.

I asked Feldhaus why he decided to publish guides in areas which he did not collect? “I saw it as a way to learn,” Feldhaus told me, “not only about the topics, but also about computer software and the processes of researching and publishing.”

The first thing Feldhaus learned was that book publishing has changed dramatically since the two bottle books were published nearly twenty years ago.

“Those books were labor intensive. Each page was pasted up by hand and that ate a lot of time. Using today’s software for the first time, I was able to assemble the

first page of my store jar book in about 20 minutes.” Lest he make it sound too easy, Feldhaus hastened to add that he had spent 500-600 hours on the project before the book was completed.

With two self-published price guides to his credit, Feldhaus has advice to share with aspiring authors and publishers.

“First, decide if you want to be an author, publisher, or both. Publishers like Collector Books will publish for you if you put a good book together. I prefer to do it all myself.”

Feldhaus also advises that the Internet has changed the rules for researching a book topic. It’s easier now, and he suggests that writers take advantage of the readily available materials. “The interlibrary loan system, through which one can even access materials from the Smithsonian and Harvard, is as close as your local library. You can even order the books on line.”

Feldhaus continued, “United States Patent Office records are all available on line as well. And photo collections. The Heinz Company has a huge collection of historical photos relating to its history, and many will soon be available on line.”

A photo of an early Heinz display featuring dozens of old store jars is found on page two of Feldhaus’s “Candy & Display Jar Price Guide & Identification Guide.”

The internet also allowed Feldhaus to access other collectors. By monitoring e-bay, the author was able to contact active buyers and sellers, most of whom were willing to share information with him.

A good part of the research for the fire grenade price guide was gathered by

Bottles and Extras Feldhaus’s daughter, Britt Albrecht.

Internet auctions and hard-copy auction catalogs were used to assemble prices going back several years. Feldhaus researched the jar book by himself using the same auction price sources. Nearly two years of auction prices, dating from January of 2002, are included in the store jar book, as well as jar design patent dates, jar illustrations taken form early glass house catalogs, and manufacturer information. Anticipating the possible publication of an updated version of his price guides, Feldhaus continues to monitor on-line auction prices.

In discussing the tools and equipment necessary to publish a price guide, Feldhaus first mentioned Internet access.

Next on his list was a digital camera and photo-processing software. Once the material is gathered and saved, publishing software is needed. Feldhaus found the Quark software to be user friendly and pointed out that many books are available to help beginners navigate publishing software.

Once a book is assembled, Feldhaus said finding a printer was as easy as making a few calls. Many printers were willing to work with him to print 300 copies of each book. For the jar book, he found a smaller printing firm that was able to print the book and deliver it perfect bound for less money than he had paid a big franchise copy center to print the fire grenade book in spiral-bound form.

Pricing the book is all about the profit motive. Feldhaus says it’s a good thing he isn’t in it for the money. He sells the books on e-bay, wholesales them to book dealers, and personally sells the books at bottle shows.

Feldhaus advises writers to include author-contact information in their books.

In doing his research, Feldhaus too often found he was unable to contact an author when he had a question .

Want to get in touch with Ron Feldhaus?

Contact him at vrfeldhaus@aol.com or call him at (952) 835-3504. He will happily sell you copies of his price guides, and he is more than willing to share his book-publishing expertise with aspiring writers.

Reviewed by: Steve Ketcham P.O. Box 24114 Minneapolis, MN 55424 (952) 920-4205

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Bottles From Anheuser Busch

by Curt Faulkenberry

In 1860, Eberhard Anheuser bought the "Hammer & Dominic Urban Bavarian Brewery". Who was to know that this purchase would grow into the giant worldwide Anheuser-Busch Brewery of today!

Over the next 20 years, The "E.ANHEUSER & Co'S BREWING ASSOCIATION" grew & turned out several nice embossed beer bottles. At this time I know of four different embossed bottles. They are the following: 1. Double ring collar amber Qt, embossed on the shoulder "E.ANHEUSER & CO ST.LOUIS,Mo.".

2. Same as above only in Aqua.

3. Gallon Picnic amber bottle with a ring blob embossed on the face "E.ANHEUSER & CO'S BREWING ASSOCIATION ST.LOUIS".

4. Five and one-half inch tall double collar blob amber mini, embossed the same as #3. EX-RARE. In 1879 the brewery became the "ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION". Thus the world's largest brewery had its beginning along with a large group of beer bottles. A-B realized early on that expansion beyond St.Louis was the way to keep the brewery strong. They opened depots throughout the country. Many of these new distributors made their own embossed bottles with the A-B logo.

61 A collector can go from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast with bottles from Anheuser-Busch. Many of these bottles are very common, I.E. Norfolk, Vir., Waterford, Conn., or Baltimore, Md. to the Ex-Rare such as Kansas City.

Thus collectors have choices: they could put together a nice collection from many branches and not have to spend all that much. One could collect only the rare examples, which are higher in price but have fewer bottles. Others may want to collect all examples. Still others may want to collect only the blob top bottles.

Blobs are available in aqua, amber, citron and cobalt. The cobalt example is the label only "LIQUID BREAD".

Finding the cobalt bottles by themselves isn't that tough, however, finding one with a label can be a challenge.

The bimal crown bottles are often overlooked, but they shouldn't be. Many have nice colors,super embossing and some are very rare. Examples such as the "FAUST F.P. FIEGER, ERIE, PA." are nice looking & rare. A-B started making bimal crown bottles early on. Crown bottles were the way of future and A-B knew this.

Still another pre-pro A-B bottle is the "C.CONRAD & CO ORIGINAL BUDWEISER". Carl Conrad was A-B's bottler. Examples of these bottles exist in quarts, 20-ounce and 12-ounce. Most of these bottles are aqua, but rare citron bottles do exist.

Anheuser-Busch also made a gallon amber picnic blob bottle. It has a double ring blob and is embossed "ANHEUSERBUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION ST.LOUIS". This bottle is super rare, much harder to find than the gallon "E.ANHEUSER & Co" and thus has great growth potential.

A-B also had many nice label bottles.

Labels such as "BUDWEISER", "BLACK & TAN" or "ORIGINAL LAGER" can be found in good shape. However, many ex-rare labels are out there. Some of these labels can run into the thousands of dollars. When collecting label bottles, go for condition and watch of repos.

Collecting Anheuser-Busch bottles can be very exciting & rewarding. One can fill a basement wall shelf and still not have them all.

Curt Faulkenberry E-mail: stlbottlebabe@yahoo.com

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H. WAGENER BREWING CO.

by Stan Sanders and Mickey Roach Photos by Mickey Roach

One of the west’s great beer breweries (the oldest in Utah) was the H. Wagener Brewing Co., established in 1864 and incorporated in 1897. The Wagener Brewery and its associated history is one of the favorites amongst Utah breweriana history buffs and bottle collectors.

Unfortunately, there are no remnants or remains of the old brewery building that once stood near where Utah’s Hogle Zoo is located today. The plant burned down in 1913. Wagener produced a variety of beers and bottled them in labeled, as well as embossed, bottles. Only a very small number of the older embossed Wagener beer bottles have been found whole.

Happily, a number of advertising pieces, postcards, signs, and other historic memorabilia have survived to remind us of one of the great beer establishments in America.

The following history is quoted from page 65 of a booklet entitled: The “Colorado Midland Railway.”

“This country has fully awakened to the fact that we owe very much to our fellow citizens of German birth or extraction for leading our people into the

paths of a national practice of practical temperance by setting an example of the use of pure beer, instead of the various decoctions of rye, wheat and corn; that the advantages to the general health and morals of our people have been vast and manifold goes without saying.

“Salt Lake has the honor of being the home of a brewing establishment, which produces as fine a quality of this article as can be found on either side of the Atlantic. A fact that has been fully attested to by all who ever have had the good fortune to quaff the product of the Wagener Brewing Company. This plant was established in 1864, and is the pioneer brewery of the state of Utah; it was incorporated thirty-five years later under a charter with the ample capital of $50,000, retaining, however, the same firm name.

“It covers in all about 152 acres of ground ‘situated 4 ½ miles east from the Mormon Temple in what is known as the Emigration Canon. This brewery is certainly to be congratulated on the popularity it has gained and the headway it has made with the general public, it

Above Left: Early billhead, 1895.

Below Left: Front of Wagener Advertising Card.

Right: Front and back of an advertising card from H. Wagener Brewing Co.

1896 statement from Beckers Brewing to The Wagener Brewing Co.

having from year to year added new buildings and increased its capacity, until today it is the largest plant between Denver and San Francisco.

“Its product is delightfully clear and sparkling, only the finest California, Oregon and New York hops, and the best Utah and Idaho barley being used, and the purest of mountain spring water; an exceptional care being taken to have it always of uniform quality, it is no wonder that its product leads, having no superior and very few equals. The main building is an imposing three-story brick with a 200-foot frontage by 150 feet deep, fitted out with the most improved machinery with a 150-horse-power steam engine and two immense boilers, one fifty and the other twenty-five horse power, two huge brew vats, one with a capacity for eighty barrels and the other a thirty barrel capacity, and their ware and storage houses have a stock of 2,500 barrels always on hand. The other buildings are icehouses, bottling works and office

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Fig. 1: Early die-cut advertisement piece.

Fig. 2: Front of Wagener Advertising Card.

Fig. 3: Another early advertising piece.

Fig. 4: Early bottle label.

Fig. 5: Early die-cut advertisement piece.

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Fig. 6: Labeled "Brown Stout" bottle, including contents.

Fig. 7: Extremely rare example of an embossed Henry Wagener Brewing Co. bottle.

Fig. 8: Early advertising piece.

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buildings and the brew master’s residence.

The bottling works have the most improved machinery for the ready dispatch of business, their capacity being twenty-five barrels daily, having in use the improved gas system. The company puts up all its own ice, storing it in an icehouse built for that purpose right on the side of the mountain; and to show the enterprise of this concern, they have improved a magnificent natural park of 100 acres nearby as a summer resort, which is open to the public on Sundays. This park is handsomely laid out with beautiful shaded walks and drives, interspersed with trees, beautiful flowers and fountains. This company gives employment to fifty men, using twenty horses, for which they have their own stables, and eight heavy trucks and delivery wagons. This brewery is now on the high road to prosperity. It’s product having gained a most enviable reputation and being sent all over the western states

and the entire inter-mountain region their trade increasing to such an extent that they contemplate erecting a new ice plant very soon. They export pale bottle beer, and their output last year was 10,000 barrels. Their down-town office is located at 74 East First South, where they occupy the first floor and basement of a two-story brick, with a complete cold storage plant; they have the largest bottling trade in the city. This concern is decidedly a home industry and the use of their home-brewed beer is well exemplified in almost every retail establishment of this city. The president of the concern, Mr. C. H. Deere, is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as one of the largest agricultural implement manufactures of the United States, and a prominent gentleman among eastern capitalists.

Mr. Jacob Wisel, the Brew Master, is one of the most skilled master brewers in the country and he produces an article of

65 the very best quality as thousands of beerdrinkers will gladly testify. He is a graduate from one of the famous brewing academies of Germany, learning his profession thoroughly and scientifically, and previous to his seven years with the present company, he was connected with the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company for three years. Mr. Wisel is forty-five years of age and has been a resident of this city the past fifteen years.

The general manager, who has the direct personal supervision of the establishment, is Mr. W.P. Kiser, a native of Iowa, forty years of age and a resident of Salt Lake City one and a half years.

His great executive ability is shown by the fifty-per-cent increase in their trade under his management, at last year being one of the best the brewery has seen for seven years. Altogether this is an institution of which Salt Lake may well be proud.�

Left: Vintage Wagener Brewing Company advertising trays from Stan Sanders' collection.

Right: Close-up photo of the H. Wagener metal enamel Lager Beer sign.

Far Left: "Wasatch Beer" label.

Left: "Imperial Extra Brew" label.

Below Left - Top and Bottom Right: Copies of pages from a Salt Lake City publication showing illustrations of Wagener's products. Not labels compared to actual bottles in Stan Sander's collection.

Stan Sanders 2743 Blair Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115 E-mail: utahstan@aros.net

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The Poland Spring Story

by Howard Dean

My interest in Poland Spring and its mineral water bottles began in 1984. A longtime bottle collector friend and his wife, Bill and Loretta Zimmerman, suggested that we go on a week's vacation to Poland Spring. We had rooms in the Presidential Inn, built in 1913.

