Bottles and Extras January – February 2022 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Vol. 33

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Featuring... If You Can’t Do Business... Drink Rex Bitters

Also in this issue...

Provenance Lost The Perrine’s “Blue Bloods” in Philadelphia Whiskey San Francisco Glasshouse Disaster Hunting Hunt’s Honey Hole A Privy Murder Mystery Hilton Head Island Once Boasted of Yankee-Made Soda Waters and so much more! $7.00

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On the Cover: Rex Bitters collage. Risqué models, advertising and marketing gimmicks in Chicago.

To Advertise, Subscribe or Renew a subscription, see pages 66 and 72 for details.

FOHBC Officers | 2021–2022 ................................................................................ 2

To Submit a Story, send a Letter to the Editor or have Comments and Concerns, contact:

FOHBC President’s Message ................................................................................ 3 Shards of Wisdom ................................................................................................ 4 FOHBC News–From & For Our Members (Elections) .............................................. 6 FOHBC Regional News .......................................................................................... 9

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FOHBC News–The Magazine Merger .................................................................... 10 Book Report: Early Georgia Sodas–The Bottles & Proprietors ............................ 13 Provenance Lost by Jeff Mihalik ..................................................................... 18 Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri ............................................................ 20 The Perrine’s –“Blue Bloods” in Philadelphia Whiskey by Jack Sullivan ............ 24

San Francisco Glasshouse Disaster ........................................................................ 30

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Hunting Hunt’s Honey Hole by Jack Klotz .......................................................... 36 If You Can’t Do Business...Drink Rex Bitters by Ferdinand Meyer V................... 48 Hilton Head Island Once Boasted of Yankee-Made Soda Waters by David Kyle Rakes ........................................ 56 Page 36

Lost & Found ....................................................................................................... 60 Member Photo Gallery ....................................................................................... 64 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ........................................................ 67 FOHBC Sho-Biz–Calendar of Events ................................................................... 68

Postmaster: Send address changes to Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; 713.504.0628, email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

The names Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Inc., and Bottles and Extras©, and The FOHBC Virtual Museum are registered® names of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Inc. (FOHBC), and no use of either other than as references, may be used without expressed written consent from the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Certain material contained in this publication is copyrighted by, and remains the sole property of, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, while others remain property of the submitting authors. Detailed information concerning a particular article may be obtained from the Editor.

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Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................ 72 Coming soon: Dr. E. Champlain’s Ligneous Extract • Eli M. Gatchell, Charleston Briefest Doctor and Soda Bottle Manufacturer • Abraham Klauber, an early San Diego Pioneer • George P. Morrill–Druggist and Soda Bottler • Pike’s Peak or Bust • Stockton’s Port Wine Bitters • A Clinton Physician Dr. Carl Gruber • Pond’s Extract–The Peoples Remedy • M.E. Phelan’s, Indianapolis First Manicurist and Hair Tonic • Facts, assumptions, and stories about round bottom bottles: which ones stand up, and which don’t? • Jacob & David Hostetter–Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters and so much more!

Fair use notice: Some material in Bottles and Extras has been submitted for publication in this magazine and/or was originally published by the authors and is copyrighted. We, as a non-profit organization, offer it here as an educational tool to increase further understanding and discussion of bottle collecting and related history. We believe this constitutes “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyrighted owner(s).

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Classified Ads .................................................................................................... 66

Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ..................................... 71

Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manager FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.504.0628 email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Bottles and Extras © (ISSN 1050-5598) is published bi-monthly (6 issues per year) by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. (a non-profit IRS C3 educational organization) at 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; Website: FOHBC.org, Non-profit periodicals postage paid at Raymore, Missouri 64083 and additional mailing office, Pub. #005062.

A Privy Murder Mystery–Hunt’s Honey Hole, The Truth be Told by Jack Klotz .... 45

History’s Corner ................................................................................................ 70

Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manager FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.504.0628 email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles, glass and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts. The FOHBC is presently looking for candidates to fill the Open Positions indicated below before the next scheduled elections. Please contact board president John O'Neill or business manager Elizabeth Meyer.

FOHBC Officers 2021 - 2022 President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, California 94002, phone: 650.619.8209 email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com

Merchandise Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Road, St. Johnsville, New York 13452, phone: 518.568.5683 email: vgberry10@yahoo.com

First Vice-President: Jeff Wichmann, American Bottle Auctions, 915 28th Street, Sacramento, California 95816, phone: 800.806.7722, email: info@americanbottle.com

Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.504.0628, email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Second Vice-President: Michael Seeliger, N8211 Smith Road, Brooklyn, Wisconsin 53521, phone: 608.575.2922 email: mwseeliger@gmail.com

Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.222.7979 x115, email: fmeyer@fmgdesign.com

Secretary: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Road, St. Johnsville, New York 13452, phone: 518.568.5683 email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Road, St. Johnsville, New York 13452, phone: 518.568.5683 email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Position Open Magazine Editor: Ferdinand & Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 FM phone: 713.222.7979 x115, email: fmeyer@fmgdesign.com EM phone: 713.504.0628 email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com Membership Director: Position Open Conventions Director: Position Open Public Relations Director: Position Open

Director-at-Large: Position Open Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438 email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Midwest Region Director: Steve Lang, 13173 N. Paddock Road, Camby, Indiana 46113, phone: 317.734.5113 email: slang14@yahoo.com Northeast Region Director: Fred DeCarlo, 11 Sheely Place, Utica, New York 13502, phone: 315.725.7577 email: fdecarlo117@gmail.com Southern Region Director: Jake Smith, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega, Alabama 35160, phone: 256.267.0446 email: syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255 email: etmcguire@comcast.net

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FOHBC PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE John O’Neill

President | Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors 1805 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, California 94002 650.619.8209 Joneill@risk-strategies.com

I want to start by wishing all of you a very happy and healthy new year in 2022. And with this New Year comes a New Beginning in many ways for the FOHBC. If we have learned anything from the past few years, nothing remains the same. In the spirit of Charles Darwin, we must evolve and adapt to a new landscape brought about by a pandemic, an aging group of collectors, and a financial position that requires a new approach. We must stay relevant to our readers and our fellow antique bottle collecting enthusiasts and attract the next generation of younger collectors. With that said, 2022 is going to see some significant improvements to our FOHBC platform. Continuing to go down the same path was not going to save the organization from what I believe was a slow, gradual decline into the potential dismantling of the FOHBC. This sentiment was shared by current and past board members as well. The Covid-19 Pandemic exacerbated the problem to a level that change was required from a survival perspective. The board has been pushing efforts to develop what it hopes will be the best possible outcomes, so I lay the following upon your door-step in preparation for a brighter tomorrow. The FOHBC has several initiatives starting with what will surely be a new direction for our organization. In our March–April 2022 magazine issue, you will see our publication's new name, evolving from Bottles and Extras to Antique Bottle & Glass Collector as John Pastor has gifted his magazine to the FOHBC. The merger of the two magazines will be conducted under the leadership and direction of board member and past president, Ferdinand Meyer V. Our magazine will still be the same 72-page, all-color content distributed six times a year. There will be some new additions to our writing staff and a continuation of a number of our favorite authors. We think it's taking the best of both worlds and creating a new dynamic publication that will cover many bottle collecting areas of interest. The combination will increase our membership by about 1100 new members to the FOHBC, further enhancing the hobby with a consolidated voice and publication. This membership boost will, in turn, translate to solid financial footing, and this is just the start of what we are building for you, the members. The FOHBC Virtual Museum now has three imaging specialists with the recent addition of Eric McGuire from Petaluma, California. This additional new imaging station will add more high-resolution turntable specimen images to the galleries as we expand and open additional galleries. Soon we will be announcing new categories of bottles such as ACL sodas, milk and cream bottles, black glass, and pot lids. The museum is very well-received, and we will continue to add new content just as quickly as possible. This monumental endeavor allows us to broaden our reach and appeal to National and International collectors. The FOHBC will also release its Auction Price Guide in 2022, which will provide the last ten years of auction data from all the major auction house sites for antique bottles and glass. The guide is free to FOHBC members and will hopefully encourage new FOHBC members. For example, if you find yourself at a bottle show wanting to know what a particular bottle is worth, you pull out your mobile device, open your internet browser, and log on to the web-

site to access the Auction Price Guide. You will then see the price records of that bottle you searched for in dated order every time it sold. What a great technological tool and resource for our members! Jeff Wichmann and Ferdinand Meyer are heading up this project with the board in full support to bring this to reality. If this is not enough, how about our National Antique Bottle Show held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, in August 2022? The show chairs are Richard and Bev Siri, who have done so much for our hobby. Reno has always been a blockbuster location with what I believe will be a sellout of tables. With all the passion and excitement building for the past two years, it's a must-attend event. I have always come away from the Western Shows with fantastic new additions to my collection, and the feedback has historically been exceptional. These shows have also produced stellar financial results, which have further bolstered the FOHBC's financial position. Please make your travel plans and room reservations now, as this will sell out. Also, Reno and the surrounding silver mining town of Virginia City will give you an authentic glimpse of the Old West as it was. The gaming tables might add to your experience as well. And, did I mention that we are focusing on education with online seminars? These videoconference seminars will be free to members and will hopefully encourage new members to join the FOHBC. This project is being led by collecting veteran Michael Seeliger. The seminars are being planned over the next year on a Zoom or Microsoft Teams platform where you can log on and enjoy seeing a presentation, a collection, and have a great learning experience. This effort will benefit all of us through the social experience and acquired knowledge. Additionally, restructuring the FOHBC board into new, more relevant positions and more meaningful regions will allow us to have better representation and responsiveness to our clubs and members. The regions as they stand now are too large for adequate representation. The United States is a geographically large place, and smaller is better for effective leadership and representation. Everyone should know and see their regional representatives at the shows and bring issues tthey feel are essential to our attention. We are currently exploring increasing our regions from four to seven. Tiered membership options are also being considered based on membership wants and needs; from a very basic membership to a deluxe membership category providing the broadest range of services and availability to all products and services. We have not had an election of FOHBC officers since 2018, as the 2020 elections were cancelled due to Covid. Our next elections will be held this coming year. The closing date for nominations is April 1, 2022, at midnight. Additional nominations will be printed alongside the slate proposed by the nominating committee. They will be listed in the May-June 2022 issue of our magazine, along with a short biography of each candidate. FOHBC members will vote by a form provided by mail. The new board members will be announced after a vote count at the annual Membership Meeting Breakfast at the FOHBC Reno 2022 bottle convention on Friday, July 29, 2022. More information is provided in Member News within this issue. So as you can see, the future is bright for all of us. I want to encourage all of you to think about how you can assist the FOHBC in volunteering to benefit the hobby all of us appreciate and enable future generations of collectors to learn from your efforts. Thanks again for your membership, your financial support, and the sharing of your knowledge.

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In dismay, I chalked that privy up to “never gonna happen” and moved on, but I did write the owner and apologize and gave him my business card with my phone number. I also explained what digging bottles was about and their interest for me. He was polite but still refused. Knowing there were bottles buried in that privy was very difficult to ignore. I even had dreams about going in undercover to dig, but I never did.

Some observations on how to become a bitters proprietor, excerpted from Rev. Rowland Connor’s address to the December 1884 East Saginaw Sanitary Convention The following lively extract, from Dr. Gibbons, of California, may assist the imagination of those who are slow to believe anything of the resources of human ingenuity in the invention of bitters: “In the concoction of the various kinds of bitters, there is but little else than fraud, * * * The verist fool can manufacture medicinal bitters - an experiment which has been successfully tried over and over again. The process is admirable. Some children of toil, who has grown weary of wiping sweat from his brow, buys a lot of the cheapest whisky which the market affords, and steeps in it one or more bitter herbs which he finds at hand. He gives the decoction a distinctive name and calls himself ‘Doctor,’ though he has never so much as held a doctor’s stirrup or blacked a doctor’s boots. The formula for medicinal bitters in general runs thus: Take of cheapest whisky, an indefinite quality; of any bitter vegetable, herb, flower, root, or bark, quantum suff. Mix and flavor with anything or nothing. Put in bottles and employ an expert liar to write labels and certificates. Present a few bottles to editors and clergymen of taste. Advertise largely and sell for 500 percent above cost of material.” Submitted by Chris Bubash, Dayton, Ohio

The Ten Year Itch Marilyn Monroe made a movie called The Seven Year Itch and having never watched it I can only guess what the plot was. My plot is considerably simpler. Ten years ago, Paul Jeffries showed up at my house suggesting we go find a place to dig bottles. Now I’m not as fortunate as diggers living in Portland; however, I do have a reasonably good location about ½ mile away. It’s a residential area that my Sanborn maps cover back to 1909. We selected what we felt would be a good spot and began knocking on doors. We got a few permissions but couldn’t find the privies. Finally, from the other side of a high wooden fence, I heard Paul say, “I got one.” We knocked on the door, but it was an apartment complex, and all the tenants said, “the owner lives in Idaho.” I was able to get his phone number, but he refused our request to dig. Paul had already commented “man, it’s loaded” which didn’t help. This was in 2011. I even tried sneaking into the backyard, but a tenant caught me and immediately called the owner who ordered me off the property.

Surprisingly, in June 2021, the owner called me out of the blue and asked if I still dug bottles. Then said, he’d reconsidered my request, and, in the fall, he’d call me. On September 11, 2021, he called me back saying he was in Hood River, and I could come to dig the property at 5 PM. I don’t normally start a privy at 5 PM, but I’d waited ten years to find out what was buried there! I showed up, introduced myself (we’d never met face to face), and he pulled out a chair motioning me to sit down. This proceeded to turn into an interview in which he grilled me about how I’d found the privy in the first place. Naturally, I blamed Paul for trespassing but took full responsibility since Paul was just a guest. The fella even had me sign an agreement saying I could keep bottles up to $100 in value, but over that, we’d split everything. I signed the paper, and by now it was probably 6 PM. I proceeded to try and probe where I remember the privy being, but over the past ten years he had dumped a load of dirt, then compacted it and covered it with gravel. He even admitted it was to prevent me from digging since I seemed (to him) to be so determined. Wow! I was impressed. I had to break holes in the hard pack to probe, while the owner plopped down in a lawn chair and watched. I’m not sure if it was to keep guard over me, or from an actual interest in “treasure hunting” as he put it? And he began filming the event. When it finally began getting dark, I hit the privy, laid down tarps, and started to dig. The privy was about five feet from a hundred-yearold oak tree, so the roots were a real issue. And it occurred to me “if ever a privy wasn’t meant to be dug, it was this one.” Two and a half feet down I began hitting rusted cans and broken pottery, but it was so dark I had to hang a portable light I’d brought, on my probe to see. And due to the hole size, I was standing on my head to carefully dig which led to chest pains and becoming lightheaded...bad sign since I have a pre-existing heart condition. The first bottle was so impacted by roots, I struggled to get it out. I didn’t want to break the lip because I was sure it was going to be a large Hood River Pharmacy bottle. It turned out to be a threaded Rawleigh’s bottle from the 1930s. This and other indicators I found pointed to this being a 1930s era privy. It was loaded as Paul had said but with newer trash. I’d agonized for ten years over this pit, only to have it be too new. By the time I got the hole refilled, it was completely dark, and I was sick and felt I was going to pass out from the exhaustion, and high blood pressure. The whole time the owner continued taking pictures and asking silly questions and offering helpful suggestions while I kept on with my meltdown. I ended up lying flat on the ground, so I wouldn’t pass out and hurt myself in the fall, while the owner stood over me filming. I felt like those people on YouTube who everyone rushes to film while they’re dying,

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instead of offering help. Somehow, I managed to load my gear and drive home, where I finally began to feel a bit better. In the owner's defense, he did call and ask if I made it home, which was nice of him to do. He may have been filming himself doing it, I’m not sure. So, this entire “fail” may end up on YouTube? I hope not. It wasn’t one of my finer moments.

him. But Nellie had not satisfied herself fully, and as she was being taken down managed to smash a pane of glass out of the door. She was brought back, and the Judge increased her term of servitude to six months in the City Prison.

By Tom Bostwick. Reprinted from the Oregon Bottle Collectors Assoc. The Stumptown Report newsletter

The mineral-water bottle dodge was an “astonisher” to the Court, and after the irate females had been removed, the Judge sent for the keeper of the Ninth-street Station-house and reprimanded him severely. It was evident that the women had been furnished with bottles of whisky after they were placed in the cells, as they were searched when first locked up, and managed to be drunk when they were brought to Court. They must have been supplied by the station-keeper, or somebody who had access to them. The reporters unite in requesting that disagreeable females be searched hereafter before they are brought into the Court-room, lest some valuable member of the community be deprived of his life through their agency.

A Row in the Police Court – A New Use for Mineral Bottles

Submitted by Chris Bubash, Dayton, Ohio

September 30, 1869 issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer

Nothing once tasted so good like cool drink of ‘Love Bug Juice’ By Bill Baab

So, the moral of the story is…? I’m still trying to figure that out. Obviously, this privy did NOT want to give up its contents. The owner said one of his older long-time tenants died in the apartment, so perhaps her ghost was behind all this mayhem? I guess the lesson I learned was, even though I act like an immature juvenile a lot of times, I’m still 71 with health issues. So don’t push your luck! And God Bless America!

There was trouble in the Police Court yesterday morning, such as the Police Court never saw before. The regular attendants had scarcely recovered from the shock produced by the throwing of a bowlder (sic) through the window of the Judge’s room, on the night previous, which seriously incommoded one of the jurymen, when Miss Cordelia Wade was brought in. Delia is the lady who bore a brickbat through the ornamental window of the Commercial office on the evening previous, and she was brought in to answer the charge of malicious destruction of property. Cordelia showed no signs of contrition-in fact she was a little drunk-and she said that she had done just exactly what she intended to do, only that she wanted to smash a reporter’s head. She seemed delighted with what she had done. A clear case was made against the vicious lady, and the Judge sentenced her to thirty days in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $100 and costs. All this time Cordelia had kept an evil and wicked eye upon the reporters’ desk. No sooner had the Judge pronounced his sentence upon her than she straightened herself up with womanly dignity and drew from her pocket an old mineral water bottle. Drawing back quickly she threw it with all the force of her enervated arm at the desk where sat her mortal enemies-the reporters. The agile youth of the Times dodged just in time to save his head from being crushed to impalpable powder, and the missile struck bloodless against the opposite wall. Poor Cordelia almost overflowed with grief and anguish when she found that she had failed to kill a miserable reporter; but she was immediately seized and marched away before she could devise a new method of destruction. Her last words, as she was taken from the painful scene, were fearful oaths against the whole newspaper fraternity.

Lucy Cleghorn and her eight siblings grew up in South Georgia and as soon as they were old enough, they’d join neighbors in the fields of their family farms and pick peas, cotton, tobacco and other crops during the spring, summer and fall. Hot work? You betcha! Later in the day, a good neighbor would pour a bottle of Redi-Aid into a one-gallon glass jug of ice water, stir it up to mix the orange-flavored concentrate and then kindly serve the beverage to the parched kids in the fields. “We’d all drink it straight from the jug,” said Lucy, now the wife of Billy Murphy and resident of Augusta, Georgia. “It tasted so good! We called it ‘Love Bug Juice!'” C.A., Aaron, Elise, Polly, Charles, Alex and Ricky - her brothers and sisters - would make that observation unanimous. The beverage’s maker was Mar-Key Foods Inc. in nearby Vidalia, a farming area nationally known for its crops of sweet onions. There was a branch factory in Wadley, a Jefferson County community some 40-odd-miles south of Augusta. The concentrate was housed in small clear bottles with little pouring spouts and are hardly collectible and their value is nil. But there is an optimistic Internet website offering them priced from $1 to $39, the latter for an example sporting a colorful paper label. There may have been other flavors, but neither Lucy nor sister Polly Hogan remember them. The latter owns Redi-Aid bottles from both communities, the town names embossed on the 1950s-era bottles’ bases.

The Cleghorn farm was located in Irwinville, first called Irwinsville when it was founded in 1831 and named for Georgia Just after the faded Cordelia disappeared, Miss Nellie Keith, another degenerate lady of pleasure, was brought up on a charge Governor Jared Irwin. It was given its present name when it was of vagrancy. She, too, came provided with a mineral water bottle, incorporated in 1837, according to Wikipedia. Presently, it is an unincorporated community, having lost its post office and other and when sentenced was pronounced against her, she drew the amenities some years ago. novel weapon from her pocket, emboldened by the exploit of Miss Wade, and hurled it with vicious force at the head of Sergeant White, of the Hammond Street Station-house, an individual So while there is little in the way of market value in against whom she entertained a particular grudge. The Sergeant the bottles, the Cleghorns’ pleasant memories ducked his head, and the deadly mineral whistled harmlessly over are priceless.

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elected officers will take office at the conclusion of the annual convention at which they have been elected. 5. All nominees on the ballot shall be voted on by the entire membership and club representatives with the exception of the Region Directors, who shall be elected by a majority vote of only the members and clubs within their respective regions.

FOHBC Elections The FOHBC has not had a general election for board members since 2018 as the 2020 elections were canceled primarily due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Please read Article VIII – Terms and Elections from the Federation Bylaws. You can find it on the menu bar under “FOHBC” on our website FOHBC.org. We have included it below. The FOHBC has also created a committee to investigate restructuring the FOHBC Board of Directors. See FOHBC.org home page Editors Choice “The New FOHBC—Step 10 Restructuring the Board.” Article VIII – Terms and Elections A. The nomination and election of all Federation officers including President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager, Membership Director, Public Relations Director, Conventions Director, Historian, Merchandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), and Region Directors (4) shall be held every two years. Any officer may run for successive terms.

6. The person receiving the most votes shall be elected to the position under consideration. There will be a run-off only in the event of tie votes, and this procedure, if occurring, shall be set by the Election Committee. 7. From time to time, it may be necessary to slightly alter the election procedure, and, if this is necessary, it may be done by a majority vote of the members in attendance at an annual general membership meeting. An amendment to these bylaws to do so shall not be required. 8. Appointments by the President may fill any position not filled by this process.

FOHBC Candidates The FOHBC Officers - Proposed Slate list to the right is the slate of FOHBC recommended candidates put forth by the nominating committee headed by Val Berry, chairperson, and Elizabeth Meyer for the 2022 - 2024 term.

B. For the purpose of nominations, the President shall appoint a three (3) to five (5) member Nominating Committee at the annual convention meeting the year prior to the election year. This committee shall prepare a slate of nominations for each office, listed in this Article, and these shall be published in the March/April issue of the official FOHBC periodical of the following year. Also, any member desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination form with the Election Committee (in accordance with procedures approved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this is April 1st of the year that the elections are held, unless otherwise stipulated and approved by the full membership of the Federation.

Anyone desiring to run for a position may choose to run, fill a vacant position or run against one of the candidates by going to the FOHBC website and printing out a nomination form. Then, mail or email to Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002. phone: 713.504.0628, email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

C. For the purpose of elections, the President shall appoint a five (5) person Election Committee to oversee and conduct the elections, and these shall be conducted in the following manner:

The closing date for nominations is April 1, 2022 at midnight.

