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1964 for 50 years in service and passed away in 1965. He graduated from Ferris State College in 1911. My cousin sent a photo of the family bottle (bottom right). It is embossed “The Tunnel Drug Store / E.R. O’Neil / Port Huron, Mich” (and has an image of the tunnel). My grandmother Dorothy, his daughter, passed it down to her daughter, then to her daughter, my cousin.
Setting the Record Straight Hello, my name is Peter McQuade. In your February issue, there was an article about Addiction Cure bottles. The last bottle, Grant Goldcura for Liquor and Drug Habits shows a picture of the Collins Opium Habit Cure, not the Grants. Enclosed (above) is a photo of a Grants I dug 42 years ago. Excellent article Joe Widman. Hope this is of some help to you. Peter McQuade Concord, Vermont
A Little Help in Locating a Family Bottle Hi, AB&GC Readers, My name is Kelly Smith and I live in Naples, Florida, formerly from Port Huron, Michigan. I’m a member of Antique Bottle Collector’s on Facebook. Members there suggested that I get in contact with you. I posted my great-grandfather Edward R. O’Neil’s pharmacy bottle. He owned and operated his pharmacy for fifty years in Port Huron on Railroad St. from1912 to roughly 1964. He received an award in
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I am looking for another bottle, or any bottle that is embossed from his drug store to pass down to my son. Although I don’t know if there are any others. Any help would be much appreciated in finding one. Thank you kindly for your time. Sincerely, Kelly Smith Naples, Florida (239) 228-9453
Addiction Bottles Become Very Addicting A reply to AB&GC Medicine Chest columnist Joe Widman regarding February’s article, “Medicines to Cure Addiction” Dear Joe, Here are some local Memphis bottles I have. The ones in the case (top right) are Ti Elixir Remedy bottles and the one to the right is from James Sanatorium. It is embossed “James Sanatorium Co / Memphis, Tenn.” They are curved on the back. Both companies had two locations with large buildings. I included a link showing the James Sanatorium, at https:// www.flickr.com/photos/26066943@ N06/39093681764/in/photostream/ There were a lot of drunk people, I guess. Ronnie Pevahouse Memphis, Tennessee