We did this trip for three years and while Bill and I did some bottle hunting, Lillian and Loretta enjoyed the many other pleasures available there.

The history of the spring, and the family that started it all, is very interesting, but a very long story. I can only bring out the highlights here.

It began in 1650, when George Riccar and his brother Maturin left Saxony (present-day Germany) and settled in Dover, N.H. They had 13 children, and in the course of the years, they scattered into the neighboring states. Jabez Riccar, grandson of Maturin, moved into the area of the present site of Alfred, Maine, where he became a farmer.

The story goes that one hot day, he and his horse, Emily, started for Augusta and soon they were lost, hungry and thirsty.

Jabez knew to give the horse his head and he would take them to water --- so soon they were both drinking from a beautiful cold spring. Before they left that spring, Jabez vowed to make that spot his home.

It was owned by a group of Shakers.

Soon a bargain was struck and Jabez owned the land that was to become the Poland Spring.

Soon they sold the farm and his family of 12 (he had married Molly, and they had a dozen children before she died in 1838 at the age of 96) moved to his new land in anticipation of developing a farm near the spring, but that land was unsuitable for farming. They built a small cabin for a home, and lived in despair.

On May 4, 1791, a stagecoach stopped at their cabin to water the horses. Mrs. Riccar invited the three passengers and the driver to have lunch. Soon the news spread of how good a cook Molly was, and how

good the water was. Soon they had a nice business going, and their fortune was made.

One day in the spring of 1795, Jabez told his oldest son, Wentworth, that he was to build an inn and tavern to accommodate guests, and by 1797, the inn was completed. On one of his trips to buy supplies, Wentworth met Polly Phipps, married her and one of their five children was Hiram Riccar, the architect and planner of Poland Spring as a resort. This inn became the famous Mansion House.

There are many stories about the curing powers of Poland Spring.

Wentworth's younger brother, Joseph, was a blacksmith who made every nail, hinge, etc., that went into the Mansion House.

On Dec. 25, 1800, he became very ill and the doctor finally told them that Joseph was now in the hands of the Lord.

Polly then let him drink all the spring water he wanted, and Joseph survived to live 52 more years to die at the age of 80.

In 1827, Wentworth had a severe kidney ailment, and again, doctors gave up on him. Remembering his brother's recovery, he also began to drink spring water and was cured to live 10 more years until 1837.

Now we finally get to the main character of this story, Hiram, born in November of 1809 as the fourth son of Wentworth and Polly. Hiram had a nasty disposition, was quick to fight and was disliked by most people, including his family.

As Hiram grew, so did the fortunes of the Riccars. During the War of 1812, the Riccars were prime suppliers of horses, timber, etc., to the army and became very wealthy as a result. In 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise, Maine became the 23rd state in the Union.

Bottles and Extras Prior to this time, the area was called Bakerstown. Why the name was changed to Poland is unknown. Later, when the spring became famous, that part of Poland was officially renamed Poland Spring.

Wentworth constructed the road (now Route 26) to connect that area with other nearby places. In February of 1827, Jabez died at the age of 86. Molly died in 1838 at age 96. Their graves can be seen in the Riccar cemetery, near the Mansion House.

Perhaps there is something in that spring water after all.

There is a story about Hiram that needs telling here. With Jabez deceased, Wentworth was in control, and by 1833, he had enough! He made plans to leave on the 13th anniversary of Maine statehood.

Hiram saved $6.00 to paint the town red, arrived in Portland on March 15th, and used up all his money on whiskey.

In a somewhat less than sober state, he went out into the nearby street where he bumped into a well-dressed man, high hat and all, and knocked him down in the mud. Soon a crowd had gathered to watch this "county bumpkin" try to help the "dandy" up.

As he arose and wiped his face, he asked, "Whom do I have the pleasure of addressing?" "My name is Hiram Riccar," he answered. "Well," said the man, "My name is Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and you will hear more about this!"

Hiram didn't care about Longfellow, but he soon learned, and his father had him shipped off to Boston to avoid the pending litigation. Hiram apprenticed himself to a harness maker and soon learned to fear and hate the city.

After a year, he returned home to see

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his ill father, and learned he was now to manage Riccar Hill. There he worked hard, developed a severe case of dyspepsia and was down to less than 100 pounds, and all due to the pressure his father forced upon him. On his 28th birthday, in November of 1837, his father Wentworth died. Now Hiram had the full responsibility of the business and the only thing that sustained his life was the spring water.

Released from the pressure of his father's demands, and with the spring water diet, he soon was back to good health. His doctor noted his recovery and started using the water for other patients.

It wasn't lonng before physicians in Boston, New York and other cities were asking for Poland Spring Water.

Soon barrels of the Poland Water were found on ships and wagons heading west.

It was then that Hiram realized that more money could be made with the water than his sheep and lumber businesses, so he turned his full attention to the sale and shipping of Poland Water.

At age 37, Hiram married Janette Wheeler Bolster of Rumford, Maine. She was the daughter of Gen. Alvan Bolster, a hero of the Revolutionary War. Their wedding was on May 26, 1846.

Right after this, things really began to happen at Poland Spring. Janette appears to have been the driving force behind

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Hiram. The original inn had been expanded many times, and in 1860, Hiram advertised room and full board, plus all the Poland Spring Water one could drink for $2.00 a week.

By 1873, 50 rooms were added.

Business was fine for the Riccars, in spite of the financial panic of that time. In 1875, Hiram decided to build a new grand hotel to contain 100 rooms, but kept building and by 1876, he had completed 300 rooms, which included a dining room 200 feet long, a music room of the same size and many reception rooms.

The Grand Opening was celebrated with the wealthy people of America and the titled from Europe in attendance. Many others copied his design, but none of the 66 others survived. Riccar built the Poland Spring House to survive.

He installed the first sprinkler system installed in a public building in America.

There also were fire walls and other safety features. The cost was estimated at $300,000 in 1876.

During a trip to Scotland, Hiram saw a golf course and learned to play. In 1913, he had one built at Poland Spring, the first one built at a resort in this country. Janette died soon after their return to the U.S., and Hiram lived 10 more years. After his wife's death, he lost his drive and turned the business over to two sons, Edward and

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Hiram Weston. However, the elder Hiram continued to add acreage until he had 5,000 acres.

In 1892, Hiram Riccar's work was recognized by a special award in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. While at the event, Hiram noticed a very special building that he learned was representing Maine. It was made of Maine granite and the woodwork contained every example of wood that grew in Maine.

He wanted that building and offered $30,000, which was accepted. Hiram had the building dismantled and shipped home. It took two years and 15 freight cars to do the job. Hiram died before this job was completed on July 1, 1805. The building was dedicated as a library and museum for the guests.

The Deans and Zimmermans spent time enjoying the beautiful building in 1984, '86 and '86.

Edward Riccar took over after Hiram's death. He and his wife had two sons --- he died in 1928. His older brother, Hiram Weston, and his wife, Vesta, had two sons.

He ran the bottling plant and is credited with the now famous Moses bottles. Alvan Bolster Riccar was mostly a playboy-type and a horse lover.

With the coming of World War I, there was a great anti-German sentiment. The Riccars learned that their background

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Photo from aricle, “Water bottler’s heritage lends authenticity in crowded market,” Rome Sentinel, April 13, 2000 would be suspect, so they quietly changed the spelling from "Riccar" to "Ricker."

Playboy Alvan married first a girl named Cora, who had a sharp tongue and unpleasant face, as well as a terrible temper. It was not a good marriage! She died in 1922, and Alvan married the girl of his dreams, an English nurse named Jane Jeffrey --- who was the opposite from Cora. Alvan died a year later, and Jane died in 1960 at the age of 80.

The Town of Poland was given the library by Jane Ricker, as well as a fund to continue it. It was named the Alvan Bolster Ricker Memorial Library.

During this period, many changes occurred to affect the Ricker business: (1) the 1930s depression, (2) vacation patterns changed, (3) people became more mobile, and those who used to stay all season now stayed only a week or so, (4) a new law required decent wages for employees, and (5) Laura Hobson's book "Gentleman's Agreement," which disclosed discriminat-

ing practices of "restricted hotels." These pressures began to affect the kingdom built

by Hiram.

Many corporations operated Poland Spring through the 1950s, but none of them had much success. One owner, Saul Feldmen, tried to upgrade the hotel to make it more modern. He built the 86room Executive House (the Inn) in 196263, with television, carpets, private baths and other amenities. He also still operated the Mansion House and the Poland Spring House.

For five years, Feldmen succeeded in attracting such guests as Jack Paar, Joan Crawford, Peter Goulet, Jimmy Durante and heavyweight boxer Sonny Liston, who trained in the dining room of the Mansion House, as well as other celebrities.

In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson developed an idea for training people for carpentry, barbering, sewing and other light industries and chose Poland Spring for his Women's Job Corps Center.

They were to train 2,000 girls there, but within three years, a new president, Richard Nixon, cut the funds and Poland Spring was left in shambles!

In 1972, Mel Robbins made plans to purchase the property, but realized he would have to bring it up to the 20th Century in order to survive. He had plans to re-open the Poland Spring House for the bicentennial celebration of 1976 --- but it was not to happen! On July 4th, 1876, Hiram Riccar stood on the front porch of the Poland Spring House, and after a long speech, he pledged his sacred word of honor that his building would stand for 100 years.

On the eve of July 4,1975, the Poland Spring House burned to the ground!

Hiram's prophecy had been off by exactly one year to the day. The owners were devastated, but turned to the Mansion House and, strangely enough, in the fall of 1976, it also burned to the ground.

Mel and Cyndi Robbins did not keep crying over the loss of those two buildings. They still had the Maine Inn, Presidential Cottage and the Motor Inn to attract guests, and it was in their Presidential Inn that the Deans and Zimmermans stayed.

The April 13, 2000 issue of the Rome Daily Sentinel had a nice article on the Poland Spring, which would fit nicely here in this story if space permitted. I'll go on to the subject of their mineral water bottles.

Bill and I found an old dump on the property, but the only bottles (mineral water) found were piles of blob top, green, two-quart --- no Moses or Saratoga-type were found. According to Cecil Munsey (2), it was in 1876 that the famous Moses bottle was first made. Jane S. Spillman (3), of Somerville, Maine, made some and in

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the early 1900s, Cunningham & Co., of Pittsburgh, made more.

These bottles, made in the form of a bearded man, are called "Moses Striking the Rock." They are inscribed "Poland Water" and "H. Ricker and Sons, Proprietors." This figure represents Moses about to strike the rock on Horeb. (See Numbers, Chapter 20, 8-11, and Exodus, Chapter 17, 6.)

There is another quart Poland Water

Spring 2004 bottle in amber that is of the Saratoga type.

Daniel Tucker's M-38 (7).

Later, the Moses-type bottles are known in various shades of green, a rare amber, and in various sizes. On these bottles there is "Facsimile of the First Poland Water Bottle." In the 1930s, the company began to sell gin in these bottles, but they are marked "Federal Law Forbids the Sale or Reuse of this Bottle."

The first bottling plant on this site was constructed in 1845. The beautiful properties of this water was not isolated until about the 1850s, when analysis showed the composition of the minerals present. The mineral balance and purity of the spring has remained unchanged since the first analysis in 1845 (4).

References: (1) Robbins, Mel, Poland Spring, An Informed History, Third Edition, 1975.

(2) Munsey, Cecil, The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles, Hawthorn Books, Inc., N.Y., 1970.

(3) Spillman, Jane S., Glass, Vol. 2, Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects, Published by Knoph, Inc., 1979.

(4) Schwartz, Steven, The Book of

Poland Springs price list, circa. 1895.

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3-Gallon Poland Springs jug.

Waters , A&W Visual Library, N.Y., 1979.

(5) Rome Daily Sentinel, "Water Bottler's Heritage," Published April 13, 2000.

(6) Personal notes and memories of this author, from June 1984, '85 and '86.

(7) Tucker, Daniel, Collector's Guide to the Saratoga Type Mineral Water Bottles, 1986.

Howard Dean can be reached at: P.O. Box 115, Westernville, NY 13486.

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Spring 2004 show. It is in a brand new complex called the ESL Sports Center. It has easy access, paved parking, and great lighting and is very spacious.

One of the biggest shows in the east. If you would like more info, contact Don Angelini by E-mail: ange63@frontiernet.net or visit www.GVBCA.org.