1. A ballot shall be prepared by the Election Committee with the nominated slate of officers, including those received on a nomination form, and this ballot shall bear the Federation seal so that it may not be duplicated. These ballots shall then be disseminated to FOHBC members and affiliated clubs in good standing (dues current as of May 1st of that year). As outlined in Article III, each Individual Membership, Associate Membership, Digital Membership, new and existing Life Membership shall have one vote, (for example, for a husband, wife and two children, ages 16 and 18, possessing one Individual Membership and three Associate Memberships, that family shall be entitled to four votes).

Additional nominations will be printed alongside the slate proposed by the nominating committee and will be listed in the May-June 2022 issue of our magazine along with a short biography of each candidate.

2. Each Federation affiliated club shall be entitled to one vote per club, which is to be cast by a Federation representative of the club at the direction of that representative’s club.

FOHBC members will vote by a form provided by mail. The new board members will be announced after a vote count at the annual Membership Meeting Breakfast at the FOHBC Reno 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention on Friday, July 29, 2022.

3. These ballots shall then be returned to the Election Committee by a designated date and shall remain unopened until the annual convention meeting. The membership may, upon majority vote, make other arrangements for the return of the votes, if deemed necessary, at some future time. 4. The Election Committee shall open the ballots and tally them at a time stipulated at the convention. Any Federation member and/or candidate may view this process. Once the votes have been counted the Election Committee chairperson will then announce the results at the general membership meeting at a time designated by the presiding President, the results having been previously certified by the Election Committee as true and correct. The newly

FOHBC Officers - Proposed Slate President: John O’Neill, Belmont, California (West) First Vice President: Jeff Wichmann, Sacramento, California (West) Second Vice President: Michael Seeliger, Brooklyn, Wisconsin (Midwest) Secretary: Val Berry, St. Johnsville, New York (Northeast) Treasurer: Jim Berry, St. Johnsville, New York (Northeast) Historian: Position Open Magazine Editor: Elizabeth Meyer, Houston, Texas (Southern) Merchandising Director: Val Berry, St. Johnsville, New York (Northeast) Membership Director: Position Open Conventions Director: Position Open Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, Houston, Texas (Southern) Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, Houston, Texas (Southern) Director-at-Large: Position Open Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, Santa Rosa, California (West) Midwest Director: Steve Lang, Camby, Indiana (Midwest) Northeast Director: Fred DeCarlo, Utica, New York (Northeast) Southern Director: Jake Smith, Talladega, Alabama (Southern) Western Director: Eric McGuire, Petaluma, California (Western) Public Relations Director: Position Open

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FOHBC Virtual Museum Donation The FOHBC Virtual Museum exists solely on donations and gifts and does not rely on FOHBC general operating funds or savings account financial support. It never has. A full accounting of the museum's finances is provided in each magazine issue in the Virtual Museum News section. The museum has a Donor Wall to recognize all of the supporters in the various gift ranges from under $10 and upwards. Our latest large gift is from Jeff Wichmann, owner of American Bottle Auctions in Sacramento, California and an anonymous donor in Texas. They have provided an outstanding Drake’s Plantation Bitters that is being featured in John Pastor’s American Glass Gallery Auction #30. The cover is represented to the right. The FOHBC is very grateful.

FOHBC.org Members Portal FOHBC 2nd Vice President Michael Seeliger recently spent some time in the FOHBC.org Members Portal. He was impressed with the vast amount of information and suggested that we remind our members of what you can find in the password protected portal. You can find the portal on the FOHBC.org website home page on the horizontal green menu bar, far right, pull down menu. This portal contains: 1) Members List: Find other FOHBC members alphabetized by name with contact name and collecting interests. Please note that you have to approve being listed on the protected website list on your annual application form for security purposes. Contact the FOHBC business manager for additions and listing updates. This membership list is updated bi-monthly. Periodically, there is FOHBC board discussion about publishing a “printed” Membership Directory as in years past. This is problematic for privacy reasons and cost as the list changes and grows quarterly. The online listings method prevailed. 2) Read past issues and articles within Bottles and Extras: Bottles and Extras can be viewed in ISSUU format for many past years. ISSUU is an online service that allows for realistic and customized viewing of digitally uploaded material, such as portfolios, books, magazine issues, newspapers, and other print media. It integrates with social networking sites to promote uploaded material. While most of the documents are meant to be viewed online, some can be downloaded and saved as well. Uploaded print material is viewed through a web browser and is made to look like a printed publication with an animated page flip option. Individual Bottles and Extras articles can also be read in PDF format.

3) Article Indexing: The FOHBC has undertaken the monumental task of indexing all past Bottles and Extras articles with authors noted. The years 2004 to the present has been indexed and PDF files can be accessed and read. Bottles and Extras issues prior to 2008 will be available at a later date as we locate files and original artwork. Only feature articles will be available in PDF format. Some articles may have to be scanned. You will see that 1998 was added in May 2014 using scans as digital files could not be found. Please contact the FOHBC if any links or files are not accessible or if you have any special needs for information. 4) Read past issues of The Pontil: The Pontil newsletter is from the Antique Bottle Collectors Association (ABCA), the forerunner of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC). A special thanks to Federation member Eric McGuire for scanning the issues from 1963 to 1970. 5) FOHBC Slide Shows: The FOHBC recently digitized old slide shows and created a file for FOHBC individual members or clubs to use. This project was headed up by Jeff Ullman, former FOHBC Northeast Director. Please understand that this is FOHBC material and should not be given to non-FOHBC members. See FOHBC Code of Ethics. The slide programs include: Elvin Moody Bitters Collection, “The Bitter Past,” William Covill Inks, Blaske Auction-Sept. 1983, Elmer Lester Food Bottles Sacramento Cal. 1975, George Austin Collection, New York, 1970s, Fire Grenades - Byron & Vicky Martin Collection, FOHBC Expo 1988 - Las Vegas, FOHBC Expo 1996 - Nashville, Gail Ross Flasks, Ohio Bottle Club, and FOHBC Expo 92 - Toledo. More shows will be added. 6) Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Archiving: The FOHBC plans to archive past issues of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector articles in the same manner that all past issues of Bottles and Extras magazine and individual articles were archived and indexed for reading and research purposes. 7) FOHBC Research Library: The FOHBC Virtual Museum Research Library should be open by year's end with the first books on the shelves for resource and research. This effort is being led by board member Michael Seeliger. 8) FOHBC Historical Pictures: The FOHBC Virtual Museum Research Library will also house historical images for resource and research. This effort is also being led by Michael Seeliger. We have been gathering and storing pictures for years that might be otherwise lost if not put in our library. Images are typically black & white and in some cases enhanced. All will be indexed.

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FOHBC Auction Price Report

In April of this year, the FOHBC started a project led by board member Jeff Wichmann to develop an updated online Auction Price Report. The FOHBC committee consisted of John O’Neill, Jeff Wichmann, Jim Bender, and Ferdinand and Elizabeth Meyer. The initial goal was to resurrect the 2012 D&C Dealer & Collectors Auction Price Results (D&C) book which was based on the last Jim Mitchell Antique Bottle Auction Price Results from 2008. The project was to be funded by an anonymous donation of $10,000. All primary bottle groups and auction houses will be contacted, and hopefully, be included with permission obtained. This was to be an FOHBC project, and not a D&C project. The effort was intended to encourage people to join the FOHBC to access the online information thus increasing membership. It was also discussed as a potential profit center if we decided to print, for example, 500 spiral-bound books digitally and sell them for $100 or so. The FOHBC would take advance orders. The D&C project started back around 2010 with a team from the northeast. Jason Heckler was the lead and project manager. Jason hired Nicolle Puhlick (Heckler Auctions graphics person) and Bill Meier (previous FOHBC webmaster, current NIA and BABC webmaster). Bill did all the technical work, database, website, processing scripts, etc. He also produced the raw data that formed the InDesign files and PDF for the book. Bill Meier was contacted and confirmed that he had basically everything that would be needed to move forward and continue where they left off in December 2011 or so. The history of the D&C Dealers & Collectors Auction Price Guide was written in their book by Jason Heckler in 2011 and is noted: Thirty-seven years ago, Washington State bottle hobbyist John Cooper wanted a better way to view the auction results from the Charles B. Gardner collection. John organized the 3,004 items in those landmark sales by section for each bottle category, and then organized each item in the sections to create what was probably the first bottle auction price results reference. The antique bottle and glass auction price list was born. Some of you may remember the Brown auction books and Mitchell auction books back in the 1990s and 2000s. The intervening years have witnessed many auction venues for antique glass and bottles that have added to the hobby landscape, and with this reference we are proud to present a price list for

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today’s antique bottle and glass collector based on those results. Antique Bottle and Glass Auction Price Results represents thousands of hours of effort over the past year. We referred to hundreds of auctions held by 19 auction houses over the past 27 years. Typically, this was about 1,500 listings per year. All this data was meticulously screened and formatted into a consistent style for ease of reading and presentation. We have organized this resource to make it as easy as possible to find what you are looking for quickly – listings are organized by category and within category by reference number or common name. There are headers on each page to make it easy to scan through the sections to locate a given listing. This publication represents only half of the value of this new resource - this companion website is an even more powerful part of this package. On the website, you can do simple or complex searches by reference number, keywords, auction house name and much more. Both old and new auction results will be continually added to the website for a perpetually current, yet historically grounded, auction results resource. In order to make this book “portable” we have only listed items that have sold for $75 or more and we have not included some of the older auctions (like the Gardner auction referenced above). This website does contain the complete set of listings and the other auctions that we did not include in this book. There have been a great number of people that have assisted with their time and expertise to create this book, but two in particular have made both the reference book and the online resource better than I could have ever imagined. Nicole Blain with her tireless effort, management of resources, attention to detail and tenacity has made the entries and the organization of the resource a reality. And Bill Meier, a partner and friend in this endeavor, with his technical acumen, insatiable curiosity, astute observations and his timely sense of humor have created a solid foundation for this entire effort It is our sincere hope that this publication, and associated website, serve as a valuable resource to the entire range of people interested in antique bottles and glass, and that it proves useful in their bottle and glass pursuits. While the number of entries has swelled to over 39,000 the intent is the same as John Cooper back in the mid 70s – to create a useful tool that builds knowledge within the hobby. Thank you, John, for getting us started! Where we are: The project is about 75% complete as of this writing. We have a Beta link that the committee has been using and we are pleased with progress as you can search on your smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. We have only gone back ten years at this time and included American Bottle Auction, American Glass Gallery, and Glass Works Auctions. Heckler auctions will also be added in Phase 1. We hope to have this project ready by the first quarter of 2022. The FOHBC Auction Price Report will only be available to FOHBC members. Joining the FOHBC will give the new member 24/7/365 access. What a great tool this will be for the collectors, diggers, pickers, researchers and the generally curious!

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FOHBC REGIONAL NEWS Northeast Region [Fred DeCarlo, Director] I'm happy to announce that a lot is going on in the Northeast with clubs and shows. The Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Club held its first annual show and, from reports I have received, things went great. It's really nice hearing about a new show, especially after everything that has been going on. The Little Rhody Bottle Club reports that things are going well for their club. This year, three outdoor swap meets were well attended, and meetings have again started up in September with a Christmas party planned for December 4th. The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club holds monthly meetings with 30-40 in attendance each month, which is great numbers. The North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Association held its 51st annual show, and reports say it had over 200 attendees. The Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association held its 47th annual show and reported that everything went well. Stay safe and stay in touch. We love to hear from the clubs. Midwest Region [Steve Lang, Director]

Western Region [Eric McGuire, Director]

As you read this, the holidays have passed, and we are starting in 2022. I am writing this Midwest Region Report the weekend before Thanksgiving, and this time of year always makes me very thankful for all the people in this hobby that have touched my life. I would have never thought that business-style “networking” could be so personal. I genuinely hope the holiday season was great for all, and I hope we continue to move towards normalcy in 2022.

Bottle happenings have picked up a little in the last few months due to a couple of bottle shows. The 3rd Annual Sacramento Valley Museum Bottle and Antique Show in Williams, California, on October 1 and 2, was by all accounts a success. The show's beginning was dominated by a seller who was not a regular bottle collector and was “liquidating” a collection purchased elsewhere. It contained a good selection of bottles that caused nearly the entire show attendees to crowd the sales table. We have all witnessed this type of action at shows; however, this time it was described as especially exciting.

Midwest clubs are meeting monthly and hosting their shows this fall, unlike 2020 and part of 2021. I attended and set up at the 1st Chicago Bottle Club’s 52nd Annual Show on October 31st in Alsip, Illinois. This show had seventy-one tables, and some great treats were found on dealer tables because it was Halloween. I want to give a big kudos to Show Chairman Mario Bovino, Mario & Jennifer Pisterzi, and Club President John Panek for putting on a great show.

The anticipated show of the year was that of the 49er Historic Bottle Assoc. "Best of the West" 2021 Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectibles Show in Auburn, California, on November 13. It was hosted at the Auburn Fairgrounds, which had been the traditional site of the show for many years, and had that nostalgia going for it. The attendance was good despite a lingering Covid issue. Sales were brisk and many nice items went home with different owners.

The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club in Muncie, Indiana, elected a new President for 2022. Congratulations to Jerry Dixon and the club for hosting their upcoming milestone 50th Annual Show on January 15th, 2022.

One notable piece of excitement was the re-appearance of a pickle bottle that had been gone from the hands of collectors for many years and thought to be lost forever. An old-time collector, who has since passed, excavated the bottle near the old waterfront of Oakland, California, in the early 1970s, and no other intact examples have been found.

The North Star Bottle Club in Bloomington, Minnesota, had an October meeting and a special guest in FOHBC’s very own 2nd Vice-President Mike Seeliger. Mike did a presentation on his passion, H.H. Warner bottles, for the club. The Kalamazoo Bottle Club in Kalamazoo, Michigan, elected a new President and VicePresident for 2022. Congrats to newly elected President Rob Knolle and Vice-President Vincent Grossi. Southern Region [Jake Smith, Director] I like to start by saying that I am sorry to my region as I came down with Covid-19 for three weeks in late September and the first part of October. I was out of work, without pay, and I got behind in all things in my life, so letters and calls to folks in the hobby have been on hold for the most part until I can catch up in my personal life. I have heard that the 8th annual Fayette, Alabama Bottle Show was a good event with about 50 tables with folks attending from a few surrounding states. Chairman Jeff Pendley is thinking of having another show in 2022. The 50th Annual Southeastern Antique Bottle and Pottery Show was at a new location as Jack Hewitt and Bill Johnson moved it to Jefferson, Georgia. I also heard that the show turned out great. I didn’t hear or see on Facebook many of the shows that the south had going on, so I hope that those shows were successful too. I hope to hear from more show chairs in the coming year, and I hope all Southern shows get better each year.

What is considered by many to be the holy grail of Western bottles, it is a crudely made "cathedral" pickle embossed with the names of BAKER & CUTTING, PICKLE AND GLASS MFRS, SAN FRANCISCO. By all existing records, these bottles were the first to be made west of St. Louis, Missouri, within the last few months of 1859. Many broken examples have been found over the years and in striking colors. It seems extraordinary that only one intact example exists. Both bottles are represented in the FOHBC Virtual Museum. Happy holidays to all and may the coming year be kinder to all who have suffered in our exceptionally crazy world.

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tras committee led by board member Andy Rapoza to study all components of the magazine. In November 2019, the committee reflected positive thoughts regarding the merger. The committee report was not added to any upcoming board meeting agendas, and the project was tabled.

THE MAGAZINE MERGER

Bottles and Extras + Antique Bottle & Glass Collector By now some, if not most, of our members and the antique bottle collecting world in general, are aware of the impending merger between our two hobby magazines. Antique Bottle & Glass Collector (AB&GC) is being gifted to the FOHBC by John Pastor. This action will increase membership, increase revenue and allow the FOHBC to be more relevant to a broader group of collectors. It is problematic and redundant having two competing 1st class magazines. John’s subscribers are declining, as is our membership to the FOHBC. Also, John Pastor would like to focus on his successful American Glass Gallery auction business. The FOHBC board has discussed the possibility of a magazine merger for years and finally voted unanimously to proceed with this project in October 2021. The first issue of the new magazine will be the March-April 2022 issue. The Covid-19 pandemic stressed our hobby and membership and, at the same time, has given us opportunities for change, and this will be a big one. Many of you know John Pastor as he is a past FOHBC President and Director-at-Large. HISTORY The following workable parameters were acceptable to the FOHBC magazine merger committee which included Ferdinand Meyer V (chair), John Pastor, John O’Neill, Jeff Wichmann, and Elizabeth Meyer. FOHBC president John O’Neill established this investigative committee. An abbreviated history of this project is as follows: In November 2013, then FOHBC president, Ferdinand Meyer V from Houston, was invited to the Michigan house of FOHBC board member and proprietor of American Glass Gallery and Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, John Pastor, to see his bottle and glass collection with a next-day visit with Ralph and Janet Finch to do the same. John had also told Ferdinand that he had a business proposition to discuss in person. This conversation was when the magazine merger idea was first discussed. Both John and Ferdinand outlined a set of objectives and agreed to keep it confidential, as both wanted to wait a few years before announcing the project. In August 2017, John Pastor and Ferdinand Meyer V presented the magazine merger idea to the FOHBC board at the FOHBC 2017 Springfield, Massachusetts National bi-annual board meeting. In May 2018, John and Ferdinand updated the magazine merger project progress to the FOHBC board at the Mansfield, Ohio bi-annual board meeting. In August 2018, Pastor and Meyer reviewed the status of the magazine merger with the FOHBC board at the 2018 Cleveland National. During that meeting, Matt Lacy, FOHBC president, established a Bottles and Ex-

In August 2020, John O’Neill, now the new FOHBC president, resurrected the magazine merger project after individual calls with Lacy, Meyer, Pastor, and others. A new FOHBC magazine merger committee was established, led by Ferdinand Meyer V. John O’Neill took a position that this was a viable project and noted that a decision had to be made, one way or another. He said it was unfair to keep John Pastor in limbo and that the board should make a decision to move forward or drop the project in the foreseeable future. As a result, the FOHBC board voted unanimously to proceed on 13 October 2021. As excerpted From the subject meeting notes below: A MOTION was made by John O’Neill that we authorize the merger; the first issue would be March/April 2022, it would use the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector name, be a bi-monthly publication, and 72- pages plus covers in color. By January 2022, we would have a mock-up for board approval. The first issue would be the March - April 2022 issue. We would announce to the hobby as soon as possible after approval and we would inform members. John Pastor would tell subscribers, and then we will jointly issue a communique that is put together by both parties that we all find acceptable. The MOTION was seconded by Jeff Wichmann. Discussion was held regarding the motion with several concerns voiced regarding unanswered questions such as staffing, cost of mailing additional magazines, and refunds. We can work through any issues as they may arise. A vote was then taken by all board members present with 100% approving the magazine merger. MOTION PASSED. Note: All FOHBC board of director meeting and conference call notes are archived on our website FOHBC.org under the menu bar listing “FOHBC” and “Notes of Record” in the pull-down menu. MERGER PARAMETERS [Design and Operation] The following was presented by Ferdinand and the merger committee to the FOHBC board and approved. 1. The new magazine’s name shall be Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, a more specific and inclusive name with the additional words “Antique” and “Glass.” While the FOHBC Bottles and Extras heritage and legacy is important, our magazine name has changed before. This name use will temper resistance with current Antique Bottle & Glass Collector subscribers and encourage and tell followers of the FOHBC and AB&GC that something new and exciting is happening. The name also references the FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Bottles and Glass. 2. The present Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine has subscribers. The FOHBC has members who get a subscription to the magazine, among other benefits.

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3. A new hybrid look for the magazine shall follow a design effort led by Ferdinand Meyer V, as art director, working with a design staff of his choosing. This process would happen in late 2021. The FOHBC magazine committee and the board would eventually approve any new designs at various stages along the process. There is no cost to the FOHBC as these design services are donated. 4. The new magazine will be still be 72 pages, plus covers, and printed in four color which is the present format of Bottles and Extras. 5. The FOHBC will maintain the FOHBC Bottles and Extras article format, including more research-based and lengthier articles. This objective may be a result of having more pages than AB&GC. The FOHBC will contact selected authors. No authors are presently compensated at AB&GC. 6. The publication of the new magazine shall follow a bimonthly publication schedule (six times a year) and not the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector monthly publication schedule. The FOHBC decided that twelve annual issues was too much work for the larger format magazine. A smaller magazine was considered but discounted as the FOHBC has more membership information to convey, longer, more indepth articles, and more support images. The foundation of the FOHBC is education. 7. The FOHBC will remind AB&GC subscribers, who are used to a magazine mailed to them once a month, that Bottles and Extras is twice the size and that a digital newsletter would be issued between the magazine issues. The FOHBC will stress membership benefits to the new subscribers. 8. The magazine printer will be ModernLitho (FOHBC printer). The FOHBC will consider getting a competitive price from BRD Printing, Inc. (AB&GC printer) when renewing the print contract. The FOHBC is in the midst of a 3-year contract with ModernLitho and is very pleased with their service and pricing. 9. The in-house FOHBC leadership for the new magazine shall follow the current setup with one exception as no director is leading this effort at this time. This process needs to be resolved and will be handled by Ferdinand Meyer V, who has good understanding of all components of the magazine. 10. The FOHBC will outsource the new magazine to a design studio or free-lancers working for Ferdinand and Elizabeth Meyer. Martin Van Zant, our previous editor, has decided to resign from his editor position due to conflicting commitments and his teaching profession. 11. The magazine editor has been a compensated position at $1,200 an issue, six times a year. This arrangement shall remain in effect though the committee felt that this cost was on the low side. No action at this time. 12. John Pastor initially suggested using AB&GC staff to produce the magazine. The FOHBC asked John’s designer and business manager to consider a contracted position as they will be out of work with the merger. Both graciously declined. They will continue to work with John in his auction business.

