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On the Cover: Early 1900s image of Indianapolis, Indiana

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 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6 Eichelberger "Dew Drop" by Mike McKillop.............................................................. 12

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The Not-So-Dry Story of Diving, into an Augusta Well by Bill Baab............................... 20

Pond's Bitters "Makes You Go Some" by Ferdinand Meyer V.................................... 30 The Texas Blue Blob by Brandon DeWolfe................................................................. 40

Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62 FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64 Classified Ads ................................................................................................................... 66 FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68

Page 30 Pond’s Bitters “Make’s You Go Some” inspirational framed advertising trade card.

illustration. Lash’s Bittersin Co. BOTTLES and Fair use notice: Some material San Francisco, New York & Chicago. 21 percent alcohol publication in this EXTRAS has been submitted for by volume. magazine and/or was originally published by the Rex Kidney & Liver Bitters illustration. Rex Bitters Co., authors and is copyrighted. We, as a non-profit organiNew York, Chicago & St. Louis. “As Old as the Pyramids” zation, offer it here as an educational tool to increase Pond’s Genuine Kidney further understanding and discussion of bottle coland Liver Bitters illustration. Pond’s Bitters Co., Chicago. lecting and related history. this constitutes 21 percentWe alcohol bybelieve volume. “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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Pond’s Bitters

“Makes You Go Some” By Ferdinand Meyer V

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

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FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70 Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ................................................... 71

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Coming next issue or down the road: Dr. E. Champlain's Ligneous Extract • Hunting Hunt's Honey Hole • Dr. E. Champlain's Ligneous Extract • Frank Wright's Indianapolis Ales • Digging in Indiana • Phelan's Hair Tonic • Abraham Klauber: An Early San Diego Merchant's Wooden Crate • Summer Digging with Mark Wiseman

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Lash’s Kidney & Liver Bitters

Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri......................................................................... 26

The Great Horse Healer: Dr. John T. Claris East Buffalo Veterinary Hospital 1882-1926 by Peter Jablonski..................................................... 54

Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 41 E. Washington Street Mooresville, Indiana 46158 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Pond’s Genuine Laxative Bitters illustration. Pond’s Bitters Co., Chicago. 21 percent alcohol by volume.

"Pipe" he hollered by Bill Baab................................................................................... 22

No Secrets, Indiana: Your "Ideal Soldier" Sold Liquor by Jack Sullivan........................ 48

Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manger 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 Business & News

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.

FOHBC Officers 2021 - 2022

President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.619.8209; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com

Merchandise Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com

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

Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

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

Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org

Secretary: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Open Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Membership Director: Open Conventions Director: Open

Director-at-Large: 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 Rd., 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 Public Relations Director: Open

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President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V

John O’Neill FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 1805 Ralston 713.222.7979 x115 Avenue, Belmont, California 94002 fmeyer@fohbc.org

650.619.8209 Joneill@risk-strategies.com itting down at my desk, on this first back-to-work Monday after New Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. The kettle labeled antique bottle events has us all looking forward to the o after my last President’s message, I had a number of phone stretch leading up to the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Botcalls asking if this I was OK. IWe amhave fine,aI coordination would reply,conference I just tle Convention & me Expo August. needed rewires theWe electrical call laterainmedically the week necessary and plan tooperation step it up that a notch or two. are also activitythat in my heart. in SoSpringfield, I had the procedure on May 19, 2021 and pleased we locked Massachusetts for our 2017 Nationthankfully it wasConvention, a successful I am and al Antique Bottle andoutcome. by the time youfully read recovered this message, the FOHBC 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo been have been digging more bottles in the last sixty days will thanhave in the announced for Cleveland, We really have positive our teamsoutcome. in place and last two years, so that myOhio. friends, is a really our wheels in motion. I suppose we should start thinking about the 2019 Convention in the Southern Region. Planning ahead has many benefits.

I reflect back on the changes that our hobby has gone through over my lifetime and they are really astounding, some for the The FOHBC is also proud to say that this March | April 2016 issue of better and some for the worse, but the hobby remains BOTTLES and EXTRAS is the first to be printed in fullconstant color, which and recall some of the an first bottle shows I attended onlystrong. costs usI an additional $184, issue. This change promptedina few the early 1970’s,which the one the AAHMES Temple Oakland design revisions, weathope you will notice, suchinas the Table of put on byand theaGolden Bottleheaders. Collectors Contents few of Gate the section We Association. receive quite That a few really anice compliments howallthe magazine looksrelated and have come was tremendous showonwith sorts of displays to local so far in in a relative numberRedevelopment of years. Oh, and lookI for a new secdigging the Sanshort Francisco Area. remember tionTorpedo in the back of Display the magazine called “Member Photoand Gallery”. This the Soda put on by Judi Miyasaki, the great new section is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and display by Dave & Lori Hartley of digging in Yerba Buena Cove glass. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. We of all the bottles and relics they had recovered from the excavahave already started work on the May | June issue and hope that you tions during construction of various in Downtown San will consider authoring an article for theprojects magazine. We are here to help! Francisco. The Peninsula bottle show put on another spectacular show at the Sanand Mateo Fairgrounds, and the hadproposed a great Withinthat thiswas issueheld of BOTTLES EXTRAS, please read crew regular diggers bringing a constant supply of new glass bylawof updates and revisions that have been marked in red. All revisions have approved by the FOHBC Board Randy of Directors. Theseand bylaws to thebeen market. Fred and Bev Rosenquist, Haumann his have been amended need to be reviewed by Charlene the FOHBC membership father Martin, Al &and Marjorie Roe, Marv & Twissleman, priorRosenquist, to the annualSteve general membership meetingtoatname the FOHBC 2016 NaJeff Osnick, Jess Jones, just a few. tional Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, California by an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast by the eligible voters The Peninsula Bottles Collectors Club and many of these early in attendance, provided that a copy of the proposed changes are made collectors no longereither withdirectly us, butby they a timely available toand eachdiggers memberare in advance, mailhad or by passion glass, and they periodical helped usoryounger diggers learn notice in for the old Federation’s official on the Federation website.

some of the basics, along with where to go to find old bottles. They lit the fuse a life time passion and In other news, wethat are sparked moving ahead with of photography for friendthe Virtual Museum hope to have regional photography labs settime up in ship withand other collectors across the country. (Good to regions stop to start photographing bottles both in aSeeliger standardisformat and 3-dimenand remind our readers that Michael collecting photos sionally. Thisshows effort isand being spearheaded by Museum Director, of our early beginnings of our hobby, so if you Alan haveDeMaison. You may have met Alan at the Virtual Museum table during the something to contribute please contact Michael who is a board FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show last August. member). We need to do the same to the next generation. The displays my opinion some the best we could proFederationinmember Aliciawere Booth, is of heading up things the nomination see thetheshow and they plentiful. Theyincluding broughtthe to life the cessatfor election of allwere Federation officers President, local history, the history ofTreasurer, glassmaking and the love ofMembership digging Vice President(s), Secretary, Business Manager,

Director, Public Relations Director, Conventions Director, Historian, Merchandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), and Region Directors (4). These elections occur every two years. Any officer may run for successive terms. This committee has prepared a slate of nominations for each office andsaw is listed is important to note tell that me, any "Oh member to many who them.below. At theIt time people would desiring to run for has any been officedug in the Federation a nomination most of that town out." I can tellmay youfile I still hear formtoday, with the Committee (in accordance with that andElection I completely disagree. If you have theprocedures passion toapproved by the membership and instituted by the Election do the research and are physically able to expound a fairCommittee) amount indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this of energy, there are plenty of opportunities to collect and dig old is April 1st 2016. We have seen successful campaigns by our memberbottles. ship before so if you want to run for a position, please let Alicia know. You and reach her at this email address, alicia@cis-houston.org. You Now I am not saying it is for easy as it was yearstake ago,the because it vote. will be receiving a ballot voting so please time to

certainly is not. Back in the 1970s security and liability conPresident: Ferdinand Meyercontractors V cerns were non-existent. could easily approach FOHBC Candidates We Houston, Texas or security guards and ask for permission to recover these relics Here is the slate of FOHBC before the tractors them. the permission could First ViceWhen President: Sheldon Baugh recommended candidates smashed Russellville, Kentucky not put orforth would not be granted, we did the next best thing – we by the nominating committeethe (Aliciadump Booth, trucksSecond followed to the land areas where would Vice fill President: Gene they Bradberry Chairperson) for 2014 - 2016. deposit their loads and digBartlett, the piles which many times were full Tennessee The slate is being put forth for of bottles and relics. had aBerry job to do and bottles your consideration and anyoneThe contractors Secretary: James weredesiring nottosomething goingNew to stop run for ofﬁce may they were Johnsville, Yorkthe project in order be nominated by going to the to recover.

Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a North Port, Florida nomination form. Then, mail or Today, sadly the11502 fences are higher, and the electronic surveillance email to Alicia Booth, Historian: Jim Bender systems the sites Burgoynemake Drive, Houston, Texas highly secure, so permission needs to be Sprakers, New York 77077. alicia@cis-houston.org secured. When you are lucky enough to obtain permission, treat for nominations Editor: please, Martin Van Zantmake sure you anyClosing site date with respect and please, please is April 1, 2016 at midnight. Danville, Indiana backfill all your holes and share your finds with the permission Additional nominations will grantor asalongside a thank you. A Merchandising successful relationship develDirector:can Val be Berry be printed the slate Johnsville, New York it’s a give and take the nominating opedproposed overbytime and like any good relationship committeeAlso, and will bewe listedneed to not only encourage, but to show and situation. Membership Director: Linda Sheppard in the May-June 2016 issue teach a new generation ofSprakers, bottle collectors New Yorkhow and where to find of BOTTLES and EXTRAS along historical with a shortbottles. bio of each Conventions Director: Louis Fifer candidate.

Brunswick, Ohio The summer is a great time to get outdoors, especially with the Business Manager:your Elizabeth subsidence of Covid-19 and start exploring localMeyer neighHouston, Texas borhoods for good collecting opportunities. I think the shows will start up in the fall without any resurgence the virus and Director-at-Large: BobofFerraro Boulder City, Nevada I know collechopefully give us the opportunity to reconnect. tors get a little testy whenDirector-at-Large: shows like the National or Baltimore Steve Ketcham are cancelled, but please remember we all share in that disapEdina, Minnesota pointment and there are usually very good reasons behind these Director-at-Large: John Pastor decisions, be that financialNew or public health. Instead of criticizing Hudson, Michigan the volunteers trying to put on these events, offer a kind word and Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy volunteer to help out with alternative events, as this is a relatively Austinburg, Ohio small group of dedicated people that put a lot of hard work into RegionThey Director: attempting to make these Northeast events a reality. haveAndrew a maze Vuono of Stamford, Connecticut not only logistics to get the shows off the ground, but compliance Southern Director: Handson with public health guidelines from Region the owners of theRon grounds Wilson, North Carolina which these venues are held. There will come a time when we get back to normal and I hopeWestern all thoseRegion complainers will stop verbalDirector: Eric McGuire Petaluma, California izing and start volunteering to do what they can to assist the officers and show chairman.Public I know how excited I amRick for our next Relations Director: DeMarsh National Show in Reno next year.Spa, I hope see all of you there. Ballston NewtoYork

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Bottles and Extras COLUMBUS, GA – Entrepreneur Allen Woodall, a collector of antique bottles from his hometown and what may be the world’s largest lunch box collection, has now opened Columbus’s Collective Royal Crown Cola, Chero-Cola, Tom’s Toasted Peanuts and Lunch Box museums as well as the Georgia Radio Museum and Hall of Fame at 3218 Hamilton Road in Columbus.

Multi-themed museum features Royal Crown Cola, Chero-Cola By Bill Baab

Most collectors of antique bottles are aware that Chero-Cola and RC Cola originated in the west Georgia city and Woodall’s collection features early porcelain signs and other advertisements plus one-of-a-kind artifacts from both soft drink companies. The Royal Crown Company headquarters is still in Columbus. The museums are housed in Woodall’s River Market Antiques Building.

Man Thought He Was Digging Up Old Bottles Until They Started Smoking. A man was shocked to discover that the 'milk bottles' he found buried in his backyard were actually live grenades from the Second World War. James Osborne, from Bramdean, Hampshire, dug up two old crates after a landscape gardener working at his property found them buried in his backyard.

Allen Woodall next to a Tom's Toasted Peanuts sign at his newly opened Columbus, Georgia museum. Other displays include RC Cola, CheroCola. (Photo by Kaitlynn Griffith)

Bombed were detonated in a controlled explosion by the bomb squad

"Initially, we didn't realize how significant it was. They looked like milk bottles so we were lifting them out and putting them on the side," Mr Osborne said. However, he soon noticed that some of the 'milk bottles' were smoking.

Allen Woodall next to a few Chero-Cola items also included in the Columbus, Georgia museum. (Photo by Kaitlynn Griffith)

The Hampshire homeowner had chanced upon more than 40 World War II grenades in his backyard. "A couple of them were smoking so we thought it best to call the

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police and then we had the bomb squad, about five or six ambulances all preparing for a controlled explosion," he said. The 48 grenades were detonated in a controlled explosion by the bomb disposal unit after Mr Osborne contacted them. Winchester Police took to Twitter to warn neighbours not to be alarmed about the noise. It is believed that the grenades were handed out by the Home Guard during the Second World War to defend against potential Nazi invasions. "The idea is, if you were to throw them against a wall they would ignite and blow up, and because it had phosphorus in it, water would be useless. You can imagine the Home Guard throwing these at Nazi tanks coming down the road, you know Dad's Army protecting the village," said Mr. Osborne.

New Books coming Soon By Bill Baab

David Kyle Rakes, whose articles have been published in past issues of Bottles and Extras, will soon come out with an in-depth look on 19th century Georgia sodas. Rakes, who lives in Belleview, Fla., is also researching material for a book on 19th century South Carolina sodas and yet another on stenciled Florida whiskey jugs.

Mary Hulman George Auction shares many pieces of History in Terre Haute By Martin Van Zant

HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian

Dr Pepper is a “native Texan,” originating at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. It is the oldest of the major brand soft drinks in America. Like its flavor, the origin of Dr Pepper is out-of-the-ordinary. Charles Alderton, a young pharmacist working at Morrison’s store, is believed to be the inventor of the now famous drink. Alderton spent most of his time mixing up medicine for the people of Waco, but in his spare time he liked to serve carbonated drinks at the soda fountain. He liked the way the drug store smelled, with all of the fruit syrup flavor smells mixing together in the air. He decided to create a drink that tasted like that smell. He kept a journal, and after numerous experiments he finally hit upon a mixture of fruit syrups that he liked.

Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.

Co or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She was chairwoman of both for some time. There were a ton of large ticket items including a large hollow sterling silver greyhound dog in a seated position weighing in at 32 pounds. The dog was from Mary's home in Terre Haute and sold for $12,500. That was the neatest silver dog I ever laid eyes on. I enjoyed watching this dog sale!

Cardboard Cook's Beer Sign The auction was advertised about a month in advance it seemed. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I walked in. The auction was slated for Friday and Saturday. However, the auction went into late Sunday due to the sheer amount of items being sold! Everyone wanted a piece of the Hulman history, at least that's how it felt when I walked in. There must have been two thousand people in attendance and they kept coming in. I wanted to think that I may find a keeper for myself, hidden in plain sight, and maybe no one would bid on it. I was wrong everything brought a premium. Mary is the daughter of Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. and Mary Fendrich Hulman, whose names you may recognize from Hulman and

Hulman's also bought out the Cook Brewery in the early 1950s. Several advertising pieces from the brewery sold well. A tin lithograph sign with a man smoking, advertising Cook's Beer sold for $375. Several Cook's cardboard signs sold between $50 and $100, however, most items brought well over that. Ton's and I mean tons of Hulman advertising sold for decent money. I only ended up with a few mediocre pieces. There was also a bunch of Indianapolis Motor Speedway collectibles and memorabilia. I looked at several original photographs, including the first five races, of the winners of the races. I couldn't believe that they were all signed by the drivers, talk about history. All in all, I had a great time and watched many many items sale.

Sterling Silver Dog sold for $12,500

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From & For Our Members "The Italian: Francisco Cerini and Bottle Dealing in San Francisco" Dear FOHBC, The magazine's July-August 2021 feature on "The Italian: Francisco Cerini and Bottle Dealing in San Francisco" was quite the literary masterpiece. Elizabeth Creely's very personal recounting of her great-great-grandfather, Francisco Cerini and his exploits collecting and reselling used bottles in mid 19th century San Francisco drew me in, bringing me back to the Bay Area where I grew up. Coincidentally, UCSF Medical Center, where I trained as a med student, has recently developed its newest campus at Mission Bay, site of "Dumpville", the ravaged shanty town referenced in Creely's well-written piece. Interesting it is to me, a collector of cures, how this hobby can tie together so much storied history of bygone eras. Well done! Dr. Bruce Shephard Tampa, Florida [Author] Elizabeth Creely - That is just really nice. Every writer wants to know that someone, somewhere is enjoying their writing. This is proof, and I'm grateful.

Juanne Herrold, (Jan. 22, 1933 - Nov. 4, 2020)

Dublon & Dreyfous Mr. Meyer: This is Mike Gasaway in Gray, Georgia. I just got a bottle I’ve been after for over three years. I’m doing research now and it appears the it’s the only one known. It was dug in Savannah, Georgia but it’s a Macon, Georgia bottle. Mike Newman, Tom Hicks, Russ Butler and several others said it’s the only example they have ever seen or heard of. I would like for you to see it so I’m sending a picture and a news clipping from an 1870s paper. My hope is to get it published in Bottles and Extras and to maybe get it added to the “Georgia Top 25.” Thanks! Mike Gasaway Gray, Georgia

[Response] Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello, My mother, Juanne Herrold, (Jan. 22, 1933 - Nov. 4, 2020), passed away this past November after a prolonged illness. Her and my late father, Ed Herrold, were both avid bottle collectors and I remember how involved they were with your association and all the bottle shows they could get to! Please feel free to post about her passing to your members, she so missed attending the shows with my dad and seeing all their bottle friends! Thank you, Eric Herrold North Carolina

Mike, this certainly looks like a bitters bottle though I find very little advertising to confirm the actual product. Marx Dublon was born on January 4, 1830 in Germany. He was a liquor merchant in New York with Solomon Frank. They split up in 1870 and Marx showed up in Macon to partner with Henry H. Dreyfous who had been a merchant in Nashville and Knoxville, Tennesssee as early as 1851. He was born about the same time as Marx. They both moved on to New York, where Marx died in Manhattan on April 29, 1899.

Abraham B. and David Sands are Biningers! Dear Ferdinand, I discovered something quite interesting in the course of my research on A.B. & D. Sands & Co. that I don’t believe is general knowledge: Abraham B. and David Sands are Biningers!

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More specifically, their mother, Rebecca Bininger, was a cousin of A.M. Bininger! It’s amazing what a small world it is. Given what I know about family naming conventions (specifically, the common practice of assigning middle names to children based on the maiden name of the mother), I believe we can say with some degree of certainty that Abraham B. Sands’ full name is Abraham Bininger Sands. Haven’t found that in writing yet, however I believe it’s only a matter of time until the evidence, one way or the other, rears its head. Have a great week! Regards! Chris Bubash Dayton, Ohio

Pottery skull with a stogie Incoming from FOHBC President John O’Neill and John Shroyer who said they dug the last three nights in California. “John Shroyer and I opened a hole and this popped out. A pottery skull with a stogie!” Shroyer pictured.

about Jim’s work for Augusta in 2019, (Reno was canceled in 2020), Cleveland in 2018, Springfield, Mass. in 2017 and Chattanooga in 2015. Hopfully Jim will help us out again for Reno 2022! Thank you so much.

OOD & CO? Hi Ferdinand, I hope that you and your family are well and that you’ve finally been able to get out to some bottle shows. I’m heading to the Tulsa show this Saturday. I’ve also been digging in an early 1880s to mid-1880s hotel privy pit in Abilene, Kansas. We dug a portion of a square bitters-looking bottle. It is 2 3/4” on a side with beveled edges. The remaining embossing reads “...OOD & CO.” There is no embossing on the other sides. I don’t have any bitters books and some internet searching hasn’t turned up anything. Being the expert that you are, I thought you might recognize it and save me a lot more searching Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Ed Paola, KS [Response] Ferdinand Meyer V: Morning Ed: I’m on it! Will keep you posted. It most likely contained Sherman’s Prickley Ash Bitters. J. W. Wood & Co. was the proprietor. See the attached listing and trade card.

Syracuse 2021 Jim Healy Commemorative Jug We thought we would share a picture of Jim Healy and the jug he made for the FOHBC 2021 Syracuse National. Excellent work as usual. As you know, the event was canceled for a variety of reasons centered around the uncertanties with Covid-19 and the fast spreading Delta variant. We understand that a fanatical collector of Jim Healy jugs offfered to pay for the jug and donate the funds to the FOHBC to help offset some of the administrative expenses for the show. If you go back each year in Bottles and Extras you can see and read

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Indian Queen bottles. I don't know if these were made prior to the bottles or were later reproductions. The chalk has a date 1866 on it, which from what I understand was prior to the patent of the Indian Queen bottle but it may be a bogus date anyway. The pottery bottle says, OBCA or PBCA Show Award '75. Please see the image. Do you have any information about these? Thank you! Mindy Nemon, Centerville, Ohio

[Ed follow-up] We also dug a Sherman’s Prickley Ash Bitters!

[FOHBC] Mindy: Yes, later pieces to replicate the original but still really cool. The green piece was probably ordered by the Ohio and Pittsburgh bottle clubs in 1975.

Midwest Region Steve Lang

slang14@yahoo.com

48th annual S.C. Bottle Club show draws huge crowd to Columbia By Bill Baab

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Marty Vollmer, co-chairman with Eric Warren, called the 48th annual South Carolina Bottle Show held in last April 17 “one of our best and largest shows with 166 tables sold.” A set-up session for dealers only and closed to the public for an hour before the show opened “went very well and the 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. crowd boiled up and steamrolled in,” he said. “Sales were brisk and strong all day and Tom Lines, George Waddey and Jim Hall came from a long way off to sell and all left happy and very satisfied,” Vollmer added. He said a clear Indian Panacea and a James Walsh High Grade liquor bottle from Charleston, S.C., “saw daylight.” He said the new building of 24,000 square feet featured good lighting and a state of the art security camera system. He was so pleased that “I paid off the balance and put down a deposit for our next show on April 23, 2022.”

Indian Queen Question I am looking for some information on Indian Queen bottles. I came across an old carved chalk and a pottery bottle that look like the

I have struggled for an entire weekend to write this column. I don’t know why. My wife says I never shut up. For whatever reason I can’t figure out what to say in this column because of writer's block, I guess. I’m disappointed about Syracuse and Baltimore being cancelled, but happy about the abundance of local shows in the Midwest this fall that at this point are all going forward. I truly hope all the readers out there are staying healthy and safe and following their personal beliefs on vaccinations. I want to see everyone be able to meet in person at shows going forward. I think that is a huge part of our hobby. As much as I think face-to-face shows and club meetings are vital to our hobby, I will have to say that Zoom meetings do a pretty good job in a pinch. My local club has held a few, and I have participated in some 1st Chicago and Ohio Bottle Club zoom meetings and really enjoyed myself. Alan DeMaison and the Ohio Bottle Club have gone back to in-person meetings but have also continued to have a zoom meeting the week prior for distance members, club members and guests that cannot make the in-person meeting. I think this is a great idea and have been happy to be invited to participate in this. Get out and support your local club, show & shops. I was lucky enough to stumble on an estate sale near my house last week. The family had lost both parents during the Pandemic but not due to Covid. The parents had lived in the house for 60 years and raised all four children there. They had been lifelong collectors and attended auctions and garage sales. The house had been full of what they liked along with refinished antique wood furniture which was their

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father’s passion. I was able to pick up some great antique items for my booths and meet some really nice people in the process. I was even invited to walk through the house with one of the sister’s to see the furniture that the children were keeping. I saw some great pieces and the amazing work the father did. This family lived less than 10 minutes from my house but I would have never met them without stopping at their sale and interacting with them face to face.

Greetings to all and I hope this finds everyone well. Bottle club activity is alive and well with many great reports of club meetings and shows. I wanted to take this time to let everyone know that yes it can be frustrating when you see a show cancel ... but remember it is usually not the club's fault but limitations placed on the show. Let's please be supportive and positive as many times there is a lot of work put into these shows and to have to cancel is tough.

Happy Collecting!

I had the privilege of giving a presentation at the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Clubs first in person meeting in well over a year. The presentation was on privy digging with about forty people present. It was fun and it seemed everyone enjoyed it.

Western Region Eric McGuire

etmcguire@comcast.net

As the stigma of Covid 19 works its way through the world’s population, and vaccines have lessened the chances of a more virulent strain, our population appears to be more optimistic about its riddance. This increased Covid isolation has underscored the importance of interaction with fellow collectors. It is truly a rare individual who doesn’t seek at least some communication between members of our unique and special pastime. Most of us have been fortunate enough to enjoy some interaction via the Internet. Just imagine what it would be like without this electronic invention, as it was some 25 years ago. No shows and fewer club meetings have severely limited our desire for old fashioned human contact which appears to be changing. I do hope FOHBC members have appreciated the receipt of our bimonthly Bottles & Extras journal. It, along with Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, has become major lifelines for ‘bottle communication’. My hat goes off to those who have attempted to keep us informed through club newsletters, with both hard copies and online versions. It has become apparent by now that a shift in collecting has taken place over time whereby collecting is more focused on local interests. Understandably, many collectors are having a greater interest in items from a particular geographic area. Local newsletters often provide a good dose of specific area information regarding bottles. This is an excellent reason to join your local club regardless of the Covid issue.

Northeast Region Fred DeCarlo

fdecarlo117@gmail.com

Most of us are aware but as a reminder the Syracuse National Show had to be cancelled due to lack of sales. This was a tough decision but it had to be made. A lot of work was put into thai but we must move on and acknowledge all the hard work put into this project especially from Jim and Val Berry and Jim Bender. Also, the Baltimore show had to be canceled this September due to very limited occupancy rules. Please keep checking our show listing site for updates on upcoming shows. One show I wanted to spotlight is the Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Show this November. This will be their first annual show so reach out to Paul McClure (oldbottles@outlook.com) to secure a table and let's help this club get off to a great first show. To all the diggers out there. Keep them shovels moving. The next scoop can be the next great discovery!

Southern Region Jake Smith

syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com

The Lincoln, Ala. Show attracted 55 tables and lots of spectators, so many officials said it was the largest and busiest in show history. Next year’s show will be held in the same place on June 11th. The North Alabama Bottle & Antique Show is set for Aug. 14 in Graysville. Meanwhile, the Tallahassee, Fla. Show drew roughly 100 tables and a good crowd despite the presence of a tropical storm which could have prevented some folks from coming. I never heard from the folks before or after the Tulsa, Okla., show, so I can only hope it was a good one. The organizers at the Concord, N.C. show never contacted me after the show. No information was received from the Chattanooga Antique Militaria and Americana Show in East Ridge, Tenn. Coming up are the DeLand, Fla., show in Reddick, Fla., July 31, a bottle and collectibles show Sept. 18 in Youngsville, N.C., the Nashville (Tenn.) Antique Bottle, Advertising and Collectible Show in Lebanon, Tenn. Sept. 24-25, the Fayette (Ala.) Bottle Show on Oct. 9 and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle and Advertising Show in Biloxi Oct. 23.

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Sunday February 13, 2022 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Doubletree Inn, 175 Hutchinson Ave. Columbus, Ohio (I-270 and Rt. 23) Admission: $3, Early Admission: $20 7:00 am to 9:00 am Show Co-Chairs Rojer Moody (General Info)

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Brad Funk

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Sue O’Keeffe

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Bottle Show & Sale Sunday, September 19, 2021 Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center 219 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 60+ Sales Tables - Free Bottle Appraisals 3 Free $20 Door Prize Drawings General admission 9 AM - 2 PM: $4 - $1 off w/ this ad

Early admission 8:00 AM: $20 Children under 12 free

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Dew Drop” By Mike McKillop

ne of California’s rarest and most historic bottles has been discovered. It’s like finding that one golden “Dew Drop” falling in the misty morning air during sunrise. Next to the William T. Coleman flask, the Eichelberger Dew Drop would be considered equal in historical significance. William T. Coleman along with “Truett, Jones & Arrington” were all part of the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee. The headquarters for the Vigilance Committee was at the wholesale liquor house of “Truett & Jones”, known as “Fort Gunnybags.” This very important part of California’s history is second only to the Gold Rush. They are not only California legends but are considered American legends. (More history on the 1856 S.F. Vigilance Committee and Fort Gunnybags is online)

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Fort Gunnybags, headquarters of the Vililance Committee of 1856

The Bottle reads: “Bottled for Truet, Jones & Arrington – Eichelberger Dew Drop” with dewdrops coming down from the words “Dew Drop.” Eichelberger Whiskey comes from the Baltimore area around the same time. The bottle would have been made for one year only in 1859, possibly Baltimore Glass Works. Truett’s name was misspelled on the bottle, only having one “T” in Truett.