Last year due to a very bad storm the Rochester area was without power for several days. Thanks to an auxiliary power unit, the show was able to continue with most of the dealers and exhibitors showing up. It was still a great show and everyone had a good time. The fact that no one threw in the towel spoke volumes about the fortitude and passion of those involved in our hobby.

Northeast Regional News Larry Fox 5478 Route 21 Canandaigua, NY 14424 (718) 394-8958 brerfox@frontiernet.net

FLBCA, Ithaca, N.Y. Our January meeting was canceled due to bad weather. The February meeting brought news of possible finds by the excavation contractors working on the Ithaca West End Development Projects.

They are building on what used to be the Ithaca city dump, though what is usually considered the oldest part is located more to the north of where most of this project is. Makes you wonder how many bottles are buried under the Wal Marts and Home centers that are built near old dumping areas.

Our Christmas party included our usual White Elephant Gift exchange, where everyone brings a wrapped, unlabeled gift. Drawing lots, we open them in turn. After the first gift is unwrapped, one can either choose another package or take a gift already unwrapped.

The original owner then gets another chance. Always a few surprises and plenty of White Elephants. Our club secretary, Millie Norton, opened a favorite old milk bottle (the first one she ever collected) only to lose it in a later round. At our February meeting she told us how she found it under the Christmas tree thanks to her husband Doug, and Santa of course.

We at the FLBCA are looking forward to seeing many of our friends from elsewhere at our April meeting, the FLBCA 35th anniversary Bottle Auction on April 13.

From The Delmarva Blowpipe, Delaware: The renowned Dick Watson will be the guest speaker at the April 16th meeting.

Dick will be speaking about bottles [of course] but just what area he will concentrate on will be announced later. * Editors note: Anyone knowing Dick realizes he could be comfortable talking about any category of bottles.

GVBCA, Rochester N.Y. The Rochester club is quite excited about the new location for its April 18th

From The Crab - Capital Region Antique Bottle And Insulator Club Crab Inc. Tentative show date for Crabs will be the 4th Sunday of October . Last years show was reported to be a success. Sales were decent and there were no security issues or parking problems.

There is the possibility of a joint social day in June with the Utica and Hudson Valley Clubs. Auctions and good food and time spent with the family would be some of the highlights.

MVABC, Utica, N.Y. Past President Peter Blieberg has changed hats and is now Show Chairman.

This year’s show is at its usual time and place. It is the first Sunday in May at the

Herkimer County Fairgrounds just east of Utica. I personally always have a great time at this show. It is always the weekend before Mansfield, Ohio and is a great place to beef up my show stock before traveling to Mansfield. It is always good to go up a day early and do some shopping. It is such a fun area. Great places to eat and, of course, a tour of the West End Brewery in Utica is a must.

ESBCA, Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Club for years has done something on a yearly basis, which has always attracted new members and I think could be inspirational to other collecting clubs. Every February there is a huge farm show at the fairgrounds. Dealers and manufacturers from all over are there with new equipment and ideas. It attracts a tremendous amount of people. Volunteers for the ESBCA set up bottle displays and a “what is it” table. The “what is it” table consists of items few have ever seen. Last year there was an item, which strongly represented a cane. In fact it was an early coopers tool used to put the champher in the hole of a wooden barrel where the bung would be driven into before use. This table, and a wonderful milk bottle display

by Roger Thomas, draw so many people into conversation with the club representatives. They always want to know more about the club. This has led to many new members over the years. It has proven to be a great tool in getting their message before the public eye. Also many great digs have been found through this venue.

Until next time, Larry Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois The meeting of December 3, 2003 was called to order by President Dan Puzzo. There were twenty members present to enjoy our annual Christmas party. This year we held a potluck and it was a rousing success. This was one of the most enjoyable meetings we have had in quite some time and I hope this has set a holiday tradition. The conversation was rousing and the showand-tell offered some great finds.

Everyone seemed to like the presents they received at our annual gift exchange, as there was very little exchanging of gifts.

A great time was had by all.

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Joe Terry

P.O. Box 243 Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 (419) 422-3183 jiterry@wcnet.org

Midwest Regional Editor’s Report To all clubs in the Midwest Region: To best be included in the regional reports, email me with details of your club’s activities or send a specific report you wish published. Dates for submissions and my email are both listed here, as well as on the Federation website. Thanks!

Bottles and Extras Findlay Antique Bottle Club Things are quiet here in the Black Swamp area of Ohio. The snow and ice still cling to the ground, making bottle digging rather difficult. We are looking forward to the bottle show and sale in Columbus, Ohio on February 22. Many of us are anxious to add a bottle or two to our personal collections. The meetings have been well attended, and some nice pieces brought in for show and tell. Dick Coppler brought in a collection of Mason jar zinc caps, including a very rare Ball Brothers from Buffalo, New York.

Minnesota 1st Antique Bottle Club Minnesota is alive and well in the bottle collecting hobby. The January issue of “The Bottle Digger’s Dope” had an article on Miss Josie Wanous and her Minneapolis drugstore, as well as a reprinted article on Warner’s Tippecanoe Bitters.

The first meeting of 2004 wasn’t held until February 8. The club is busy preparing for the their Show and Sale in March, which is an earlier date than in the past. There have been 60 tables sold so far, and a push is out for more displays this year. The March meeting will be pushed back to allow more time to concentrate on the show.

Ohio Bottle Club The Ohio Bottle Club kicked off Fall with the club’s 35th anniversary of its annual Fall show, which was held in September at the Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio. Show hosts Tim Kearns and Bob Smith and their show committee had several surprises in story for the dealers and buyers. In celebration of the anniversary, 35 displays...yep, 35 quality displays...were on exhibit at the show for a truly educational experience! Rare Ohio stoneware, numerous bottle specialties, colorful glass insulators, glasshouse whimsies, ginger beer and root beer memorabilia, demijohns, Ohio historical flasks, Ohio milks, German stoneware, war slogan milks, exotic fruit jars...they were all there to be shared with the show attendees! As a bonus, Tim had the foresight to document the show and displays for posterity by having a professional video made of the event! The 40-minute video, reminiscent of watching the “Antique Roadshow,” can serve as an excellent educational program

Spring 2004 for a bottle or antique club meeting. If your club has not purchased a copy, consider borrowing the Federation library copy for one of your future club meeting’s programs!

In November, the club chartered a bus to take members to the Springfield, Ohio Bottle Show, as well as to do some antiquing in the area. The event was well-supported by the membership, and offered a relaxing trip for the participants without the worry of them having to personally cope with winter road conditions. As a note to other clubs, this activity, if supported sufficiently by the membership, can serve as a great club social event, as well as a great show of support for the specific bottle show being attended! In February, the OBC members exhibited their usual strong support of and participation in Adam and Phyllis Koch’s Columbus (Ohio) Bottle Show. The Koch’s are known for hosting one of the best preshow hospitality get-togethers in the hobby!

The Ohio Bottle Club continued its long-standing tradition of high membership participation at it’s monthly meetings throughout the cold winter months in Northeastern Ohio. The club’s annual Christmas dinner was, as always, well-attended, with close to 100 members attending for comradery and to enjoy the club’s traditional pot-luck dinner.

For 2004, Alan DeMaison received the unanimous approval of the membership to continue presiding over the club in his usual competent manner (Note: Alan also serves the Federation as its current treasurer). The club is also actively composing the “Best of Ohio” list of desirable bottles in the hobby.

The Ohio Bottle Club’s annual Spring show in Mansfield, Ohio will be held

71 on May 7-8, 2004. With its reputation of being one of the largest annual shows in the country, with over 300 sales tables, the OBC Mansfield show should not be missed! Plan on participating in the fun on Friday and partaking in the club’s fabulous “Ohio feast” for dinner, followed by a bottle auction. This show epitomizes the laidback, “country” atmosphere of a weekend of friends, bottles and Ohio hospitality!

If time permits, a Midwest Regional meeting of the Federation will be held during the show venue.

The OBC welcomes its new newsletter editors, Don and Betsy Yates. They are frequent contributors to Bottles and Extras, as well as the authors of the ”bible” on American ginger beer and root beer heritage. Terri Grove, with the assistance of her family, did a superb job as the previous “Ohio Swirl” editor, and Don and Betsy are sure to continue the club’s tradition of producing a top-quality monthly publication.

West Michigan Bottle Club There has been some sad news for the club. Two members have passed away recently. Dick Kinney and Arden “Dutch” Schulz will both be missed.

On a brighter note, John Pastor has announced that there will be a National Show in Grand Rapids in August of 2005.

We are fortunate to have a member like John who was able to make a presentation to the Federation and had done enough research to be able to convince them that it was Michigan’s turn for a great show.

John received a standing ovation from the membership present at the meeting.

Volunteers will be needed early, so don’t be shy.

Supplies of it available and collector demand figure into the equation. How about history?

If history is important, then Charlie Barnette, editor of The Groundhog Gazette, wins hands down for providing histories of bottles in his neck of the woods — the Bristol area of Virginia and Tennessee.

Barnette, also president of The State of Franklin (Tenn.) Antique Bottle & Collectibles Association, features the Martin Lynch Co., distillers of pure corn

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Bill Baab 2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net

What are the key components of how to determine bottle values?

Well, condition is all-important, not to mention color and type of bottle.

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He points out that little history is available, but gleaned what he’s come up with in newspaper Microfilm files.

Lynch was in the whiskey business from 1905 to 1914, or until Prohibition came into the Bristol picture in 1916.

After that, Lynch is listed as a grocer (butter, eggs, cheese) in 1927 and a dairy owner in 1929, but fades from the public scene by 1942.

Then there’s a grim news item: Lynch is reported to have been killed in an auto accident in 1953, the fault of a drunken driver.

His brother, Eugene, had opened a “recreation parlor,” probably after prohibition, and a ‘Good for 2-1/2 Cents in Trade’ token exists. What could you buy for that amount?

His dairy is represented by a half-pint bottle, so rare that Barnette has only a rubbing of the lone example known. His whiskeys, however, are another story: Best known is his “Cherokee” whiskey in a labeled-only gallon jug, embossed gallon and half-gallon glass jugs and labeled-only and embossed quart bottles, as well as a stoneware mini jug. There’s more, but you’ll have to ask Charlie to send a copy of the newsletter to you. He also downloaded many photos.

Also featured in the newsletter are Santa Claus candy containers, many of which are dated. Great job, Charlie.

He’ll continue to serve as newsletter editor, but wants out as president — his 6-year, 4-month term ends in January 2005.

Let’s welcome aboard a new club — the Tennessee Valley Traders and Collectors — organized by Pete Wyatt and Friends in Morristown, Tenn.

While the club hadn’t joined the federation at the time this was being written, it is likely to do so, given that many of the members also are affiliated with The State of Franklin Antique Bottle & Collectibles Association, an FOHBC affiliate.

Roberta (Mrs. Randall) Knight has agreed to edit the new club’s newsletter, a post she held with The State of Franklin club.

Wyatt is president, Randall Knight the vice president, Roberta Knight the secretary, Chris Edmonds the treasurer.

Bill Henderson is show chairman and Ron

Spring 2004 Saunders and Larry Mince are members at large. All of those named make up the club board of directors.

The club will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at the Tally-Ward Recreation Center off Morris Boulevard at 6:30 p.m. The center is located across the street from the Dairy Queen (to which, presumably, members will adjourn for dessert!).

In the club’s first newsletter (The Bottling Works, January 2004), Henderson provided a well-researched and written article entitled “Cow Tales.” It’s the history of the Dairy Product Milk Company of Morristown, Tenn., which operated from 1928 to 1964 when it was sold to Foremost Dairies.

By the late 1930s, the company owners were High Taylor, Eugene Eckle, E.G. Price and William P. Collins, with the first letters of their last names forming “TEPCO.” While no bottles embossed with the Dairy Product name are known, TEPCO-embossed bottles do exist, Henderson said.

Randall Knight contributed an early history of Coca-Cola to the newsletter.

The South Carolina Bottle Club newsletter, co-edited by this writer and Marty Vollmer of Lexington, S.C., featured a bit of history about Glenn Springs in Spartanburg County, S.C. Glass containers from the springs, including a super-rare amber quart, are highly collectible. The springs date to 1825, but did not begin bottling water until the late 19th century.