13. The new magazine should have the same group of proofreaders or something similar (Val Berry, Bill Baab, Elizabeth Meyer). We need to get some fresh eyes from the FOHBC membership. Elizabeth Lacy recently retired from this position. The FOHBC will contact AB&GC proofreaders to see if they would like to continue. 14. Elizabeth Meyer will continue to manage general FOHBC operations as FOHBC business manager. This position will be labor-intensive at first with the influx of new members. 15. The FOHBC has not had a Membership Director in many years, and Elizabeth Meyer has been filling both positions. The board is discussing a compensated $500 a month Membership Director position to help in the transition. This person would also sell magazine ads, keep up the digital membership directory, maintain our show calendar, and manage our social media, among other tasks. 16. The FOHBC is considering an Advertising Director. This new position is critical in making money for each issue and managing a well-balanced stream of revenue for the magazine. This position could be commissioned but will still be a volunteer position. We typically make a lot of money with souvenir program advertising. We need to apply a similar strategy to the magazine. 17. The FOHBC is also considering a Social Media Director to enhance and embellish the FOHBC image and exposure. The position is for membership news, events, and the general wellbeing of the FOHBC. 18. A more robust method to solicit, nest, and plan articles for downstream use is critical. We are presently using Google Docs to hold and organize a working inventory of articles. 19. AB&GC and FOHBC subscribers and members will receive a letter of explanation at an appropriate time to explain the magazine merger. The letter will pull details from this report. The FOHBC will formally issue the letter in December 2021. John Pastor will announce similarly in early January 2022. 20. The new magazine’s first issue was first scheduled for the first half of 2022. As noted previously, March/April 2022 was eventually decided. Both John and Ferdinand could not guarantee a working relationship after this date due to other commitments. The timing is right. 21. Past AB&GC magazines should be indexed and listed online within the FOHBC Members Portal for research purposes, as we do with Bottles and Extras. MERGER PARAMETERS [Financial] 1. Elizabeth Meyer and Libby Smith (AB&GC counterpart) have compared magazine distribution lists to determine overlaps and net gain. John Pastor sent his latest list to Elizabeth on 06 March 2021. The FOHBC will obtain an updated list. 2. ModernLitho has budget-priced the printing of 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 magazines. 3. John Pastor will not be giving the FOHBC any money for subscriptions except any new paid subscriptions postmarked from 01 January 2022 and out. This procedure was a stipula-

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tion of the “gift.” 4. If someone wants to cancel an AB&GC subscription during the transition or if there is an overlap with a person receiving both magazines, they would be offered the opportunity to extend their subscriptions (membership) for the number of months the duplication occurs. If they do not want to do this, John Pastor will refund the unused portion of their subscriptions as he holds the money for the subscription. 5. The FOHBC will start invoicing for subscription renewals beginning on 01 January 2022. 6. Jeff Wichmann (American Bottle Auctions), John Pastor (American Glass Gallery), Norman Heckler Jr. & Sr. (Heckler), and Jim Hagenbach (Glass Works Auctions) will be offered the same magazine advertisement positions at the same cost until their year contract is up. A rate increase will be pursued. Note: The auction houses will not have to pay for ads in two magazines anymore. 7. When last counted, the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector subscription mail-out was 1,489. 8. When last counted, the Bottles and Extras membership mailout was 786. 9. Based on the above, there is an overlap of 354 persons who receive both magazines. 10. Using the numbers above, the FOHBC could be gaining, in a best-case-scenario situation, 1,135 potential new members if they would choose to continue receiving the new magazine after their current subscription ends. 11. Should all AB&GC subscribers join the FOHBC, we could have a total of 1,921 FOHBC members. This increase would bring our total paying membership to 1,758, less 163 life members who do not pay anything each year. 12. A total membership of 1,758 at the FOHBC Standard Membership rate of $40 would result in annual revenue of $70, 320, a net revenue increase of approximately $45,500. 13. Two thousand magazines would cost $4,613.96 per issue times six (6) issues a year, equaling $27,683.76. Mailing services are a $60 setup including NCOA certification and $37.50 per thousand, so mailing 2,000 would be $135. 14. $70,320 (new income) minus $27,683.76 (new printing) minus $500 est. (mailing) = $42,136.73 gain for the FOHBC. This financial exercise is an example of a best-case scenario. There are many other factors and components like club dues (plus $75 annual each), 1st class mail vs. standard, 3-year discounts, overseas, associate members (wives or husbands), digital, and potential AB&GC subscribers who may drop off for any reason. MERGER PARAMETERS [Pros & Cons] The following list was developed and presented to the FOHBC board: 1. Con: People inherently do not like change. 2. Con: Resistance to becoming a member rather than a subscriber.

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3. Con: The mechanics of combining the two publications will take some effort. Laying out responsibilities, etc. 4. Con: AB&GC subscribers are used to getting a magazine once a month. 5. Con: With the FOHBC membership cost at $40, the existing AB&GC subscribers will see an annual increase in cost from $35 to $40. 6. Pro: Redesigned effort combining the best from both magazines by an experienced design team who has worked with the FOHBC and our magazine previously. 7. Pro: The merger will help to ensure a strong, healthy, longterm viable and unified magazine for the hobby. 8. Pro: The merger will provide a financial boost for the FOHBC. 9. Pro: Additional, immediate and substantial increase of new FOHBC members. 10. Pro: FOHBC.org and fohbcvirtualmuseum.org access to a large group of new members who did not have this before. 11. Pro: Digital newsletter. 12. Pro: Membership benefit of attending FOHBC telecom video educational seminars without an additional cost. 13. Pro: AB&GC subscribers would get FOHBC membership benefits such as event discounts, magazine advertising, Auction Price Report access, Membership List, access to a tremendous cache of archived information, etc. 14. Pro: Annual savings of approximately $2,000 - $2,500 in advertising expense for what the FOHBC has paid AB&GC to advertise annual national conventions and FOHBC membership. 15. Pro: Many bottle clubs and auction houses will benefit from not having to advertise in two magazines, i.e., a cost savings to the entities. 16. Pro: Those clubs that only advertised in one of the magazines, but not both, will benefit from their ads being seen by many more people. 17. Pro: The combined magazine will enjoy a greater depth of writers, authors and articles from which to choose from. We would be combining resources. 18. Pro: A more complete listing of bottle shows and color flyers on the FOHBC website. 19. Pro: Full color, 72 pages plus covers. More pages allow for more in-depth, longer articles. 20. Pro: Indexed archiving and retrieval with search capabilities. 21. Pro: ISSUU. Issuu converts PDFs into digital publications that can be shared via links or embedded into websites. Users can edit their publications by customizing the design, using templates, or adding links and multimedia to the pages of their documents. Issuu also provides tools for measurement and monetization of content.

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A few years ago, David’s interests in collecting antique bottles turned to the colorful category of soda water bottles, especially those sold in the South from the 1840s through the 1880s. He began his research determined to not only identify the varieties of bottles but to uncover the backgrounds of the proprietors who developed and sold the tasty carbonated beverages to a thirsty public. Some years back, David became friends with Mike Newman of Martinez, Georgia near Augusta. Newman built a fabulous antique bottle collection including dozens of early Southern sodas of which the book’s readers can catch a glimpse on a two-page spread in the back. Readers also will be treated to the large full-color images of the featured sodas, thanks to Newman’s photographic expertise. All complement David’s descriptions of the proprietors, each traced from births to marriages to families to deaths to burials. This 124-page perfect-bound book, contains a helpful glossary and index, and measures 8.5 x 11 inches. The cost is $50 per book plus $4 shipping and may be ordered from David Kyle Rakes, P.O. Box 2706, Belleview, Florida 34421.

Early Georgia Sodas - The Bottles & Proprietors Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah & Valdosta By David Kyle Rakes and Ferdinand Meyer V

In this reviewer’s humble opinion, “Early Georgia Sodas” will become the go-to book for collectors. The colorful examples of bottles have continued to attract both new and longtime members of the antique bottle hobby.

A Review by Bill Baab After becoming involved in the hobby of collecting antique bottles more than 50 years ago, my curiosity was piqued by large numbers of 19th-century sodas, whiskies, patent medicines, pharmacies, and mineral waters I’d excavated from a 19th-century landfill on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia. Many were embossed not only with the names of the contents but also those of the proprietors, many of whom were members of prominent Augusta families. So I started doing research and found it hard going during those pre-Internet days. Few reference books existed and my earliest gleanings came from bound files of The Augusta Chronicle (established in 1785) and the Augusta Herald (established in 1890). I also was lucky to be able to contact and interview extant members of families whose 19th-century ancestors were involved in various businesses requiring specially designed and blown glass bottles. Fast forward from 1969 to the present day. Our hobby continues to attract newcomers, some of whom have become talented researchers whose efforts have resulted in well-written magazine articles and stories and found between the covers of the occasional book. Enter David Kyle Rakes and Ferdinand Meyer V. Each shares a love for the antique glass forms known as bottles. Their formidable backgrounds are posted on page 6 of their book Early Georga Sodas. David has become a superior researcher, while Ferdinand leads the research and design component for the FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Bottles & Glass. The hobby has also benefitted from his involvement with the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors when he served six years as its president. He continues to be active on the board of directors. The book’s covers, front and back, and interior content reflect Ferdinand’s world-class talents

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This friendly competition will compare and judge three particular types of bottles from anyone who would like to enter examples that they own. The three judging events will be for the ‘best’ J. F. Cutter star shield type whiskey fifth, Bay City Soda Water Co. bottle and Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic. The merits of each bottle will be judged by a panel of veteran collectors experienced with each type. Each bottle entered into the competition will be given a unique code that represents the owner, so the judges will not know the identity of the owner until after final judging. Limit three bottles per category per person.

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GROUP 1: BAY CITY SODA WATER BOTTLES The Bay City Soda Water Company was formed under the laws of the State of California in December 1870, with stock amounting to $100,000. It was the first incorporated soda water company in California. On April 27, 1872, the company trademarked its unique-styled bottles to deter imitators. The bottle described in the submitted registration papers is shown here and is a copy of the actual filing. Several mold and color variants are known so it will be very interesting to see what has been found in this family of Bay City soda bottles. With that in mind, this competition will truly be based solely on the aesthetic qualities embodied in each example. Color, condition and other characteristics of the glass will be the merits that will guide the judges to their decision of a first, second and third place winner. As is nearly always the case with antique bottles, some real surprises may emerge from the submitted entries, and this is what we are hoping to see. We urge anyone who has an example that they think is special to share it in a grouping that may never be witnessed again.

GROUP 2: J. F. CUTTER FIFTH WHISKEY BOTTLES Just as with the Bay City Soda, the second ‘shootout’ will be with a decidedly western bottle with a similar historical beginning. The J. F. Cutter bourbon bottles were initially documented with a protective trade mark issued by the State of California on April 15, 1870, although the registrant, John F. Cutter, was actually a resident of Louisville, Kentucky when the trade mark was registered. Cutter worked closely with his San Francisco agent, Edward Martin, in attempting to corner the Cutter brand whiskey market. Much has been written about the brand and legal troubles that entangled it with the J. H. Cutter trade marks. It is safe to state that this whiskey was far more popular than soda water and many more examples and mold variants of the bottle were produced over the next three decades, but they all kept with the general theme of the registered trade mark. Some beautiful examples of this bottle have been found over the years and it will be exciting to see a representative grouping entered into this competition.

GROUP 3: OLD SACHEM BITTERS AND WIGWAM TONIC This figural bitters barrel is a favorite among collectors. With a great name, the bottles come in a stunning array of colors. The label stated that it was “From an old Indian recipe in possession of the family of the proprietor for upwards of a century is now offered to the public as one of the most healthy and wholesale beverages extant and as a tonic is unsurpassed. Sold by principal grocers, druggists and hotels throughout the union. Endorsed by a professor at Yale College.” George Goodwin began manufacturing patent medicines in the 1840s at 76 Union in Boston. Around 1850, he and Dr. John O. Langley of Langley’s Bitters became partners and in 1854, moved to 99 Union. By 1857, the firm was named Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., and had taken in William B. Hibbard as a junior partner. Goodwin retired in 1859 and his son Charles C. Langley and Hibbard ran the business. In 1863, they moved to 38 Hanover. Eventually the company became one of Boston’s largest wholesale drug firms. We will see some great examples in this category.

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PROVENANCE LOST by Jeff Mihalik

I was reading the article written by Q. David Bowers' as he was documenting the history of T. W. Dyott and his glassworks. As a coin collector, I am very familiar with Mr. Bower’s research articles on coins, paper currency, and other exonumia through the many magazines and books he has published. His documentation of historical events and the people involved with important numismatic events has brought to life the political, social, and often moral happenings of the times. Since most coins were issued and then put into circulation, their ownership history often begins when the coin is taken out of circulation and becomes “collected.” This provenance (definition 2 above) of collectibles begins not when an item is first produced but when first collected. We see this type of provenance (history of ownership) with many types of collectibles, especially when rarer items are offered for sale. This provenance can increase the value of the item due to many reasons. Often a collector gains confidence in the authenticity (and often quality) of the item when it has passed through a wellknown (i.e., knowledgeable) collector. In addition, owning an item from the person you may have admired for their contributions and importance to the specific hobby will make ownership that much more enjoyable. We see this type of provenance being appreciated and sought out with coins and stamps, similar to bottles. With bottles, examples of the Greer collection will often command a higher premium (and rightfully so) due to the rarity, condition, and quality of the items he collected and the prestige of owning a piece out of his collection. Mr. Bowers (and many other coin experts) have contributed to the coin hobby to bring to life the history of an item’s origin and source (definition 1 above). When I read one of his articles in the coin magazine, I wanted to seek an example for my collection. After reading Mr. Bowers' recent bottle article in Bottles and Extras, and then thinking of his many historical renderings that bring coins and bottles to life, I started to think about the importance of provenance and how much provenance for many bottles is being lost. As a hobby, bottle collecting is a much newer and evolving hobby compared to coins. Still, much of the history of glass manufacturing, the people and historical events surrounding the bottle design (say with historical flasks or figurals), methods of manufacturing (pontil, blown-in mold, bottle machine, etc.), transportation, distribution, and sales, have, for the most part, been well-documented and continue

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to be researched as new information is made available. Unlike bottles, coins typically have a solid and known origin (i.e. date and mint mark). On the other hand, bottles may sometimes have a known origin (glasshouse maker's marks), but in most cases, the exact date of manufacture and place of origin is rarely certain. Therefore, I believe that knowing and documenting as much of the provenance of a bottle is extremely important to help place the artifact in context. However, in the bottle world, this aspect of the provenance of a bottle seems not to be highly regarded and, in many cases, is not sought out, documented, or kept. What I am referring to is “where a bottle was found, who may have used it, and who may have dug or otherwise found the bottle.” The “where a bottle was dug” can provide much important information as to who may have first purchased the bottle, why they used it, when they may have bought and used it, distribution patterns, and much, much more. The “who dug it or found it” is a story in itself. To have a bottle story about the people who found the privy the bottle was in, excavated it, and first appreciated the bottle once brought back to the light after 100 plus years, is as much a part of the provenance of a bottle (and I would say more so) than whose collection it was in over the years. Ok, I am not unbiased on this topic. I have accepted that “being dug by Jeff Mihalik” will not increase the value of a bottle or make it more sought after than a similar example. Still, I believe the history of where a bottle was dug (or found), by whom, and when are all important pieces of the provenance that should be preserved when and where possible. I am not going to document every catsup bottle, but for rare examples and or where a lot of prior history may be known or available for research, it should be documented and kept as part of the history of a bottle. [Photo 1]

[1] Wouldn’t this bottle be more valued if all the provenance is known?

I will be the first to admit that I could do a much better job and have the responsibility to do so. To be clear, I am not talking about digging bottles from a home where George Washington lived (or any other historic property that is off limits for what could be a variety of reasons). However, there is much local history that is poorly documented and remains unresearched. We diggers (and others who have a story to tell regarding acquisitions) owe it to ourselves, the hobby, and the bottles we cherish. I have always thought this but recently an event frustrated me and I thought how little collectors value the whole history of a bottle. Case in point: I’ve never had deep pockets, so I always attempted to keep the best bottles I dig. This isn’t always pos-

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[2] Two black glass “Lindsey’s Blood Searcher Hollidaysburg Pa”

sible, especially when you are digging with two or three other people, have a low pick, or dig something that folks can not agree on a value. That said, I’ve been fortunate to get my fair share over the years and built a nice collection according to my means, and they were 99% dug bottles! As most people know, life throws challenges at you and you have to do your best to keep moving forward. So, back in the mid-2000s, I lost my job and was in transition and one of my daughters also needed some help financially, so I had to sell one of my favorite bottles as I knew I could quickly get a good sum for it. It was a black glass “Lindsey’s Blood Searcher Hollidaysburg Pa.” (read Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, October 2005) dug by Rick, my long-time digging partner, Digger O’Dell, and myself. [Photo 2]

The bottle was sold to an out-of-state collector/digger who is still active in the hobby. At the time, I’ll admit I was not thinking about the provenance as I do today, and I did not attempt to provide the whole history of the bottle, although I did mention the dig and the people involved. If you have read the 2005 article, you know that two of these bottles were dug from the same privy! Some years later, after Digger O’Dell passed away, his example of the Lindsey’s found its way back to Rick and then to me, and I had that example in my collection for over eight years. Recently, I lost my job again, this time due to Covid-19, and with all the other uncertainties, I decided to sell a few bottles. I didn’t want to sell the Lindsey’s, but Rick, who dug the Lindsey’s with Digger and me, told me how much that bottle meant to him (Digger was one of his best friends), and he wanted to have that bottle in his collection. Now Rick likes selling bottles as much as digging them and, over the years, he has sold many a great dug bottle like a cobalt blue Pikes Peak, so it was great to hear how much that bottle meant to him, and so I gladly let him become the caretaker of this treasure. He knows all the provenance of this bottle! A couple of months passed, and I found that I was better off than most (I started a new business and am doing well), so I tried to track down the other Lindsey’s that I sold back in the day. I contacted the person who originally purchased it from me, but he had sold it some years back. I then was able to find out who that was, and with some back and forth, I found out that he also has sold it. Still, the person who bought it apparently has “deep pockets” and is some higher-end bottle collector who does not let things go and probably wouldn’t want

to be bothered by me attempting to buy back the bottle. Ok, I cannot do anything about that, and it’s the owner’s prerogative to remain anonymous. What got to me is that the person who has the bottle now probably has no idea of much of the bottle’s history: who dug it, when it was dug, and most importantly, where it was dug, and the history of the home and person living there when the bottle was used and then discarded? All I will say in this article is that there is some fascinating local history and historical people who are part of the provenance of this bottle which may now be lost to the current and future collectors. [Photo 3] [3] The Jack Boyle canal boat is featured in this photo dated 1869. The Jack Boyle was the last passenger packet boat to use the Beaver Division Canal.

So, what can be done? Should anything be done, and is this type of provenance important to collectors? The good news is that there are collectors out there that do want to know the whole story and gain as much knowledge as possible on the background and history of a prized bottle. In the pages of the two bottle magazines, you can find many deeply researched articles that uncover and document provenance such as the manufacturing location, history of the person who sold or invented the contents, history of the influence of current events, and all the other such information that brings the bottle to life. Great job here, and thanks for the great work! The bad news is that they are in the minority and, most likely, this will not change unless some monetary motivation exists for a collector to seek out the full provenance of their collected bottle. I would suggest that, as a hobby, we diggers, dealers, collectors, auction houses, etc., need to start somehow to value all the provenance of a bottle and place a higher value (monetary and desirability) on bottles that have a full provenance. Like I mentioned earlier, I am biased as I do know the where (a bottle was dug) and often the who (history of the home and family at a given time). However, I think it would be awesome to see a bottle at auction come with provenance (not just from the collection of ) but with period advertisements, location of use (where it was found), and all additional history (when available) of the family or person who likely utilized the bottle’s contents. It seems to me that if a bottle has full provenance, it certainly should be worth more to collectors than a similar bottle with an unknown history. If you have a bottle in your collection that you know I dug and are interested in learning more of the history, I will provide you with all the background information I have. Where information is lacking or missing, it will be up to you to take what I provide and then do the necessary research to document the provenance fully. My next article in this series will be titled Provenance Found !

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seum. We have well over 500 spinning examples now and, by the end of 2022, 1,000+ is possible! As far as support images, we have well over 5,000 to date.

Virtual Museum Ne ws By Richard T. Siri, Santa Rosa, California The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been established to display, inform, educate, and enhance the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass collecting by providing an online virtual museum experience for significant historical bottles and other items related to early glass. **************** I don't look at many websites, and there are only a couple I check out daily. I also don't text, tweet, or have Facebook or other social media distractions. I realize that this may be holding me back from communicating with the bottle world but, at 80+ years old, I still get along just fine. I do, however, look forward to what is placed in the Virtual Museum nearly every day and seeing the incredible images of colorful bottles, flasks, jars, target balls, etc. These images and the history provided keep me learning something every day, more so than when I was in history class at school. I look forward to the new additions. I'm sure if you check the museum out, you'll also get hooked on it. You are just a click away from some tremendous antique glass. You would have to visit quite a few collections to see what we have on display in the museum and, for those out there that wonder why the glass category they collect isn't in the museum, it will be down the road. Give us time, and milk, soda pop, fire grenades, beers and ales, perfumes, and colognes will find their way into the museum too. [Editor Note: The museum already has galleries for bitters, early American glass such as free-blown, pattern-molded and blown three mold, foods and sauces, historical flasks, inks, jars, soda water, spirits, spring and mineral water, target balls and utilities.] Our second West Coast photographer is gearing up to start imaging, and that would be Eric McGuire, who is a big plus because he is also a great historian and researcher. If you haven't yet heard, Eric will be our featured speaker during the Reno 2022 banquet. Tickets are available now, so plan on attending. Recently, Ron Hands, our newest Virtual Museum team member, went with Alan DeMaison and imaged flasks, medicines, and bitters at the home of Chris Bubash in Columbus, Ohio. The next trip will be to see Chip Cable's collection in Pittsburgh to image his bottles, then to Phil Smith's for more fruit jars. Alan already has plans for imaging in March 2022 in Houston and New England in April, hoping to add 300+ images to the mu-

Ferdinand is doing a fantastic job getting Alan's work into the museum. I don't know how he keeps up with that and runs a business as well. I think Elizabeth is a big help with that. Miguel keeps the site tuned up and deals with computer and software issues that seem ever-present. If you have a computer, you know what I'm talking about. When mine goes down, I call for help as I don't know how to fix it. The museum site is highly complex and we need someone like Miguel to keep it running smoothly. Miguel, by the way, is the only paid staff the museum has, and the bulk of our operational costs goes his way and, believe me, it's a very much-needed expense. That's why we can always use your help with a donation to the museum. You can take a tax write-off with your gift as we are a 501c-3 educational corporation. **************** Our Midwest imaging director, Alan DeMaison, made a trip to see and image the Ron Hands collection in Solon, Ohio, this past September 2021. Team member, Terry Crislip, accompanied Alan and at the same time coached Ron Hands on the imaging process as Ron has joined the Midwest team. We are also excited to be adding the following examples to the museum Jar Gallery: Ball Standard, Joel Haines West Middleburg, Ohio, Frederick Heitz Glass Works St. Louis Wax Sealer, Cadiz Jar, AGWL Pitts Pa Wax Sealer, Improved Standard Patented April 17 1888, and Mason's 16 Patent Nov 30th 1858, among others. The Jar Gallery is fast approaching 125 examples. **************** Alan DeMaison made a second imaging trip in the latter part of October with Ron Hands to image specific examples from the Chris Bubash collection in Columbus, Ohio. The primary focus was historical flasks, pontiled medicines and bitters. Some of the first pieces have been processed. They include Kimball's Jaundice Bitters from Troy, New Hampshire, five molds of Moffat's Phoenix Bitters, a GI-95 and GI-96 "Benjamin Franklin" And Bust - "T.W. Dyott, M.D." and bust portrait flasks, some great Success to the Railroad flasks and Bininger bottles, among others. ****************

Did you know that the Virtual Museum is preparing to open the Research Library on the First Floor? In a quieter part of the museum, you will soon see the first scanned books, catalogs and magazines on the shelves for reading and research. Michael Seeliger is leading this effort. You will be able to read cover-tocover our first books such as Collecting the Cures and Collecting All Cures by Bill Agee, H. H Warner, His Company and His Bottles by Michael Seeliger, and others as we get the books processed. The Research Library will also be archiving historical images, including old photographs from past shows, displays, collections and collectors. Michael Seeliger is also leading this effort. We have been gathering and storing pictures for years that might be otherwise lost if not put in our library. A special notice has been placed in recent magazine issues.