One of California’s rarest and most historic bottles has been discovered. It’s like finding that one golden “Dew Drop” falling in the misty morning air during sunrise. Rare William T. Coleman & Co., San Francisco flask

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1860 billhead for Truett, Jones & Arrington

This error could be why only a few were made. Notice that the bottle reads “Bottled For” not “Bottled By”. This was probably bottled exclusively for Truett, Jones & Arrington for their involvement with the San Francisco Vigilance Committee. There are only two of these bottles known to exist. This one shown was found in California and the other one on the East Coast. Here is how Truett, Jones & Arrington got their start in California and how they all came together as one company.

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“Miers Fisher Truett” Born: Pennsylvania Oct. 6, 1816 Died: New Mexico Sept. 27, 1885 Wife: Salina G. Dodge 5 children Miers F. Truett arrived in San Francisco with his brother Henry B. Truett, on the Steamer Independence on Sept. 18, 1851. In 1852 they build the first brick buildings at the corner of Front & Sacramento Streets. From 58, 60 Front St. to 39,41,43,45 Sacramento St. They soon open up a grocery store at 60 Front St. Known as “Truett & Truett.” They started selling liquors in 1854. His brother H.B. Truett retires from the company early part of 1855. Truett then has Gideon C. Jones join him as a partner in Oct. 1855 at 58 Front St. & 41 Sacramento St. On Feb. 1, 1858, Truett & Jones add William Arrington to the partnership, known as “Truett, Jones & Arrington,” which only lasted until Sept. 26, 1860. Miers F. Truett was a prominent figure and businessman in California. He was one of the Board of Directors with the Sacramento Valley Railroad in 1855, California’s first railroad. He was a leader with the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856, alongside William T. Coleman. The 1856 Vigilance Committee’s headquarters were at the wholesale liquor house of “Truett & Jones” 41 Sacramento St. also known as “Fort Gunnybags.” After the company of Truett, Jones & Arrington dissolved in 1860, Truett becomes a landlord and rents his buildings out to various companies until about 1865. Truett heads to New Mexico where he lives until he died in 1885.

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Dew Drop with drips in the embossing

Embossing on the side of the bottle

Logo of the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco Nice light swirls in the bottle

Beautiful example

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“Gideon C. Jones” Born: Kentucky Died: San Francisco August 10, 1867 Wife: Sarah Russell 1 child, daughter Gideon C. Jones started in San Francisco as a liquor merchant with a Mr. Horn in August 1853, known as, “Jones, Horn & Co.” 91 Battery St. The company changed to “Jones & Lonax” on Jan. 1, 1854, then to “G.C. Jones & Co.” on May 1, 1854. I guess Jones had a hard time finding a good partner. He finally joined Truett in Oct. 1855, known as “Truett & Jones” 58 Front St and 41 Sacramento St. Then they add Arrington to the partnership in 1858. Jones was quite the rebel. He was arrested for treason in 1863 for aiding and supplying a Confederate pirate ship off the coast of California. The pirate ship was called the Chapman.

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He served most of his time and was given leniency by President Lincoln and was released in 1864. Jones lived in San Francisco until he died in 1867. Both he and his wife died the same day in an accident leaving their daughter age 13, as an orphan. “William Arrington” Born: North Carolina Wife: Lydia Died: Aug.14, 1855 age 36

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William Arrington started in San Francisco in 1850 as a merchant with a Mr. Coghill. The firm was known as “Coghill & Arrington” 65 Jackson St. Arrington left Coghill and started his own company on July 25, 1851, known as “Arrington & Co.” 4 Orleans Row. Arrington joined the company of “Truett & Jones” on Feb. 1, 1858. The company of Truett, Jones & Arrington ended on Sept. 26, 1860. William Arrington is no longer listed in business after 1860. Records show him sailing back east to the Carolinas on the steamer called America on Jan. 11, 1865. He was most likely heading to his hometown. It’s the last time he is mentioned. William’s brother Nicolas O. Arrington helped him with his business for a short time in the early 1850s. Nicolas Arrington was one of the Executive Committee members of the 1851 San Francisco Vigilance Committee. Both William and Nicolas were also Vigilantes during the 1856 Vigilante Committee under William T. Coleman. Known as the Arrington Brothers during that time. After the San Francisco Vigilante incidents, Nicolas goes on to be the V.P. of the California & New York Steamship Co. in 1857.

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WANTED: Anything to do with Dr. E. R. Clarke from Sharon, Mass.

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The National

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Situated in the heart of Ballston Spa, New York is a museum whose mission is to preserve the history of our nation’s first major industry: Bottle making. Exhibits inside of the National Bottle Museum allow visitors to view thousands of glass bottles.

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The not-so-dry story of diving, into an Augusta, Ga. well By Bill Baab

Keith Deas (left), Karl Harrar flank yellow oxygen tube as they peer into well's depth to listen to in-depth remarks from Jeff Mansir (Bill Baab photo)

arl Harrar, of Aiken, South Carolina, has been a researcher, digger and collector of antique bottles for a couple of decades. He also is the developer of a ground-penetrating radar system that can reveal ancient privy holes and underground trash piles. (See easyradarusa@gmail.com) So when he discovered a well on property in the old Summerville section of Augusta, Georgia, an area first settled during the 1840s, he thought it might have possibilities. Those possibilities in his mind’s eye included pontiled sodas and medicines and American historical flasks.

been dropping into blocked-up sewers for that city and he’s also dropped into privy holes. He had never dropped into a well, but that was about to change. Mansir came equipped with a heavy duty tripod equipped with a winch filled with 50 feet of steel cable. The end of the cable snapped onto an attachment on the upper back of a safety harness. He also wears a hard hat to avoid having bricks or other

Over the years, people being people dumped all kinds of trash into wells, including bottles, the philosophy being “out of sight, out of mind.” Harrar’s first objective was to determine if the well, located on the crest of a hill, was dry. So he lowered a “fish camera” attached to a long cable into the depths of the bricklined well. Images taken at the bottom of the 40-odd-foot-deep well and displayed on a monitor screen seemed to indicate no water was present. So his next steps were to obtain permission of the property owner and discover the best way to safely enter the well, including ways and means of safely climbing out. He checked Facebook and found Jeff Mansir in Clover, South Carolina. The 55-year-old for the last 10 years has

A tablespoon, a child's shoe and junk bottles among other trash hauled up from the well (Bill Baab Photo)

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Mansir (right) handles the winch as Harrar begins descent into the well (Bill Baab Photo)

debris falling on his head during the descent, an unpleasantly painful experience. Joining them was Keith Deas of nearby Evans, Georgia, owner and operator of a backhoe with a front end loader. It was Keith’s job to push off the well cover and he later assisted during the operation. After the operation ended, the open well was filled and the opening covered, eliminating the possibility of wildlife, pets and even people falling in. The operation took place on a crisp, cold Saturday morning, April 3, 2021. This claustrophobic writer was present as a non-diving observer. Mansir donned his safety harness, attached the steel cable’s fitting and with Harrar turning the winch handle was slowly lowered into the depths. The diver discovered there was little chance of being struck by loose bricks, the well (shall we say) being wellbuilt. Once the diver reached the bottom, he told those above that there was all sorts of modern trash, including carpet remnants, blocking further egress. He also admitted being a bit nervous and decided he would like to come up and get out of the well. So Harrar offered to trade places. Up came Mansir, down went

Harrar who decided to remove some of the trash layers. He filled a large plastic bucket with a stout handle to which a strong rope was affixed. The rope being threaded through its own pulley system. Mansir started hauling until Deas could grab the bucket handle and dump the trash on the ground next to the well. Out tumbled carpet remnants, brick fragments and 1970s trash, including a throw-away Pepsi bottle, 20th century clear whiskey flasks, a ceramic doorknob, the bottom fragment of a hobbleskirt CocaCola bottle, miscellaneous pieces of plastic sheeting and the top of a 1930s milk bottle. Five bucketloads of such things were hauled up and dumped, after which electronics engineer Harrar received a shock. Water began pouring into the well after the last load. There must have been a spring and it was coming in at such a rapid rate that Harrar knew a sump pump could not keep up with the flow. He was philosophical about the whole thing. “Well, I gave it the old college try and am glad I did,” he said. “Had I not, thoughts of what might have been would have been forever on my mind.”

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Sidebar to: The not-so-dry story of diving, into an Augusta, Ga. well

“Pipe!” He Hollered By Bill Baab

Edgefield District pipe discovered by Eric Nygard in privy. (Courtesy of Edward Moody)

Eric Nygard found himself in the depths of an 8-foot-deep, wood-lined pre-Civil War privy in the heart of downtown Augusta, Georgia during an early spring day this year. He was a member of a party organized by Karl Harrar, an electronics engineer from Aiken, South Carolina, Harrar is famous for developing a portable ground-penetrating radar system the longtime collector of antique bottles and pottery uses to pinpoint locations of outhouse holes and trash pits of yesteryear. The system had located two previous privies on the lot dating to the late 19th century and a few bottles from that era had been found. A few weekends later he had found the much older third privy jammed against the foundation of an adjacent building. He earlier had learned the lot was the site of a 19th century hotel. So Nygard had found himself at the very bottom of the privy, scratching in the dirt in search of more artifacts deposited during the 1850s. All the bottles excavated were pontiled, including a pair of Clark & Company iron-pontiled mineral waters from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Suddenly, from out of the depths, Nygard shouted “pipe!” “I thought he meant he’d found a water or sewer pipe,” Harrar said.

Salt-glazed bottle said to be early French ink (Courtesy of Karl Harrar)

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September - October 2021 But it turned out to be an alkaline glazed clay pipe whose bowl sported facial features. It is believed to have been made by a master potter residing in the old Edgefield, South Carolina District a scant 30 miles away. That area was called “Pottersville” was founded by renowned master potter Abner Landrum during the 1820s who also was credited with developing the alkaline glaze process. Pipes for smoking made in that district are considered rare by collectors and usually bring four-figure sums at auction.

pipes were brought to my attention, including three excavated some 25 years ago behind one of the earliest homes of Macon in central Georgia by my friend and fellow collector Jim Grantham. One was a fancy molded clay example, the others featured facial features and all are illustrated with Nygard’s example (he won it during the post-dig picks) with this story. Tony Carr of North Augusta also found a whole pipe and the remains of another while digging several years ago in the Miles Mill pottery site in Edgefield County near Trenton, S.C.

During research for this story, other Unusual 2-1/2-gallon churn found in pre-Civil War privy. (Courtesy of Karl Harrar)

Ornate clay pipe (right) with face among trio dug in Macon by Jim Grantham. (Courtesy of Jim Grantham)

Tony Carr found this pipe near Trenton, South Carolina. (Courtesy of Tony Carr)

Here’s the face pipe dug by Jim Grantham in Macon, Ga. (Courtesy of Jim Grantham)

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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.

Send photos to: Michael Seeliger We prefer images in digital format, jpg or pdf format, or original photos that we will scan and archive, or return. Please specify. The highest resolution possible. Please caption each image. If you know of anyone who may have some of these images like club historians, or old collectors, please let them know or provide contact info for these people we may have lost track of. We are also looking for older bottles books to scan and archive on our web sites. Thank you.

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Michael George collection in New Hampshire. By Sunday morning, August 8th, they should set up by 9:00 am and plan to image 30+ items, mostly pontiled medicines, and other items if time permits. Then, back to Ohio to start the editing process. When that is done, Alan will send the completed images to Miguel in Almaty, Kazakhstan and from there Miguel creates a draft template page on the Virtual Museum website. Then Ferdinand in Texas creates the display space in the museum gallery and pulls together the historical information and secondary support images. Then the piece is placed in the museum and an announcement is made to the public. Truly a global effort!

Virtual Museum Ne ws By Richard T. Siri, Santa Rosa, California

**************** VM Finances: Alan DeMaison is also the FOHBC Virtual Museum treasurer who reports to the FOHBC treasurer Jim Berry in New York. He provides monthly and annual reports to the board. I thought I would reproduce his latest report below.

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. **************** What constitutes an antique bottle? When I started collecting old bottles, finding an inside screw-top whiskey was a big deal. Those bottles were 60 to 70 years old at the time. Collectible, yes, antique no, at least by the United States government standards. If you traveled out of the States and brought home items, you paid duty on them unless they were antiques, and that meant at least 100 years old. Now those screw-top whiskeys are true antiques and look at the categories of collectible bottles that will soon be antiques. ACL sodas are a good example and we will be placing them in the museum. How about ACL milk bottles? I know collectors that specialize in World War II slogan ACL milks and they are of the age that the screw-top whiskeys were when I started collecting. The point of all this is, placing bottles and other glass objects in the museum is going to be a lifetime chore with those that are doing it now. Ferdinand does a bottle a day and still has a business to run on the side. Alan and Gina have lots of collections to photograph when their time allows. Did we bite off more than we can chew? Seems that way sometimes. Hopefully, we can entice donors to get us to the point where we can have full-time people working at the museum so adding five to ten bottle images a day could be accomplished. But for now, it’s the best thing since sliced bread and it’s getting rave reviews by even non-bottle collectors. Let’s hope some of those people, like those who can pay millions of dollars for a ten-minute rocket ride, will see the value in what we are doing and give us a hand and be a corporate sponsor. I think we are showing great progress. Maybe it will happen.