News was scarce for co-editors Bill and Sally Marks in the January issue of the Diggers Dispatch, newsletter of the M-T Bottle Collectors Association Inc., of DeLand, Fla. The club held its annual Christmas party (a rare Hutchinson soda — J.P. Thomas/Daytona, Fla. — showed up in the hands of veteran collector Art Smock. It dates to well before the city was renamed Daytona Beach).

In their purple-covered February issue, the show and tell session yielded a premachine-made DeLand, Fla., straightsided Coca-Cola. Marks showed a nearly 5-inch tall aqua bottle with POISON embossed twice around the shoulder. He also has the half-gallon size.

Club members attended the St. Petersburg, Fla., show and 12 photos from that event graced the newsletter ’s centerspread. Well done, Markses!

The Lone Star Chapter of the Coca-

Bottles and Extras Cola Collectors Club sent its newsletter, The Dispenser, for January. Co-editors Troy and Preston Parker do a good job, downloading color photos and keeping members informed. The chapter hasn’t joined the federation yet, but this region editor is working on it.

Eric Warren, a former president of the South Carolina Bottle Club and an authority on his state’s early crown top sodas (1900-1915), gave talk on his favorites at the January meeting of the Horse Creek Antique Bottle Club in Warrenville, S.C. He was featured in the February issue of Probe & Plunder, the club’s newsletter.

He noted that the cork-lined crown cap invented by William Painter during the 1890s proved in time to be the cap bottlers had been looking for.

“It wasn’t until 1906 when the Hutchinson stopper was outlawed by the Pure Food and Drug Act because it was unsanitary that more bottlers and bottle makers started using the crown. It was easy to produce, economical and leakproof,” he said.

Warren then displayed more than 30 of his collection of early crown tops with slug plates, most of which he rated from scarce to super-rare.

Examples included the Clio Bottling Works, Eutawville Bottling Works, Saluda Bottling Works, Summerland Bottling Works and Honea Path Bottling Works.

“On the average, the smaller the town, the shorter the period of the company’s operation and the better the bottle,” he said.

Milk bottle authority Charles Hilton of Graniteville, S.C., spoke at the club’s February meeting. Not only does Hilton collect milk bottles, but go-withs such as a 1956 Model II DIVCO (Detroit Industrial Vehicle Co.) milk truck now under restoration, two milk bottle cap makers, a hand-operated milk bottle filling machine — in short, everything but a milk cow.

“When I was younger, I did a bit of milking, but I’m old enough to know better now,” he laughed.

After starting a milk bottle collection in 1976 (Hilton bought this regional editor’s collection for $40!), the Graniteville man decided he couldn’t collect all the milk bottles in existence.

“I specialize in local and Graniteville area bottles, plus go-withs like souvenir calendars and other items dairies gave to

Bottles and Extras their customers.”

His collection includes Pyroglazed bottles with World War II slogans such as “Buy War Bonds,” or “Keep ‘Em Flying!”

He has bottles from the U.S. Marine Corps dairy on Parris Island, S.C., and railroad milks with the name of the railroad on the bottle.

“You’ve really got to know your railroad bottles because there are reproductions galore out there,” he said.

“Most of the repros do not have a shelf inside the top where the cardboard caps sat.” He also has plantation dairy milks, one from Butler Island Plantation located between Savannah and Brunswick, Ga. Another unusual one is the embossed CEDELMOAK bottle, the letters standing for the CEDAR, ELM and OAK trees surrounding the dairy.

“Fifteen or 20” cream separators and “thirty to forty” milking machines are in Hilton’s collection, while the rarest sign he owns is a 1920s “We Use the DeLaval Milker,” one of four known, he said.

Johnnie Fletcher, president of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club and editor of Oklahoma Territory News, notes in the February issue that the club has renewed its membership in the FOHBC. Federation president Ralph Van Brocklin sent the club a certificate good for a year ’s individual FOHBC memberhip and Fletcher planned to give it away at the next club meeting. Van Brocklin also joined the club.

This editor never tires of reading digging stories and Fletcher never tires of printing them. He featured two — one titled “Stop the Presses!” and the other “Digging Iowa.” The first was written by Ed Stewart, the second by Mark Wiseman (with Elsie the Pup).

In addition, there was a teaser about an upcoming story by Kenny Burbrink.

Among other things, he dug a one-gallon Horlicks Malted Milk jar (it’s rarely one that size remains intact) from a Nickerson, Kan., pit and probed eight more pits. He “felt” glass in all of them. Seven of them are four-footers and one is a seven-footer.

The March newsletter will contain the story.

The most exciting find between Stewart, Fletcher and Burbrink was a bottle embossed ROMMEL DRUG COMPANY,PURE DRUGS, WATERVILLE, KANSAS. A man named Ray Lindquist, who owned the lot where

Spring 2004 the dig was to take place, also was a collector and had a Rommel in his collection. The drug store bottle was previously unknown and had Fletcher’s mouth watering.

Burbrink later dug a DR. M.M. FENNER, FREEDONIA, N.Y., 1904 (this region editor found the little amber bottle in Augusta years ago).

Lindquist, a historian, contacted the Waterville Telegraph and a reporter later interviewed Burbrink. Each of the diggers received a copy of the newspaper containing a story, “Bottle Collectors Target Village Hotel Latrines.”

Wiseman and Elsie took friend Marv Juel to a Reinbeck, Iowa dump and the latter found a crown top soda embossed ARNOLD FRASURE/GLADBROOK, IOWA, among other things. Juel later dug the Tripoli dump with Wiseman and Percy Poulin.

Among their prizes were crown top sodas embossed NEW HAMPTON BOTTLING WORKS (one with THE NEW HAMPTON BOTTLING WORKS). A stoneware jug and a bad case of poison ivy for Wiseman, who dug unknowingly among the vine’s root system, were among later results.

Still another Tripoli dump dig with Jeff Krapfl resulted in the latter digging three green and three blue WAVERLY/WBW crowns and a small SCARLESS REMEDY CO./WINTERSET, IOWA. Other finds included an OELWEIN BOTTLING WORKS/OELWEIN, IOWA/NO. 13 with H&W on the crown top’s base, and a J.J. WANDRO/NEW HAMPTON, IOWA crown top.

Still later, Wiseman joined forces with Fletcher and Burbrink in Kansas City where Wiseman dug a large amber quart blobtop embossed P.B.B. CO./WESTERN BRANCH/KANSAS CITY, MO. Later research revealed it was from the Phillip Best Brewing Co., the predecessor to the Pabst Brewing Co., and dated to before 1889.

Other finds by the trio included an

73 amber crown top beer embossed THE KANSAS CITY BREWERIES CO., a SOMBARTS PHARMACY/KANSAS CITY, MO., and a couple of hobbleskirt Cokes.

The trio later moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and were rewarded by a whole GLOBE jar in aqua with its lid, a dark green whiskey embossed JAMES BUCHANAN & CO., LTD./BLACK & WHITE, and a ST. JOSEPH BREWING CO./ST. JOSEPH, MO., in a slug plate. Still others were a RED CROSS PHARMACY/ NINTH & FREDERICK AVE./ST. JOSEPH, MO., JNO. W. KOCK’S/PATEE PARK PHARMACY/ ST. JOSEPH, MO., and a KNIGHT & COMPANY/OPEN ALL NIGHT/SIXTH & FELIX/ST. JOSEPH drug store.

This Thanksgiving week digging adventure is to be continued in the March issue.

Why some folks don’t collect majolica is revealed by Mary Quesada, editor of the Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida newsletter. She and club president Wayne Harden attended the Pilot Club Antiques Show in Jacksonville.

“There was lots of vintage glass, jewelry, paintings, rugs, furniture and even clothing. One booth that caught our eye was all Victorian Majolica, beautiful pastel-colored pieces of all shapes and sizes. There in the corner was a small white Majolica dog, which could have been a Maltese on a pillow.

“Wayne was curious. He lifted the lid and exposed several interior compartments. Could be used on a vanity.

How precious. How much is it, I asked.

He looked at the price and I could see blood drain from his face as he ever-socarefully replaced the lid and stepped back from the table.

“This gorgeous piece was a mere $17,500 (not a typo, SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!) It was worth more than the car I drive.”

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Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, CA 96039 (706) 736-8097 scottg@snowcrest.net

Cabin Fever Well, it’s February as I write.

It’s cold and wet and having suffered through January, it feels like winter isn’t ever going to end.

Once in a while the sun breaks through, though, and

74 Western Regional News, con’t shows how beautiful it -could- be out there. I want flowers! I want garden! I’ve got things that could use some bright new paint, and I’m dying to get going on a carved wood porch I’ve been dreaming about.

I wanna drop to my knees and dig my fingers into the fertile garden soil and smell that incerdibly rich smell. I want to sink a four-tined hand cultivator into soft privy dirt and hear the screech of glass that hasn’t seen the light of day in 100 years. Okay, let’s get greedy, what I really want is glass that hasn’t seen light in 200 years 8^).

Meanwhile, it’s cozy by the fire of the old woodstove. The coffee is hot, strong and rich. Inside projects are being planned and executed. I guess I can’t complain... much. Heh heh! Well, we didn’t get flooded out in the last batch in case you heard about that one.

I got news! Get’cher red hot reports right here folks! Now who’ll be the first to step right up?

Patty, it’s you! Oh, sorry, carried away, ignore that guy behind the curtain. I meant, ahem...

The AtoZ Collector outta Pheonix Antiquing Arizona There was a time in our lives when we’d hit the ground running along about 6am on a Saturday or Sunday and just say “Let’s Go!” How about a delightful tale of meeting up with close friends and spending a day perusing the countryside looking into new shops and using the collector’s vision to separate the wheat from the chaff at a glance and coming home tired, hopefully broke and happy for the day.

At least that’s how I always assess my day. If I come home with money left over, the finds weren’t that exciting. Dead broke, rolling on empty is what I crave.

I see from the Internet report a Prescott Bottling works AT hutch did handsomely.

No surprise to me. Territorial just has an all around nice sound to it, doesn’t it.

Celery Soda? There have been over 100 brands of celery soda. Can you believe it? Hot competition with Celery Tonic, Celery Phosphate, Celery Cream, Cola, Beer and Iron too! How’d they ever sell a single glass is anybody’s guess.

Heloooooooo Colorado! That’s The Dump Diggers Gazette, Colorado AB&CC in case you forgot.

Spring 2004 I’m likely to get out-of-date order all across the region here, ladies and gentlemen. I hope it’s ok. I’ve got great material and am just going through as I can.

November meeting called to order by Mike Hofer. Don Hunt was there, but his voice wasn’t. (I’m not making this up. 8^) Show’n’tell: Randy Royal brings in a tin bucket saying “Comliments of Keystone Grocery, Colorado Springs” that he found under his house! I love that. In my opinion there -should always- be a bonus if you have to go down there and fix the plumbing or something! Bottled History is continued in this issue, with the known Colorado items and those accounted for. More than I’d have suspected.

And Diggin’ on the Internet (looks like a popular category) tells of a stencilled cone top jug from “The Combination John Klein Prop, Victor” that knocked down a staggering $2650. Gulp!

Next stop Oregon, The Oregon BCA, The Stumptown Reporter.

Urban redevelopment!! Two words that warm any bottle diggers heart like no other. Yup, they’re digging up streets in old downtown Portland. The old Union Station is receiving work. They’re planning to install a little museum of finds when they reopen.

There was mention of the Canyonville Ore. show. Sounds like it was well attended and a smashing success. This year, the show also included insulator dealers with collectors specially invited, and the boost brought the table count up to around 100.

The legendary Bob Barnett, whiskey dealer extraordinaire, was among those in attendance. Alright Bob! We don’t care if you retire, just stick around, huh??

Editor, Bill Bogynska: As I write this I am still trembling over the eBay purchase I just made tonight. One of those once in a lifetime items that you never see locally. What a beginning to a tale!

But Bill!! There isn’t an ending?? Keep us posted what you got!

Lookout San Diego... The Bottleneck, San Diego AB&CC. Prez Terry Monteith says: Happy New Year! Time to put away the aquisitions of last year and get on the hunt for the new treasures to come. Heh heh! Can’t beat an attitude like that.

Bottles and Extras Mike Bryant gives us a warning about: Don’t forget to leave detailed instructions in your will! You’ll be sparing those you love from embarassing themselves with unnecessary hostilities. Sound advise.

There’s a listing of 48 bottles specifically called “remedy.” I wouldn’t have guessed.

LAHBC The Whittlemark. Hi Guys!