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[UTILITIES GALLERY]

[MEDICINES GALLERY]

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[EARLY AMERICAN GLASS WING] [HISTORICAL FLASK GALLERY]

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(Fig. 3) M. & J. S. Perrine, No. 37 Nth. Front St. Philadelphia advertising card

The Perrine’s “Blue Bloods” in Philadelphia Whiskey By Jack Sullivan

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Because the brothers claimed that the origination of their business was in 1845, when both would still have been children, I speculate that their father started the liquor business in Philadelphia. Thomas Perrine, however, was recorded serving many years as the chief warden of the state prison in Trenton, New Jersey, and is not known to have left the state. A more likely explanation is that the Perrine brothers bought an existing liquor dealership in Philadelphia that dated back to 1845. The brothers were recorded by the 1870 census working in the liquor business. Their first listing in business directories was 1871, called “M. & J. S. Perrine,” located at No. 37 North Front Street, Philadelphia (Fig. 3 title page). The substantial three-story building that housed their liquor dealership (Fig. 4), related billheads and advertising pieces indicate that the brothers were “rectifying” whiskey, that is, buying it from the many distillers then operating in Pennsylvania, blending and compounding it, and selling retail under their own Perrine labels. As a result, the Perrines were able to merchandise quite a few brands. They included “Chemically Pure Rye,” “Palace Club Whiskey,” “Old Memorial Whiskey,” “Old Monogram Whiskey,” “Pure Barley Malt Whiskey,” Palace Rye Whiskey,” “Pelican Gin,” “Perrine’s Golden Lake Pure Rye,” and “Perrine’s Pure Barley Malt Whiskey,” among others. (Fig. 5) With the exception of “Chemically Pure Rye” registered in 1886, the company did not trademark its brands.

(Fig. 2) Perrine’s Apple Ginger figural cabin bottles

In the 1890 “Blue Book,” the defacto social register of Philadelphia, among the names to be found in that highly selective volume - 1.6% of the city’s population were those of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stout Perrine, living on fashionable Mount Vernon Street. The entry did not mention that Jonathan (Fig. 1), and his brother, Matthew, were among the city’s most successful liquor dealers. In subsequent years while the Perrines’ whiskey would be forgotten, their bottles would become objects of collector attention (Fig. 2). The Perrine’s had long been an established American family. Their founding ancestor, Daniel Perrine, known as “The Huguenot” (French Protestant), had arrived on the shores of America in 1665, settling in the New York area. The brothers’ father was Thomas Morford Perrine, whose first wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of General James Cook, the famous British explorer. After she died in childbirth, Thomas married Elizabeth Stout, likely a cousin. This Elizabeth was the mother of Mathew, born in 1831, and Jonathan, 1836.

The brothers also featured a line of gins, brandies, and alcoholic products they called “Perrine’s Apple Whiskey,” “Perrine’s Apple Ginger,” “Apple and Blackberry Brandy,” and Raspberryade.” The Apple Ginger was welllaced with alcohol and put up in square “figural cabins” made in various shades of amber glass. The quarts are remarkable for their embossing of a realistic apple on the front. The Perrine's “depot” address was on the rear. M. & J. S. Perrine typically sold their products in glass containers such as amber quarts, unusual because they bear a slab seal on one side with the brothers’ address (Fig. 6) and, on the opposite side, embossing with much the same information. I assume that a paper label, now absent, was attached below

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the seal and represented the front face of the container. The Perrines marketed their Barley Malt Whiskey as medicinal, claiming that it was a remedy for “malaria, indigestion and all wasting diseases.” Since no one knew the cause of malaria, it was a claim unlikely to be challenged. The brothers advertised this whiskey with a colorful trade card of a winsome young woman filling orders from the ague-phobic and sticking a Perrine label on the bottle. (Fig. 7 Left) Her comely presence emphasized the “purity” of the product. Unlike the many malaria cures of that era that contained opium, the brothers’ nostrum provided only substantial swallows of alcohol. Given their evident marketing abilities, the Perrines were among the whiskey dealers providing giveaway items to their wholesale customers that included saloons, restaurants, and hotels. One example was a decorative back-bar bottle advertising “Perrine Rye.” The elegant shape and molded glass stopper were in keeping with the brothers’ well-designed trade cards. The Perrine’s flourished with vigorous marketing and quality liquors, opening a second retail outlet at 238 North Water Street. Meanwhile, Jonathan had a personal life. About 1862, he married Anna M., who also was born in New Jersey. The 1870 census found them living in Ward 14 of Philadelphia. With them were their two sons, Edmund, age 7, and William, age 4. Also in

residence was brother Mathew, still a bachelor at 40 years old. As William matured, Jonathan brought him into the business. Edmund became a medical doctor of considerable reputation in the Philadelphia area. About 1894, Mathew, now age 63 and possibly in bad health, withdrew from the firm. The following year the name was changed to J. S. Perrine & Son Company. William, age 30, was now a full-fledged partner in the liquor house. During this period, the Perrines became active in the fight against the Whiskey Trust, formally known as the Distillers and Cattle Feeders Company. In 1892, Jonathan was a leader in organizing a meeting of prominent wholesale liquor dealers in Eastern cities, representing $6 million ($150 million today) in assets. Their purpose was to organize an association for their protection against the Trust which was viewed as “stretching out its influence all over the land…” Most anti-trust Eastern liquor dealers would have been “rectifiers” like the Perrine’s blending and compounding whiskey bought from distillers. The Trust was known to seek a distilling monopoly and then hike prices steeply to rectifiers. The new association was described as seeking to “free its members from the exactions…” of the monopoly. Jonathan was elected treasurer. Faced with similar organized opposition in New York State, Kentucky, and elsewhere, the threat from the Illinois-based trust eventually dissipated. Meanwhile, Jonathan and his wife had achieved “Blue Book” status. While that publication claimed not “to pass upon the social standing of the parties listed within its pages,” the implication was clear. Being in the Blue Book made one a mainline Philadelphia “Blue Blood.” The volume advertised its benefits to “wives and daughters at home” (i.e., information about marriageeligible men) and “the commercial and professional community in their offices and counting-rooms” (i.e., doing business with the “haves”). Wealth, even from whiskey, went a long way to gaining social status. Jonathan Perrine died in October 1906 at age 72. He left an estate to his wife, Anna, and his sons said to be worth $135,000 ($3.4 million today). He was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in suburban Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Six years later, he would be joined there by Anna. Buried nearby is Mathew, who had died earlier. Meanwhile, William was guiding the fortunes of the Perrine liquor business that relocated at least twice during his management. Records indicate that William died in 1914, but the company continued until 1918, apparently run by other family members.

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GLASSHOUSE DISASTER Thanksgiving Day started innocent enough on November 29, 1900, in San Francisco. Excitement was in the air as the traditional ninth annual football game between the University of California Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinals was scheduled in the Mission District. The San Francisco Bulletin reported, “Thanksgiving Day dawned clear and bright, and a fairer day could never have been desired by the veriest of football enthusiasts.” The city was in a holiday mood which would quickly change to shock by mid-afternoon.

Years later, the day would be referred to as the “Thanksgiving Day Disaster” because of what

happened during the game. The most horrific accident that one can imagine occurred, resulting in many deaths and injuries to the spectators. In what was referred to as the largest crowd to ever witness a sporting event west of the Mississippi, some 19,000 onlookers packed the stadium. At the same time, thousands more came to the stadium grounds hoping to find a ticket or be part of the excitement. Admission was $1, which prohibited many from obtaining a ticket, especially young lads who worked hard for their money or had no job. Like many enthusiastic fans, these young men were adventurous, fearless and, with a pack mentality, determined. They came hoping to catch a peek of the game or, better yet, find a perch outside the stadium that would allow them to see the distant plays and hear the roar of the crowd. This misadventure usually involved jumping over a fence, avoiding the police, and finding a roof to settle on to watch the game. The turn of the century was an era in American sporting events before the tremendous concrete and steel stadiums named for sponsors and known throughout the country. The San Francisco sporting grounds resembled something we might now see at a big high school football game except much more significant and constructed quicker in ways that may have defied safety and stability. Like old roller coasters, wood was the primary construction material. Just three years earlier, a section of the San Francisco’s Recreation Park roof collapsed under the weight of the football crowd with only one serious injury, which seemed like a miracle. Many of these early ballparks were erected in industrial areas alongside active factories and warehouses because large affordable land plots were available. Contractors typically would be rushed to complete the project before the scheduled events. The newest neighborhood addition to San Francisco Mission District stadium park was the nearly completed San Francisco and Pacific

The disaster appeared on the front page of the New York Times and dominated local papers.

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Glass Works, which occupied an entire block between Folsom and Harrison on 15th Street, just across the street from the stadium. The Mission District was a predominantly working-class neighborhood dense with Irish and German families. The new glassworks had stoked up their east furnace for more than a week to reach 3,000 degrees ahead of the formal beginning of operations the coming Monday. The firing-up was in preparation for making glass, bottles, and jars. The furnace was an enormous, enclosed brick structure whose inside white-hot walls held 15 tons of seething molten glass that was only tended to by a skeleton crew. The four-story factory rooftop above offered an enticing endzone-to-endzone view of the field from above the ballpark’s northern wall. Only a fence and a few glasshouse security watchmen stood between the anxious who advanced on the glasshouse in hopes of finding a rooftop seat. Well before the scheduled 2:30 p.m. kickoff, the factory’s shiny, corrugated iron rooftop was packed with 500 to 1,000 spectators. It “was black with people,” reported someone speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle. People on the stadium grounds watched with concern as this dangerous spectacle unfolded before them. Twenty minutes after kickoff, the crowd was tense as Cal made its first foray deep into Stanford territory. Then a crash from the field’s north side brought play to a halt. The roof of the glassworks had collapsed like a gallows’ trap. The game came to a stop, and people looked around, trying to identify the source of the loud interruption. Then, by one account, a Berkeley fan, fearing a Stanford diversion, yelled,

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Elsewhere, as if in another world, panicked crowds were besieging the city’s hospitals. Police blockaded doors to the Southern Pacific Hospital at nearby 14th and Mission streets to keep away the onlookers and grief-stricken survivors. The scenes within looked like something from a battlefield. “Little boys in knee-breeches were laid on the floor all along the length of the hall, some writhing with pains and calling for father and mother,” reported the San Francisco Call. A similar frenzy happened outside the morgue as coroner’s deputies began to deliver bodies, some on makeshift stretchers made from fragments of the destroyed roof. The influx forced officials to open the city’s new morgue, still under construction. One of the first victims was 12-year-old William Eckfeldt, whose weeping father recognized his disfigured body by his socks. Then came 17-year-old William Valencia, whose grandfather was the namesake of nearby Valencia Street. Edgar Flahavan, a student at Mission Grammar School, died in an ambulance. The nearly completed San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works behind the stadium. The roof full of onlookers.

“It’s a job,” and all eyes returned to the ball. The game continued as if nothing had happened, the bands and cheers overwhelming the screams next door. The first men to realize the full scope of the horror had nearly been victims themselves. Charles Yotz, an oven man at the factory, had been raking the fire when bodies began raining down, narrowly missing him. He tried to remove those who had fallen on top of the furnace with a giant poker while his partner, Clarence Jeter, ran to turn off the oil feeding the blaze inside. Officials later estimated the surface temperature of the furnace at 500 degrees. “It was a horrible experience standing there beside a hell pot and seeing human beings roast to death,” Jeter told the Examiner. “We did the best we could.” Some were lucky to grasp rafters, holding on for dear life as death amassed below. “Bodies were falling like hail,” one man said. “As I clung there, I saw the poor fellow who had been chatting with me strike the furnace. He curled up like a worm in that heat.” The furnace was on the far side of the building, away from the field, which may have saved some lives as most spectators crowded to the other side. Unfortunately, a 50-foot drop to the floor could kill just the same, especially for those bashed and battered by others falling on them. Rescuers were staggered by what they found as bodies were scattered all over the factory floor. There were desperate moans of the injured and the inescapable smell of burning clothing and roasted flesh. It first seemed as if hundreds must be dead. “The sight was awful,” said a fireman who’d been on the roof but escaped the fall. “We knew not which way to turn or what to do.” Practically every phone in the neighborhood was calling for help, and anything with wheels, from wagons to butcher carts, was commandeered to rush the wounded and dying to city hospitals, which were frantically trying to summon doctors back from Thanksgiving dinner. None of this made much of a difference to the participants and spectators to the football game. Those in the high bleachers could see the flurry of ambulances outside, and some could hear police and ushers appeal to the stands for doctors. With no way to communicate through the noise, information about the terrible accident was slow to spread through the crowd and never reached the field. The game was settled in the final minutes by a single score—the first successful field goal in the history of the “Big Game.” At the final whistle, hundreds of Stanford fans surged onto the field, carrying the star players on their shoulders and beginning a parade down Market Street to the Palace Hotel.

While the tragedy claimed victims of a range of ages, the oldest, Mekke Van Dyk, was a 46-year-old miner. Most of the others were boys and young men, with the youngest, Lawrence Miel, having turned nine only a month earlier. Most of them lived within walking distance of the stadium grounds. Thirteen were declared dead that day, and scores were hospitalized, with further fatalities rolling in. The city plunged into mourning. One paper wrote that anyone returning from a trip instantly knew something terrible had happened from the expression on people’s faces. The first to be buried was Hector McNeill, 14, the only son of his recently widowed mother, who’d given him money to see the game. He was a night school student who worked at a dry goods store. Then on Sunday came the public peak of sorrow—nine victims buried in a flurry of funerals that ran into one another. “From 9 o’clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, there was no time at which the funeral procession of someone of the young victims of the catastrophe might not be seen making its way toward the cemetery,” the Call wrote. The disaster appeared on the front page of the New York Times and dominated local papers. But even San Francisco would soon move on. The city had quickly convened a grand jury to assign blame for the disaster. Factory keepers and the police insisted their men had done everything possible to keep out the crowd and denied testimony that workers had offered entrance to the roof for a fee. The jury seemed ready to hang the disaster on police incompetence. “It is very strange that the police officials did not detail enough men to the football game to keep people from crowding dangerous places,” one juror said. Just seven days after the disaster and four days after Fred Lilly, the 21-year-old son of a wealthy New York merchant, became the 22nd fatality, the jury blamed the dead. “[T]he deceased had no business being there,” it declared in a story the Chronicle relegated to page 14. “No one can be held responsible for their deaths other than themselves.” More than a century after it happened, the catastrophe remains the deadliest sporting disaster in American history. Yet, one is almost utterly forgotten in the records of Cal, Stanford, and San Francisco. Unlike the 1898 and 1899 Big Games, there’s no statue to the 1900 contest. There is no plaque at the site, now a University of California San Francisco building. You can barely find mention of the event in local history books. Now we collect the great and beautiful products from these early glasshouses without even thinking about the hell inside or the young men who made our bottles. Reference to: Sudden Death: Boys Fell to Their Doom in S.F.'s Forgotten Disaster, Joe Eskenazi, San Francisco Weekly, August 2012 The Big Game Disaster of 1900, Stanford Magazine, November-December 2015

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CA LL FOR H I S TORICAL IM AG E S The FOHBC, led by board member Michael Seeliger, has started a major new initiative to preserve our history. We would like your assistance in locating potentially long-lost images before it is too late as they could potentially be forgotten forever. We are looking for photographs, either in black and white or color of the great collections, collectors, bottle shows and displays of yesteryear. Our goal is to gather, enhance and index this material digitally and make it available to our members and collectors for generations to come.

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Hunting Hunt’s Hone Hole There is a spooky old mansio By Jack Klotz

Well, here I am, writing a story about digging before I even stick a shovel in the ground. I always start my videos before digging but starting to write the story before digging is a first for me.

There is a spooky old mansion in Hannibal, Missouri that was in poor condition when I first set eyes on it over ten years ago. In all that time while it sat vacant, it hasn’t gotten any better. The yard and shrubbery had passed the unruly stage by 2012 and shot into jungle stage by the mid-teens. It stands somewhat isolated from the neighbors on either side by this “green belt” which also offers a wall of greenery along the back property line while hugging a deserted, overgrown dirt alley. I have probed and hunted this property at least a dozen times over the years, making Swiss cheese out of most of the accessible areas of the yard. Areas that were less “friendly” forced me to break out my 6-foot probe and radically angle probe. I have a certain “moth to a flame” thing going on here with these big old antebellum period mansions. The imagination runs wild thinking of the possibilities of high-end, pontil-era bottles hidden deep within the bowels of the privy hole, pun intended. Equally enticing are thoughts of high-end 1860s glass. Then reality hits as hard as a probe smacking into cement a foot deep! “Damn these massive yards, and why were the rich always proud of covering everything in cement?” These are just a sampling of my print-worthy mumblings as I searched another year with the same results. Nowadays, I merely drive by and dip my head in shame, knowing it has beaten me time after time! That is until now. I finally won! At least I think I’ve won! I’m excited if nothing else! However, we’re into mid-November and though it’s been unusually mild weather, the ground will be frozen soon enough. My latest excitement started three days ago on November 12th. I happened to stop in at a friend’s antique shop where I caught up with him finalizing a negotiation on a house he was trying to buy from a fellow at his counter. My timing couldn’t Gore-Hunt-Catlett House street front

in Hannibal, Missouri

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have been better as they both seemed happy with their agreement. My friend called his realtor and they had a short conference call to close within two weeks if not sooner. After the call, my friend was talking about the home being built in a style earlier than the noted construction date of 1858, which got my attention immediately. I know every pre-Civil War home standing in town, as well as the location of most other ones not standing. This is where I butted in with, “so which house are you guys talking about?” It turned out to be the Hunt mansion that shamed me for all these years. I was happy for my friend but the memories of constant defeat held no excitement for me. I was in no big hurry to get my butt kicked again by that cruel yard! I’m sure I’ve missed hunting about one-third of the yard in all my visits, but who knows. On my way out of town to head back home, I decided to stop to take a hike in the yard. I was pleasantly surprised to see a few trees and most of the overgrowth had been removed or cut back, exposing areas previously impossible to get a probe into the ground. I returned the next day after asking my friend for permission to only probe since nothing had been signed or finalized and thus he was not yet the owner of the property. This entire half-block had originally belonged to the mansion with a large barn well off to the east side, which is now a part of a newer 1930s church property. Two homes currently take up original land west of the mansion, narrowing down the available search area, which was still a sizable amount of ground.

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I’ve probed here before and felt it was dumb then.”

I had refreshed my memory the night before using the Sanborn map of 1885 as to the location of the barns. A second, smaller barn stood straight back from the house along the alley and a large shed next to that. In addition, a massive 2-story brick structure was on the map about ten feet from the back of the house, and between that and the barn stood another large single-story wooden shed. All the barns and sheds are long gone except for the large 2-story brick structure. The shed closest to the brick building disappears from all maps by 1890 which is usually a good indicator it might have been a privy. Problem is, it is much too big for a family-sized privy and, secondly, the maps usually are a good indicator where not to dig! I have also spent two or three trips probing every square yard within ten feet of the large disappearing shed with zero evidence of any ground disturbance. I had probed out what had felt like a possible cistern on the far west side near the alley which was confirmed on this latest visit as the cement slab had been moved off of it, exposing the cavern. I tried probing some of the newlymade accessible areas and again was frustrated when I smacked into cement slabs! I had hoped for an old walkway but it turned out to be more in line with a patio. I slowly worked my way from the alley property line against my better judgment. The privies around these parts tend to be close to the barns and on rare occasions inside the barns. “If it stinks, keep it together,” must have been their motto. I reluctantly stuck my 4-foot workhorse into the ground where the large disappearing shed had stood, only to have virgin clay staring back at me from the tip of the probe. Shaking my head in defeated disgust, I couldn’t help from thinking again

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the privy was in the neighboring yard. As I paused to rest my 70-year-old probing muscles, I was also able to rest my negative mind. I kept thinking, “How far would I want to have to run…?” A common thought among many frustrated privy hunters. From house to the alley was a good but reasonable and common hike or sprint. But to run to the large barn area to the east was likely twice the distance. Staring at the massive 2-story brick servant’s quarters reminded me of the brick outbuilding next to which I dug a fabulous privy just over a year ago. That one was a verified smokehouse; this one has been called a slave quarters. By 1858, with civil war on the horizon, I doubt they would build massive new slave quarters. Besides, I’ve seen 1920s stucco garages called slave quarters! Therefore, I’m going with servant’s quarters for now since the Sanborn maps assign it no definition. With a very slight boost of energy, I began probing against the east wall to about four feet away to the side. While probing this area I thought to myself, “I’ve probed here before and felt it was dumb then.” I reached the northeast corner and paused. There was a narrow cement walkway along the backside of the house and I figured there were only about eight feet between it and the north wall of the outbuilding. On the west side of the wall was a doorway with about ten feet between it and the east wall where I had just probed. As highly unlikely as it was, I reluctantly stuck my probe in and it sailed on down with relative ease! My mouth fell open as I thought it might be a critter hole. I repeated a foot over with the same result! I kept it up until I covered about eight feet and decided to angle probe for the walls. Standing with my back to the east, I hit a solid wall about two feet deep. I turned aboutface and probed without hitting anything. A step forward and nothing! Another step, nothing! A third step and still nothing! On my fourth step, I finally hit the opposite wall that lined up with the outbuilding’s eastside wall! Adding about a foot on each end for the angling, it should measure about ten feet long! The width probed out to four feet—five with the angle considered. At this size, it should bottom out no less than ten feet! The probe showed the telltale powdery orange on the tip indicating a brick liner. I decided to test probe the equally unlikely area on the opposite side of the yard, just in case. I struck out on the west side but not unusual for Hannibal as most yards had only one privy. They tend to be heavily dipped with regard to these earlier ones. One usually finds only pontil-era scraps or tiny bottles missed by the cleaners. Usually, they reused the privy until they got indoor plumbing and by then the ordinances were either relaxed, ignored or both. I climbed into my truck ecstatic with the idea I finally found it! I beelined it to my friend’s shop to tell him the good news. As I drove the ten blocks, I glanced at my watch and realized I found it in only half an hour! When I told my friend, I didn’t reveal the location. I wanted to cement and ensure my inclusion in this dig. After all, I had more than paid my dues and EARNED IT THE HARD WAY! Hopefully, they will close the deal soon. It wasn’t until I woke up yesterday morning that I wondered if someone already beat me to it and dug it out. My probe did go down one-handed easily, but it didn’t feel like a dug hole as there was some resistance. The ground wasn’t soft or spongy or sunk in at all, and it was in the least likely area of the yard for this town.