**************** Next VM Imaging Trip: By the time you read this, Alan DeMaison and Terry Crislip should have returned from their automobile New England imaging trip. As of today, July 24, 2021, they plan to leave Ohio on Friday morning, August 6th, to image the Rick Ciralli collection in Bristol, Connecticut. They plan to set up on Saturday, August 7th at Rick’s by 9:00 am and image 30+ items that Rick has been coordinating with Ferdinand. They should finish by 5:00 pm or so and travel to image examples from the

**************** Reno 2022: Alan DeMaison will be set up and imaging bottles on Friday, July 29th, Saturday, July 30th and Sunday July 31st [Showroom hours] in the GSR Summit Pavilion. He will do this on an appointment basis but will also consider walk-in requests if time permits. Be a part of the greatest new thing in our great antique bottle collecting hobby. **************** FOHBC VM Team: Terry Crislip,

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Probably the most interesting Pond’s Bitters advertising trade card of many. Reminds me of an illustration by Dutch artist and graphic designer Maurits Cornelis Escher (M C Escher). Is this Sigmund Freud, George Morgan Pond or someone else? The reverse of the card provides no answer. – NIH U.S. Library of Medicine

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[left to right bottle illustrations] Pond’s Genuine Laxative Bitters illustration. Pond’s Bitters Co., Chicago. 21 percent alcohol by volume. Lash’s Kidney & Liver Bitters illustration. Lash’s Bitters Co. San Francisco, New York & Chicago. 21 percent alcohol by volume. Rex Kidney & Liver Bitters illustration. Rex Bitters Co., New York, Chicago & St. Louis. “As Old as the Pyramids” Pond’s Genuine Kidney and Liver Bitters illustration. Pond’s Bitters Co., Chicago. 21 percent alcohol by volume.

Pond’s Bitters “Make’s You Go Some” inspirational framed advertising trade card.

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“Makes You Go Some” By Ferdinand Meyer V Most of the ephemera used in this article are from the Joe Gourd and Ferdinand Meyer V collections.

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The story here is about three related Chicago-sold bitters and their advertising. The first is Lash’s Bitters from California which inspired the copycat Rex Bitters and Pond’s Bitters, the subject of this first article. Pond’s Bitters was a direct competitor of their Windy City rival, Rex Bitters. I will follow up with Lash’s Bitters and Rex Bitters in future issues of Bottles and Extras. Many bitters collectors avoid these bitters bottles as they were common, late, and amber and not fancy like the figural or decorative squares. This is unfortunate because these bitters certainly have a story to tell and have some absolutely wonderful collateral material. These well-known products were primarily bitters sold as a laxative and “a permanent cure for constipation” but contained quite a bit of alcohol, hence the Pond’s Bitters “Makes You Go Some,” monkey drinking on a chamber pot advertisement – one of my favorites! Doesn’t get much better than that.

First of all, some may think that Pond’s Bitters Company is related to Pond’s Extract Company which started out in 1846 as a patent medicine company when Theron T. Pond [1880-1952], a pharmacist from Utica, New York, began selling “Golden Treasure,” a homeopathic remedy he developed from witch hazel. This is not the case. Most of us remember Pond’s Cold Cream. I’ve gone back in ancestry trees but cannot find a connection. There probably is somewhere down the line as both Pond progenitors came from New York. Unrelated Pond’s Cold Cream advertisement, Ponds Extract Co., circa 1910.

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Lash’s Bitters Lash’s Bitters started out with John Joseph Spieker who moved to California in 1875. In 1876, at the early age of 20 or so, Spieker became a druggist in Sacramento and by 1878 he was a partner in Tufts & Spieker (A. C. Tufts and J. J. Spieker) who were druggists and apothecaries. In February 1884, John Spieker formed a new partnership with Tito M. Lash and named the company T. M. Lash & Co. to produce Lash’s Kidney & Liver Bitters.

Enameled sign for Pond’s Laxative Bitters “Make’s You Go Some” - Ketcham collection

Tito hired an accountant in 1889, who found questionable accounting problems in the company’s books. In October of that year, an injunction was granted that denied Spieker access to any accounts, money, or property, and the partnership was officially terminated. Ten days later, Spieker bought out his former partner, and also Lash’s half of the rights to produce and market the firm’s line of products. John Spieker then established a new company called Lash’s Bitters Co. and continued to manufacture Lash’s Bitters. The company moved to San Francisco in 1893, and a year later, it was officially incorporated as Lash’s Bitters Co. The business was very successful and in 1901, the Chicago office was opened with $1,000 in capital, and in 1904, the New York City office opened. George Morgan Pond

Questionable children and chamber pots advertising trade card “Pond’s Bitters Make’s You Go Some.” placard nailed to the tree. Fancy lady on the front of a Pond’s Bitters advertising trade card. Reverse below. Typically, all Pond’s trade cards had a version of the layout below with a different design arrangement and copy.

Pond’s Bitters is named after George Morgan Pond who was born in Tarrytown, New York on May 29, 1854. Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about 25 miles north of midtown Manhattan in New York City. He was the son of Loyal Sylvester Pond (Vermont) and Harriet Sarah Taylor (New Hampshire). He later married Louise Fitch in 1882. Their children were Annie, Kate, George Jr., Guy, and Rainsferd Pond. G. M. Pond grew up in New York but something made him move to the west coast, like many before him, as we see him working as a clerk in Los Angeles, California in 1879. He was 25 years old at the time. In 1880, he is listed as working as a bookkeeper in Los Angeles. He moved to Sacramento in the 1880s and eventually Santa Cruz. In the mid-1890s, Pond was living in San Francisco and was working as a manager at A. Schilling & Co. (August Schilling and George F. Volkmann) wholesale dealers in coffee, teas, spices, flavoring extracts, and baking powder at 108-112 Market Street. This was approximately one block from the Lash’s Bitters operation. It is during this period that Pond met John Spieker and Tito Lash. Whether he worked directly for them or as a business associate, I cannot determine, but he must have gained their confidence as he moved to Chicago, Illinois and opened and managed the Lash’s Bitters Co. office in 1901. The advertisement below is from the Chicago Business Directory that year.

1901 City of Chicago directory listing for Lash’s Bitters Co., Geo. M. Pond, manager.

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The move for Pond to Chicago must have been sudden as the 1901 San Francisco City Directory lists George M. Pond as president of Pond & Company. They were doing foreign and domestic commissions, advertising novelties, and calendars located at 12 and 22 Market Street in rooms 32-33. The directory would’ve already gone to press. I wonder if his company was doing advertising and promotion for Lash’s and that was the connection? I doubt it was his son George Jr. as there would have been double listings in the resident section of directories from that period. Pond’s Bitters Company In 1909, George M. Pond left Lash’s and formed his own firm, Pond’s Bitters Company at 147 Fulton Street in Chicago. This picture card below shows Pond sitting on three boxes of his Pond’s Bitters surrounding by his office staff and sales force.

Pond would run the company with grand success until 1911 or 1912. It is then that we see John Schweger listed as president and Jacob Lamfrom as the secretary at Pond’s Bitters Company now located at 723 Fulton Street. Pond would die on May 30th, 1919, so maybe ill health or just advanced age made him leave the company. Pond’s Bitters was now going national and in 1914, William F. O’Brien signed a contract with Pond’s Bitters Company to sell the bitters in parts of Pennsylvania and New York. The company would go on to manufacture Pond’s Cherry Whiskey (Cordial), Pond’s Kil-a-Kol, and Pond’s Vermo Stomach Bitters. The Vermo Stomach Bitters was sold from 1919 to 1924 and was pitched as a tonic and appetizer. The label was almost identical to Pond’s Laxative Bitters (left). At this time, Jacob Lamfrom was President. Pond’s Bitters Meyer collection

The Old Tried and True Force now the Pond’s Bitters Co. George M. Pond is seated on three crates of Pond’s Bitters.

Pond’s Bitters Co. would manufacture and sell Pond’s Bitters, their signature product. They also manufactured Pond’s Ginger Brandy, Pond’s Gin-Ger-Gin, and Pond’s Rock and Rye with Horehound. The bottles and packaging looked similar to Lash’s. The Pond’s Bitters trademark was a facsimile of the Discobolus of Myron which is a Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period at around 460-450 BC. The sculpture depicts a youthful male athlete about to release his throw. It’s interesting that Pond’s advertising altered the head to face forward and down. This was pre-Photoshop, cut-and-paste studio work. [below] Pond’s Bitters trademark Discobolus

[right] Discobolus of Myron

Suggestive Advertising Just like Rex Bitters which started in Chicago in 1902, Pond’s Bitters put out a lot of advertising material and some of it was risqué and suggestive. Remember, Pond had a background in advertising and promotions in San Francisco. They would get in trouble with the same police chief and judge that hounded Rex Bitters when William E. Slaughter was president. In 1910, a summons was issued to Pond’s Bitters Company for distributing indecent advertising pictures near schoolhouses. Of course, this is how advertising works. Catch your attention and then hopefully, you will read about the product and then buy some.

Indecent pictures summons for Pond’s Bitters Co. The Inter Ocean, November 17, 1910

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[right] Pond’s Bitters advertising trade card promoting and celebrating adultery. “My Wife Has Gone to the Country” Hurrah!

[right] Pond’s Bitters advertising trade card using the word “Tail” and a beautiful young lass. “Didn’t That Cat Ever Have any Tail” or did the skinny guy ever get any?

[right] “Maude with her little bear behind” Pond’s Bitters advertising trade card. A double entendre that engages the viewer to be naughty by inserting a quarter in the hole with tearing... the virgin.

Risqué Pond’s Bitters makes you go some advertising trade card. When held a certain way reveals some derrière.

Very suggestive Pond’s Bitters “It Looks Good to Me” advertising trade card. They both lose their hats while a fish and a creepy man in the moon gives the “OK” wink.

Risqué Pond’s Bitters “Taking in the Sights” advertising trade card. Did the lad push her or did the dog frighten her? Why the “Keep off the Grass” sign?

Suggestive Pond’s advertising trade card. I don’t even know where to begin with this one!

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More Trouble with the Law The Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 did not spell good news for Pond’s 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.” Now it was not about the advertising. The future was not looking too good. In 1916, the City of Chicago sued Pond’s Bitters Company for selling spirituous liquor without a license. Tests proved that their product was 20 percent alcohol. Obviously the ploy of selling the bitters as a medicinal product was wearing off.

City Sues ‘Pond’s Bitters.’ - Chicago Tribune, June 17, 1916

president. “I asked you if you sold any of it to saloons,” replied the judge vehemently. The conversation degraded from there and eventually, the judge ordered Lamfrom to be taken by United States Marshall’s and put behind bars. Interestingly enough, a witness for the rival Rex Bitters Company was present and supplied information that Pond’s Bitters contained 21 percent alcohol. Hmmm…, Rex Bitters contained 22 percent alcohol. The year 1924 would all but wrap it up for Pond’s Bitters Co. Fulton Market Pond’s Bitters, throughout their years in business, had many Fulton Street addresses. They hopped down Fulton Street a number of times from 1909 to 1924, eventually landing at Fulton Market on the corner of Fulton and Green Streets. James Thompson’s original 1830 plan of Chicago was centered on Wolf Point at the fork of the Chicago River and included much of the area that is today the Fulton River District. The street grid and block layout imposed on this small area defined the pattern of Chicago’s development as the city grew. Commerce dominated the district for much of its history. Lumber and grain were shipped through the district, and Sears and Roebuck’s first mail-order warehouse was located at Fulton and DesPlaines. Randolph Street became the center of wholesale produce distribution in the late 19th Century and was the site of the famous Haymarket Square labor riots of 1886 on Des Plaines Street.

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 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.” 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. In another bit of courtroom drama in 1920, Rex Bitters Company and Pond’s Bitters Company fought it out in front of the judge. A newspaper clipping was titled, ”Bitter Folks Seem to be in Bitter Tangle” where Judge Landis made attempts to discover the extent of the sale in the trade of Pond’s Bitters. He had asked for samples from three saloon raids. He called to the stand Jacob Lamfrom, now president of Pond’s Bitters Company, and asked, “How much of this stuff did you make last month?“ “Fifteen Hundred cases” Lamfrom answered, and added that all of it had been sold to wholesale druggists and grocers. “You didn’t sell any of it to saloons?“ “We do not solicit that trade.” sidestepped the

A busy Fulton Street in Chicago. Pond’s Bitters, throughout their years in business, had many Fulton Street addresses.

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I thought I would end this article here so we can put this one behind us and in the rear window. Pond’s Bitters trade card full of somewhat shameful subliminal imagery.

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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’S 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 on of Boston’s largest wholesale drug firms. We will see some great examples in this category.

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The Texas Blue Blob By Brandon DeWoolf

The “Texas Blue Blob” all clean in the sunshine

lthough Texas is not necessarily known for having particularly early bottles, several early Texas bottles can be found here by a persistent digger. This is the story of the early days of one of the first bottling works in Texas and the digging of one of those special bottles that came from there.

Philip Canterbury Philip Canterbury was born around 1798 in Massachusetts and died May 30, 1872, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an orphan, with both of his parents passing away when he was very young. The first listing for him is as the owner of a coffee auction house in New Orleans in 1846 at 116 Chartres. At some point in the 1840s, he married a widower named Bridget Fox; they had one child who died young. Philip appears on the 1850 Census in New Orleans as a soda water manufacturer, in the 1851 New Orleans directory as a soda water manufacturer at 18 Circus St. (now South Rampart) and in 1852, he appears as the owner of the Bachelor Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi. Indications are that Philip arrived in Galveston around 1855 from New Orleans (he shipped one slave from New Orleans to Galveston on March 28, 1855). Shortly after arriving in Galveston, he owned or managed a soda water business located at the corner of Winnie Street and 26th Street. In 1859 and 1866 he is listed by himself in the city directories, in 1868 he is listed as Canterbury & Cordis (sic), and by 1870 he does not show up in the Galveston directories and appears to have moved back to New Orleans.

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As a side note, it is unknown if Philip started in Galveston with his own business or if he was perhaps supporting F.A. Conant’s (prolific bottler in New Orleans) branch in Galveston (source of the only pontiled soda bottle marked Galveston). When Philip passed away in New Orleans in 1872 and his estate went to probate, one of the witnesses was F.A. Conant, who testified that he had known Canterbury for “thirty-odd years.” Additional research is needed on this front.

Henry William Cortes Sr. Henry W. Cortes Sr. was born on February 2, 1831, in Prussia and died on April 10, 1899, in Galveston, Texas. Although not definitively the same person, a 20-year-old Heinrich Cordes arrived in Galveston from Bremen, Germany on November 30, 1850, on the Barque “Solon.” He married his wife Mary (nee Vordenbaumen) in Galveston in 1855, but that is the earliest firm reference found for him in the United States. Interestingly, he is listed as Henry Cortes in the marriage records. In the 1860 US Census, he is listed (as H. Curtis) as having a livery stable in Galveston. The 1868 directory has him listed (as H. Cordis) as part of the firm of Canterbury & Cordis (sic). During this time, one of P. Canturbury’s bottle molds was modified to include “& Curtis” below the Canterbury name. In 1870, the Galveston directory lists him alone (as H. Curtis this time) as having soda water at the same address as Canterbury’s business in earlier years.