Say there, Ken ‘n Dar, this is a neat story about meeting up with Earl in Lockport N.Y., I must say, seems our travellers were back east and looking though the Pennysavers when an auction ad for signs caught their eye. After some trials they found themselves in the kitchen and office of a real character. But, oh Lord, you ought to see the bottles! There is a picture of him holding up a -pair- of Indian Queens! Bitters, whiskeys, early dynamite bottles galore and amazingly, after a bit of negotiation, he even let Dar come home with cathederal inks!! What a chance encounter. You two are amazing!

Dave shows off more choice jars from Darrells collection. Holy Mackerel!

Hey Reno! That’s The Digger’s Dirt of the Reno BC. Yo Willie, off to Europe?? You sneakin

by Rob ‘n Kath’s place?? You’re killing me here! Don’t you need a couple hundred pounds excess baggage to bring along?

Marty Hall like to have sliced off the end of a finger whilst brushing the dirt from a freshly dug whiskey that was broken! Let’s be careful out there gang.

Just shows to go ya. Gloves are cheap. But fortunately, Marty has been digging hard and successfully otherwise. Love to see the swag sometime Marty. Get ‘em Partner!

Siphons of the Victorian Era. Hey, did you know the siphon seltzer bottle goes back to 1813?? Man, that’s about 50 years earlier than I ever thought.

Report of a Civil War shipwreck 100 miles off the coast of Georgia. So far nothing but some chests of gold coins, but keep digging guys. We know there’s bottles. And where are the fruit jars?

How’d you like to be in on something like this?

Also report of four men sentenced to stiff fines and jail for digging Indian sites in Calif. and Nev. Leave the Indian stuff alone boys and girls! Who needs trouble like that?

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The Corker, Golden Gate HBS. President Gary gives us good advise concerning, “Don’t take it for granted” What he means is don’t forget to appreciate who and what you have. This solid, perpetual wisdom and something to keep in mind for all things. It’s so easy get complacent and forget to appreciate what you have. Thanks for the reminder Mr Antone!

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Sequoia Antique Bottle & Collectible Societys 36th Annual Show and Sale - November 7-8, 2003 Show report by Ken ‘n’ Dar, reprinted by permission from the Whittlemark, publication of the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club. Photos sent by Barbara Hill, Sequoia AB & C Society, Tulare, California.

It looked like it would be De Ja Vou all over again this year. All week, the weather forecaster was predicting rain for Friday and Saturday. Friday turned out to be a really beautiful day. Traffic was light for some reason, and we breezed up to Tulare in 2 1/2 hours.

The show is held at the Tulare Veterans Hall on Tulare Ave., just off Highway 99. It's a nice big hall with good lighting, clean bathrooms and food at reasonable prices.

There was no admission charge to get in either, which is kind of nice. The back door to the hall was open when we got there, so we wandered in to watch the dealers set their tables. About 70-80 tables were set up and they all seemed to be occupied. There was a bit of activity as dealers scurried about trying to find bargains at other dealer's tables before the rush set in.

We wandered around for a bit and then went up to the front door to check out the raffle prizes. Last year, Dar won an embossed Visalia Pharmacy bottle, and we hoped to score again this year. They had an antique cast iron piggy bank, a nice whiskey bottle and an insulator as prizes. But the raffle prize that really caught my eye was a huge obsidian arrowhead in an oak display case. Really a beautiful artifact. I spent a good pat of my allowance on raffle tickets.

The first person we saw at the show was Diane Kuskie, busy setting up their tables with their usual great selection of glass. Ed was off somewhere doing deals, leaving Diane to do the hard part.

Then we ran into Dave Hall with his insulators and polishing machine cylinders and polishing media. I was kind of curious as to why he had polishing machine stuff on his table, and Dave said he has gone into partnership with Dick Homme on the polishing machines.

Then we ran into Don and Val Wippert, who were on vacation and decided to take in the show to see if they could find any bargains.

Don was showing off a California Dairies pint milk bottle, embossed with a picture of a babies face and LB for the city. Don couldn't find this bottle in any of his reference books, so he was hoping to get some information from other collectors. Maybe he is the proud owner of an undocumented bottle.

Bob Manthorne was there looking for L.A. beer bottles to round out his collection. They must be hard to find because I didn't see him carrying anything out to his car. (Dar said that Bob did acquire a nice bottle that he'll be bringing to the November Club meeting. I must have been snoozing again.)

Mike Bryant and his wife took in the show, Mike is the President of the San Diego Bottle Club, and is promoting a tri-club (San Diego, LAHBC and San Bernardino) Show and Sale tentatively to be held at a casino in Temecula.

Mike and Don Wippert are working on the details. A coordinating committee composed of members from all three clubs will have to be set up to work out all the details before any decisions can be made.

As usual, there were a number of excellent displays set up along the east wall. There were displays of toy farm tractors, barb wire, railroad cross tie identification nails, toy dairy wagons, Indian artifacts, rock carving and a beautiful collection of Indian peace pipes carved from soapstone.

Dar purchased an embossed ink from the Kuskies, and I bought a set of three odd poison bottles. The shape of the bottles consists of a combination of round and square with the usual raised bumps to indicate poison. The dealer said that they came from an old collection that he had purchased, and had no identification on where they came from.

On the way home, Dar and I decided that we really enjoyed the Tulare show and were satisfied that we bought some neat stuff.

Club president Carl Simon (left) and dealer in deep deliberation.

Show Chairman Richard Simon and hostesses.

Charter Club member and dealer, Lou Dill with granddaughter.

Insulator group very active at our Show and Sale, both in displaying and sales.

Blue ribbon winner Don Lord with his display of Horse Drawn Wagons.

Blue ribbon winner Dick Osborne’s display featuring a motorized tractor and trailer with small bottles.

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FOR SALE: ACL and Embossed soda bottles - fruit jars - embossed medicine bottles - household bottles and jars - in many colors - green, blue, amber, clear Many other bottles and jars. Contact: DEXTER COMBS, 835 County Road 844, Green Forest, AR 72638; PH: (870) 480-6638, or E-mail: dextercombs@hotmail.com.

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Veterinary 500cc Terramycin Injectable, $10.00. Dr. LeGears Screw Worm Killer, $15.00. H. Clay Glover Co embossed and New York special top, $10.00. Ferro B. Pitman Moore, Cal. paper label, 1900, cork-top foldover lip, contents, $15.00.

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FOR SALE: State Capital Hutches: 1) TRENTON, N.J. / J. FISHMAN CO, clear, VNM $25. 2) WAGNE & POLLINBECK / MADISON / WIS., almost perfect. $30. 3) CAPITAL CITY BOTTLING / WORKS / BATON ROUGE / LA, mug base, aqua, VNM. $40 4) LITTLE ROCK BOTTLING / Co / LITTLE ROCK, ARK, mug base, light stain. $30 5) STANDARD BOTTLING CO / DENVER, COLO., light aqua, perfect. $25. 6) HOLLISTER & CO / HONOLULU, aqua, hazy. $25. 7) STAR / BOTTLING WORKS / ABOUT 8 OZ / ST. PAUL, MINN, aqua, perfect. $45. 8) ARIZONA / BOTTLING WORKS / PHOENIX, ARIZONA, four-mold, within years of statehood (either way), aqua, perfect. $400. Contact: BOTTLE BILL, 5109 Parade Field Way, Lansdale, PA 19446, PH: (215) 692-1443, E-mail: Raeherb@comcast.net.

FOR SALE: Western Whiskey: J. F. Cutter Extra Old Bourbon w/shield.

Beautiful golden yellow amber, whittled, curdity, nice drippy top. 1/4 inch inmaking flaw on lip from airation & impurities in the glass, hard to see. $300.

J. H. Cutter, Thomas 42, medium amber, seed bubbles, crudity, nice uneven & drippy top. Inside haze to the back, some high-point wear. Embossing is weak in some areas, but rates about average. Overall condition is nice. $350. Soda: Blobtop H. Mau & Co., Eureka, Nevada. Aqua, clean, bubbles, whittle, nice. Very clean.

1/2 inch linear shallow bruise in heavy part of the front base. Vary hard to see, except when held to light just right. $100.

Pharmacy: Jos. C. Wirthman & Co., monogram, clear, 8-ounce , tooled-top, Beacon Hill Pharmacy N.E. Cor. 24th and Forest Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Clean, clear, perfect, amethyst. $200. Soda: Crown-top ABM Silver State Soda. Embossed miner with pick & loaded pack mule. Reno.

Scallop design. Very light haze in some areas & light high-point wear. Extremely attractive & interesting soda. $65.

Pharmacy: Jones Drug Co. Kalispell, Mont. Tooled square medicine. Big dog 16-ouncer in nice purple! Clean & clear.

Small 1/8 inch ding on the lip that runs in an in-making glass flaw. Hard to see. $200.

Pharmacy: Fitch & Smithers, Druggists, Kalispell, Mont. Clear, square medicine, 5 1/8 inch tall, clean, perfect. $75.

Pharmacy: The Pioneer Drug Co., Goldfield, Nevada, In Business for Your Health. 5 3/4 inch, clear amethyst. A great name & a beautiful bottle. $200. Postage is extra. Contact: JEAN M. POULIOT, Box 205, West Glacier, MT 59936; PH: (406) 888-9092.

FOR SALE: Houghton and Dalton Pottery (1982) book. Covers and illustrates pottery made in Dalton, Ohio by the Houghton Family (1842-1951). Cost is $6.00 plus $1.75 for mailing. Contact: “DR. JAMES HOUDESHELL, 1610 South Main St., Findlay, OH 45840, PH: (419) 423-2895, or E-mail: houdeshell@mail.findlay.edu.

FOR SALE: Old Georgia land grants from the 1840s to the 1860s. Contact: JOHN GROVES, 18 Rosemont Drive, Rome, GA 30161 or PH: (706) 232-3516.

FOR SALE: 1. Foley's Sarasaparilla MFD. By Foley & Co. Chicago, amber, 91/2", vnm to m, $35.00. 2. Brown's Sarsaparilla For The Kidneys Liver and Blood, aqua, 9-1/4", vnm to m with a lot of seed bubbles, a really nice looking

example of a Brown's, $20.00. 3. Ayer's Compound Ext Sarsaparilla aqua 8-1/ 2", 1/4" open bubble on shoulder, $7.00.

4. As #3. Aqua, 8-1/2" little haziness, $7.00. 5. Dr. Greene's Sarsaparilla, aqua, 9", light uniform haziness, $25.00.

6. John Bull Extract of Sarsaparilla, Louisville, KY, aqua, 9" x 3-3/4" X 2-1/ 2. Mint, nice drippy top and a couple of large bubbles. Clean. $60.00. 7. Allen's Sarsaparilla (large block letters), aqua, 8-1/4", oval, vnm to m, clean, $20.00.

8. Gooch's Extract of Sarsaparilla, Cincinnati, O., aqua, 9-1/4" X 4" X 2-1/2", Clean, mint, crooked neck and crude. $60.00. 9. Dana's Sarsaparilla, aqua, 9", mint, $15.00. 10. Allens's "Sarsaparilla (smaller block letters), aqua, 8-1/4", flat lip chip, little haze, $10.00. 11. Hood's Sarsaparilla, 9", aqua, 1/4", pen bubble on side, clean. $5.00. 12. DeWitts Sarsaparilla, Chicago, aqua, 8-3/4", characteristic light embossing, one pinhead on lip, generally clean, $40.00.

13. Dalton's Sarsaparilla and Nerve Tonic, faded label on reverse, aqua, 9 1/4", couple of shallow minor flakes near base, $35.00. 14. Same as #13.

Faded reverse label, no nicks, little light uniform haziness, $35.00. 15. Yager's Sarsaparilla, amber, 8-1/2", vnm save a 1/4" open bubble on bevel, $20.00.

16. As #15. Clear, generally clean with only an occasional wispy area, vnm to m, $20.00. 17. As #15. Aqua, vnm to m, $20.00. Postage $4.00 first and $2.00 each additional bottle. Contact: RALPH VAN BROCKLIN, 1021 W. Oakland Ave., #109, Johnson City, TN 37604l PH: (423) 913-1378; E-mail: thegenuine@comcast.net.