In all the privies I’ve dug in town I have only dug one this close to the back door and that was the old courthouse privy! I figured the judge didn’t want to have to run a marathon in his robes to the crapper. Not too dignified of a visual, for sure! No, if it has been dug, it was 30-40 years ago. I feel 85% confident it is a privy and 75% confident it is undug. I can’t wait to find out, like a kid before Christmas. I just hope it doesn’t take that long to open her up. But then since she’s been waiting 160+ years, I can wait a while longer, if I have to! A minor update, I returned with my 6’ probe to recheck my initial findings and discovered nobody moved the privy location in my absence, always a welcome relief! The 6 footer went to the handle, same as the 4 footer, and yet this time the walls probed as stone. On occasion, the privies around here were stone-lined up to the last foot or two where they cemented a brick foundation of sorts to construct a brick privy above ground. I suspect that is the case here. The last one like this I dug was 17 feet deep! Well, winter has come and gone and we are now well into a new year, 2021 to be exact. March 7th to be even more exact. In the time since I last wrote about my “exciting” find of the long-lost and elusive privy, I have had to hang my head in shame, once again! Yup, you guessed it, it was NOT the privy but a huge cistern! UGH! Anything but another cistern! They are always problematic and stingy on the bottles, at least any before the machine age. This one was no exception, with the best being two tiny sample Eddy & Eddy extract bottles that nobody has ever seen and a small size Wyeth dose bottle. Everything else was slick, machined, or busted and nothing worth crying over. I made half a dozen trips and returned today to either finish it up or fill it in. Turns out I accomplished both but, more importantly, I found a spot where “something’s goin’ on,” at least according to my probe. I hesitate, no, I absolutely refuse to mutter a word that sounds like privy when speaking of hunting this yard anymore. I have deleted at least half a dozen videos from past failures in this yard with eager anticipation of opening up a loaded privy from the 1860s due to striking out. I therefore will suspend any “whoo-whoo” noises or pats on my back, lest I have to whip myself in the same spot later. No, I will calmly and maturely hold my enthusiasm until more evidence surfaces, or more accurately, is exposed. I am still licking my wounds over the last mistaken “privy” I probed turned out to be a cistern! An amateur’s mistake for sure but I was a bit skeptical in the beginning considering its proximity to the house. How I got the probing so wrong I can only say by explaining the top beehive portion had been collapsed into the hole which threw off the opening–normally a good deal smaller than a privy. Regardless, we are moving forward and I have x’d off my map another area not to hunt, narrowing down the search area, little by little. This new spot is equally baffling as I have probed over this before but hit nothing unusual until today. I did hit a soft spot or rather a softer spot than usual as most of this yard is solid clay, rock, or cement. Take your pick, it’s gonna be a rough go. I can usually probe several hundred probe holes in a day but this yard limits me to about half my normal number and that’s being generous! Today I decided to focus on a square wooden shed area on the Sanborn maps that sat between the brick outbuilding and

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where the barn stood. I used my map on which I measured and marked out my footsteps to correlate the missing shed to the stillexisting brick building. Here, I flagged out the approximate four corners and began probing a tight 10” square grid. This square on the map is usually something I would probe around, not inside due to its large size. I was reminded on a recent probing of an 1847 yard that some of these larger features are actually a privy inside a larger shed used for a washroom or other domestic needs. It seems it was a good refresher course, as I got to about probe hole #50 when it went in semi-easily and had some ashy look clinging to the tip. I moved 10” out of my pattern and hit what felt like cement. A few inches more in that direction confirmed what felt like a slab–a practice not uncommon back in the day to lay a healthy size cement slab over the offending hole when done with it. I was able to find what appeared to be virgin clay to the farthest side from where I had probed, giving me some idea of where the walls should be. I swapped out my workhorse 4 footer for the more practical 5-foot probe to angle for the walls. I decided to check to see if there was depth to the four-foot hole I punctured and the 5 footer went in as easily as the shorter probe and came up with the bonus of what looked like lime on the tip. Lime is always a welcome sign as it was used mainly in privies to aid in knocking down the stench as well as speeding up the decay of effluvium. Angling under the cement slab, I clunked into what felt like a wall but was angled shallow. I gave it a steeper angle further away to try to get some depth and it clunked again at about a five-foot depth. I continued this over two more directions and, having triangulated the pit, I saw no need for the fourth wall to be discovered. I am now about 90% sure it’s a privy, in the right spot, and showing to be a stone liner. I do have concerns, however. The earliest Sanborn map of ‘85 shows the square as well as the ‘90 map but goes missing on the ‘99 and ‘06 maps. Usually a good thing, but mysteriously it reappears on the 1913 map! Same exact spot! So my mind wonders... is this the early privy or possibly a later one? It could even be the servant’s privy, for that matter. Stone liners tend to be earlier privies in these parts, but I have dug a few pontiled brick privies, though they are always shallower than the stone liners. I hope that it is the old privy and had been slabbed shut and the washhouse built over it by the mid-’80s. This is my hope since almost every pre-civil war privy in town got cleaned out by the mid-1870s. I’m hoping there are some sweet 1860s high-end bottles that a bank president, mayor, or major would use to entertain and impress his guests. I know I’ll be impressed with a Kelly’s, or dare I dream of an intact Booz cabin? Sure, what the Hell, why not? Dream big I say. I’d settle for a pontiled Wishart’s Pine Tree Cordial! Well, as I am fond of saying, “Only digging it out will tell the story.” That part begins tomorrow. Note from SHPO Survey (Feb 1983 pg. 45): “18. Gore-HuntCatlett House, 1011 Lyon St., 1858. Unchanged at least from the turn of the (20th) century, this Greek Revival house is associated with three prominent families. It was built by Jonathan Gore, a saddle maker and county judge, and was bought two years later by Josiah Hunt, president of the First National Bank, major in the Union Army, and four-times mayor. (Hannibal) After his (unexpected) death in 1874, it was acquired by his wife’s brother-inlaw, Captain John E. Catlett, whose family still owns it.”

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In addition, information gleaned from the Riverside Cemetery website indicates Josiah is buried there and was 56 years old when he “unexpectedly dies.” His widow Sarah was 77 years of age when she passed in 1914 and his daughter Lizzie was 61 when she passed in 1924. John Catlett shows no birthdate but it's indicated he passed on November 12, 1914, the same year as wife Mary on Feb 13. Mary turns out to be the sister to the widow, Sarah. There are no fewer than 16 Catletts listed as being buried at Riverside Cemetery.

THE DIG BEGINS Monday arrived none too soon for my liking. Even for properties that frustrate me as this one has, one must remain “professional” and maintain a short memory. Like an NFL pro who has screwed up learns to shake it off and not allow it to affect his play, so must I to stay in the game. The first tarp had been laid in a position offering me the closest proximity to the edge of the hole while strategically situated on the east side of the hole. The first part of this equation is a constant consideration, the second part not so much. That is unless the wind is ripping west to east! It is easier to go with mother nature as much as possible rather than fighting her and tossing dirt into the wind is a losing battle. I arrived at about 11:30 and immediately began to open up the privy, or so I thought. It was slow going as I was hitting dark gooey dirt for the first couple of feet, then solid cement! At least it looked like cement at first but soon enough became obvious it was limestone chunks. It was extremely slow going but I was determined and persevered until I was about three feet deep where I sat back to take a break out of sheer exhaustion. Looking at the pile of rubble and where I had been digging, I started laughing and shaking my head, while chanting, “No?” I’ve done this a time or two before and it’s always embarrassing whether alone or with company. Using my short probe, I discovered I had missed the opening by a few inches and was dismantling the privy wall! Now that’s the hard way of doing things! After adjusting for my error, I began digging in the right spot and made quick progress. “Well, at least I have a three-foot step down into the hole now,” I mused. Once I got going it took me about an hour to hit my first scrap of glass. I was able to determine it was about the mid-1890s so deducting about 20 years gives the age of mid-1870s, likely the age of artifacts at the bottom. After about another hour, it didn’t look much deeper than before when I hit a bottle. It came up whole with a hand-tooled top indicating again an 1890s to early 1900s time period. Then there came another and another until I had half a dozen of what were paper label only rot gut cheap whiskey flasks! And, odd as it seems, the deeper I went the newer the flasks were! At this point in my video, I caught myself saying my brain was screaming at me to fill her in and run, not walk away because there is nothing old in this hole! But my option was to go home and sit on the porch with the dogs, which wouldn’t accomplish much, so I said to myself, “So whaddya gonna do, stand here and bitch about it or dig?” Then I came up with “Both! I think I will bitch about it while digging. And that’s for you, bottle goddess!” She must have heard me and taken note as well as felt sorry for me...but not until the next day. Continuing

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digging below the four-foot level, I encountered more glass and more flasks! All told, there was about 150 half-pint with only half a dozen or so hand-blown while the rest were machined. I finally dug a round, large bottle that turned out to be a quart-size rotgut whiskey match! He finally broke down and bought a quart! Must have been a wedding anniversary or birth of a son. A daughter in those days would have only rated a pint, I’m sure. Again, my mind was nagging at me to quit since there had been no other shards or whole bottles and I was just at the five-foot point. Most of the older pits in town bottomed out at eight feet and usually by now I would expect to be finding whole bottles from the 90s.

Gore-Hunt-Catlett House, 1011 Lyon Street, 1858. Unchanged at least from the turn of the (20th) century, this Greek Revival house is associated with three prominent families. It was built by Jonathan Gore, a saddle maker and county judge, and was bought two years later by Josiah Hunt, president of the First National Bank, major in the Union Army, and four-times mayor. After his death in 1874, it was acquired by his wife’s brotherin-law, Captain John E. Catlett, whose family still owns it.” Detail of Star - Ravenna Glass Works flask

I gave it hell for another hour before quitting for the day, only reaching another foot deeper. My probe said it bottomed out at ten feet deep and the third wall showed it to be about four feet wide. The fourth wall on the long end was still unknown and I presumed it was 5-6 feet away from its opposite. When I stopped, I was beginning to see some age to the 1870s but mostly wax sealer fruit jars. I found at least three of them all broken. They were still a welcome sight yet they are misleading because fruit jars were meant to be reused. More often than not they are late throws, out of context, and older than the daily trash surrounding them they are found with. The one thing that gave me hope for some older age was a top, neck, and base to a base embossed whiskey cylinder that looked civil war period, if not older. I had trouble making out the crude lettering without my glasses and, even with my glasses back at home I could only make out “Pitts. Pa.” and some disjointed letters above it. With some research, I was able to decipher the name “Arbogast & Co.” and dated to 1860-1863! Now we’re talking! This is the sweet-spot era for some really interesting glass. Tuesday, day two at the dig, and I arrived an hour earlier than Monday. I was rarin’ to get to the bottom of this elusive pit. The weather report was for a high in the low 70s which was rare for early March. I had already walked the dogs at the park earlier than usual and decided to leave them outside for the day to enjoy the warm spell. The pup, Godiva, disappeared to the backyard, forgetting her treat, so I gave her treat to Taz, the older dog. Both are chocolate labs, Taz was now 10 years old and had been diagnosed with late-stage lymphoma in the middle of December with only weeks, if not days, to live. I had always spoiled my dogs but Taz got more extras than usual and, being a true foodie, I spoiled her with extra food and treats whenever she wanted since her bad news. I gave her ears a rub and a pat on her head and said my goodbye for the day and headed off to the dig. I had a brief moment thinking of bringing her along but thought she’d be more comfortable at home. I arrived and immediately picked up where I left off. I began to dig several local pharmacy bottles and was surprised by how diverse they were. Usually, a family settles on one or two pharmacies but this one looks like they were doctor seeking...or spreading around their addiction to not look like there was a problem. I found two bottles from one pharmacy that was strictly from the 70s as they moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1880 and two more from a pharmacy from the 70s and early 80s when their partnership dissolved, leaving only one owner. The rest were from no fewer than four other pharmacies. I pulled out a nicely whittled Bromo Caffeine in a darker than usual cobalt color, eight square

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unembossed shoe polish bottles, two of which had a star and an N in the center indicating a product of the Newark Star Glass Co. of Newark Ohio 1873-1904. These two were older and cruder looking as though from the 1870s so I figured I was nearing the bottom. I still had 2 ½ feet to go to hit the end. I suddenly hit a pottery chamber pot with the handle and rim missing so I gave it a good yank and dumped the contents out and, would ya believe, out popped a nice amber bottle with sloped shoulders. I immediately recognized it as a bed bug bottle due to this unique shape and got excited...especially when I saw it sported a rolled lip and a straight hinge mold! Embossed “Lyon’s Powder” on one shoulder and B&P on the opposite, I was excited to finally dig one of these. It was looking 1860s all day long and was elevated a notch when I dug a duplicate a foot away! Next to that was one of the two criers in the dig, a honey yellow-amber Mrs. Allen’s Hair bottle in about ten pieces! They sparkled like loose gems from the bottle goddess's crown as I bemoaned the condition and held them up for her inspection. She was already working on something better for me, knowing my future was later destined to take a sad turn. In the meantime, she distracted me with an aqua version of the hair bottle and followed up with a second one. As it turned out, I dug no fewer than nine sets of pairs, four of which were identical twins, while the others were slight variants or different companies. Suddenly, one bottle surfaced looking like a plain unembossed paneled square guy with fancy side panels and a sunken front panel. At first, I couldn’t see any writing but eventually was able to make out “J. C. Elms” in an arch with “Circassian Oil St. Louis Mo.” So far it’s an unlisted one nobody has heard of. Another hair bottle rolled out and looked like it should be embossed and it didn’t disappoint. It read “X Bazin Hedyosmia.” Another hair bottle showed up embossed “Lyon’s Kathairon For The Hair New York.” None of these hair bottles had I ever dug before and two I had never heard of! This was already becoming an epic dig and I hadn’t even hit bottom yet! Not only that but I had no idea how far back that last wall stood. Another Worcestershire-type sauce bottle arrived and when I examined it I couldn’t believe it was another one I never heard of! “S S Newton’s” read the vertical embossing and around the shoulder was “Engli Sau…” with no more lettering. It was rather crisp and no peening out of earlier mold embossing so it is a mystery why Sauce and English are not completed. So far only an obscure mention by Zumwalt is found with no mention of any sauce named for him. At this depth, I decided I needed to see just where it bottomed out as I had yet to discover the inevitable. I picked a corner where I had been chasing the older glass and hit the bottom clay at ten feet. I angled to the stone wall a few inches away to follow down the stones to confirm the bottom. When you hit hard clay and the stone wall ends you can pretty well bet that’s the bottom. “Be sure to dig out the corners” you will hear other diggers say, ad nauseam, as the dippers often missed smaller bottles in those pesky corners. My answer is always a snarky, “What if the hole is round?” Anyhow, I dug into the corner and discovered, for

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whatever reason, the corner stones went a few inches deeper than the rest of the pit as I scraped my screwdriver against a piece of glass. As I began clearing the dirt I could make out the base to a very crude-looking flask and it was green! Luckily the ground was soft and seedy which probably explains how a flask as thin as this one survived a free-fall ten feet down with stones lining the walls! As I pulled my prize loose and into the muted daylight in the hole, I could see it had a star on one side and some lettering on the other side but all I could make out were two large S’s together. I got the camera and began videoing while wiping away the dirt to read what it was. I honestly had no clue as to what it was but had hoped for a Pike’s Peak Flask. What I discovered is something more than I could have hoped for. Embossed in very crude letters is “Ravenna” in an arch and “Glass Works” just below it. The embossed side is sunken in as it is so crude along with what I first thought was a lip chip that turned out to be a smooth in-the-making flaw. The base looks so crude as to barely stand up without wobbling and again looked like three chips near the base edge but, under a magnifying glass, it too is smooth and appears to be an in-the-making flaw. In other words, in my opinion, it is damage free! Yowza! Best bottle of the year! Maybe the decade! Later research indicates this was likely an early flask from this company that started in 1857 to 1864. As for value, I can’t find another in this wild color. They are listed as found in shades of amber or aqua but no mention of green! Right next to this, the next bottle out was, of all things, a Pike’s Peak flask! In halfpint size with the hunter on the back shooting a deer, it is listed as a common variant, but it’s a first for me! Also on the bottom, I dug another crier, a cathedral pickle jar minus the top! Next to it, I dug a little screw-top barrel that looked like a sample mustard, but I never heard of a sample mustard. No matter, as I have learned to take everything home with me to clean up and get a better look at, just in case. Good call on this one as it was embossed “X Bazin Philadelphia.” As I dug towards the fourth wall the older stuff became more sporadic, yielding a few unembossed bottles along with one that had an open pontil as well as a few pontiled bases to a couple of cylinders and barbershop tonics. Close to the end, I had a minor cave-in that buried my old friend, the screwdriver. I spent about 20 minutes trying to locate it but it was of no use. I mentioned in one video how I hate losing things I’ve had for years. Little did I know this was just the beginning. By the end of the dig, I was whooped! Now I had to fill it in as rain was forecast for the next morning and the rest of the week. The last thing I care to have hovering over me is the thought of slinging mud. So I spent an hour filling it back in before collapsing on the ground for ten minutes. By now it was dark and I knew the muttleys would be getting hungry and wondering where I was. My ride home was like riding a rocket to the moon! Wow, what a great dig! I couldn’t have asked for better. As I ended my nearly hour-long drive home, I decided it best to park in front with a direct route to the kitchen with all my valuable treasures. As I approached the gate, I was surprised to see Godiva there since Taz is usually the one to greet me. As I entered the yard in the darkness I asked Godiva, “Where’s Tazzy?” as if she would answer in a human voice. She just looked at me as if to say, “I’m not sure where she went.” I

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instinctively sensed something was wrong as I went “Uh, Oh” and grabbed a flashlight from the kitchen and went on a search of the yard. My search was short as I exited the back door and went down the stairs. I quickly noticed something lying by the edge of the porch. There was my Tazzy, looking as if she just simply laid down and let it all go. She looked peaceful but was cold and stiff to my touch, indicating she likely passed away shortly after I left that morning. As I held her close and kissed the top of her head, I couldn’t help but wish I had brought her with me now, but that would have presented a whole other set of problems. It was enough that I had to move her into the garage to keep Godiva from her though, in hindsight, I realized Godiva had been in the yard for almost eight hours with her passed away. In a selfish but self-preserving thought, I moaned at the idea of having to dig yet another hole in the morning.

After a quick cleaning

In other words, in my opinion, it is damage-free! Yowza! Best bottle of the year! Maybe the decade!

Reverse sides of the pint olive green Star - Ravenna Glass Works flask and the Prospector And “For Pike’s Peak” - Hunter Shooting Deer Historical Flask Colored dug bottles

Aqua and colorless dug bottles

Tazzy sniffing around at the "new" house we moved to five years ago when she was in her prime.

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A PRIVY MURDER MYSTERY HUNT’S HONEY HOLE - THE TRUTH BE TOLD A Fictional Story by Jack Klotz See “Hunting Hunt’s Honey Hole” this issue

THE PROBLEM The story of the dig at the Hunt mansion was largely left untold, mainly due to pending legal issues, as well as advice of legal counsel. The basic explanation is: there was a human body discovered at the bottom of the pit. The truth of the matter here is difficult to tell, partly because the deceased had been disposed of nearly 150 years ago. Another reason it was left untold is that the clues were few and far apart and research has been slow and sketchy at best. Lastly, and perhaps the most important, or the least important depending on one’s viewpoint on conspiracies these days, is the value of circumstantial evidence. “The bullet hole in the cranium was evidence enough that even a novice such as myself could figure it out.”

leg bone. I have admonished my dogs for gnawing on such bones during an excavation, yelling at them, “Hey now! Stop that! That could have been a soldier’s leg!” Of course, I was fooling around while having fun with the dogs and never did for a moment think it truly was a human leg bone.

Gore-Hunt-Catlett House, 1011 Lyon Street, Hannibal, Missouri

The factual evidence and events surrounding the Hunt family fortune that is locally known are somewhat persuasive, yet difficult to link to the earthly remains. One thing is clear, it was a murder. The bullet hole in the cranium was evidence enough that even a novice such as myself could figure it out. The rest is the job of the forensic investigators to piece together. My issue is trying to explain what I was doing digging up human remains and why did I continue when I discovered the bones? In my defense, I have dug hundreds, maybe thousands of bones in privies over the years. Some of the bones have been huge, especially in privies from the civil war era. It appeared they ate horse meat during the lean years of wartime and some of these huge bones were the size of a man’s

The same thing occurred with this dig, minus the dogs, with myself thinking it was likely another horse bone. Smaller bones began to appear from under a huge limestone block, similar to those used for foundations. As I moved the heavy chunk onto its side, I discovered bones splintered into dozens of pieces. A short distance in the last corner of the pit yet to be dug was the smoking gun, the bullet-holed cranium! That’s when I knew I had a problem. My mind froze, along with the icy stare my latest “find” sent back to me! When it sunk in as to what I was looking at, I jumped back and landed on my butt. I think I let out a “YIKES!” but it could have been in my head, I was that rattled. The thought briefly occurred to me to simply get up and out of the hole, fill it in and get the Hell away as fast as I could. It was, after all, completely dug out and no more undug portion left for

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rolled out of the station after midnight feeling more than “well done.” The spatula they used on me didn’t tickle either! Well, that’s not true as they never laid a hand on me, but I wouldn’t have minded if it had gotten me out sooner! Now free, I was homeward bound and grateful I wasn’t guilty of anything. If they had kept me for another hour, I might have confessed to being the milk money thief in the third grade which, if I was, I don’t recall. The only benefit I got out of the ordeal was knowing CSI had to fill in the hole when they were done with it.