Philip Canterbury Slave Manifest Shipping 1 Slave from New Orleans to Galveston, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860

Thus, it appears that sometime between 1866 and 1868, Henry Cortes partnered with Philip Canterbury, then Philip retired and the business became Henry’s by 1870. Finally, in 1872, Henry is listed in the Galveston Directory under his correctly spelled last name “Cortes.” It is not known if the spelling of Cortes as Curtis (and Cordis) was intentional due to some desired Anglicization of his name or if it was just a misspelling that persisted. The various spellings of his name have caused confusion for people trying to research the early years of the bottling works and his partnership with Canterbury.

F.A. Conant Testimony Regarding Philip Canterbury, Louisiana. District Court (Orleans Parish) Succession Records, 1846-1880

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At some point, probably in the early 1880s, Cortes’s soda works became the “Texas Bottling Works” and this was embossed on their bottles in addition to his name. In 1880-1881, a branch of the business was opened in Houston in partnership with Frederick Pothoff but soon closed and Frederick opened the very successful “Union Bottling Works” in Houston around 1882.

Henry William Cortes Jr. Henry William Cortes Jr. was born on May 30, 1856, as the eldest child of Henry and Mary in Galveston, Texas, and died in a tragic carriage accident in Houston on October 4, 1908. By 1877, he was listed as a partner with his father Henry Cortes Sr. in the soda business, as was William Cortes, his younger brother. In 1884, his father appears to have retired and the business passed on to Henry Jr. with some partners; interestingly William Cortes is listed as a driver for a competing soda water business (George Grempczynski). Around 1885, Henry Cortes Jr. opened a branch of the “Texas Bottling Works” in Brenham, Texas that was quickly passed (in late 1885) to his younger brother William. William ran the bottling works for many years in Brenham until he died in 1901. Henry Cortes went on to be one-half of the large hardware company “Bering & Cortes” of Houston.

Later Years By 1886, the business passed completely out of the Cortes family and passed to several different owners throughout the 1880s before finally landing in the hands of Charles Marschner. Charles moved the business to another location in Galveston in 1891, ending 30+ years of the business continue operating in the same location at the corner of Winnie St. & 26th St.

The Bottles Between 1860 and 1885, Galveston bottlers Philip Canterbury, Henry William Cortes Sr., and Henry William Cortes Jr., working out of the plant at Winnie & 26th, put out a minimum of 7 different blob top sodas, 2 different gravitating stopper sodas, and 7 different hutch sodas. In addition, their branch businesses had three different Houston, Texas hutch sodas and one Brenham, Texas hutch soda. A number of these bottles from Canterbury and Cortes are extremely rare, with a few having only one or two examples known to exist in collections. It is my (lofty) goal to dig or acquire all of the different Canterbury and Cortes bottles from all 3 cities. Huge “Below Water Table” Barrel Privy on Same Lot

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The Dig On Saturday, May 8, 2021, I drove down to an area of Galveston, Texas with some vacant lots that I have been digging with permission for several years (I live about 1.5 hrs away). During the previous dig, I had probed out and dug an extremely large barrel privy on a corner lot of the block. It was an extremely difficult dig due to the privy going to below the water table but I The “Texas Blue Blob” found some very interesting bottles from 1860-1870 including a nice all dirty olive green umbrella ink and a “Donnaud’s Remedy for Baldness” from New Orleans. On this day, I arrived around 6:00 AM just as the sky was lightning and began probing. Typically where there is one privy, there are others nearby, so I began probing in one direction towards the alley, but could not find anything of interest. I then went back and started probing in the other direction towards the interior of the lot, and about 7’ from the big barrel privy, I found a slightly crunchy spot that was about 5’ deep. In Galveston, many of the trash pits and privies are full of oyster shells, and depending on how rotten the shells are, they can be deceiving to probe. Nonetheless, I opened up the hole and after removing about 18” of soil I started rolling out some 1940’s and 1950’s whiskies (definitely not an encouraging start). I dug down another 12” and exposed a wooden wall as though it were a privy, but the stuff in the hole was still very new. At the 3’ level, everything changed. The bottles and shards coming out were from the late 1890s and the layering became more like what I like to see in a privy. By now I had exposed all 4 wooden walls and found that the privy was very small; perhaps 3’ x 3’ or smaller. I dug a nice H. Koester pharmacy bottle from Galveston and things were looking up. Unfortunately, the bottom was near with natural clay appearing at 5’. Along one wall at the very bottom, I pulled out a hutch soda (Forsgard, Waters & Co.), which is a very rare soda from Galveston from a short-lived purveyor of Moxie (TX0285 on hutchbook.com) dating to around 1888. On a normal day, this hutch would have made the day as it was the first intact example of this bottle I had dug. I continued to work my way around the bottom of the privy at the 5’ level and along the opposite wall I popped out a blob soda bottle. Before I even picked it up, I could tell it was an extremely rare variation of the Cortes blobs that is embossed “Henry Cortes & Son/ Galveston/Texas” with a strange symbol on the base. The shoulder on these bottles is narrower than the base so they are easy to identify. These come in two colors: aqua (which is very rare but I have dug before) and cornflower blue (which is extremely rare and I had never dug intact before). The question was…what color was it?! I picked it up and held it up to the sun and could not see through it due to all the mud. As I lugged it back to the truck to wrap it up, I finally got the base cleared up enough to be able to see the sun through it…and I’ve got to say that I was hooting and hollering. I was digging alone this day, so I didn’t have anyone to share my excitement with, but it was the cornflower blue version! For me, this was a bucket list bottle that I never imagined I would have a chance to dig. I wrapped the bottle up and finished up the privy. I dug one other

F.A. Conant Galveston Blob Soda (Pontiled), Front & Back

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Three different P. Canterbury Blob Sodas, the last being Canterbury and Curtis

Three variations of the with corresponding Hutchbook.com numbers H. Cortes Hutch Sodas, TX0277.5, TX0277, TX0280

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Three variations of the H. Cortes & Son Blob Sodas with Color Variations

Two variations of the with corresponding Hutchbook.com numbers H. Cortes Hutch Sodas, TX0280.5, TX0279

Two variations of the with corresponding Hutchbook.com numbers H.W. Cortes Hutch Soda with backwards "N", TX0280, TX0281

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Similar Privy to May 8, 2021 Dig (On Same Lot)

hutch soda from the hole; an H.W. Cortes hutch soda with a backward N that is from when Henry W. Cortes Jr. ran the business in the 1880s. I had the privy filled in and was probing for another hole by 9:00 in the morning. The privy covered roughly 18771900 but had been extensively dipped over the years, just leaving three earlier bottles jammed against the walls and some 1890’s stuff from the final fill-in towards the center.

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The remainder of the day was spent chasing small trash pits with the only bottle of note being a “Dr. McGork’s Drug Store” bottle, which though not marked as such, is a scarce Galveston pharmacy bottle.

Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860

Anecdotally, there is only one other intact example of the cornflower blue “Henry Cortes & Son” bottle. It was reportedly dug around 1965 by prolific Galveston digger Virginia Kesel and now resides in a prominent Texas soda collection.

Galveston, Texas, City Directory, 1859, 1866, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1891 New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1846, 1851 Louisiana. District Court (Orleans Parish) Succession Records, 1846-1880 1850, 1860, 1870 United States Federal Census Lane, Bob & Alice. The Early Houston Sodas. Self Published, 1973

U.S., Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1959 The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 24, Ed. 1 Monday, October 5, 1908 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85719389/henry-william-cortes https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155891119/henry-w-cortes Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1884 Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1886 Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 182, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1901 http://www.hutchbook.com/

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No Secrets, Indiana: Your “Ideal Soldier” Sold Liquor By Jack Sullivan

o author in America was more famous in the late 19th Century than Lew Wallace, best known as the author of “Ben Hur.” Wallace forever enshrined James R. Ross as the “Ideal Indiana Soldier” by penning a biography that extolled his military record in the Civil War and after. Ross’ career as a successful liquor dealer in Indianapolis, by contrast, has been kept almost totally secret. It is time to balance the narrative. James Ross was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in August 1841 of

(Fig. 1) Lew Wallace

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Scotch-Irish parentage. His father, Thomas, was a cabinetmaker; his mother, Hannah, kept house. When he was six years old his family moved to Indiana, settling in Crawfordsville, a modest sized town not far from the Ohio line. There he grew up, was educated, and took a job clerking in a dry goods store. With the outbreak of the Civil War when he was twenty, Ross traveled about 50 miles to Indianapolis and enlisted in the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s expedition into Tennessee and saw hot combat at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh. During this period Wallace was raised to brigadier general and Ross promoted to captain of Company C. Ross subsequently transferred to Wallace’s staff which seems to have cemented the bond between the two men. An 1862 magazine illustration of Wallace in battle shows him among aides (Fig 2). One of them likely was Ross.

This was a unit organized and commanded by Lew Wallace (Fig. 1). As a youth Wallace, a lawyer, had lived in Crawfordsville for time and his wife was from there. He and Ross probably had known each other there. Having previously served in the Mexican War, Wallace was now a colonel and commander of the 11th. Ross joined him as a private. The 11th initially was sent to what was to become West Virginia, seeing minimal activity before its three-month enlistments ran out and the troops went home.

When Wallace in 1864 was named commander of VIII Corps, headquartered in Baltimore, he called for Ross, who by then was a commissioned aide on the general staff of the army. Those troops saw significant action at Monocacy Junction, Maryland, when Confederate General Jubal Early crossed the Potomac River and made a feint toward Washington, D.C. Wallace’s outmatched forces ultimately were defeated but delayed Rebel troops long enough to stymie any attack on the Nation’s Capitol. When the war ended Ross was mustered out in Baltimore.

Undaunted, the flamboyant Wallace reorganized the 11th in Indianapolis as “Zouaves,” modeled after French light infantrymen, trained them in zouave tactics, and designed colorful uniforms consisting of a grey jacket with red trimming, soft gray cap with red braiding, dark blue vest, and sky blue pantaloons. In our day when “camo” is required, those bright colored uniforms seem an invitation to getting shot. With Ross among them, the fancy-dressed 11th Indiana was sent

James wasted no time in getting married. In 1866, he wed Thesta Alice, born in Indiana. Both were about 24 years old. With a wife to support, Ross found work as a clerk. Without disclosing what Ross was doing in either city, a biographer stated he “engaged in business in Chicago and Cincinnati for a number of years…” My surmise is that James was working in the liquor business. Both cities were noted for a proliferation of saloons and dealers to provide such establishments with strong drink. By 1873 Ross had moved to Indianapolis and was working for John B. Stumph & Co., a liquor wholesaler.

(Fig. 2) Lew Wallace and aides, one of these soldiers is more than likely James Ross

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(Fig. 3) The Stumph firm appears to have gone out of business about 1877, replaced by a company formed by Ross and two partners called James R. Ross & Co.

(Fig. 4) Amber and clear versions of the Indianapolis whiskies from Jas (James) R. Ross

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(Fig. 8,9 and 10) Here are shot glasses Ross used as giveaways

The Stumph firm appears to have gone out of business about 1877, replaced by a company formed by Ross and two partners called James R. Ross & Co. (Fig. 3), located at 184-188 South Meridian Street, the primary north-south street in Indianapolis. This major thoroughfare was a prime central location for doing business and throughout the firm’s 39 year history, while moving from time to time, it maintained a Meridian Street address. Ross’ liquor business not only was selling whiskey at wholesale but was marketing its own proprietary brands, likely “rectifying” —blending and mixing them for taste and color in a back room. Among labels were “Coonskin,” “Glendale,” "Marion Club,”

"Race King,” “Signet,” “Old Signet” and "Special Bottling.” During his lifetime Ross failed to trademark any of these whiskeys, but several were registered after his death. He sold them in quart bottles, both amber and clear, with simple embossing on the glass of his name and “Indianapolis.”(Fig. 4). Ross also marketed a patent medicine, one he called “Ross’s Aromatic Tonic,” (Fig. 5). Sold in amber bottles, he advertised that it would “cure any case of indigestion or malaria. Try it and be convinced.” (Fig. 6). Likely well infused with alcohol, Ross’s nostrum might have done something for the stomach. As for curing malaria, at the time no one yet knew what caused the disease so it seemed fair game for the peddlers of such remedies. Like many of his competitors, Ross provided attractive giveaway items to favored clients, chiefly saloons and restaurants featuring his whiskeys. He gifted an attractive glass carafe advertising Marion Club, Marion being the name of the Indiana county in which Indianapolis is located (Fig. 7). He also provided shot glasses, some elaborately etched with his monogram with gold around the rim (Fig. 8,9 and 10). Among the more unusual items Ross gave away was a ceramic teapot advertising his Old Signet brand whiskey (Fig. 11). This would have sat on a bar filled with tea or water that patrons could mix with their shots of whiskey.

(Fig. 7) Marion being the name of the Indiana county in which Indianapolis is located

(Fig. 11) Among the more unusual items Ross gave away was a ceramic teapot advertising his Old Signet brand whiskey

As the years wore on, apparently recognizing that

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(Fig. 5) An amber bottle of the Indianapolis Tonic from Jas (James) R. Ross. These images show both front and back, with the initials J.R.R. & Co on the back of the bottle

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(Fig. 6) Here is the front and back of a trade card advertisement, there are a series of these cards, for the Jas R. Ross Co.

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(Fig. 12) This new letterhead had a sleek, streamlined design, signaling a “modern” establishment

the company’s Victorian style letterhead was beginning to look antique, Ross adopted the “art deco” style that was becoming the stylistic rage. This new letterhead had a sleek, streamlined design, signaling a “modern” establishment (Fig. 12). Although one partner, Henry C. Knode, left to start his own liquor store, the other, Henry Thomson, remained with the firm throughout. Meanwhile, Ross was extending his military career and achieving even higher ranks. Upon returning to Indianapolis he had taken a hand in organizing the Indianapolis Light Infantry in 1877. This was a part of the state militia, the Second Regiment of the Indiana National Guard. Ross was elected second lieutenant, then first lieutenant, and by 1885 was its captain. Eventually he would be promoted to colonel.

brave, as a citizen exemplary.” Ultimately known widely as Colonel Ross, James died at his home in Indianapolis in October, 1900. He was 59 years old. As his widow, Thesta, and their only child, Frederick, together with other friends and kinfolk mourned by his grave, he was buried in Section 36, Lot 174, of the Indianapolis Crown Hill Cemetery (Fig. 13). Thesta would join him there a year later. In an obituary from far off New Orleans the Times-Picayune hailed Ross: “He had a fine record as a soldier and was widely known in military circles.” Again, nothing was said about Ross selling whiskey.