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FOR SALE: C-80, Castilian Bitters, amber, VNM, $1,200. Flask, GI-24, Washington-Taylor, Bridgeton New Jersey, aqua, OP, Pint, bold embossing, sparkling VNM, $325. Ink, Davids & Black New York, deep emerald green, OP, 6” high, whittled, lots of bubbles in the glass, perfect condition, extremely rare and beautiful color, $475. Pontiled Medicine, Dr Armstrong’s Pure Herb Medicine, aqua, OP, 6 5/8” high, nicely

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FOR SALE: Reference & collectible books on bottles: American Glass – From the Pages of Antiques, Two Volumes in One. Volume I - Blown & Molded; Volume II - Pressed & Cut. A compilation of more than 50 select articles from the magazine Antiques written by prominent collectors and experts, between 1922 and 1972. Overall excellent condition, tight binding, includes dust jacket. $50.00. Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Helen and George S. McKearin, 1950. One of the three major works authored or coauthored by the McKearins. $25.00.

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shipping. Contact: MIKE POLAK, P.O. Box 30328, Long Beach, CA 90853; Phone: (562) 438-9209; E-mail: bottleking@earthlink.net; Webstie: http://www.bottlebible.com.

A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA BOTTLE & STONEWARE A HISTORY OF MERCHANT CONTAINERS IN ARIZONA 124 pages of very detailed sketches of bottles and stoneware from the state of Arizona (1999) Spiral bound, $25.00. Contact: MICHAEL MILLER, Miller Antiques, 9214 W. Gary Road, Peoria, AZ 85345, PH: (623) 486-3123 or by E-mail: gramike@earthlink.net.

FOR SALE: Now, finally available! BIG BOB BEST BITTERS is a comprehensive price guide for collectors of bitters bottles reporting auction prices realized for the last 17 years. This printing contains nearly 4000 accurately described bitters in a con-

venient, easy to read format. Listing bottle description and condition, Ring/ Ham number, sale date and realized auction prices, this reference is a must-have for the collector or dealer of bitters bottles. To encourage your attendence at bottle shows, the price is an affordable $10. Price postage paid is $15. Send check or money order with your mailing instructions to: BOB STRICKHART, 3 Harvest Drive, Pennington, New Jersey 08534.

MISCELLANEOUS $500.00 REWARD! for any information leading to the return of my stolen property, ie: WILLIAM GOEPPERT & SON, aqua, “champagne” top, quart beer from San Francisco, circa 1882. Please contact: DAVE ACORN, 11312 Cottontail Way, Penn Valley, CA 95946; Phone: (530) 432-2111.

WANTED WANTED: These Hildebrandt & Posner’s: 1/2-pint and pint amber pumpkinseeds; 1/2-pint and pint aqua pumpkinseeds; 1/2 clear pumpkinseed without air vents; 5th and 6th size cylinders; 4-mold tool-top and glob-tops with crude tops, whittle and odd coloration. Perferably mint, or near mint.

Contact: BILL REEVES, PO Box 252, Cedarville, CA 96104; or Phone: (530) 279-6304 (eve).

WANTED: Figural bottles and whiskies, particularly barrels, for my expanding collection. At above market prices promptly paid. Also WANT Nevada embossed bottles and other early Nevada collectibles, such as bottle/can openers, license plates, license plate toppers, metal hunting/fishing licenses, post cards and post marks.

Contact: BOB FERRARO, 515 Northridge Road, Boulder City, NV 89005; PH: (702) 293-3114 or E-mail: mayorferraro@aol.com.

WANTED: Miniature jugs with stenciled advertising 3 1/2" tall or below, with state and town from CT, DE, HI, NV, RI, UT or WY on each. Paying top dollar. Contact: ORVILLE T. SEALS, 12671 Palmyra Rd., North Jackson, OH 44451; PH: (330) 5383744 after 6pm.

WANTED: Straight-sided, 1915, 1923 Coca-Cola bottles from the state of Indiana. Also: foreign regular issue Coke and Pepsi glass bottles. Contact: RAY & CATHY DAVIDSON, 9464 West 1300 North, Elwood, IN 46036-8706; PH: (765) 552-2374; E-mail: cathy@tiptontel.com.

WANTED: Colorado 1/2 pint and pint milk bottles, Colorado post cards.

Also want DuQuoin, Illinois material.

Send list, with photos. Contact: GEORGE VANTRUMP, P.O. Box 1537, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034, PH: (303) 2323542.

WANTED: Early Western bottles. Flasks: N. Grange, Wormser Bros. (horizontal embossing). Bitters: Lacours, E.G. Lyons, Rosenbaums. Medicines: Dr. Parkers S.F., Loryea Unkweed. Sodas: W.B. Shasta, CC&B. Also: Colored, unembossed quart ammonias. Absolute top dollar paid, or trade. Contact: DALE MLASKO, P.O. Box 1142, Medford, OR 97501; PH: (541) 601-0245.

WANTED: FOR TRADE: HRN Auction Catalog for the Samuel J. Greer collection

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2003

“4th Edition”

New!

BOTTLES:

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PEPSI : COLA BOTTLES & MORE COLLECTORS GUIDE, VOL. 2

Identification and Price Guide By: Michael Polak The “Bottle Bible” for Everyone - Comprehensive Updated Pricing Guide - Three New Chapters

Cobalt blue Medicine Bottles Violin Bottles Museum and Research Resources

- Expanded & Updated Chapters Determining Bottle Values Trademark Identification Dealer/club Guide Glossary Auction Houses, Bibliography

- 300 B&W Photos - 19 Page Color Section

For More Information Contact: Mike Polak Antique Trader Publications ISBN: 0-87349-371-0 Available Nationwide

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Retail Price: $17.95 + 3.05 Shipping/Handling = $21.00

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ALL NEW Vol. 2 contains over 1500 bottles - 169 pages - all color with enlargements - 800 items pictured includes over 610 total of Pepsi-Cola embossed, paper label, ACL, Back Bar Bottles and Pepsi products. Devil Shake, Diet Pepsi, Evervess, Patio, Pepsi-free, Pepsi-Light, Slice, TEEM, Tropic Surf and others. Also featured - 860 MOUNTAIN DEW bottles plus 55 competition bottles and cans.

NOTE: Vol. 2 Does Not contain bottles shown in Vol. 1 Mail to: RJM Enterprises 5186 Claudville Hwy., Claudville VA 24076 Method of Payment:

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HERE’S TO BEERS

“The Fruit Jar Collectorʼs Bible”

RedBook

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Reflects Recent Price Influences of Auctions and the Internet, as well as Current Price Trends Soft Cover, 432 Pages Over 10,000 Entries $35 US - $40 Non-US - Post Paid Order from Author : DOUGLAS M. LEYBOURNE, JR. P.0. BOX 5417 - NORTH MUSKEGAN, MI 49445

BLOB TOP BEER BOTTLES 1880-1910

by Byron & Vicky Martin NEW 2003 SUPPLEMENT which includes quite a number of previously unlisted bottles PLUS a totally NEW updated price guide!!

FEATURES: √ Beautiful Full-Color Front & Back Covers √ Full 8 1/2 x 11 inch format √ History and introduction to beer bottle collecting √ Over 400 professional photographs and illustrations √ All bottles have accurate up-to-date rarity and valuations √ See the rarest beer bottles known √ Many beer trays and associated items

$25 each - Includes Postage CONTACT: BYRON & VICKY MARTIN

P.O. Box 838 Angels Camp, CA 95222

(209) 736-0217 achinback@juno.com

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of pontiled medicine bottles (1988-89). I will trade other catalogs or whatever. Will trade good sodas for inks of equal value, preser umbrellas. Want Hutch sodas from Montana and will trade good bottles of equal value. Let's go! Contact: BOTTLE BILL, 5109 Parade Field Way, Lansdale, PA 19446; E-mail: Raeherb@comcast.net.

WANTED: Tennessee and all Southwestern U.S. tokens; saloon and Civilian Conservation Corps tokens from anywhere.

Whiskey crocks from Southern states; Tennessee small sided, small town bottles. I have tokens from various states for trade.

Contact: JOE COPELAND, P.O. Box 4221, Oak Ridge, TN 37831; PH: (865) 482-4215; E-mail: joecopeland@comcast.net.

WANTED: Castle Whiskey #143 in Bob Barnett's Whiskey Book. Contact: BEN KUTZKEY, 163 Shepard Ln., Bishop, CA 93514; PH: (760) 873-6635; or E-mail: bkutzkey@aol.com.

WANTED: Fancy embossed soda/pop/beverage bottles from the 1920s-1940s (no ACL). Looking for unique shapes or designs, funny names, interesting graphics/logos or pictures embossed in the plass. Contact: ROGER HILL, 522 Palmer Lane, Menlo Park, CA 94025; PH: (650) 324-4578; E-mail: roger.hill@cbnorcal.com.

WANTED: Shea Bocqueraz SF whiskey "go-withs" and pumpkinseeds. Contact: DAVE KENNEDY, 4318 Kenmore Dr., S. Fresno, CA 93703; PH: (559) 251-6101.

WANTED: Barber waste vases, barber bottles, occupational and advertising shaving mugs, and other unique barber items.

Special interest in Mary Gregory items. Contact: REID G. PALMER, 2110 Ashmore Drive, Ames, IA 50014; PH: (515) 292-9508 (evenings); E-mail: reidnuray@aol.com.

WANTED: Top dollar paid for Michigan items, especially Best Bitters in America and National Bitters, Detroit, Mich.

Contact: TED KENNEDY, 10547 South Westnedge, Portage, MI 49002; PH: (269) 492-5539.

$ REWARD $ 30 Below Will Pay TOP DOLLAR for a

ACL Soda From San Diego, CA Mike Bryant (858) 581-2787 sdmike@san.rr.com libottle@optonline.net

(631) 589-9027

Mark Smith 10 Holmes Court Sayville, N.Y. 11782-2408

WANTED: Stoneware, pre-prohibition advertising jugs, crocks, pitchers, churns, rolling pins from all states and all sizes. Will pay premium prices for jugs from small towns and saloons.

Also want pre-prohibition shotglasses, signs, corkscrews, tokens and back bar bottles.

Contact: THOMAS NOEL, 1385 Norsworthy Rd., Kirksey, KY 42054; PH: (270) 489-2440 or E-mail: jugging@mchsi.com.

WANTED: American Poisons - paying top dollar. Contact: TIM ADAMS, 579 BEaumont, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or Email: anchorman@charter.net.

Veterinary Animal Medicine Advertising Wanted

Buying quality antique veterinary advertising: * Posters by Pratts, Dr. A.C. Daniels, International Stock Food, etc. * Veterinary country store cabinets, both tin front and glass front. * Advertising go-withs: Celluloids, Bar Spinners, Watch Fobs, Chalk statues, Thermometers, anything odd and unusual * Labeled Veterinary medicine bottles, especially with boxes. * Boxed Veterinary Medicines with contents. * Veterinary tins.

Contact either: Ken Opengart 1101 Simonton Dr. Watkinsville, GA 30677 chkenlps@yahoo.com 770-769-8438 (home)

Mike Smith 7431 Covington Hwy. Lithonia, GA 30058 PetVet@mindspring.com 770-482-5100 (work) 770-979-3239 (home) Finders Fee for tip leading to the purchase of either of the two Pratts Food posters shown.

WHISKEY FLASKS WANTED ALL SHAPES, SIZES AND COLORS FROM NEW YORK, BROOKLYN & LONG ISLAND

Quality Pratts poster with Indians

Quality Pratts poster with Brownies

We will buy one item, or a whole collection.

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WANTED: Rare or odd bottles from New Mexico. Bottles and related items from Dr. Kilmer, particularly older variants.

Label and contents medical bottles, ie: Mecck, Sharp, Dohme, etc. Please note my new address. Contact: TINO ROMERO, 240 Oasis Dr., Ridgecrest, CA 93555, E-mail: tromero@nmt.edu.

Website: www.nmt.edu/~tromero.

WANTED: One bottle with the words "Cocaine" embossed upon it (perhaps down the side). One bottle with a label ("vegetable") to help with the weakness of women. Cocaine, heroin and like drugs embossed on the bottle. Contact: ELIZABETH SMALL, 75 Main Street, P.O. Box 362, Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327; PH: (570) 476-1122 or E-mail: liz.small@smallandson.com.

WANTED: Oregon pumpkinseeds, shot glasses and go-withs. Also information on 1/2 gallon stoneware jug (August Ziegenhagen Inc., Chicago, Ill.). Contact: GARTH ZIEGENHAGEN, 2596 SW Pumice Ave., Redmond, OR 97756; FOR SALE and WANTED ads are a benefit of FOHBC membership.