There was a human body discovered at the bottom of the pit.

old bottles. Certainly, none worthy of me being linked to a dead body! No, this was a nefarious issue and needed a proper looking into. I convinced myself I had done nothing wrong and therefore had nothing to fear. Alerting the authorities was the proper thing to do. Tipping over one of my rope buckets, I sat down and made the call and nervously awaited their arrival. I had tried to explain with some amount of detail about the issues of the body, but it seems the dispatcher had different training than I had expected. Two cop cars arrived in seconds with sirens and lights flashing. The first to arrive got out with his gun drawn and pointed at me and yelled, “Step away from the shovel!” All I could see was the muzzle aimed directly at me that looked like a cannon! I stammered, “Whaaaat?” “Step away from the weapon, NOW!” As I stood up, my legs decided not to cooperate, and I fell over backward. That seemed to signal I was trying to escape and the younger cop that had arrived in car #2 sprang into action and tackled my fallen self and snapped the cuffs on me before I knew what happened. “I’m innocent! I was the one who called it in!” I pleaded. “Yeah, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that one I wouldn’t have a mortgage.” claimed the senior officer. “No. You got it all wrong. I can explain. Well, some of it anyway.” As I told my tale of the reason for being there and how I came to discover the body, the younger officer climbed down the ladder to the 10-foot depth of the privy. The older officer named Smitty watched from the edge as the younger one confirmed what I had described. “Guess we better call the boys at CSI, huh?” he called up. “Yeah, I guess. And you still have some explaining to do at the station,” Smitty directed towards me as he released me from the steel cuffs. “We’ll need you to follow us to the station and give a written statement to the facts of the matter.” Indeed! The facts of the matter. What I know are the basics I have previously described. That is what they got, even though I felt I had been thoroughly grilled as if I were a burger at a mad cow disease convention! I finally

Their investigation lasted a couple of short weeks. Apparently, because of the length of time since the crime had been committed, they determined the only crime that could be proven was the illegal dumping of a body; therefore, no murder investigation was forthcoming. The rationale was if it was a homicide, the perpetrator was long deceased by now and therefore DNA testing was a moot point as well as costly and time consuming. For such a small town, it was simply cost prohibitive. At least I was completely cleared and exonerated of any wrongdoing. But I was now left with a haunting feeling. I have always believed the lure of bottle digging was the magical feeling of finding buried pirate treasure and being the first to hold a bottle since being thrown away by the original owner. I mean, Jesse James might have drunk from this bottle, I would convince my 10-year-old self. Now I felt a need, no, more an obligation, to try to unravel this mystery to attempt to restore the magic to my beloved hobby. If I failed, I felt as though I would be doomed for my remaining lifetime to play Bingo and bowling, neither of which I do well with. Whenever the square B 9 gets called I want to jump up and exclaim, “Thank you, doctor! I knew it wasn’t cancer!” I then awake with cold sweat rolling off my worried brow. Such nightmares!

even though I felt I had been thoroughly grilled as if I were a burger at a mad cow disease convention! THE RESEARCH My research began where it usually does, in the archives at the local library. Fortunately, what I needed had been digitized and was accessible from home. I started with the business directories that dated back to when the house became the Hunt property in 1860. Josiah Hunt had been a busy man and was likely so from a young age as it was clear he came to town “well off.” In 1858 he was first listed as a land commissioner for the newly-formed railroad company in town. By 1866 he was partnered with C. O. Godfrey as land and insurance agents with their office in the First National Bank. By 1871 Godfrey was president of Central Coal Mining Co., while Josiah was listed as president of the previously-mentioned bank, as well as school board president and mayor

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of the city! He had been mayor since 1868 as shown in one final listing in 1873. It comes as no shock to my mind that he is noted as having passed away “unexpectedly” in 1874. He had way too much on his plate and likely stressed himself into an early grave. If my murder theory has any validity to it, he simply added the final straw that done him in. A half-brother to Josiah, William A. Hunt, along with his wife, moved to town in 1869, purchased a lot and built a fine twostory home. Here, William quickly fell in with the “upper crust,” having a head start from being related to the most respectable pillar of the community. William was listed in 1871 as “Cashier Savings Bank, res cor Broadway & Maple Ave.” By 1873 he was still listed as a cashier which held a much more important position in those days than now. He was also listed in business with a John Evans and a Frank Ray as Commission Merchants, having something to do with steamships. Still, Josiah was listed working as before but now partnered again with his old associate Mr. Godfrey in the coal business. By early 1874, disaster struck the younger William and, later that same year the elder Josiah. In January it was discovered that William had absconded with 20k in gold from his bank, never to be seen or heard from again. The theft was quickly discovered and a “widespread manhunt” ensued. Early in October that year, Josiah reportedly dies “unexpectedly” with no reported resolve to the disappearance of his brother or the stolen loot. The $20k in those days would have been equivalent to about $470,000 in today’s value, well worth the risk at the time. William’s wife eventually returns east as their property had been confiscated and put into bankruptcy, leaving her destitute. The bank where William had been entrusted with their capital, as well as reputation, was no longer; in its place was the Farmer’s & Merchant’s Bank.

ever, with no witnesses, who is going to climb 10 feet down into a fresh poo-pit on a hunch? Not me, even for a green Ravenna flask! Then the question arises. What about the money? Josiah had several speculative investments he could have padded with the dough. Also, the widow seemed to manage quite well after his demise without taking in boarders, a common hedge against poverty when the breadwinner passes, not to mention unexpectedly! It was seven years before the directories mentioned the widow taking on any boarders who turned out to be a well-to-do grocer who just happened to live across the street! Or perhaps not… The said grocer had been listed at three fictitiously-numbered addresses that in previous and later directories never matched up with anyone else but him. In the years between the time Josiah passed, his widow is never listed as his widow, as was the custom, until she accepted as a boarder, the grocer. In the 1881 directory, NOW she is listed as widowed and the grocer has no wife listed, as was also the custom. At best it just looks bad, at the worst the two appear to have something to hide. I would be led to think the grocer moved in covertly soon after her husband’s untimely demise.

In considering the facts, coupled with some logical ideas, it would seem reasonable that the young William Hunt may have sought out help from his elder relative, perhaps a plea to hide him out for a time until the heat and the search died down. Even though “thief” and “mayor” were related, it would seem unlikely a search of the honorable Josiah Hunt’s property would be appropriate. It may be likely at some point a heated argument ensued and became violent, ending the young man’s career as a rookie thief. But what to do with the body? The oversized outhouse, a mere 30 feet from the back door, would make for a perfect dumping ground under cover of darkness. It would hide a multitude of sins–such as any stink. Just toss in another bag of lime! Or two! But how to get the body in the hole? Surely he would not squeeze through the size of a toilet seat!

For whatever reason, (most likely the grocer’s inability to measure up to the man the widow had been married to), things didn’t blossom. That didn’t stop the ever-persistent grocer. It appears, for another 20 years forward, the grocer remains, along with the widow and her daughter who was 11 years of age when her father died. There are other relatives of the grocer, likely brothers and their wives who join the happy clan until, in 1903, two major changes in the directory listings occur. The first change is the widow and her daughter are no longer at their homestead but now are listed at a boarding house one block away! The second shocker in the same directory is the grocer now has a wife! One might infer the two matriarchs didn’t get along, but it doesn’t quite explain the return of the widow and her daughter to their home by the next directory listing where they live until their last days! Lastly, it turns out the grocer married the widow’s sister! About 10 years earlier, the widow was oddly listed as “boarding” at her own home. This was a typical directory designation to describe one who was temporary or transient. Then it dawned on me that perhaps the grocer had married at that time to her sister, effectively giving him ownership rights by marriage, since women for the most part were prohibited from owning property in most places. This would effectively place him in a position to rule the roost. Now, whether either of these two main characters had anything to do with the missing relative, gold, or body in the backyard, nobody will know. Dead men don’t talk, this much was true.

A simple solution may not occur to today’s mind-set of an outhouse construct, but many were built with a hinged seating arrangement to dispose of items larger than what was originally intended. (I once dug out a rather large parlor stove at the bottom of a privy and was perplexed for a while.) In this arrangement, an adult body could easily be discarded. Also, a simple pry bar could resolve the issue of the seat blocking the attempt of a “burial at pee.” Stripped of any clothes or identification, even if discovered, it would pose several problems for any hard conclusions. How-

The bones from the privy were incinerated after the incident had been closed. A DNA sampling would have likely provided some answers. Then again, perhaps not. The widow never remarried or had any more children, her daughter never married and, as far as history is concerned never conceived any children. It does appear to be the end of the genetic branch of this family tree, leaving nobody left with whom to compare the DNA. This is sort of the truth, best as I can tell it, without getting into trouble! I’m still smarting from that spatula abuse!

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Drink Rex Bitters By Ferdinand Meyer V

Most of the ephemera used in this article is from the Joe Gourd and Ferdinand Meyer V collections.

Pre-Prohibition Chicago Rex Bitters is what I call a “telephone bitters.” A bitters produced so late that you could call your favorite saloon, liquor, or drug store and order a case of Rex Bitters using your Chicago Telephone Company-issued telephone if you were fortunate enough to have one. Illinois Bell would not form until 1923 when they began automatic telephone service in Chicago. The first Rex bottles were amber squares followed by amber and clear round or cylinder bottles. There are several variants but we will look at the main examples for now. The primary listings within the Carlyn Ring and W. C. Ham Bitters Bottles, Bitters Bottles Supplement, and Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 books are as follows: R 41 REX / BITTERS / CO. / CHICAGO // c // Rex Bitters Co. 1712 – 1714 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 11 ½ x 3 (7 ½) Round, Clear & Amber, ABM Label: Drink Rex Bitters for your stomach’s sake. Good in all cases of biliousness, constipation, liver, kidney and blood troubles. Fine as a bracer in any case of over-indulgence in eating or drinking. Get Yours. You’ll Need It. R 43 REX / KIDNEY & LIVER / BITTERS // f // REX BITTERS / NOTHING ELSE // f // Overbrook & Co., Wholesale Liquors, Boston, Massachusetts 10 x 2 ¾ (8) Square, Amber, LTCR, Common R 44 REX ( l > s ) KIDNEY ( au ) / AND / LIVER ( ad ) / BITTERS ( s > l ) // THE BEST LAXATIVE / AND BLOOD PURIFIER // f // 9 5/8 x 2 ¾ (7 ½) Square, Amber & Green, LTCR, Common (Editor Note: Never seen a green square? Round, green screw cap bottles used in 1941) Very similar to Lash’s Kidney and Liver Bitters.

Rex Bitters studio model photography

Collectors tend to shy away from these later bitters though every serious bitters collector should have a Rex Bitters bottle as it tells a story. A story of the tail end of bitters production before Prohibition in the United States, which in 1920 essentially shut the alcohol-laced bitters business down. Well, Prohibition tried to, as some bitters were quickly re-purposed or disguised as medicines and sold illegally as we will see. In 1933, with the end of Prohibition, some of the more resilient bitters came back to life.

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Rex Bitters Company On December 3, 1904, three slick city lawyers incorporated Rex Bitters Company in Chicago with $5,000 in initial capital. William Edward Slaughter was set up as President and James P. McConnell was Secretary. The company would manufacture drugs and medicines from their 1545 Michigan Avenue address. A few months later, in 1905, the company placed many “Agents Wanted” ads in the Chicago Tribune and other regional papers looking for salesmen to work salary or commission. The business must have taken off fast as the group of men increased Rex Bitters Company’s capital stock from $5,000 to $50,000 later in the year. Rex is Latin for “king” so I propose this is the origin of the Rex Bitters name though ‘Px ’is a symbol meaning “recipe.” It is sometimes transliterated as “Rx” or just “Rx.” This symbol originated in medieval manuscripts as an abbreviation of the late Latin verb recipere, specifically the second person singular imperative form recipe meaning “take”, thus “take thou.” The Rex Bitters brand and graphics seem to play on these RX letters from their name throughout their years of advertising. Earlier trademark logo graphics placed a typographic “REX” diamond on a pyramid and said, “Nothing Else, As Old As The Pyramids.” An obvious king reference. Later, the “RX” letters were connected under the ”E” with a curved concave arch attached to the “R” leg and “X” backslash. An example can be seen on one of the following pages. Rex Bitters Company primarily sold Rex Celebrated Kidney & Liver Bitters (later just Rex Bitters). They also put out Rex Celery and Iron Compound, Rex Elixir of Bitter Wine, Rex Ginger and Brandy Tonic, Rex Ginger, Rex Hoarhound Tonic, and Rex High Ball Cordial. They advertised the bitters as curing biliousness, malaria, chills and fever, neuralgia, constipation, pain in back, dyspepsia, sick headache, indigestion, sour stomach, and all “affections” of the kidneys and liver. They said it was compounded from barks, herbs, vegetables and said it acts on the stomach and bowels, kidneys and liver without painful feelings. They forgot to mention that it was high in alcohol content, twenty-two percent! Despite this high alcoholic content, the label advised customers to give children a teaspoonful twice a day and at bedtime “if required.” Rex Bitters merchandising emphasized that it had been recognized as a medicine by the Internal Revenue Department which had slapped a special tax on such products to help pay for the Spanish-American War.

William Edward Slaughter

Rex Celebrated Kidney & Liver Bitters illustration. Bottle embossed Rex Bitters Nothing Else, As Old As The Pyramids, Rex Bitters Co., New York, Chicago, St. Louis

William Edward Slaughter was born in Washington D.C. in 1871. Both his parents were also from the District of Columbia. He grew up in New Orleans and was raised by Lizzie Seldon according to an 1880 United States Federal Census report. An 1890 New Orleans Louisiana City Directory listed him as a student boarding at 158 N. Rampart. He reportedly completed high school but did not attend college. On September 7, 1895, William E. Slaughter married Maggie May Fergusson in Washington, D.C. Both are pictured together on the following page according to Charles Wilson (great-great-grandson). The couple would

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remain in Washington until 1900 or so where Slaughter would work as an insurance agent. Eventually, they would have three children, Wallace, Consuelo P., and William Slaughter Jr. Slaughter must have observed and experienced the huge popularity of bitters in New Orleans as he moved to Chicago sometime around 1902 and started Rex Bitters Company. New Orleans was a pretty racy town and he brought some of that spirit with him to Chicago and used it in his marketing campaign. In particular, he used sex to sell his bitters. Only a few bitters companies were brazen enough to do this. They already had the women against them with the Temperance Movement which was gaining steam.

Racy Advertising The risqué, suggestive sexual overtone advertising would get William Slaughter and his company in quite a bit of trouble as James McConnell, Slaughter’s partner, was arrested in 1905. This was due to the Chicago Police Chief going after the many Chicago Penny Arcades showing risqué and objectionable pictures. These were the first “peep shows.” He also went after the risqué souvenir postal cards canvasing his town and being plastered in windows of drug stores and other retail establishments.

William Edward Slaughter and Maggie May Fergusson

Chief Collins wanted to suppress the vulgar picture card and evil photographs that was perverting the morals of the young. This material includes some pretty saucy advertising for Rex Bitters. The initial objectionable material, according to Collins, included two cards, “one bearing a gross picture of a woman and the other a doggerel verse.” Pretty tame nowadays. More from the Chief: “It seems as if the town has gone stark mad over vulgar pictures. They have been increasing in number everywhere, till man, woman, and child can’t miss seeing them. The postal cards are bad enough, displayed as they are in windows everywhere and sent through the mails. Worse than the postal cards, however, are the penny arcades. I am going to recommend the revocation of their licenses.”

R 44 Rex Kidney and Liver Bitters The Best Laxative and Blood Purifier

Rex Bitters advertising piece that stimulated this article.

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Chief Collins This nuisance with the law didn’t seem to bother the gents of Rex Bitters Co. as business was booming and men were their primary customers, in saloons, bars, and liquor stores. Additionally, Rex Bitters now had satellite offices in New York and St. Louis. You would not see colorful images of the family, fancily adorned women, children, dogs, and cats that populated many Victorian advertising cards on Rex Bitters material. The Rex Bitters material certainly demonstrated this point. Provocative image coupled with suggestive words. Advertising 101.

Rex Kidney & Liver Bitters Advertising puzzle card, front and back.

Some of the cards that Rex Bitters Company put out were pretty darn funny as they did not depict beautiful women in suggestive poses and situations. They seem to suggest that Rex Bitters will give you your manhood and that it is just too bad if women didn’t get it. Slaughter had a number of these tongue-in-cheek cards. Of course, many of them dealt with constipation and used bathroom humor to grab your attention. This all would escalate in 1907 when William Slaughter himself was taken into custody at his home after a raid at the Rex Bitters Company. The Chicago Mayor and the same Chief Collins said it was because of the many women who had made numerous complaints of the offensive pictures and literature used to advertise Rex Bitters. The Chief said that he had also heard that models were visiting the offices of Rex Bitters Company and posing for pictures. Two examples of Rex Bitters studio model shots are represented in this article. During the raid, so much advertising material was seized that it would not fit in the patrol wagon so three express wagons were called to the scene. Apparently, $5,000 worth of books and cards were taken. Slaughter was taken to the Harris Street station and released an hour later after posting a $1,000 bond. Eventually, he was charged and fined $200.

Rex Bitters Advertising game card. Brazenly erotic.

Business was Booming but Storms on the Horizon By 1910, business was booming and Rex Bitters was being sold widely in the Chicago area. It was time to expand. Wanted ads were posted in 1912 newspapers looking for “Bright, Wide Awake, Hustling men; one for Wisconsin, one for Ohio, one for Pennsylvania, and one for New York.” Rex Bitters Company was now located at 1712-1714 South Michigan Avenue and said salesmen, with gilt-edged references, on commission, could make from $100 a week and up. That’s pretty good. This must have been an interesting and stimulating office environment with this growing company in Chicago at that time. A Michigan Avenue address, racy advertising, models coming and going, cops raiding the office, what else could you have? Well, in 1911, Rex Bitters Company placed local ads saying that they were selling furs at their 3rd Floor office, for “a limited time.” Why not? I wonder whose truck those fell off? We need to understand that organized crime was in its infancy in Chicago in 1910. Al Capone was only 11 or so at that time. That year, Chicago police arrested over 200 known Italian gangsters

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known as Black Hand members in a raid in Little Italy. Also, from January 1, 1910 to March 26, 1911, thirty eight people were killed by Black Hand assassins, many by the unidentified assassin known only as “Shotgun Man,” between Oak Street and Milton Street – “Death’s Corner” – in Little Italy. With this, on March 15, 1910, the Chicago Vice Commission was organized by Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr., to be able to bring an end to the Levee District brothels and panel houses. Things would not get much better in Chicago for some time, especially with Prohibition looming. Rex Bitters is woven into this fabric.

Running A Blind Pig The Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 did not spell good news for the Rex Bitters Company. This act was set up for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. On August 23, 1912, Congressman Joseph Swagger Sherley’s proposed amendment, the Sherley Amendment, to Section 8 of the Pure Food and Drug Act, was enacted. It prohibited false and fraudulent labeling of a product (though not advertising). The red tape was piling up. There are numerous newspaper notices in American papers, in the mid-1910s, relating to saloons and bars being raided. Rex Bitters seems to be mentioned often. One notice from 1913 says a “soft drink” emporium was raided and Rex Bitters was being sold illegally. They were “Running a blind pig” which is a speakeasy, an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Along with the bitters, the raid resulted in the confiscation of “two barrels of quantities of whiskey, wine, champagne, ginger, creme de menthe, and other intoxicants.”

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Maggie M. Slaughter is found living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1955. The company goes dark during the rest of Prohibition. There are no ads and no business listings until the Rex Bitters Company is reborn in 1935 as Rex Products Company. They are “Back in the market.” Advertising is again posted wanting financially responsible distributors and liquor dealers to job and sell the famous Rex Bitters in Illinois and surrounding states. The ads state that Rex Bitters was a nationally-known product before prohibition and a big seller. The company is now located at 4301 Grand Avenue in Chicago. Rex Bitters, now using green bottles with screw tops, would rise again and sell up to 1941 when, in December, another big event would pretty much reshape the world and quiet Rex Bitters for good. Interestingly, their last offices were noted as being in the Chicago Board of Trade building. Not too shabby at all. There would be periodic advertising up to 1957 for a non-alcoholic Rex Bitters cordial that could be used for cocktails. The Rex Bitters wings were finally clipped.

Prohibition The Rex Bitters “cat & mouse” game would continue through the 1910s as the Rex Bitters Company expanded. With Prohibition taking effect in January 1920, this would all come to a boiling point. In October of that year, a U.S. judge specifically targeted the heads of Rex Bitters Company and John Lamson, president of Pond’s Bitters company. The judge went on to say, "and I want the presidents, not the office boys or any other minor officials of these two companies.”

Two monks peeping at a napping lass. SELECT LISTINGS: 1871: William Edward Slaughter birth Washington, District of Columbia

Subpoenas were issued after a jurist had examined 60 quarts of liquor that had been seized by federal agents at local Chicago saloons. According to a newspaper report, “The 60 quarts were piled high in front of the jurist when he reached over and at random picked out two bottles. The first was that of the Rex Bitters Company, labeled “22 percent alcohol.” The second was that of the Pond’s Bitters Company labeled “20 percent alcohol.” These are rare remedies indeed to be found in saloons when Prohibition laws are in force,” said the jurist. Each of the defendants was fined $500.

1880: W. E. Slaughter, Student, Age: 9, Birth Date: Abt 1871, Birthplace: Washington, D.C., Home in 1880: New Orleans, Louisiana, Street: St Louis Street, House Number: 155, Dwelling Number: 6, Race: White, Relation to Head of House: Son, Mother’s name: Lizzie Seldon, Mother’s Birthplace: Louisiana, Attended School: Yes, Household Members: Lizzie Seldon 43, W. E. Slaughter 9 - 1880 United States Federal Census

All this must have pushed William Slaughter out as he moved on to run a glove manufacturing factory later in 1920. By 1930, he is the manager of an electrical company in Chicago. After his death,

1900: William Slaughter, Insurance Agent, Age: 29, Birth Date: Jan 1871, Birthplace: District of Columbia, Home in 1900: Washington, District of Columbia, Street: F St SE, House, Number: 156, Sheet Number: 2, Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 35, Married: Spouse’s Name: Maggie Slaughter, Marriage Year: 1895, Household Members: William Slaughter 29, Maggie Slaughter 29 – 1900 United States Federal Census

1890: William E. Slaughter, student, bds 158 N Rampart, New Orleans – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1890 1895: Marriage William Edward Slaughter, Age: 24, Birth Date: abt 1871, Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1895, Marriage Place: District of Columbia, USA, Spouse: Maggie May Fergusson – District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953

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1904: Newspaper notice: New Incorporations: Rex Bitters Company, Chicago, capital, $5,000: Manufacturing drugs and medicines: Incorporators: George N.B. Lowes, R.D. Stephens, Albert, Keep – Chicago Tribune, Saturday, December 3, 1904

Rex Bitters studio model photography

1905: Newspaper notice: Agents Wanted: On salary or commission, Rex Bitters, 1545 Michigan Avenue, Chicago – St Louis Post Dispatch, Sunday, July 16, 1905 1905: Newspaper notice: Rex Bitters Company, No. 1545 Michigan Avenue increases capital stock from $5,000 to $50,000, William E. Slaughter, President, J.P. McConnell, Secretary – Chicago Tribune, Monday, November 20, 1905 1905: Newspaper notice: Police Chief Opens War on Many Penny Arcades, James McConnell, officer of Rex Bitters Company arrested – Chicago Tribune, Thursday, October 5, 1905 1907: Newspaper notice: W.E. Slaughter, President of Rex Bitters Company arrested, “Raid Caused by Women” – Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, February 13, 1907 1910: William E Slaughter, Proprietor Manufacturer Bitters, Age in 1910: 39, Birth Year: abt 1871, Birthplace: District of Columbia, Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, Street: Grand Boulevard, House Number: 4929, Marital Status: Married, Spouse’s Name: Maggie Slaughter, Father’s Birthplace: United States, Mother’s Birthplace: United States, Native Tongue: English, Employer, Home Owned or Rented: Rent, Farm or House, Household Members: William E Slaughter 39, Maggie Slaughter 37, Wallace Slaughter 12, Consuelo P Slaughter 9, William Slaughter Jr 1 – 1910 United States Federal Census 1910: Newspaper advertisement: Rex Bitters, The Peer of All Bitters – Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, November 23, 1910 1911: Newspaper advertisement: Rex Bitters Co. selling furs, 1712-1714 S. Michigan Avenue, 3rd Floor – Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, November 5, 1911 1912: Newspaper Wanted ad: Wanted Rex Bitters Co. Salesmen – Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 1912 1913: Newspaper notice: Saloon is Raided, Selling Rex Bitters in a “soft drink” emporium, "Running a blind pig” - The Times, Tuesday, February 4, 1913 1916: Rex Bitters Co. Products (Chicago): Rex Elixir of Bitter Wine, Rex Ginger and Brandy Tonic, Rex Ginger, Rex Horehound Tonic – National Association of Retail Druggists, 1916 publication 1920: William E Slaughter, Manufacturer Glove Factory, Age: 48, Birth Year: abt 1872, Birthplace: District of Columbia, Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 6, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, Street: Drexel Boulevard, House Number: 4711, Residence Date: 1920, Spouse’s Name: Maggie Slaughter, Father’s Birthplace: District of Columbia, Mother’s Birthplace: District of Columbia, Employment Field: Employer, Home Owned or Rented: Rent, Household Members: William E. Slaughter 48, Maggie Slaughter 47, Consuelo Slaughter 19, Wallace Slaughter 22, William Slaughter 11, Glenna Weidel 28 – 1920 United States Federal Census 1920: Newspaper notice: Subpoenas issued for heads of Rex Bitters and Ponds Bitters companies – Journal Gazette, Saturday, October 16, 1920

A much later Rex Bitters in a green screwtop bottle. Notice the REX logo with the connected “R” and “X.”