At the same time he was active in the Knights of Pythias, Formed after the Civil War, largely of veterans, this fraternal organization strove to promote male bonding around a martial code that harked back to the Roman era. An element of the organization was known as the “Uniformed Ranks,” a quasi-military unit. Ross rose to become commanding officer of the Indiana U.R. Brigade. Meanwhile Ross’s business success and considerable wealth was being noted. That he was selling liquor, however, was not mentioned by one writer who opined: “For honesty and integrity there are none who stand higher in Indianapolis, or who more fully enjoy the confidence and respect of the people…. Bro. Ross has reflected credit upon every position he has ever filled; as a soldier, he was

I surmise that among those attending Ross’s last rites was Lew Wallace, whose book Ben-Hur had eclipsed Uncle Tom’s Cabin as the most popular American novel of the 19th Century. At the time he was living in Crawfordsville, where he had first come to know Ross. Wallace’s seven-page tribute to his former aide, “An Ideal Indiana Soldier,” may well have been his memorial address at Ross’ funeral. Not published until years later, the eulogy currently is not available on the Internet, making it impossible to quote Wallace’s exact words. It is unlikely that the popular author revealed in any way that James Ross, his Indiana hero, had gotten wealthy by selling booze. Note: My thanks to Martin Van Zant for the photo of the Ross’s Aromatic Tonic bottle.

(Fig. 13) Here is an image found on findagrave.com for James R. Ross

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Dr. Claris ease Buffalo office (Image courtesy of Mike Smith)

The Great Horse Healer:

Dr. John T. Claris

East Buffalo Veterinary Hospital 1882-1926 By Peter Jablonski

hen I was a young boy growing up on the East Side of W Buffalo, known as the meatpacking district, my friends and I would roam and explore the fields behind the odd-num-

bered houses of Metcalfe street bordering from William to Howard Street. There was a whole new world to be discovered for the inquisitive minds. Praying mantis that camouflage themselves amidst the tall goldenrod and woe to the unwary grasshopper who crossed its path as they faced immediate decapitation. Some rocks and minerals needed to be studied and kites that needed to test their wings. On one of the many excursions, I came across a horse hoof and treasured it in an old cigar box from my Uncle Bronislaus who enjoyed a good cigar after a tiring day in the press room at Polish, Everybody’s Daily Newspaper and later the Courier Express. It would be years later when my dad, Fred Francis Jablonski, wrote his book Dynamics of East Buffalo Ethnic Neighborhood

that I learned our little Eden in the city was once the site of the Crandall Horse Barns. Aha, that’s where my horse hoof came from. Crandall was the largest horse auction house in the world according to Dr. Claris’s book The Diseases of the Horse. Mr. A.D. Cronk, along with A. B. Crandall, formed the Crandall Horse Co. and could accommodate 2,000 horses, having sold 1184 in one week averaging 100 horses a day for the year. In a single year 100,812 horses were shipped from East Buffalo and 7,596 had been purchased here and shipped to Europe. There were many injured animals on transit and much sickness due to inclement weather. This provided Dr. Claris with a lucrative client for his business. When my dad lectured to local WNY historical societies he told the story of a great conflagration in 1943 of the Crandall Horse Barns, on the birth of my cousin Sue Rozak, which caused an evacuation of the houses on that block of Metcalfe Street. I have

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55 would stop a chill, relieve congestion, and prevent inflammation. Kronkine was available in powder or liquid and in quantities up to five gallons. It wasn’t until an avid Dr. Claris collector Dr. Michael Smith DVM of North Carolina emailed me a picture of the East Buffalo Branch Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital featuring a man with a mustache and derby hat sitting in a sleigh pulled by two horses and two beautiful Dr. Claris advertising signs hanging in the background that I became enamored with discovering who was Dr. Claris. I found out this photo featuring the East Buffalo Branch hospital was located on Newell Street, one block from where I grew up.

Two images of Dr. John T. Claris and as potentate of the Buffalo Shrine.

memories of tractor-trailer trucks carrying live pigs down my street with their snouts sticking out the holes headed towards the end of the street where Gerber Meats, the former Danahy Packing Company awaited their arrival. A block away on Howard Street was Christian Klinck Meatpacking with red trucks bearing an image of a healthy robust steers head. Perhaps most vivid was the sight of my neighbor Henry Kuzinarek in his blood-stained apron walking at lunch to the local corner tavern with his cigarette aglow in his mouth. This past summer I eagerly attended the week-long Madison Bouckville Antique show south of Syracuse excited about the thrill of the hunt for antiques for my collection as well as for resale. There’s stiff competition as there are many pickers all looking for that elusive find.

Dr. Claris was born in London, Ontario, in 1862 and moved to Buffalo when he was 10 years old. He attended school and Bryant & Stratton Business school. He graduated from Toronto Veterinary College in 1882 with a Veterinary Surgeons degree with honors. He immediately established practice at 670 Clinton Street near Watson. In 1884, the tide of prosperity was magnified and he built a larger practice at 625-629 Clinton Corner of Adams a few blocks west of the William Simon Brewery and four blocks north of Larkin Soap. His new establishment was state of the art with horse stalls heated by steam and well ventilated to keep the horses cool in the summer. It was three times the size of his original and the largest of its kind in the US with accommodations for 100 horses on the first floor. The second floor contained a comparative anatomy museum, surgical suites, and doctor’s offices.

The museum contained many odd and interesting freaks of nature designed to show anatomy and pathology demonstrating the growth and location of many diseases of the lower animals. There were complete articulated skeletons of a cow, dog deer, man, and horse. The latter can be seen in the upper window in illustrations of I was tickled pink to be the first the Claris Hospital. The museum to spot a wood veterinary cabicontained a rare collection of net marked Dr. Claris Veterinary exostoses showing the growth of Medicines Buffalo NY. I had a few many forms of the disease in the Dr. Claris stenciled stoneware jugs bones which interferes with move(one marked White Liniment Dr. ment leading to lameness in horses. Claris Veterinary Hospital Buffalo, Another eclectic collection feaN.Y.), another Dr. Claris Liniment, tured calculi found in the horse’s Buffalo, N.Y. and one labeled Krodigestive tract. The largest specinkine bottle featuring the famous men weighed eighty pounds. One Dr. Claris Horse ambulance drawn freak of nature was a colt with one by his horses Forepaugh & Barnum. large eye instead of two. This eye The Claris’ remedies were led by the contained two pupils located in the medicine he called Kronkine. This center of the forehead. The mouth was billed as the great fever cure. and nostril were completely covIt would stimulate the heart and ered with skin and would inflate nourish a sick horse. One tablespoon Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital 1882

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like a bladder each time the colt breathed. Another noticeable anomaly was a two-headed calf which the hospital was willing to show clients at any time. The third floor was dedicated to the manufacture of veterinary medicines and horse elixirs managed by his brother-in-law William Twitty M.D. who was married to Dr. John T. Claris’ sister. The rest of his staff included three other veterinary surgeons: Robert Twitty VS, son of William, William Brown V.S.E, Burdick V.S. John Selbert, Senior Asst. and M. Ginnae Secretary and treasurer. John W. Claris, son of John T., would join the staff around 1922. Additionally, the third floor contained two laboratories and rooms for shipping and labeling. Despite this larger hospital Dr. Claris couldn't handle the demand and started his East Buffalo Branch hospital, in 1893 near the stockyards on 11 Newell St to accommodate the overflow. Dr. Claris stenciled stoneware jugs one marked White Liniment Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital, Buffalo N.Y. and

Here were thirty box stalls with another Dr. Claris Liniment Buffalo, N.Y. hot water apparatus for regulating to feed the union army. Two cattle had died, and three more were temperature in cold weather and infected. Dr. Claris stated a normal temperature for cattle was essential in the treatment of lung and throat so prevalent among 98 while the one examined was 107. The infected were sent to horses exposed to storms in shipping from distant points. By Buffalo Fertilizer Works. As a boy, I played at Dold Park where 1899 he had further expanded his second facility. the industrial-sized abattoir once stood. The Broadway Market was also inspected for contaminated meat and 200 lbs. of bob veal was taken from a wholesaler’s wagon to be inspected by Dr. The Buffalo newspapers of the day include many stories of Claris. Meat inspection and disease control were not limited to horses rushed to his hospital for care. On June 7, 1890, a Polish the city of Buffalo. Dr. Claris went to Salamanca to investigate man by the name of Thomas Goretski wantonly stabbed a horse cases of rabies and to Little Valley to investigate hoof and mouth owned by Frank Brzyicki at 691 Fillmore Ave. The gash was two disease. Disease prevention was a great concern, and when there inches deep and four inches long. He was quickly arrested by were cases of a granular disease in New York city the spread the Precinct 8 Patrol wagon and reported to the Society for the was linked to shared watering troughs. Dr. Claris highly recomPrevention of Cruelty to Animals. On November 17th of 1890, mended separate water pails for horses to prevent the spread of Dr. John T Claris was appointed Chief Veterinary Inspector of the disease in Buffalo. the Bureau of Animal Industry for Buffalo & Suspension Searching google images, I Bridge (now part of Niagara found an image of a brass Dr. Falls) His duty was to prevent Claris Buffalo NY tag with the introduction and spread of a hole in it. I assumed it was contagious diseases by quarlike a RR baggage tag that a antine of infected or euthanizcustomer received as a receipt ing. His headquarters were at when they brought their horse the custom-house. In 1891, into Dr. Claris for treatment. Dr. Claris inspected a case of A June 7th, 1900, the article Texas Fever at the Jacob Dold quickly dispelled that myth. Meatpacking Company which A setter dog was rescued from employed 1000 people and the NYC harbor by a seaman was several city blocks long, Captain Williams aboard his with its ice pond famous for schooner A. Denike, and Capits Niagara Ham. During the tain Williams found a numbered civil war, they had a contract Dr. Claris advertisemnt for Gall Salve

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Dr. Claris advertisemnt for "Largest Veterinary Hospital in the United States" shown carring a horse in his ambulance, used on a book for Disease

Dr. Claris tag around the dog’s neck. Calling Dr. Claris' office to inform them he had rescued one of his canine patients DR Claris quickly dispelled that thought and informed Captain Williams the tag was a tuberculosis inspection tag that was once attached on cattle sent to a butcher in NYC. The butcher placed it around his dog’s neck instead of a dog license tag. On April 3rd, 1901, Frank Brusso, a 25-year-old hostler for a butcher, attempted to cross Clinton Street when he was struck by Dr. Claris horse ambulance and died almost instantly with a fractured skull. The following day William Pruishaw, known as Scotty to all, was crossing the street when he stopped abruptly to call a dog in the center of the street at the intersection of South Division and Pine. Robert H Twitty ambulance driver for Dr. Claris was on his way to call at a fair rate of speed when he struck Scotty. The ambulance weighed several tons and was impossible to bring to an immediate stop. Scotty was knocked over and died immediately. He was blind in one eye and partially deaf. He did odd jobs at saloons and no one knew where he lived. Perhaps Dr. Claris’s ambulance driver was a tad too enthusiastic when rushing to rescue an injured horse. Dr. Claris prided himself in his ambulance service and a newspaper article stated, "One feature of the institution that commends itself to lovers of horses and humane people, in general, is its ambulance service which conveys to the hospital at all possible speed horses that are stricken with illness or that fall victim of an accident. Very often this service results in the saving of valuable horses as it permits them to receive proper treatment without delay.” In August of 1901, a horse epidemic hit the city of Buffalo infecting 2000 horses. It was known as the grip and corresponds to influenza in humans but horses cough instead of sneezing.

Steeds of the fire and police departments were infected along with horses at Silver Lake Ice Co, Magnus Beck Brewing, and Schreiber Brewing. Dr. Claris was the one-stop-shop for all your horse needs, so part of his business included a horseshoe shop at 624 Clinton St. He first opened it in 1891 after noticing the great amount of foot disease caused by poor and careless shoeing. No horseman questions the truth of the aphorism “No foot no horse.” His original shop contained one fire and two ferries but his expanding business forced him to expand in 1893 to twice its original size putting in three fires. Business continued to expand, so in 1896

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Forepaugh would be overcome with a desire to do old-time circus tricks to amuse his grass-eating fellows. If the herd of horses wasn't amused some passing farmers were and stated “That gol durn huss is possessed of the devil. Col Brandish rode him in many parades and skyrockets, roman candles nor bursting bombs could ruffle Forepaugh’s equanimity. So beloved was Forepaugh by Buffalonians that when the horse passed the Buffalo Enquirer declared” Famous circus horse goes to equine heaven, performs now in Pearl and Jasper Ring” Dr. Claris owned another famous horse appropriately named Elixir that he raced as a member of the South Buffalo Road Drivers Association. Substantial purses were awarded to the winners. Races included a race for world record mile heats and mule races. Following the races, the Electric City Band performed a concert.