Send YOUR free ad today!

Churchillʼs Antique Bottle Cleaning Service Introductory Offer: Will clean one bottle at no charge ! (minus postage) Try me risk free!

Less than 10 bottles: $15 each.

10-14: $12.50 each.

More than 15: $10.00 each.

MARK CHURCHILL

PO Box 7023 Grand Rapids, MI 49510

(616) 248-3808 E-mail: mdiscoidalis@aol.com

PH: (541) 548-4776; zigs@bend.cable.com.

E-mail:

SHOPS AND SERVICES

WANTED: Moulton items! I collect bottles and related items with my name on them and am interested in purchasing anything which I do not have. TOM G. MOULTON, 1911 Preservation Dr., Plant City, FL 33566-0945; Phone: (813) 754-1396; or E-mail: corkscru1@aol.com.

CHAPEL ANTIQUES Specializing in antique furniture, bottles, Western Relics, Victorian glass collectibles, etc.

Contact: CHAPEL ANTIQUES, 112 N. Curry St., Carson City, NV 89703; PH: (775) 885-8511

WANTED: ACL soda bottles with labels that illustrate birds, stars or elephants.

Contact: KATHY HOPSON, 1966 King Springs Rd., Johnson City, TN 37601; PH: (423) 926-7160 or E-mail: kathy@thesodafizz.com.

Length 36” to 48” Diameter 1/4” to 5/16” “T” Handle 1” Dia. x 12” and Ring 4” above tip, both welded. $37.50 includes S/H $3 Extra for Rush Shipping Cashier Check or M.O. R. L. Wilcox 7422 Park Drive Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Phone: (804) 746-9854 or E-mail: Wilcox7422@aol.com

WANTED: Shea Bocqueraz SF whiskey "go-withs" and pumpkinseeds. Contact: DAVE KENNEDY, 4318 Kenmore Dr., S. Fresno, CA 93703; PH: (559) 251-6101.

SPRING STEEL PROBES

Custom Glass Cleaning by the JAR DOCTOR Including bottles, decanters, insulators, jars, lamps, pitchers, vases ...almost anything glass that needs cleaning.

Two pricing options: 1) Uninsured option $15.00 for polish $20.00 for cutting (etching and scratch removal) * customer assumes all risk for breakage 2) Insured option Cost is 5% of agreed upon value of the piece Minimum charge $30.00 Piece must pass inspection - no cracks, potstones or thin glass If breakage does occur; insured will be paid agreed upon value and piece will not be returned

Postage is paid by customer both ways, regardless of option FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

R. Wayne Lowry 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083 E-mail: JarDoctor@aol.com Website: www.jardoctor.com (816) 318-0161

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Membership Benefits Individual Membership Open to any individual that has an interest in bottles, flasks, jars or related items, some of the benefits of membership are: • A full year subscription to our quarterly 84-page publication Bottles and Extras, which contains specialty articles, regular columns, classified advertising, show reports, reports pertaining to our clubs and a listing of bottle shows nationwide.

• Quarterly newsletters detailing news of the Federation and the hobby.

• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (a trial period of 1 year duration, beginning with the Summer (July) 2003 issue. Restrictions apply - ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25.00 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed.)

• One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc.

• Advice on publishing your book / manuscript, and a forum for your articles.

• The opportunity to obtain “Early Admission” to the annual Federation shows.

• Access to the informational FOHBC Slide Show Presentations.

• Individuals holding full membership may additionally request Associate membership for their spouses and children up to age 18. The costs for this is $5 per individual.

Affiliated Club Membership Available to any club, association or organization which has ten or more members and has an interest in bottles, flasks, jars, or related items, some of the benefits of affiliated membership are: • A full-year subscription to the quarterly magazines and newsletters, plus...

• A 50% reduction in the cost of display advertising in the magazine and the newsletter.

- In addition to this, there is a free ¼-page advertisement in the newsletter and free posting of the ad on the Federation website, www.fohbc.com, as a part of the advertising package when you advertise your show in the magazine.

• One complimentary individual membership per year is provided to Affiliated Clubs for their use as an honorarium, raffle item, door prize, etc.

• The Federation will post links from our website into your clubs website free of charge and will assist with creation of a web page for you, as our webmaster’s time allows. You supply the photos and general text and we will do our best to get you up and running!

• A show ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show.

• Access to the informational FOHBC Slide Show Presentations.

• Each year, the Federation elects members to the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame to recognize their individual contribution to the hobby of bottle collecting. Our clubs are encouraged to sponsor individuals for these honors.

FED-4-SALE

Federation Goodies from the Past ~ Please Note: Prices include shipping. ~ Coffee Mugs (1992 EXPO) $7.50 each – ppd.

You’ll find coffee never tasted better. Only 43 available!

Commemorative Flasks - Fabulous Fakes! $8.50 each – ppd.

1969 ABCA 10th “Success to the RR” Green 1976 EXPO, St. Louis (Scroll) Blue, Amber, Olive, Aqua 1988 EXPO, Las Vegas “Celebration of Am. Glass” Blue 1994 FOHBC Nat’l, Cherry Hills, New Jersey FOHBC 25th (free-blown date seal) Olive EXPO & National Show Programs $5.30 each – ppd.

1984 EXPO Souvenir Program, Montgomery, Alabama 1988 EXPO Souvenir Program, Las Vegas, Nevada 1994 National Souvenir Program, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 2001 National Auction Catalogs $4.30 each – ppd.

1984 Update & Price Guide, C Ring & S Ray $3.30 each – ppd.

116-pg. update to For Bitters Only by Carlyn Ring FOHBC Decals $1.00 each – ppd.

Please specify INSIDE or OUTSIDE…

FOHBC Pins & Buttons $3.00 each – ppd.

The Original Emblem, from the 1976 EXPO, St. Louis, Mo. 1984 EXPO Button, Montgomery, Alabama (Very limited quantities) 1988 EXPO Pins, Las Vegas, Nevada T-Shirts, 1988 EXPO, Las Vegas 2 XL only! $10.50 each – ppd.

Back Issues: “Federation Journal” $13.30 per copy – ppd.

Spring 1974 (V2-1), Fall 1974 (V2-2) Spring 1975 (V3-1), Fall 1975 (V3-2) Back Issues: “Bottles & Extras” $5.30 per copy – ppd.

Only a few issues not available… ~ Please Note: Prices include shipping ~

Submit orders to: Federation Merchandise c/o Margie Williams 1835 Oak, Terr., Newcastle, CA 95658

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FOHBC SHO-BIZ FOHBC Sho-Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are noted. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited.

Please send at least four months in advance, including telephone number, to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, c/o Ron Rasnake, 6301 Lilyan Parkway, Fort Pierce, FL 34951, or E-mail: RonOldGins@bellsouth.net. Show schedules are subject to change. Please call ahead before traveling long distances.

All listings published here will also be published on our web site at http://www.fohbc.com.

APRIL 2004 APRIL 2 - 3 - WHEATON, ILLINOIS Collector's Jubilee Antique Insulator & Collectibles Show (Fri. 10 AM – 5 PM, Sat. 9 AM – 1 PM) at the Du Page County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, Illinois. INFO: JIM CRANDALL, 1486 Prospect Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60018, PH: (847) 827-4727. **Listing Courtesy of Crown Jewels of the Wire** APRIL 3 - KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN Kalamazoo Antique Bottle & Glass Show 25th Silver Annual Show & Michigan's largest bottle show (Sat. 10 AM – 3 PM) at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo, MI. INFO: JOHN PASTOR, 7288 Thorncrest Dr. SE, Ada, MI 49301, PH: (616) 285-7604, E-mail: jpastor2000@msn.com or Mark McNee, PH: (269) 343-8393.

APRIL 4 - CIRENCESTER, ENGLAND Cirencester Bottle & Collector’s Fair (Sun. 11 AM – 3 PM, early admission 9 AM) at the Bingham Hall, King St., Cirencester, England. INFO: KEITH WAIT, 9 Purley Rd., Cirencester, Glos.

GL7 1EP, England, PH: 011 44 1285 652 142.

APRIL 4 - AYLESBURY, ENGLAND National Society of Collectors Fairs Annual Good Friday Antique Bottle & Advertising Show & Sale (Sun. 11 AM – 3 PM, early admission 9 AM) at the Civic Center, Aylesbury, England. INFO: PAMELA BALL, 2 Pound Cottage, Blackthorn, Bicester, Oxon OX25 1TE, England, PH: 011-44-1869 241107.

APRIL 17 - JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS Little Rock Antique Bottle Club’s 34th Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Dr., Jacksonville, Arkansas. INFO: ED TARDY, PH: (501) 868-9548, E-mail: etardy135@comcast.net APRIL 18 - ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association's 35th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM - 3 PM) at the ESL Sports Centre at Monroe Community College, 2700 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Rd., Rochester, New York. INFO: DON ANGELINI, PH: (585) 2659516, E-mail: ange63@frontiernet.net or TOM WHIPPLE, PH: (585) 554-3964, E-mail: gvbcadealerstables@hotmail.com, Web site: www.gvbca.org. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** APRIL 18 - WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN Spring City Collector’s 1st Annual Antique Advertising & Bottle Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission 8:30 AM) at the Quality Inn, 2417 Bluemound Rd. (I-94 exit 297), Waukesha, Wisconsin. INFO: JOE MARTIN, 332 W. Roberta Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186, PH: (262) 513–8820 or (414) 305–9562, E-mail: Mrtncmrt487@cs.com.

APRIL 23 – 24 - VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society's 38th Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM - 4 PM, early admission Fri. 2 PM – 8 PM) at the Solano County Fairgrounds McCormack Hall, 900 Fairgrounds Dr. (Hwy. 37/80 across from Six Flags Marine World), Vallejo, California. INFO: GARY ANTONE, 752 Murdell Lane, Livermore, CA 94550-5104, PH: (925) 373-6758 or (650) 603-9254, E-mail: packrat49er@netscape.net. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** APRIL 25 - HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia’s 33rd Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, U. S. Route 11 South, Harrisonburg, Virginia. INFO: SONNY SMILEY, 1025 Greendale Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22801, PH: (540) 434-1129, E-mail: lithiaman1@yahoo.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** APRIL 25 - OTTAWA, ONTARIO Bytown Bottle Seeker’s Antique, Collectibles & Bottle Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada. INFO: PEGGY SWEET, PH: (613) 257-1269, E-mail: mississippi@canada.com, Website: http://bbsc1970.tripod.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** APRIL 30 - MAY 1 - GRAY, TENNESSEE State of Franklin Antique Bottle & Collectible Association's 6th Annual Bottle Show & Sale (Sat. 7 AM - 9 PM, Free Admission.

Set-up & Early Admission, Fri. Noon - 6 PM) at the Appalachian Fairgrounds, Gray, Tennessee. INFO: CHARLIE BARNETTE, 100 Coffey St., Bristol, TN 37620; PH: (423) 9681437; E-mail: Brisbotls@chartertn.net. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** MAY 2004 MAY 1 - BRIDGE OF EARN, SCOTLAND Scottish Old Bottle & Collectors Fair (Sat. 10 AM – 4 PM) at the Institute, Bridge of Earn, Nr. Perth, Scotland. INFO: PH: 011-44-1343 830512.

MAY 2 - UTICA, NEW YORK Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club's 10th Annual Antique Bottle Show and Sale (Sun. 9 AM - 2:30 PM) at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds, Route 5S and Cemetery Road, Frankfort, N. Y. (5 miles East of Utica). INFO: PETER BLEIBERG, 7 White Pine Road, New Hartford, N. Y. 13413, PH: (315) 735-5430, Email: PMBleiberg@aol.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** MAY 2 - GURNEE, ILLINOIS Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois 30th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Holiday Inn Convention Center,

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FRUIT JARS

MEDICINES A D V E R T I S I N G

THE OHIO BOTTLE CLUB’S 26th

MANSFIELD

ANTIQUE BOTTLE & ADVERTISING SHOW & SALE

M A R B L E S

S M A L L

TRIMBLE ROAD EXIT U.S. RT. 30

C O C A

A N T I Q U E S

SATURDAY, MAY 8TH , 2004

C O L A

RICHLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MANSFIELD, OHIO HOURS 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. DONATION $3.00 Dealer set-up Friday, May 7th, 2-6 P.M.