1930: William Slaughter, Manager Electrical Co., Birth Year: abt 1871, Birthplace(?): Louisiana, Marital Status: Married, Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Street address: Chappel Avenue, Ward of City: Seventh, Block: 64, House Number: 7048, Home Owned or Rented, Home Value: 90.00, Radio Set: Yes, Lives on Farm: No, Age at First Marriage: 24, Attended School: No, Father’s Birthplace: United States, Mother’s Birthplace: United States, Household Members: William Slaughter 59, Maggie Slaughter 58 – 1930 United States Federal Census 1935: Newspaper Wanted ad: Wanted Rex Bitters distributors after Prohibition, Rex Products Co. – Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, November 17, 1935 1940: William Slaughter, Age: 69, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871, Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, Marital Status: Married, Relation to Head of House: Head, Home in 1940: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Street: Chappal Avenue, House Number: 7042, Farm: No, Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 57.50, Attended School or College: No, Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year, Income Other Sources: No, Household Members: William Slaughter 69, May Slaughter 68 – 1940 United States Federal Census 1941: Newspaper Advertisement: Tone Up Your System With Rex Bitters – The Decatur Herald, Tuesday, May 20, 1941 1957: Newspaper Advertisement: The new Rex Bitters nonalcoholic cordial – Chicago Tribune, Friday, April 26, 1957

A much later Rex Bitters in a syrup type bottle. Notice the REX cross logo.

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Hilton Head Island A Connecticut Yankee from Norwich moved south at the height of the Civil War, settling on Hilton Head Island off the South Carolina coast where he opened a dry goods store about 1862. He had plenty of potential customers, most of them friendly because at the time the island was occupied by 13,000 Union troops whose numbers eventually increased to 40,000.

Embossed “John Knechtle Hilton Head” soda water bottle

Once Boasted of Yankee-Made Soda Waters By David Kyle Rakes

Union soldiers breaking bread and enjoying coffee. Notice the bugle and cymbals.

Union soldiers at Coosaw Ferry. The battleground of January 1, 1862 is in the distance. Port Royal Island, South Carolina, circa 1862

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Charles William Dennis may have been among the several sutlers who arrived to set up shop on the island and provide troops with much-needed sundries and supplies. One could purchase nearly everything at C.W. Dennis & Co. at No. 4 Sutlers Row: clothing, boots and shoes, playing cards, tobacco, butter, and cheese. Even metallic coffins. The latter was much in demand because they were air-tight so victims’ bodies would not decompose before reaching cemeteries back home. They also were equipped with transparent “viewing plates” so grieving relatives could take one last look at the faces of beloved ones before burial.

Quarter plate tintype depicting eight Union soldiers in uniform standing in a row on a beach. Their kepis appear to have crossed cannons and possibly a number 3, tentatively identifying the men to the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery which were stationed at Hilton Head Island.

The influx of federal troops also caused a rise in the population of Port Royal, the name given to Hilton Head Island only during the occupation. The city boasted of a post office, two weekly newspapers, four hotels, numerous saloons, a tattoo parlor, theater, bakery, butcher shop, and dry goods stores. A later business address for Dennis was No. 5 Merchants Row, according to some of his newspaper advertisements. Dennis has a co-partnership with N. S. English and J. G. Richardson until the partnership ended in 1863. There also was an ice cream shop located inside his business. Operated by B. F. Skinner, “the very best of cream by the plate, quart or gallon (is) always on hand.” There also was a soda water manufacturing apparatus in his store, but this Dennis was not the bottler. That position was occupied by his first cousin Samuel C. Dennis, of Norwich, Conn. who may have been a soda water bottler up North. He may have been lured South by his cousin whose own business was thriving and offered a great opportunity for a profitable venture to his relative.

He had plenty of potential customers, most of them friendly because at the time the island was occupied by 13,000 Union troops whose numbers eventually increased to 40,000.

In this writer’s opinion, there is the possibility of a different scenario: Samuel may have stayed in Norwich where he owned and operated S. C. Dennis & Co., a dry goods store located at the corner of Main and Union streets. While there, he could have purchased bottles manufactured by one of the many New England glasshouses in Embossed existence at the time and “S. C. Dennis & Co. shipped them by steamer to cousin Charles on Hilton Head. Hilton Head S. C.” soda water bottle He also may have shipped dry goods and other products available only in the North during the war.

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Be that as it may, Samuel’s soda was sold in 7 ¾ inch high bottles in a light teal blue color and embossed S. C. DENNIS & CO. HILTON HEAD S.C. The bottles are considered extremely rare because less than a dozen are known. When the war ended in 1865, Charles Dennis, perhaps feeling homesick, put the business up for sale with the value of the goods listed at $150,000. At the same time, he sold a 330-acre plantation located along the Broad River on the Beaufort County mainland. In 1866, Charles headed home from Hilton Head aboard the steamboat Granada, wound up in New York where his father had settled, and remained there until his death on April 15, 1911, in Kings Ferry, New York. The bottler, Samuel C. Dennis, continued running his Norwich store until 1872. He died June 4, 1874, in New London and is buried, alongside his wife Elizabeth Morgan Dennis, in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London, Conn. A half-brother of Charles, George H. Dennis may have operated a saloon and billiards parlor on Hilton Head during the Union occupation. He advertised three billiard tables for sale during the time Charles was selling his store. Sadly, George never returned home, reported to have been lost at sea on May 8, 1867. Yankee soda bottler John Knechtle (pronounced Nettle) of Swiss ancestry left his family in New York City to try his luck on the island. Knechtle had joined the Union war effort with a permit authorized by Union General Milton Smith Littlefield (1830-1899) to open a business selling soda water, ice cream, and syrups. His bottles came in two variations (pictured to the left), each cobalt blue: 7 ¼ inches high with blob tops. One was embossed JOHN KNECHTLE HILTON HEAD. The other was embossed JOHN KNECHTLE HILTON HEAD S.C. After the war, the large-scale military occupation ceased: most troops returned to their northern homes. The island population dropped to a few thousand people and the island name changed back to Hilton Head. So Knechtle moved his soda water business some ten miles inland to the city of Beaufort. Both the 1870 and 1880 Federal Censuses show that John was working as a soda water manufacturer and perhaps he was selling ice cream, too.

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widow living with daughter Maggie in Brooklyn, New York. The latter was working in a shoe-fitting store. Since her husband was still among the living, the scenario suggests some friction between the couple existed. After Margaret died on January 15, 1901, John returned to live with daughter Maggie and her husband, Richard Botyer, a bakery foreman. John died on March 3, 1912 and was buried alongside his wife, Margaret, in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery. POSTSCRIPT: By 1970, Hilton Head Island had become a tourist attraction and resort known for its golf and its fishing. Bottle collector, Bobby Hinely, who now lives in Newnan, Georgia, was on the island with his mother who operated a shop on the southern end of the island. One day, Bobby heard about someone finding soda bottles on the then-undeveloped northern end. Piqued by the report, Bobby dug in the marshes for eight years, uncovering hundreds of bottles, but only two cobalt blue John Knechtles and four S. C. Dennises. There may be more of those sodas buried beneath the muck, but that area is now off-limits and a charge of trespassing awaits those foolish enough to dig there. SOURCES: Many thanks to the following persons who helped supply records, sources, and/or pictures for this article: Rick Bart, a researcher at Heritage Library of Hilton Head Island, S.C., Bobby Hinely of Newnan, Ga., Chris Prince of Whitmire, S.C., and Preston Petermeier of the Polk County History Center, Bartow, Fla. Hilton Head Island in the Civil war Department of the South, by Robert Carse, Heritage Library Foundation, Hilton Head Island, S.C., 2012. South Carolina’s Bottle Collecting History, Adventures on Hilton Head Island, by Bobby Hinely, Bottles and Extras, July-August 2012, Pages 41-42. C.W. Dennis, parents, siblings, marriage, The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the U.S., John Douglas Gallup, Pages 66-68. C.W. Dennis and brothers, Connecticut 7th Catalogue of Connecticut Volunteer Organizations, Hartford, Brown & Gross, 1869, Page 347. C.W. Dennis in newspapers - soda water apparatus, To the Trade, pg. 42, selling plantation, Savannah Daily Herald, Jan. 22, 1866, obituary May 2, 1911. George H. Dennis selling billiard tables, Savannah Daily Herald, Jan. 22, 1866; birth, death and family tree from The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the U.S., by John Douglas Gallup, Pages 66-68. S.C. Dennis on Ancestry.com chart for birth, marriage, and death. S.C. Dennis & Co., Norwich newspaper ad titled “Ladies,” March 2, 1842. Newspaper ad titled “Jewelry,” 1842. S.C. Dennis obituaries from New London, Conn. S. C. Dennis birth, marriage, death and obituary, Norwich newspapers. John Knechtle, Trow’s NYC Directory 1855, 1856, page 466. John Knechtle, Hilton Head Island, Headquarters U.S. Forces, permit to sell soda water, ice cream, and syrups, 3 pages, April 21, 1865, Tax assessment Hilton Head, 1865 and 1866. John Knechtle, 1870, 1880 Census Beaufort, S.C. John Knechtle, 1900 Census Polk County, Fla. John Knechtle, 1895 and 1901 Sanborn Maps of Bartow, Fla.

In 1895, Knechtle sold out and moved to Bartow, Polk County, Florida as a soda water manufacturer. He was 76 years old. Sanborn maps show his business was on the corner of Main Street and Florida Avenue. He is also listed as the owner of an ice cream parlor on the corner of Main Street and Wilson Avenue but, by 1901, only the soda water business is listed. Unfortunately, no bottles from his establishment have ever been found.

John Knechtle, 1905 and 1910 Federal Census, N.Y.

Oddly, during that time, John’s wife, Margaret, claims to be a

John Knechtle death record, 1912, Certificate Number 4633. Bottle images: Jamie Westendorf, David Kyle Rakes and the Internet

John Knechtle death record, 1912, Certificate Number 4633. John Knechtle, Hilton Head Island, Headquarters U.S. Forces, permit to sell soda water, ice cream, and syrups, 3 pages, April 21, 1865, Tax assessment Hilton Head, 1865 and 1866. John Knechtle, 1870, 1880 Census Beaufort, S.C. John Knechtle, 1900 Census Polk County, Fla. John Knechtle, 1895 and 1901 Sanborn Maps of Bartow, Fla. John Knechtle, 1905 and 1910 Federal Census, N.Y.

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[below] An amateur diver exploring shallow waters off northern Israel found a sword thought to have belonged to a crusader knight 900 years ago. The onemetre (3.3 ft) blade was discovered by Shlomi Katzin in shallow waters off Haifa. It is thought the sword, heavily encrusted with marine organisms, resurfaced after the shifting of sands.

[left] In the 1960s, a small group of these extremely rare “Hutchins and Mason Waterproof Blacking, Keene, NH” bottles and many glass shards were found in Creighton Hall’s Keene, New Hampshire side yard when Creighton was setting a pole for a clothesline. Visit the FOHBC Virtual Museum for the rest of the story.

[above] The 2,000-year-old seal was recently discovered in the bedrock foundations of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. The tiny artifact has a hole for the attachment of a metal wire enabling it to be worn as a ring. Seals were used to sign documents and could also be fashionable items serving as jewelry. It is engraved with a dove next to a thick, long, and fruit-bearing branch.

[above] In the summer of 2020, two British teenagers wielding metal detectors separately discovered a pair of rare, 1,000-year-old coins. Per a statement from Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers, who featured the coins in their sale, 17-year-old Reece Pickering unearthed a silver Saxon penny dated to 1066 while treasure hunting in Norfolk this August. The following month, 16-year-old Walter Taylor - who first started metal detecting when he was 4 years old - found an 1106 silver penny in a field in South Essex.

[left] This bottle is one that you will remember as it has a spiral neck and is the only known whiskey to have this look. There are only ten or so examples in collections so it is pretty rare. Two were found in Hoquiam, Washington, and a third in Astoria, Washington along with two broken ones. Three spiral necks were found near Eureka, Nevada and an example was found under a house in Vallejo, California and yet another was found in Sebastopol, California by a ground excavator. Later, another cache was found in Washington State. Visit the FOHBC Virtual Museum for the rest of the story. - John L. Thomas

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[right] The Unique British Guiana 1856 One-Cent Black on Magenta Surface-Colored Paper (Stanley Gibbons no.23, Scott no.13) sold at auction recently at $8,307,000, considerably short of its previous winning bid, $9.5 million. The stamp remains, by weight, one of the most highly valued items on the planet. To philatelists, it’s a really big deal, since it’s the only copy of this stamp that has survived since 1856.

[above & right] Eric Richter once was out picking when he found this unusual Charles Gardner piece. The item is a very heavy 6” x 6”chunk of teal glass with the Gardner Auction sticker “2606 on 20.” There is also a very old sticker (appears 1800s) with the name “Latie Dunmore.” There are three different engravings all dating to 1886 on it. The first reads, “Maud Floyd & Rob Daisy March 16th ’86.” The second reads: “Chas Gricnnev(?) Oct 27 1886.” The third reads: “Gus & Jennie Rob & Daisy Oct 8th 1886.” [right] This 9” tall, iron pontiled “Dr. J. S. Wood’s Elixir Albany. NY” medicine bottle in a tombstone form was found in a pawn shop in Florida. Is was auctioned by Norman C. Heckler & Co. some years back. Visit the FOHBC Virtual Museum for the rest of the story.

[above] PARIS -- The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” was sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) this past October to a private collector at a Paris auction house. The enormous skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota. The triceratops is known for its three horns on the head. Big John, named after the owner of the land where it was found, is certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest documented skeleton of a triceratops. The dinosaur died in an ancient flood plain on the island continent stretching from present-day Alaska to Mexico, allowing the conservation of its skeleton in mud. The skeleton is 7.15 meters long (23 feet) and stands 2.7 meters high (8 feet) at the hips. The skull represents more than one third of its total length, with two large horns over 1.1 meter long (3.6 feet). The hammer price at the Drouot auction house, before commission and other costs, was 5.5 million euros. “It’s a record for Europe,” auctioneer Alexandre Giquello said. Big John’s skeleton is more than 60% complete and its skull more than 75% complete, making it unique.

[left and below] A brick-lined cistern in Gulfport, Mississippi was full of Hutch sodas! The list of sodas were amazing. Double Biloxi Barqs, Gulfport Barqs, CH Hudson Scranton Miss, F Frank Smith Gulfport, Hattiesburg Bottling Works, just to name a few. There were over 300 Hutch sodas in this four-foot-deep cistern. Mike Burkett, Long Beach, Mississippi

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A collection of spectacular and inspiring photographs from around the world and around the web. Please feel free to submit your image(s) for consideration.

Demijohns - Bill Mitchell California Bitters (2nd known example) - Jeff Wichmann

Here is a picture of two of the Wormser Bros. earliest flasks likely made during the 1867-8 period and marketed for the Golden Sheaf Whiskey. My example is on the right, Jeff Wichmann's on the left. - Warren Friedrich

Unique Pile Remedy bottle and shards found at the South Stoddard glassworks site - Michael George

Howard's Vegetable Cancer & Canker Syrup - Norman C. Heckler & Co. New England Demijohns - Dale Santos

Flask Additions - John Hiscox

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Figural Pineapples Bill Taylor Collection

Pond's Extract - Fred DeCarlo [Look for an article in the next magazine issue]

Three Rick Ciralli Ponds Snuffs Extract- Bottles - Fred DeCarlo [Look for an article in the next magazine issue]

Gold Rush - John Hiscox

Drakes Plantation Bitters - Ferdinand Meyer V

Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, Michigan) Display - Photo Jim Masterson

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CLASSIFIED ADS ADVERTISE FOR FREE: Free “FOR SALE” advertising in each issue of Bottles and Extras. One free “WANTED” ad in Bottles and Extras per year. Send your advertisement to FOHBC Business Manager, Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 or best, email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com DEALERS: Sell your bottles in the Bottles and Extras classified for free. Change the bottles and your ad is free month after month. Include your website in your ad to increase traffic to your site. Send your advertisement to FOHBC Business Manager, Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 or best, email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

FOR SALE FOR SALE: Books printed and bound “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonsboro, Carlisle, Hartford and Palmyra, Iowa. 216 pages, 65 color. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $5.00, Priority adds $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310 or call 515.344.8333 09/07/21 FOR SALE: Georgia Straight Side Script Coca-Cola Bottles, the Complete 72 City Collection of Jeff Weinberg, a Pictorial Identification Guide: The book consists of 35 years of diligent and focused bottle collection. 152 pages with over 750 full color photographs, it offers well researched information on all 72 known Georgia Cities that used script CocaCola bottles between 1902 and 1915 features pictures of nearly every bottle variant made by eight different glass makers during that time period. Also offered are scarcity and value tiers, bottle hunting anecdotes, and many original advertisements. Only 300 copies were printed with the first 100 signed and numbered. Makes a great Christmas gift! To order send F&F PayPal payment to: oldhouse156@yahoo. com or mail to: Jeff Weinberg, 156 Boulevard, Athens, Georgia 30601. The cost is $49.95 + $6.00 shipping. Questions contact: Jeff Weinberg, Phone: 707.247.6373 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Looking for Glassware and Stoneware pieces. Contact: Marge Elmer 267. 644.9244, after 6pm 11/07/21

Banks, Lamps, Buildings) Food Bottles Jars, Stoneware Pieces, Furniture. Contact: Margaret Elmer 215.692.4781 Evenings 7pm, 341 Blaker Drive, East Greenville, Pennsylvania 18041 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Nevada Bottles: Many drugstores from Virginia City, Carson City and Reno. Some crown top sodas. Contact: James Campiglia, Phone: 805.689.0125, Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Several hundred bottles in mint condition, most with labels and contents, circa 1910 plus advertising and pharmacy equipment from that era. Contact: Neil Sandow 707.373.8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Labelled bitters bottles, South Carolina dispensary bottles, advertising signs and paper. Contact: John Bray at Bottle Tree Antiques, 1962 Mt Lebanon Road, Donalds, South Carolina 29638 or visit our website at: bottletreeantiques.com 11/07/21 FOR SALE: The 2018 updated Poison Bottle Workbook by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact Joan Cabaniss for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline. com. Phone: 540.297.4498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, Virginia 24104 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Early Georgia Sodas, The Bottles & Proprietors, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah & Valdosta by David Kyle Rakes & Ferdinand Meyer V. 124-page, all color, perfect bind. Cost is $50 per book and $4 shipping. Order from David Kyle Rakes, P.O. Box 2706, Bellview, Florida, email: barakes123@gmail.com *see ad this issue 11/07/21 FOR SALE: Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 by Carlyn Ring, Bill Ham & Ferdinand Meyer V, Hard cover, 474 pages, US $99.95 plus shipping, $15.50 expedited shipping, contact Bill Ham, 4237 Hendricks Road, Lakeport, California 95453, 707.367.8178, email: billham9@gmail.com *see ad this issue 11/07/21

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FOR SALE: Lippman’s Great German Bitters. $400 Southern Pottery-Hahn, Meaders, Crocker. Contact: Bill Johnson, Email: bj3605@ comcast.net 09/07/21

WANTED: BLACK HAWK, COLORADO - Th. Crook Sky Light whiskey flask. I will pay $10,000 for a half-pint coffin or a pint coffin or a pint shoofly. Flask must be in mint condition and delivered to Colorado. Other Black Hawk bottles might be of interest if not already owned. Contact: David D. Spellman at spellmand@centurylink.net 01/01/22

FOR SALE: Glass and Bottles (Beers, American & Foreign. Medicals, Whiskey, Scent Bottles, Figurals – (Boats, Planes, Houses,

WANTED: A copy of FOHBC Journal Vol. 3 No. 4 from Fall 1975 or a copy of the article on "Fire Grenades" by Byron Martin or any other

Fire Grenade info. Contact: Victoria Freund, 303.499.2437, Email: laverevicki@gmail.com 11/21/21 WANTED: Southern California native still looking for the “Souvenir First Water from Los Angeles Aquaduct November 5th, 1913.” I am interested in the history of the Aquaduct and have traveled many times to the backside of the Sierra Nevada mountains searching its origin and pathway. Contact: Marty Vollmer, 803.629.8553 or Email: martyvollmer@aol. com. 11/24//21 WANTED: The Carmichael & Son Ocala, Fla. jugs in 1, 2, and 3 gallons and other Florida stoneware jugs. David Kyle Rakes, 352.817.5136 or Email: Barakes123@gmail. com 11/24//21 WANTED: KC-1 cobalt quilted Poison, base embossed USPHS sizes 1, oz. (3 ¼” x 1 ¼”), 2 oz. (3 ¾” x 1 ½”), 12 oz. (6 7/8” x 2 5/8”) and ½ gallon (11 ¼” x 4 ½”) with or without poison stopper. KC-1 teal quilted Poison base embossed USPHS and plain base size 4 oz. (5” x 1 7/8”). Contact: Joan Cabaniss, 540.297.4498 leave message or Email: jjcab@b2xonline.com 11/24/21