Dr. Claris new building as it looked in 1884

Dr. Claris expanding his building,here is how it looked in 1889

he expanded with four fires. In the summer of 1902, the National Horse shoer’s Protective Association held their annual picnic at Crystal Beach with baseball games and running and jumping events. After the games, the horseshoers were entertained at Dr. Claris’s summer cottage. Dr. Claris’s horses that pulled his ambulance were purchased from the Adam Forepaugh and Barnum Bailey circuses and were appropriately named Forepaugh and Barnum. Occasionally

Claris was a great outdoorsman who frequently hunted and fished. He was a member of two fishing clubs named the Battersea and Mamawee. Prominent businessmen such as Fire chief Simon Seibert and manager of Magnus Beck Brewing Co, Col John Schwartz President & Treasurer of Schwartz Brewery, Conrad Hammer owner of Germania Brewing, John Grimm a prominent member of the Republican party were his fishing mates. Naturally, they had to tell fish stories and Doc Claris exclaimed that one of its members' bass “weighed over six pounds” On one of their duck hunting expeditions to Cayuga Lake Dr. Claris, a member of The Hit & Miss Club used live ducks with clipped wings as decoys. He came in second place. On one expedition to the Smooth & Slick Clubhouse on Grand Island a reporter spotted 15 decks of cards, 2 wagon loads of liquid goods, and nothing to eat. They are expected to kill a couple of bears and a dozen or so rabbits. Ten deer secured was another headline from a return trip in the wilds of Canada which they then displayed at a North Main Street Restaurant. Dr. Claris was on his way to attend a sick horse when he was notified his friend Simon Seibert Fire Commissioner had swallowed a Union label from a loaf of bread. Claris pumped epizootic medicine (medicine for diseases widespread amongst animals) into his friend and Seibert promptly coughed up the label. For a long time, Dr. Claris had been endeavoring to prove his horse medicine was good for man or beast. Dr. Claris now joined the ranks of other proprietary medicine dealers such as Merchants Gargling Oil of Lockport NY capitalizing on the market by selling his product as For Man or Beast. As cars were becoming more prevalent he started to advertise his Dr. Claris Family Liniment “penetrates quickly relieves painful neuralgia, lumbago, rheumatism and all kinds of muscular soreness. It has few equals among like preparations and practically no superiors. A well-known physician when speaking of it said “I find it invaluable in a climate like Buffalo where the cold raw air from the lake and humidity caused by the presence of the great body of water at certain times of year make the residents susceptible to rheumatism. I always advise my patients to use this liniment as soon as the first twinge of pain appears. When they do this, they often ward off severe attacks and save themselves a great deal of suffering and money.“ Claris was a man who wore many hats. He was inspector of livestock at the East Buffalo Stockyards, Inspector of garbage disposal plants, and a Republican candidate for sheriff. He was constantly in the public spotlight. In October 1908 when he at-

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Advertising and medicinal booklets helped grow Dr. Claris' business into one of the largest in the state

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Dr. Claris great Remedy for coughs called Kronkine

tended the Republican National Convention while collecting his $7 a day-inspectors pay the media flagged his behavior headlining an article “$7 a day snap of Dr. Claris pays while he has fun.” He was also criticized for being born in Canada. Although Claris was nominated three times he lost all elections for sheriff. George Funk, a milk dealer, was driving his milk wagon on Grey Street when his horse became frightened by an automobile and ran away. Billeb Bros who ran a grocery at Grey & Broadway had his horse tied in front. When the runaway turned the corner one of the milk wagon shafts penetrated the horse’s neck and broke off leaving a section of it embedded in the flesh. The injured horse bled profusely and died before Dr. Claris arrived at the scene. Streetcar accidents became commonplace with horses. John C Riehle, a farmer living in Armour, was painfully injured when the wagon he was seated on was struck by the Abbott South Park Trolley car. Riehle was thrown to the pavement injuring his head and back. The wagon was demolished and one of the horses cut about the leg and removed to Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital. The newspaper consistently praised Dr. Claris stating “If Claris can't save your horse None Probably Can '' The year 1910 opens with Claris maintaining the most up-to-date and complete institution of its kind in the country. His reputation grew beyond the local confines of Buffalo and now he has branches in Jersey City NJ, New Bedford MA, Cleveland OH, and Chicago IL. While stating these claims it's possible

this was advertising hype as the only other Claris products with another address are those from Jersey City NJ.” Dr. Claris is the proprietor of some very efficacious horse remedies which he sells to the trade as well. The formulas are used by Dr. Claris and his partners and are registered under the recent pure food and drug act. Many a valuable animal now eating oats in its owner’s stable owes its life to the treatment accorded by Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital. It is an axiom among horsemen “if Dr. Claris cannot save a horse no one can. Modern research in therapeutics has benefited the horse as well as man. Contagious diseases are isolated, immunizing serums given to protect against contagion, and up-to-date methods are employed in every department of Dr. Claris Veterinary Hospital. A canine department is growing rapidly with the same care bestowed upon horses. Dr. Claris is the author of the book Diseases of The horse and the proper treatment of various forms of equine ailments.

Dr. Claris taking his seat as State Commisioner of Agriculture

Dr. Claris White Liniment was a cure-all for fevers of horse and cattle lung and throat ailments. One reader wrote to the Buffalo paper requesting the ingredients. The paper responded as follows: Camphor, tincture of capsicum, (ingredient in hot peppers) aromatic spirits of ammonia, tincture of opium, oil of turpentine, alcohol, mix well and add turpentine last. Claris was a shrewd businessman and capitalized on the name of his product naming his baseball team White Liniment. In a game in 1910 they defeated the Bread Peddlers 18 to 10 at Urban Liberty Park.

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Dr. Claris has a great many different bottles, salves and other ailment treating solution packages which make for a great collection (Image courtesy of Terry McMurray Auctions

Civically Claris was a very active man being a member of the Ismailia Shriners Temple, the Buffalo Elks, Free Masons, Mayor Schwab’s advisory committee, and the Republican GOP. Due to his large size 6’7” 300lbs he was frequently the grand marshal of parades and dressed as Uncle Sam. He was often the brunt of cartoons due to his large size. In 1916 when the Ismailia Shriners held their convention he was the shrine chief and wore his garments looking like an exotic high priest from a far-away land. In 1915 he was appointed State Veterinarian of the East Buffalo Stockyards which were 100 acres of land located where the current William ST post office is. The stockyards were the second largest in the US after Chicago and dealt in the largest number of sheep. There is now a Historical marker designating the site. Dr. Claris’s book on the horse contains testimonials from many companies. It’s not surprising that there are lengthy testimonials from Magnus Beck Brewing Co of which Claris was a large stockholder and the Crandall Horse Barns of which he was a part-owner as well. It's not surprising that during a time of prohibition Mayor Schwab who was involved in the liquor business had Frank X Bernhardt a saloon keeper and John Claris a shareholder for Beck's Brewery as part of his team. On August 27 1923 while walking up a hill to the office of the

State Department of Farms & Markets in Albany Dr. Claris suffered a heart attack and died. His pallbearers included mayor FX Schwab, former mayor, and meatpacker Louis Fuhrmann, James Smith Sheriff and cattle dealer, Dr. Wende, A.S.Cronk of Crandall Horse Co . Dr. Claris is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery along with his wife Ottlie and his son John W Claris who was also a veterinarian who helped with his practice. The last ad appearing in the Buffalo Times for Dr. Claris' family liniment was April 25th, 1926. Actual newspaper articles stating closure of the business have not been found as of yet. It is assumed with the death of John T Claris his son’s job as a federal inspector, the rising number of automobiles and truck use by business led to the demise of Dr. John T Claris East Buffalo Veterinary hospital. The hospital and his early home on Adams Street are demolished. His later house on Duane Place in North Buffalo and the business location in Jersey City still stand. While his book advertised 19 different medications using the most colorful labels of all Veterinary medicines they remain very elusive to the collector. We don’t need a tangible artifact to remember him. Dr. Claris left an indelible mark on the citizens of Buffalo not just due to his gigantic size and the horses he rescued but his gentle spirit which he shared with all those whose paths he crossed. Dr. John T. Claris embodied the very spirit of wholesome good fellowship.

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Bottles and Extras Discovery of a 3,000-yearold body that shows signs of the disease. Inside a decorated coffin in a Sudanese tomb it appears that we’ve found the earliest evidence of cancer. The man was probably between 25 and 35 when he died, and he appears to have suffered extensive skeletal damage due to metastasizing (spreading) soft-tissue tumors throughout his body.

Coming in at $18.9 million was a 1933 Double Eagle Coin, which now stands as the most expensive coin ever sold at auction, nearly doubling the previous record. Sotheby’s sold this example on behalf of the United States Government in 2002, when it brought $7.59 million. It is the only 1933 Double Eagle coin able to be owned privately by an individual. The coin broke a record for the most expensive ever sold in 2002, but was later dethroned by others, the highest of which came in 2013 with the $10,016,875 sale of a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar at Stack’s Bowers. The two philatelic items came in the form of a British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, which sold for $8.3 million, and the Inverted Jenny Plate Block, which brought $4.9 million from collector David Rubenstein.

Archaeologists are possibly the only group that get excited over finding other people’s poo. So Danish archaeologists were ecstatic when they pried open a treasure trove of old wooden barrels found near the city of Odense—only to find them full of partially fossilized feces. Normally, such barrels were used to transport perishables, but it appears they were later repurposed into cutting-edge medieval latrines. The unexpected toilets were found in mint condition, allowing for forensic analysis of some really old poo and furthering our understanding of medieval dietary habits (raspberries appear to have been quite popular). Scraps of toilet paper were found as well—or at least the bits of leather, moss, and other soft materials that were used as toilet paper in those days. Archaeologists confirmed that, even after all those years, the barrels still stank.

Earlier this month a rare almost 2000-year-old border stone from the reign of the Emperor Claudius was unearthed in the city of Rome. The stone, technically known as a pomerium cippus (boundary stone), marked the sacred limits of the Roman Empire’s capital city and dates to 49 A.D., when Claudius expanded the boundary of the city. This wasn’t a simple property marker, it was part of a series of stones that divided the urban civic world of Rome from the military powers that lay outside it. Even more interestingly it is inscribed with now-lost ancient letters invented in the first century. As the first discovery of its kind in almost a century, the discovery created a media firestorm.

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Jake Brown discovers a secret cellar under his house as old as the early 1900s new homeowner discovers secret cellar dating back 100 years. Brown says that the secret cellar was 16 feet deep, nearly 10 feet high, and nearly 10 feet wide. “It had been used as an easy space, to hide the waste from renovating the property’s roof, guttering, doors, and windows many years ago before being covered up,” he explains. “As I moved deeper into the cavern I began to search for evidence that would tie it to a grouping of years, so as I could more accurately determine how long it had been covered up. In the dark, I collected bottles, paint cans, and my golden find was the remains of a newspaper, though was more comparable to mushy silt.”

A lost 13th-century masterpiece has sold for almost 24.2 million Euros ($26.8 million), just months after it was found hanging in a French kitchen. "Christ Mocked," by the Florentine painter Cimabue, sold for more than four times the pre-sale estimate at an auction in Senlis, north of Paris, on Sunday. An elderly French woman from the town of Compiegne had kept the rare artwork -- which she thought was a Greek religious icon -- in her kitchen. The unsuspecting owner did not know where the 10-inch by 8-inch painting had come from, according to Jerome Montcouquil of art specialists Cabinet Turquin, which was asked to carry out tests on the painting following its discovery in the summer

The wreck of H.M.S. Terror, one of the long lost ships from Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage, is astonishingly well preserved, say Parks Canada archaeologists, who recently used small remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) to peer deep inside the historic vessel’s interior. “The ship is amazingly intact,” says Ryan Harris, the lead archaeologist on the project. “You look at it and find it hard to believe this is a 170-year-old shipwreck. You just don’t see this kind of thing very often.”

"It didn't take long for us to see that it was an artwork by Italian painter Cimabue," he told reporter prior to the sale. "He's a father of painting so we know his work very well." Cimabue is the pseudonym of artist Cenni di Pepo, born in Florence around the year 1240. He is known to have been the discoverer and master of Giotto, widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the pre-Renaissance era. The artwork is believed to be part of a triptych made in 1280.

In 2021, farmers ploughed a grove in Mexico. At one point, they hit a rock. After trying to remove it, the farmers discovered that the object was a large statue of a woman. Mexico is no stranger to ancient artefacts but this was not your everyday find.

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FOR SALE: New Mexico&Hutchinson, WANTED: Signet Ink, 1-gallon solid Related Events Jugs and Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Ediwhite stoneware jug with handle, pour tion, 130 pages. Pictures not drawings, spout, blue lettering stating, “Russia Cemuch new information on bottles, much ment Co., sole manufacturers of Signet history. Signed by authors. $30 includes Ink and LePage’s Glue.” Also interested in mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang any other Ink or paste stoneware that I do Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, not already have. Contact: David Curtis, NM 87401 Email: dcu8845@thewavz.com, Phone/ Text: (567) 208-1676 Individual &Sodas, Affiliated FOR SALE: Crown Top Pottery, WANTED: Dr. Kilmer’s lung cure. Aqua Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. bottle with outline of lungs on it. Wanted Club Information Contact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques to complete my collection I have the kidFarm; (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeanney and the heart cures. Please send clear tiques.com pictures. Email: plongdyke@yahoo.com.

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FOR SALE: Glasswear and Stoneware pieces. Contact: Marge Elmer (267) 6449244, after 6pm.

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

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FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON Club Information BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact Joan 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, VA 24104

and Cures (no pharmacies). Contact: David Mosher, 4 Green Mountain Drive, St. Albans, VT 04378; Email: dachano@ comcast.net

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FOR SALE: Glass and Bottles (Beer’s, American & Foreign. Medicals, Whiskey, Scent Bottles, Figurals – (Boats, Planes, House, Banks, Lamps, Buildings) Food Bottles Jars, Stoneware Pieces, Furniture. Contact: Margaret Elmer (215) 692-4781 Evenings 7PM, Address: 341 Blaker Drive, East Greenville, PA 18041

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Wanted Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits FOR SALE: Nevada Bottles: Many drug- WANTED: Pictures of the following Great Club Information stores from Virginia City, Carson City and Falls Montana bottles: 1) Emporium Drug/ Reno. Some crown top sodas. Contact: James Campiglia, Phone: (805) 6890125, Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net

Realty 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, Phone: (406) 873-2811 or (406) 229-0356, Email: bottlerx@gmail.com

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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 at Telephone: (707) 373-8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com FOR SALE: Books “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Palmyra, Iowa. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Priority adds $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman,

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son style bottles embossed with ROOT BEER. Contact: Dave and Kathy Nader at (224) 622-3812 Email: dknader@ FororSale yahoo.com WANTED: Illinois Bottles: Keeley & Bro Alton ILL Ale. Buff & Kuhl Alton ILL Gravitating Stopper. A & F.X. Joerger Alton ILL. L. Abegg’s Soda Manufactory Belleville, ILL. Jos. Fischer’s Selters Water Belleville, ILL. J.N. Clark Belleville, ILL. Beck & Bro. Highland ILL. Mueller & Beck Highland ILL. Weber & Miller Highland ILL. Danl Kaiser Quincy, ILL. Mr & Hw Lundblad Quincy, ILL. Contact: Theo Adams 3728 Fair Oaks Drive, Granite City, Ill. 62040. (618) 781-4806 WANTED: Pre 1900 Macon, Georgia bottles, Georgia pottery, looking for a C.A. ELLS AND SONS MACON GA also Georgia Hutch bottles. Contact: Mike Gasaway (478) 986-9222 or Email: rustygold01@gmail.com

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WANTED: RARE OR UNUSUAL MEDICINAL TONICS. Contact Marty: (260) 367-2400 or Email: roadrunner@ centurylink.net

Elk bar Redondo flask most wanted. Also tokens and souvenir china. Contact: Dave Deto at P.O. Box 118, Yosemite, CA 95389 or (209) 626-9846

WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. All sizes and colors. Contact: Bill Taylor - Phone: (503) 857-0292 or Email: wtaylor178@aol.com

WANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, Earthenware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera for game. Contact Henry Hecker, Email: Phantomhah@gmail.com, Telephone: (262)-844-5751

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. Phone: (941) 720-5713 Email: Lindsay2020@gmail.com WANTED: U.S.A. HOSP. DEPT. bottles. Longtime collector interested in all shapes, sizes, colors. Thanks! Contact Brian Schilz at (308) 289-6230 or Email: bottlenut@charter.net WANTED: Ornate jumbo – large, no damage art deco soda pop bottles for my personal collection. Contact/Text: Elizabeth Meyer Phone: (713) 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 WANTED: INSULATORS. Long time collector. Interested in mixed color. If you have any insulators that have been dug, please give me a call. Contact: James E. Meyer (386) 679-6439 or Email: jemmy194268@gmail.com 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 WANTED: New Bottles Monthly. Contact: Carlasboy on Ebay. WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, SouthAfrica, Ginger Beer Browing & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox (530)295-0124, Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: Redondo Beach/Redondo California bottles. Labeled or embossed.