M I L K B O T T L E S

EARLY ADMISSION $25.00

I N K S

CONTACT: Ron Hands (330) 634-1977 INFO: rshands225@yahoo.com FLASKS

DECORATED STONEWARE

BITTERS

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Grand Ave. (1 block west of I-94), Gurnee, Illinois. INFO: GREG SCHUENEMAN, PH: (847) 623-7572. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** MAY 7 - 8 - MANSFIELD, OHIO Ohio Bottle Club’s 26th Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 8 AM – 2 PM, early admission Fri. 2 PM) at the Richland County Fairgrounds, U. S. Route 30 (Trimble Rd. exit), Mansfield, Ohio.

INFO: RON HANDS, PH: (330) 634-1977, E-mail: rshands225@yahoo.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** MAY 8 - CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON Washington Bottle Collectors Association’s Spring Insulator, Bottle & Collectibles Show (Sat. 9 AM-5 PM) at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, Chehalis, Washington. INFO: WARREN LHOTKA, PH: (206) 329-8412, E-mail: wlbottleguy@yahoo.com or ROBIN HARRISON, PH: (206) 5222135, E-mail: robin@w-link.net. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** MAY 16 - WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA Washington County Antique Bottle & Insulator Club’s Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 2 PM) at the Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Ave. (I-70 exit 17), Washington, Pennsylvania.

INFO: RUSS CRUPE, 52 Cherry Rd., Avella, PA 15312, PH: (724) 345-3653, E-mail: heidirus@mlynk.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

THE STATE OF FRANKLIN ANTIQUE BOTTLE & COLLECTIBLES ASSOCIATION PRESENTS THEIR 6TH ANNUAL

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JUNE 4–5 - LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA Robeson Antique Bottle Club’s Annual Show & Sale (Fri. 3 PM – 9 PM, Sat. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Farmers Market & Expo Center, I-95 exit 14, Lumberton, North Carolina. INFO: RICHARD STEPHENS, 1830 Riverside Blvd., Lumberton, NC 28358, PH: (910) 738-6075, E-mail: rhstep@nc.rr.com or PAUL VALENTI, PH: (910) 738-3074, E-mail: cbaxley@nc.rr.com.

JUNE 11–12 - KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE East Tennessee Antique Bottle & Collectible Society’s Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 8 AM – 5 PM, early admission Fri. 2 PM – 7 PM) at the Knoxville Expo Center, corner of Merchants & Clinton Hwy. (U. S. Route 25W north, I-75 exit 108), Knoxville, Tennessee. INFO: LARRY W. ACUFF, 220 N. Carter School Rd., Strawberry Plains, TN 37871, PH: (865) 933-2333. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** JUNE 27 - SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK National Bottle Museum’s Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM) at the Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York. INFO: NATIONAL BOTTLE MUSEUM, PH: (518) 885-7589, E-mail: nbm@crisny.org.

JULY 2004 JULY 3–4 - ELSECAR, ENGLAND UK Summer National 14th Annual Bottle & Advertising Show

The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club Proudly Presents its

TOKENS SCRIPT POSTCARDS TOBACCO TINS ADV. SIGNS ADV. TINS

FREE ADMISSION

MAY 1, 2004 7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

ACL SODAS WHITE HOUSE JUMBO FRUIT JARS ETC.

BOTTLES, GLASS, ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES, ADVERTISING, ETC.

AT THE GRAY FAIRGROUNDS GRAY, TENNESSEE

ANTIQUE BOTTLE, FRUIT JAR, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLE SHOW AND SALE ONE DAY SHOW The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club was established in 1966. This club is the 5th Saturday Charter Member of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

September 11th, 2004 at the Arcadia Masonic Temple 50 West Duarte Road, Arcadia, California 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Early Bird starts at 8:00 AM Admission: $2.00 - Earlybird $5.00

EARLY BUYERS $10 FRIDAY ONLY NOON-6 P.M.

CONTACT: CHARLIE BARNETTE 100 COFFEY ROAD, BRISTOL, TN 37639 (423) 968-1437 brisbotls@chartertn.net

Including INSULATORS, small antiques, advertising, fruit jars, bottles, glass, postcards, primitives, items GALORE with much, much more!

FREE PARKING!

For More Information: Don Wippert (818) 346-9833 Don Swearingen (805) 492-5036 Dick Homme (818) 362-3368 www.av.qnet.com/~glassman/lahbc.htm

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& Sale (Sat. 10 AM – 3 PM, early admission 8:30 AM, Sun. 10 AM – 2 PM) at the Elsecar Heritage Center, Building 21, just off the M1 junct. 36, Elsecar, England. INFO: BBR, Elsecar Heritage Center, Barnsley, S. Yorks., S74 8HJ, England, PH: 01144-1226 745156, E-mail: sales@onlinebbr.com.

JULY 17–18 - ADAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Shupp’s Grove 3rd Annual Bottle Festival (6 AM – dark Sat. & Sun.) at Shupp’s Grove in Adamstown, Pennsylvania. INFO: STEVE GUION, PH: (717) 560-9480 or JERE HAMBLETON, PH: (717) 393-5175, E-mail: affinityinsurance@jazzd.com.

JULY 23-25 - PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA National Insulator Association's 35th Annual Show & Convention (Fri. – Sun.) at the Clarion Hotel & Conference center, 300 Tarentum Bridge Rd., New Kensington, Pennsylvania. INFO: JOHN HOVANEC, PH:(440) 237-2242, E-mail: wric@clubs.insulators.com. **Listing Courtesy of Crown Jewels of the Wire** JULY 24 - VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI Vicksburg 7th Annual Antique Bottle Show & Sale (Sat. 8 AM – 4 PM) at the Battlefield Inn, 4137 N. Frontage Rd. (I-20 exit 4B), Vicksburg, Mississippi. INFO: CASON SCHAFFER, 107 Eastview Dr., Vicksburg, MS 39183, PH: (601) 638-1195.

Remember, before traveling long distances: Call, or E-mail, First

~ RENO ~

Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club 42nd Annual Show & Sale

Saturday July 17, 2004

Reno/Sparks Convention Center 4590 South Virginia Street North Entrance

Saturday Show: 9:00 A.M - 3:00 P.M. Admission $3.00 Friday Dealer Setup; 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Friday Early Bird: 12:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Show Info: Willy Young (775) 746-8922 Reservations: Helen Walker (775) 345-0171

Over 100 Tables !

BOTTLES - COINS - TOKENS ADVERTISING - INSULATORS ANTIQUES - AND MORE!

SEPTEMBER 2004 SEPTEMBER 11 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club's Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectible Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM - 4 PM, Early Bird 8-9 AM; Admission $2; Early Bird $5). INFO: DON WHIPPERT, PH: (818) 346-9833; JOHN SWEARINGEN, PH: (805) 492-5036; DICK HOMME, PH: (818) 362-3368, Website: www.av.qnet.com/~glassman/lahbc.htm. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB ** OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors' 33rd Annual Show and Sale (Sat. 9 AM - 3 PM, Early buyers, 7:30 AM) at the Showplace Annex, 2003 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia. INFO: ED FAULKNER, 4718 Kyloe Ln., Moseley, VA 23120, PH: (804) 739-2951; E-mail: faulkner@antiquebottles.com or MARVIN CROKER, PH: (804) 275-1101; E-mail: marvincroker@comcast.net.

The Show Calendar is always up-to-date on the website. www.fohbc.com

7th Annual Vicksburg Antique Bottle Show and Sale!

Much more than just bottles!

Bottles, Tins, Stoneware, Jugs, Glassware, Marbles, Fruit Jars, Milk Bottles, Civil War Relics, Postcards, etc...

SATURDAY, JULY 24th, 2004 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Set-up Time: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.

Battlefield Inn Vicksburg, Miss.

4137 I-20 N. Frontage Road, Exit 4-B Direct Reservations: 1-800-359-9363 INFORMATION, CONTACT: Cason Schaffer 107 Eastvuew Drive Vicksburg, MS 39183 (601) 638-1195

Wanted: Colored Hutchinsons Buy or Trade Highest Prices Paid

California • Eastern Cider Co. (Amber) • Paul Jeenicke, San Jose (Emerald Green) Colorado • C.A. Montag, Buena Vista (Amber & Green) Connecticut • Perkins Root Beer, Bristol (Amber) • W.H. McEnroe, New Britain (Amber) • Moriarity & Carbross, Waterbury (Amber) Georgia • Augusta Brewing Co., Augusta (Amber) Illinois • Independent Bottling Works, Chicago (Green) • Miller & Kluetsch, Chicago (Amber) • Chicago Consolidation Bottling Co., Chicago (Amber) • Peoria Seltzer Water (Cobalt) • Chas. Singer, Peoria (Amber) • Lohrberg Bros, Red Bud (Green) Indiana • K&C (Cobalt) • C.W. Arnold, South Bend (Cobalt) • Wyeth & Wyeth, Terre Haute (Amber) Kansas • H.E. Dean, Great Bend (Amber) Kentucky • The City Bottling Works, Louisville (Cobalt) • Geo. Stang, Louisville (Cobalt) Michigan • M Jos De Guise, Detroit (Amber) • Michigan Bottling Works J.W. Koch, Detroit (Amber) • Quackenbush Bros., Grand Rapids (Green) • C.O.D. Bottling Works, Jackson (Cobalt) • Property of Sprudel Water Co., Mt. Clements (Amber) • The Twin City Bottling Works, Chas. Klein, Prop. (Cobalt)

New York • F.H. Berghoefer, Binghamton (Amber) • F.A. Jennings, Hudson (Cobalt) • Manor Bottling Works, New York (Lime Yellow) • Sand Altamont, NY (Cobalt) • Thompson & Stebbins, Rochester (Amber) • D.J. Whelan, Troy (Cobalt) Ohio • A. Dalin Ashtabula, Harbor (Amber & Cobalt) • Sandusky Bottling Works (Blue) • J.I. Marsh, Portsmouth (Amber) • Jos X Laube, Akron (Amber & Cobalt) • M.J. Tyrer, Newark (Apple Green) • The Consolidated Bottling Co., Lima (Cobalt) • Lake Erie Bottling Works, Toledo (Amber & Cobalt) • Miller Becker & Co., Cleveland (Olive Green) • Voelker Bros., Cleveland (Cornflower & Cobalt) Oklahoma • O.K. City Bottling Works, C.G. Frost (Amber) Pennsylvania • Jno. J. Bahl., Allentown (Green) • Goudie Mol & Co., Allentown (Green) • P.H. Reasbeck, Braddock (E. Green) • Johnson & Bros., Delta (Green) • J.C. Buffum & Co. City Bottling House, Pittsburgh (Cobalt) • Royal Bottling House, J Ungler, Pittsburgh (Amber) • J.W. Reis Ginger Ale, Laurel Street, Pottsville (Cobalt) • Ridgeway Bottling Works, R. Power (Cobalt) • F.J. Brennan, Shenandoah (Yellow) • Ashland Bottling Works, Ashland (Amber) • Johnson & Bros., Delta (Amber) • Phil Fisher, Pittsburgh (Citron) • Eagle Bottling Works, York (Amber) • Seeters Vighy & Carbonated Beverages, L. Cohen & Sons Pittsburgh (Amber & Citron) • Laffey & Harrigan, Johnstown (Cobalt) • Turchi Bros., Philadelphia (Citron) • J.F. Deegan, Pottsville (Various colors) South Carolina • Claussen Bottling Works, Charleston (Amber)

Minnesota • Spa Bottling Co., St. Paul (Cobalt)

Texas • Kennedy Bottling Works, Kennedy (Amber)

Nebraska • Pomy & Segelke, Omaha (Amber)

Wisconsin • Lemon Beer, Noonan & Irmiger, Manitowoc (Amber) • Jos. Wolf, Milwaukee (Amber & Cobalt) • M. Gondrezick, Tomah (Green)

New Jersey • N. Masington, Camden (Amber)

R.J. BROWN 901 SOUTH FOREST DRIVE TAMPA, FL 33609 (813) 870-2551 RBROWN4134@AOL.COM

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Inclurable Cure Collector - Page 34 -

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Dr. H. Clay Glover, V.S. - Page 36-

Schlitz Flask - Page 7 Carling Black Label Beer in the White Bottle - Page 56 Bottles & Extras c/o FOHBC Ralph Van Brocklin, DMD 1021 W. Oakland Avenue Suite #109 Johnson City, TN 37604

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