WANTED: Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator and pontiled Vermont bottles. Contact: William Brugmann, 985.249.1570 or Email: billylloyd9@yahoo.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Pictures of the following Great Falls, Montana bottles: 1) Emporium DrugRealty block/Great Falls, Mont; 2) Chas Gies clear seltzer, acid etched; 3) Green Quart abm, acl, around base of bottle property of Squirt Bottling Co. Great Falls, Mont, or something similar; 4) Labeled only bottles from either Montana Distilling Company; Manchester, Montana, or Manchester Distilling Company; Manchester, Montana, or Sun River Distilling Company; Manchester, Montana. From same distillery but different owners and years of operation. Will consider outright purchase. For purpose of writing a book. Contact: Henry Thies, P.O. Box 1363, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406.873.2811 or 406.229.0356, Email: bottlerx@gmail.com 11/07/21 WANTED: NuGrape and NuMint “Bottles and Extras” Please see my NuGrape articles in the Jan/Feb 2020 and 2021 issues. My research is ongoing and historic documents are needed. All NuMint and pre-Mae West NuGrape bottles are of interest as well as advertising items of any kind. Contact: nugrapekid@gmail.com Send pics please. Thank you kindly! 11/07/21 WANTED: Signet Ink, 1-gallon solid white

Bottles and Extras stoneware jug with handle, pour spout, blue lettering stating, “Russia Cement Co., sole manufacturers of Signet Ink and LePage’s Glue.” Also interested in any other ink or paste stoneware that I do not already have. Contact: David Curtis, Email: dcu8845@thewavz.com, 567.208.1676 11/07/21 WANTED: Dr. Kilmer’s lung cure. Aqua bottle with outline of lungs on it. Wanted to complete my collection I have the kidney and the heart cures. Please send clear pictures. Email: plongdyke@yahoo.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Vermont bitters, medicines and cures (no pharmacies). Contact: David Mosher, 4 Green Mountain Drive, St. Albans, VT 04378; Email: dachano@comcast.net 11/07/21 WANTED: Pre-1920 Blob and Hutchinson style bottles embossed with "Root Beer." Contact: Dave and Kathy Nader at 224.622.3812 or Email: dknader@yahoo.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Illinois Bottles: Keeley & Bro Alton, Illinois ale, Buff & Kuhl Alton, Illinois gravitating stopper, A & F.X. Joerger Alton, Illinois L. Abegg’s Soda Manufactory Belleville, Illinois Jos. Fischer’s Selters Water Belleville, Illinois J.N. Clark Belleville, Illinois Beck & Bro. Highland Illinois. Mueller & Beck Highland Illinois. Weber & Miller Highland Illinois. Dan Kaiser Quincy, Illinois Mr & HW Lundblad Quincy, Illinois. Contact: Theo Adams 3728 Fair Oaks Drive, Granite City, Illinois 62040, 618.781.4806 11/07/21 WANTED: Pre-1900 Macon, Georgia bottles, Georgia pottery, looking for a C.A. Ells and Sons Macan Ga also Georgia Hutch bottles. Contact: Mike Gasaway 478.986.9222 or Email: rustygold01@gmail.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Rare or Unusual Medicinal Tonics, Contact Marty, 260.367.2400 or Email: roadrunner@centurylink.net 11/07/21 WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. All sizes and colors. Contact: Bill Taylor 503.857.0292 or Email: wtaylor178@aol.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Looking to buy or trade Southeast Alaska medicine/druggist bottles. Douglas Island, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, etc. If you have anything from Southeast Alaska embossed, give me a call or text. Lindsay Wheeler, 941.720.5713 Email: Lindsay2020@gmail.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Looking for U.S.A. HOSP. DEPT. bottles. Longtime collector interested in all shapes, sizes, colors. Thanks! Brian Schilz at 308.289.6230 or Email: bottlenut@charter.net 11/07/21

WANTED: Ornate jumbo or large, no damage art deco soda pop bottles for my personal collection. Contact or text: Elizabeth Meyer 713.

January - February 2022 504.0628 or Email: ejmeyer2131@gmail.com WANTED: American ACL, painted sodas. Hard to find with pictures and multi colors from small town bottlers. Collections are of interest as well. Will travel to deal. Contact by text or messenger: James Campiglia 805.689.0125 or Email: chipsbottles@bresnan. net 11/07/21 WANTED: Insulators. Long time collector. Interested in mixed color. If you have any insulators that have been dug, please give me a call. James E. Meyer 386.679.6439 or Email: jemmy194268@gmail.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Bottles or any items from E. Milde Bottling Works, Milde’s Soda, Milde’s Cola. Also, any bottles from Jackson, Missouri. Contact Steve Ford by text at 615.714.6254 or e-mail at sford@garney.com 11/07/21 WANTED: New bottles monthly. Look for Carlasboy on Ebay 11/07/21 WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, South Africa, Ginger Beer Browing & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox 530.295.0124, Email: mummysisters@aol.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Redondo Beach/Redondo California bottles. Labeled or embossed. Elk bar Redondo flask most wanted. Also tokens and souvenir china. Dave Deto at P.O. Box 118, Yosemite, CA 95389 or 209.626.9846 11/07/21 WANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, Earthenware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera for game. Contact Henry Hecker, Email: Phantomhah@ gmail.com, 262.844.5751 WANTED: New members to join the St Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association. We meet every 1st Tuesday at 7pm (except July), First Baptist Church of Arnold, Missouri Family Life Center. Basement Rm 2. Always a lively discussion. Patsy Jett Show Chair 314.570.6917 11/07/21 WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gallon R.B. #628. Ed DeHaven 609.390.1898, 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 11/07/21 WANTED: Arkansas Bottles: sodas, Hutches, mineral waters, whiskey flasks, drug stores, patent medicines. Arkansas Whiskey Jugs: marked stoneware, shot glasses, cork pulls and any Arkansas advertising. James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. 479.264.4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@ yahoo.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass & Rockland, ME. All bottle sizes & variants. Contact: Charlie Martin 781.248.8620 or Email: cemartinjr@ comcast.net 11/07/21

67 WANTED: Bottles, pottery, ephemera and any other items from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net 11/07/21 WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com 11/07/21 WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: "Morton." Darlene Furda, 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, California 91377 or call 818. 889.5451 11/07/21 WANTED: Colored Illinois and Missouri Sodas and Colored Fruit Jars. Top $$$ Paid! Contact: Steve Kehrer 618.410.4142 or Email: kehrer00@gmail.com 11/07/21 WANTED: New Members to join the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois 11/07/21 WANTED: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: E.G. Booz Bottles. GV114, all colors, with diagonal base seam. Any ruby red or black, by Clevenger Taiwan Booz bottle, amber, GV11-16, Clevenger Commemorative 16A, 16-C, 16-E GV11-25 Clevenger Commemorative, 25-A, 25 I, Jacob’s Tonic Bitters GV11-7 any number. Steve Gray 440.2798381 or write to address: Steve Gray, 7533 Clay Street, Thomson, Ohio 44086 11/07/21 WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio. Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H. I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio. Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio, Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio. Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio, B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, Ohio, Frazier’s Root Bitters, For The Blood, Clev. Ohio, Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio, Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio, Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters, Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and best regards, Gary Beatty 941.276.1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net 11/07/21 WANTED: Volunteers to help the FOHBC. Help our organization stay strong by writing an article, volunteering at the upcoming Reno 22 Show, be a magazine proof-reader or a Virtual Museum researcher. Post on our social media and share our posts. There are many ways you can help. Donations to our non-profit organization are always accepted. Thank you.

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SHO-BIZ Calendar of Shows & Related Events FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are indicated in red. Information on upcoming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, c/o Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the FOHBC.org website. 09 January 2022 - Taunton, Massachusetts Little Rhody Bottle Club Show, Holiday Inn, Taunton, Massachusetts, Early Admission, $15, 8:00 am, General Admission $3, 9:30 am, Contact Bill or Linda Rose, sierramadre@comcast. net, 508.880.4929, FOHBC Member Club 15 January 2022 - Muncie, Indiana The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club Fruit Jar Show, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Horizon Convention Center, 401 S. High St., Muncie, Indiana 47305, Contact Info: Coleen & Jerry Dixon, 765.748.3117, ckdixon7618@att.net, Show chairman: Dave Rittenhouse, 1008 S. 900 W, Farmland Indiana 47340, 765.625.0561, FOHBC Member Club 22 January 2022 - Jackson, Mississippi The Mississippi Antique Bottle, Advertising & Collectibles Show, Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Friday early admission 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm, $25, The Fairgrounds Trade Mart Building, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson, Mississippi, Contact Cheryl Comans, 601.218.3505, cherylcomans@gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club 22 January 2022 - Anderson, California Superior California Antique Bottle Club’s 45th Annual Show and Sale. Open to the public from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Dealer set-up Friday afternoon noon to 6:00 pm. Early lookers same time for $10. Shasta County Fairgrounds, Fusaro Hall, Anderson California. Contact Jeff King or Roberta Franklin, 530.396.2887 23 January 2022 - Bayport, New York The Long Island Antique Bottle Association Annual Show & Sale 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, donation $3. Children 16 & under, free. Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Juliette Lowe Friendship Center, Lakeview Avenue, Bayport, New York, Contact Mark Smith, 10 Holmes Court, Sayville, New York, 11782 631.589.9027, libottle@optonline.net 05 February 2022 - DeFuniak Springs, Florida The Emerald Coast Bottle Collectors Inc. 20th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm. Free Admission, Free Appraisals! DeFuniak Springs Community Center, 361 N. 10th Street, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433, Contact Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591, 850.435.5425, shards@bellsouth.net 06 February 2022 - Waukesha, Wisconsin 49th Annual Milwaukee Antique Bottle and Advertising Show, Sunday, February 6, 2022, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, $6 admission. Early admission at 8:00 a.m., $20. 140 sales tables of bottles, breweriana, and advertising. Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Directions: I-94 exit 294 (Hwy J), then south to Northview Road. For further information: mabacshow@yahoo.com, FOHBC Member Club 13 February 2022 - Columbus, Ohio The Central Ohio Antique Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, Sunday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early buyers 7 – 9:00 am, $20. Admission $3, Doubletree Inn, 175

Hutchinson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio (I-270 & Rt. 23), Contact Rojer Moody, 740.703.4913, rtmoody@juno.com, or Brad Funk, 614.264.7846, bradfunk@yahoo.com 13 February 2022 - Manville, New Jersey New Jersey Antique Bottle Club (NJABC) 26th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Admission $3, no early buyers. V.F.W. of Manville, New Jersey, 600 Washington Ave, Manville, New Jersey 08835. Contact Kevin Kyle, 230 Cedarville Road, East Windsor, New Jersey 08520, 609.209.4034, bottlediggerkev@aol.com or John Lawrey, 908.813.2334, FOHBC Member Club 18 & 19 February 2022 - Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Antique Bottles & Collectibles Club presents their 56th Annual 2022 Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale at the Palace Station, 2411 W. Saraha Ave., Friday 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Early Bird admission $10, Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm., Regular Admission, Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. $5 admission. Contact: John Faulis at 702.242.2792 or 702.373.7175 or jjfuzzie@yahoo.com Dealers Setup: Thursday 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm, FOHBC Member Club 18 & 19 February 2022 - Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antique & Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 12 - 5:00 pm dealer set-up and early bird admission $5, Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm regular public admission by donation, Show Address, American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, Oregon, Contact Info: Wayne Herring, Show Chairman, 503.864.2009, Bill Bogynska, 503.657.1726, billbogy7@gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club 18 & 19 February 2022 - Tampa, Florida Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Show & Sale at the Sons of Italy Hall, 3315 W. Lemon Street, Tampa, Florida 33609, February 18th Set-up & Early Buyers 1:00 to 6:00 pm, February 19th General Public 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early Buyers $20, General Public Admission $3, Contact George Dueben, 727.393.8189 (h), 727.804.5957 (c) or Charlie Livingston at 813.244.6898, email mudfishy@aol.com, FOHBC Member Club 19 February 2022 - Round Rock, Texas Central Texas Bottle, Jar, Insulator, Pottery, Breweriana, Advertising and Collectibles Show, Saturday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Dealer set-up: Friday, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Early Bird $10 at 3:00 pm Friday. General Admission: Free. Old Settlers Park Events Center, 3333 E Palm Valley Blvd (US 79 E), Round Rock, Texas 78665. Contact: John Reed, 512.468.5097, compliant.relo@gmail.com or Gary Ingram, 512.461.0157 25 & 26 February 2022 - Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Antiques, Bottles and Collectibles Club 38th Annual Show and Sale held at the North Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Friday 4:00 to 6:00 pm ($10 admission) and Saturday and 8:30 am to 3:30 pm ($3 admission). For more information contact Betty Hartnett, Show Chair, 602.317.4438, bettchem@cox.net. Visit the club website at phoenixantiquesclub.org, FOHBC Member Club

26 February 2022 - Grand Rapids, Michigan The West Michigan Antique Bottle Club presents its 30th Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan, Contact Steve DeBoode, 616.667.0214, thebottleguy@ comcast.net or Roger Denslow 616.447.9156, rogerdcoger@ gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club 20 March 2022 - St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis 52nd Annual Antique Bottle & Jar Show; Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoffmeister Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63125. General Admission $3 from 9 am – 2 pm; Set-up 7 am – 9 am. Adult admission $3. Children free. Contact: St Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Assn., Pat Jett (showchair), 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, Missouri 63050, 314.570.6917, patsy_jett@ yahoo.com, FOHBC Member Club 26 March 2022 - Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Bottle Collectors Club’s 49th Annual Show & Sale, will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 US Hwy 98, Daphne, Alabama 36526. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals. Contact: Rod Vining, 251.957.6725, Email: vinewood@mchsi. com, or Facebook: “Mobile Bottle Collector’s Club Show & Sale” FOHBC Member Club 03 April 2022 - Bloomington, Minnesota North Star Historical Bottle Association Presents its 50th Annual Antique Bottle, Advertising, and Stoneware Show and Sale, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus Event Center, 1114 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, Minnesota 55420. Info: Jeff Springer, 651.500.0949, springer_associates@yahoo.com, FOHBC Member Club 03 April 2022 - Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club Show & Sale, New Location, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, baltimorebottleclub.org, Howard County Fairgrounds, Main Exhibition Hall, 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship, Maryland 21794, Contact Info: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@comcast.net, Andy Agnew (contracts), 410.527.1707, medbotls@comcast.net, FOHBC Member Club 03 April 2022 - Hutchinson, Kansas The 15th Annual Kansas Territory Bottle & Post Card Show & Sale, General Admission: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Kansas State Fairgrounds, Sunflower Building, 2000 N. Poplar Street, Hutchinson, Kansas, Info: Mike McJunkin, 620.728.8304, scarleits@cox.net or Mark Law, 785.224.4836, kansasbottles@ gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club 09 April 2022 - Wills Point, Texas Patriotic Guns LLC presents 3rd Annual North Texas Bottle and Collectible Show, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 26843 Interstate 20, Wills Point, Texas 75169 (Maroon Building). Admission $3 per person. Dealer setup: Friday April 8th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Early entry (during set-up) $10 per person. Info: Michael at 972.741.3206 or texasbottleshow@gmail.com

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22 & 23 April 2022 - Antioch, California The Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society’s 54th Annual Bottles, Antiques & Collectibles Show, Early Buyers: Friday 12 pm – 5 pm, $10 Admission; General Admission: Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Free. Contra Costa Event Park (Fairgrounds), Sunset Hall, 1201 West 10th Street, Antioch, California 94509. Info: Gary and Darla Antone, 925.373.6758, packrat49er@netscape.net, FOHBC Member Club 23 April 2022 - Columbia, South Carolina The South Carolina Bottle Club’s 49th Annual Show & Sale, 206 Jamil Rd. Columbia, South Carolina 29210, 166 Tables last year with room to grow! Dodged Easter and The Masters this year! Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Donation At The Door Suggested, Dealer Only Set-Up 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Jamil Shrine Temple, Contact: Marty Vollmer 803.629.8553, martyvollmer@aol.com or Art Gose 803.840.1539, scbottlehunters@gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club

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23 April 2022 - Kalamazoo, Michigan The Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club's 41st Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo, Michigan. Contact: John Pastor, 248.486.0530, jpastor@ americanglassgallery.com or Mark McNee, 269.343.8393

24 April 2022 - Morgantown, West Virginia Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle - WV Stoneware Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; Early buyers 7:30 am, $25. Both inside and outside vendor spaces available! Monongalia County Extension Services & 4H Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501, Contact: Don Kelley, 724.998.2734, bonzeyekelley@gmail.com

Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, Admission $3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Info: Ed Kuskie, 412.405.9061, 352 Pineview Drive, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 15037, bottlewizard@comcasat.net,, FOHBC Member Club 28-31 July 2022 - Reno, Nevada FOHBC RENO 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or Ferdinand Meyer V fmeyer@fmgdesign. com, FOHBC National Convention – Western Region. Full event information at FOHBC.org, FOHBC National Event

16 May 2022 - Washington, Pennsylvania Washington County Antique Bottle Club 48th Annual Show and Sale, Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Avenue,

USPS and Magazine Delivery The FOHBC is working hard to ensure that your magazine is mailed from our printer by mid-month preceeding the issue date. We are currently experiencing delays with our printing due to staffing and paper delivery. The USPS, as most of you probably know, is experiencing longer than normal delivery times. Compounded with Covid-19 and the holidays, we hope to have this issue to you by Christmas or the New Year.

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Individual & Affiliated Club News Eight member's gained this period. Larry Breland 1004 Meadowbrook Dr Unicoi, Tennessee 37692 larrybreland@gmail.com Ken Loakes 11814 Monogram Ave. Granada Hills, California 91344 818.268.8495 ken_loakes@paramount.com Antiques, Bottle related collectibles Ricky Patterson 6039 Springview Drive Mount Olive, Alabama 35117 205.631.6910 rltide55@yahoo.com Bottles from 1800s to 1950

Lance Westfall 1440 W. Cerulean Kuna, Idaho 83634 858.603.0795 lance.westfall@hotmail.com Kevin Westfall 16321 Avenida Nobleza San Diego, California 92128 858.243.3390 k.westfall@yahoo.com

New Club

Loren Engle Superior California Antique Bottle Collectors Society 30360 Smith Logging Road Oak Run, California 96069 530.472.3049 ezcocalif@frontier.net

Note: The names above represent persons agreeing to be listed in the magazine and online directory. Three new members do not want to be listed in print or our online directory which can be found at the Members Portal at FOHBC.org. (far right on the menu bar)

HISTORY’S CORNER In memory of Dick Watson—long-time FOHBC Historian Submitted by Jim Bender

Witch balls first started in the 17th century in England. They were hung in a home window, as it was believed to ward off evil spells.

Later, glass balls were used in the mouth of vases during shipping to protect the thin lips from damage. Many of these balls were kept as decoration. So the history of witch balls developed around the world. Witch balls are still made today in many sizes and colors. So the next time you see a vase with a witch ball in it, ask yourself what came first, the vase or witch ball? Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.

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January - February 2022

Membership Benefits The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting antique bottles and glass collecting. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals. Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The FOHBC publication, Bottles and Extras is well-known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in antique bottle and glass collecting and all associated ephemera. The FOHBC Virtual Museum is the most comprehensive antique bottle and glass experience on the Internet. Your FOHBC Individual Membership benefits include: A full year subscription to the all-color, bi-monthly (6 issues a year) 72-page plus covers, publication Bottles and Extras. Various membership options are available including Digital Membership. Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply - ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 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. Access to FOHBC.org, the most comprehensive antique bottle and glass website dedicated to the FOHBC organization and hobby. Access through the FOHBC Members Portal to the membership directory, archived Bottles and Extras past issues, indexed articles and a vast assortment of research material. Access to the FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Bottles & Glass. FOHBC members are museum members. Participate on FOHBC social media Facebook and Instagram pages. Access at no charge to FOHBC online Seminars. Access to the online FOHBC Auction Price Report. Look for cost and description of anything auctioned by the top antique bottle and glass auction houses in the past decade. The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “early admission” or table rental at annual FOHBC National Shows and Conventions. FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more. We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at discount of 50%. Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook and Instagram) exposure. Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show. Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities. We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!! For more information, questions, or to join the FOHBC, please contact: Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002, phone: 713.504.0628. or email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com or visit our home page at FOHBC.org

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible. Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans. Note: Please consult with your accountant and attorney for legal and tax-consequence advice.

January - February 2022

Bottles and Extras

Membership Application & Advertising FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at FOHBC.org (Please Print)

Name_________________________________ Address________________________________ City ___________ State________ Zip ___________ Country _________________ Telephone______________________________ Email Address____________________________ Collecting Interests ________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________

Do you wish to be listed in the online membership directory?(name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No Would you be interested in serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No

Bottles and Extras Free Ads

Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)

Would you be interested in contributing your bottle knowledge by writing articles for the our magazine? { } Yes { } No Would you be interested in volunteering to help on any FOHBC projects { } Yes { } No

Additional Comments _______________________ ____________________________________ Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One)

(All First Class sent in a protected mailer)

United States

Standard Mail Standard Mail w/Associate* Standard Mail 3 years Standard Mail 3 years w/Associate* Digital Membership (electronic files only)

$40 $45 $110 $125 $25

1st Class $55 1st Class w/Associate $60 1st Class 3 years $125 1st Class 3 yrs w/Assoc. $140

Canada - First Class $60, other countries - First Class $80 Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, includes all benefits of a Standard 1st Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life. Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription.

Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5 for each associate for each year

Associate Member Name(s) __________________________________

*Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate Members enjoy all of the rights and privileges of an Individual Membership

Signature ______________________________ Date ____________

Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc., 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 Effective 11/2022

Phone: 713.504.0628 Email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Affiliated Club Membership for only $75 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in Bottles and Extras, plus much more, Contact: FOHBC Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design. Inc. 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: 713.504.0628 Email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: FOHBC Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Article Submission Requirements: All Bottles and Extras articles or materials need to be submitted via an email. Use a compressed (zipped) file if needed or send multiple emails with images. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe InDesign so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are the preferred format. Please submit digital images based on the instructions below. We will accept email submissions if the image resolution is acceptable. The email must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high-quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images as the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.

Seeking quality consignments for our 2022 auction schedule!

American Glass Gallery

As a consignor, consider these benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service

Watch for these choice items, and many more, in our upcoming 2022 Auctions.

American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com

FOHBC c/o Elizabeth Meyer, FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford St., Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002

FOHBC Member. Please check your mailing and address information and notify us of any errors. FOHBC.org

Bottles and Extras January – February 2022

Articles inside

Membership Application & Advertising

Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC

FOHBC Sho-Biz–Calendar of Events

FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes

Classified Ads

Member Photo Gallery

If You Can’t Do Business...Drink Rex Bitters by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lost & Found

Yankee-Made Soda Waters by David Kyle Rakes

A Privy Murder Mystery–Hunt’s Honey Hole, The Truth be Told by Jack Klotz

Hunting Hunt’s Honey Hole by Jack Klotz

Provenance Lost by Jeff Mihalik

Shards of Wisdom

San Francisco Glasshouse Disaster

FOHBC News–The Magazine Merger

FOHBC Officers | 2021–2022

FOHBC President’s Message

FOHBC Regional News

FOHBC News–From & For Our Members (Elections