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, MO Family Life Center. Basement Rm 2. Always a lively discussion. Patsy Jett Show Chair (314) 570-6917 WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven (609) 390-1898. Address: 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 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. Contact: James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. (479) 264-4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@yahoo.com 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 WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: Morton. Contact: Darlene Furda 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 or Call: (818) 889-5451 WANTED: Colored Illinois and Missouri Sodas and Colored Fruit Jars. Top $$$ Paid! Contact: Steve Kehrer (618) 4104142 or Email: kehrer00@gmail.com WANTED: New Members to join the An-

67 tique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois WANTED: Cabin Bottles, E.G. Booz Bottles. GU11-4, All Colors, with Diagonal Base Seam. Any Ruby Red or Black, by Clevenger Taiwan Booz Bottle, Amber, GU11-16 Clevenger Commemorative 16A, 16-C, 16-E GU11-25 Clevenger Commemorative, 25-A, 25 I, Jacob’s Tonic Bitters GU11-7 any number. Contact: Steve Gray (440) 279-8381 or write to address: Steve Gray, 7533 Clay Street, Thomson, Ohio 44086 WANTED: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: GVII- 25-I-Cool X-C; GVII-25-E-AllenTown; GVII-25-F-Christmas 1976; E.G. Booze Log Cabin Bottles; GVII-37; sGVII-40; GVII-9 Cobalt Blue; GVII-7-Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters. Contact: STEVE GRAY (440)-279-8381 or by mail at 7533 Clay Street, Thompson, OH 44086 WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base. Especially need labeled Clarke's any size. Also, any Clarke's ephemera...trade cards, Almanacs, news ads, etc. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781) 248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net 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, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. 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, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net

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September 11 Huntington Beach, California The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 55th Annual Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Early Bird $10 at 8:00 AM, at the Huntington Beach Elks Lodge #1959, 7711 Talbert Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92648. Free Admission, Info: Don Wippert, Tele: 818.610.9332; Email: donwippert@yahoo.com or Dick Homme, Tele: 818.362.3368

Show 2021 – Downieville School Gym, Main Street, Downieville, California 95936, Saturday – 8:00 am – 3:00 pm, Saturday (Morning) 8:00 am – 10:00 am, “Early Lookers” $10 Fee, Dealer Setup (Saturday) 7:00 am – 8:00 am, Free admission! Contact: Cherri Simi, Chairperson, P.O. Box 115, Downieville, California 95936, 530.289.3659, chersimi@att.net

Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, 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, Ph: 503.864.2009, Bill Bogynska, Ph: 503.657.1726, billbogy7@gmail.com

Sponsored by Hill Ridge Farms. Open to The Public From 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. Dealer set up 7:00 am until 9:00 am. Hill Ridge Farms Events Center, 703 Tarboro Road, Youngsville, North Carolina 27596, Bottles, Jars, Insulators, Stoneware, Advertising, Breweriana, Small Antiques, Etc. New and Larger Location with Lots of Parking and Open Space. Inside and Outside Setup Areas. Admission $3. Children Under 12 Free, For Information Contact: David Tingen – Show Chairman, 919.848.4387, tingen1@mindspring.com. For More Information Visit Our Website www.raleighbottleclub.org

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September 18 Lebanon, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100 Street, Lebanon, Indiana 46052, Set-up: 7:30 am – 9:00 am, show hours: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Admission – Free, (Early Admission– $20), Free Appraisals on Antique Bottles and Glass, For Show Information contact: Martin Van Zant, 812.841.9495, 41 East Washington Street, Mooresville, Indiana 46158, mdvanzant@yahoo.com or “Balsam” Bill Granger 317.517.5895, 6915 S. 280 E. Lebanon, Indiana 46052 bgranger@iquest.net

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September 18 Richmond, Rhode, Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, starts at 9:00 am and ends at 2:00 pm. Free set-up for all who wish to attend. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929 September 18 Downieville, California Downieville Antique Bottle & Collectibles

September 19 Depew, New York The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 22nd Annual Show & Sale. Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, New York 14043. General Admission $4: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm. Contact chairman Joe Guerra, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, 716.207.9948 or jguerra3@ roadrunner.com, or www.gbbca.org September 19 Hammonton, New Jersey The Fall Antique, Glass & Bottle Show presented by Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc., 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, rain or shine! Free admission! Historic Batsto Village, Wharton State Forest, Rt. 542 Pleasant Mills Road, Hammonton, New Jersey, See Press Release. Contact Info: Jim Hammell, 856.217.4945, hammelljm@gmail.com September 19 Westford, Massachusetts The Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club’s 46th Annual Bottle Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers at 8:00 am $20. Three

free $20 door prize drawings. www.mvabc.org, Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center, 219 Littleton Road, Westford, Massachusetts 01886. Just five minutes off Exit 32 of I-495 follow the signs. Contact: Kevin Cantrell, 978.551.6397, kmcantrell86@gmail.com September 24-25 Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Bottle Collectors Presents their 2nd Annual Nashville Area Antique Bottle, Advertising & Collectibles Show, Wilson County Fairgrounds, 945 E. Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087, Building E-D, Behind Expo Center, I-40 Exit 239B, Friday 2:00 to 7:00 pm Early Buyer $10 Admission, Saturday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Free Admission. Dealer Set-up: Friday: 1:00 pm, Saturday: 7:00 am, For Show Info or Vendor Contract, Contact Show Chairmen Greg Eaton: 865.548.3176 or Stanley Word, 615.708.6634 September 25 Aurora, Nebraska Outdoor Swap Meet, Hamilton County Fairgrounds 310 A Street Aurora, Nebraska, September 24th set-up 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Show on September 25th, 6:00 am to 4:00 pm. Food vendors on the show grounds. For outdoor and indoor space rentals contact Ted 402.631.9760 or Justin 531.228.0472 Canceled September 26 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 41st Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, baltimorebottleclub.org, Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34), Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@comcast.net or Andy Agnew (contracts), 410.527.1707, medbotls@comcast.net

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October 1 & 2 Williams, California 3rd annual Sacramento Valley Museum Bottle and Antique Show, Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Bird Friday 10:30 am to 4:00 pm Friday, $10. Free Admission Saturday, Old gym behind the Sacramento Valley Museum, 1491 E. Street, Williams, California, 95987. Contact: Slim or Christy Edwards, 530.473.2502, closethegatefenceco@yahoo.com

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(More) Sho-Biz More show-biz October 2 Chesterfield, Virginia The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Assoc. presents the 49th Richmond Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale, General Admission $3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Admission $10 at 7:30 am, at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Info: Marvin Croker, 804.275.1101 or Ed Faulkner 804.739.2951; RichBottleClub@comcast.net

October 23 Macungie, Pennsylvania NEW DATE – NEW LOCATION – Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 47th Annual Bottle and Antique Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 7:30 am, ($20 admission fee) Macungie Park Hall – Macungie, Pennsylvania 18062, For Info: Bill Hegedus, 610.264.3130, forksofthedelawarebottles@hotmail.com

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October 9 Fayette, Alabama 8th Annual Fayette, Alabama Bottle Collectible Bottles & Antiques Show & Sell, Free admission to the public, Boy Scout of America Scout Building, 100 3rd Avenue, Fayette Alabama 35555, Saturday 8:00 am till 2:00 pm, Set-up: Friday, October 8th from 3:00 pm till 6:00 pm and Saturday, October 9th from 6:00 am till 7:30 am, Contact: Jeff Pendley, Chairman, 205.275.2650, JfPendley@aol.com

October 31 Alsip, Illinois 1st Chicago Bottle Club’s 52nd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Admission $5. Children under 16 free. No early admission. Doubletree Inn by Hilton, 5000 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois 60803, Contact: Mario Bovino, Show Chairman, 18101 Oakwood Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, 708.558.0268, mdbovino@ gmail.com 1stChicagoBottleClub.com

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November 5 & 6 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida Show & Sale! Saturday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida. Free Admission. For more information contact Mike Skie at 904.710.0422. Early Bird’s Friday. 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm $50, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm $40, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm $20. Also contact Cory, jaxbottleshow@yahoo.com

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October 17 Findlay, Ohio The Findlay Antique Bottle Club 44th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early bird Sunday 7:00 to 9:00 am, $10, Admission $2, Children under 12 free! Website: http://finbotclub.blogspot. com, Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017 E. Sandusky Street, Findlay, Ohio 45850, Contact Info: Fred Curtis, 419.424.0486, finbotclub@gmail.com

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October 23 Biloxi, Mississippi NEW LOCATION – NEW DATE! Presented by the Olde Guys Digging Club of The Mississippi Gulf Coast, the 4th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the St. Martin Community Center, 15008 LeMoyne Blvd., Biloxi, Mississipi. 39532. Dealer Set Up on Friday, October 22, 2021, from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Free Admission on Saturday, October 23, 2021. Early Buyers $20. per person during dealer set up. For more information or table contracts contact: Peter Taggard, 645 Village Lane South, Mandeville, Louisiana 70471, Phone 985.373.6487 Email: petertaggard@ yahoo.com, or Norman Bleuler, 6446 Woolmarket Rd., Biloxi, Mississippi 39532. Phone: 228.392.9148

November 12 & 13 Jefferson, Georgia 50th Annual Southeastern Antique Bottle and Pottery Show, Sponsored by the R.M. Rose Co. & Cagle Auction Co., Saturday, November 13th, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Dealer Setup & Early Admission, Friday, November 12th, 3:00 – 8:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Jefferson Civic Center, 65 Kissam Street, Jefferson, Georgia 30549, Free Admission! Early Admission with Dealers: $10, For table reservations and show information contact: Jack Hewitt, Box 12126, Big Canoe, Jasper, Georgia 30143, 770.856.6062 or Bill Johnson, 770.823.2626, bj3605@comcast.net December 4 Terre Haute, Indiana Wabash Valley Antique Bottle and Pottery Club Presents the 23rd Annual Bottle, Pottery, and Antiques Show and Sale. Saturday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free Admission – Free Parking. Vigo County Fairgrounds, 133 Fairgrounds Drive, Terre Haute, Indiana 47802, Contact Marty Plascak, 7210 E. Gross Drive, Terre Haute, Indiana 47802, mplascak@ma.rr.com

2022 January 15

Muncie, Sale Indiana For The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle

November 7 Topsham, Maine The Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Club Bottle Show & Sale, Topsham Fairground Exhibition Hall, Topsham, Maine, Sunday, November 7, 2021, $2 General Admission, 9:00 am, $15 Early Admission 8:00 am. Contact Paul McClure, 207.832.1503, oldbottles@outlook. com, maineantiquebottleclub.com November 12 & 13 Auburn, California 49er Historic Bottle Assoc. “Best of the West” 2021 Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectibles Show, Gold Country Fairgrounds & Event Center, The Placer Building, 1273 High Street, Auburn, California, Friday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm $15 Early Admission, Saturday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Free, Contact: Show Chairman Dan Bell: 530.305.8794, Max Bell, 530.823.3315 or Club President, Mike Lake, 916.496, 1817

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, 765.468.8091 February 13 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 July 28– 31 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), Latest Information Here, FOHBC National Convention – Western Region

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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 8 Member's gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory. 3 new members do not want to be listed in printed or online directory

Tamra & Mike Crews 190 Ryan Lane Covington, GA 30014 (404) 569-3479 tamra.crews@outlook.com Antique bottles and jars

Keith L Quinn 8073 Bagley Road Dore, AL 35062 (205) 365-1983 klq1812@gmail.com Coca-Cola Hutch, Coca Cola SS, Small town Hutch & small-town circle slugs, anything embossed that's rare & collector grade

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John Franssen 176 Readington Road Branchburg, NJ 08876 jfmgf@juno.com

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Ryne Henrich 506 Joan Court Gilberts, IL 60136 mike1henrich@gmail.com

Zachary Rinker 263 W Wyomissing Avenue Mohnton, PA 19540 (540) 383-3642 zmr5030@gmail.com Canning Jars

David Krzemien 4 Middle Road Altamont, NY 12009 dygger60@yahoo.com

Mike Stanley 225 Westminister Village Blvd Sharpsburg, GA 30277 (678) 772-0245 stanleysalesandservices@gmail.com George Advertising Merchant Stoneware & Jugs LaDonna Williams For Sale 1000 Hillcrest

Linden, TX 75563 (903) 756-5534 ladonnamltn@yahoo.com

New Club Member North Alabama Bottle & Antique Club 8073 Bagley Road Dore, AL 35062 Keith L. Quinn (205) 365-1983 klq1812@gmail.com

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors 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) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines. 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 us in your donation plans. John O’Neill, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Remember! You can submit show calendar information and renew membership online at FOHBC.org ALSO, DON’T FORGET TO USE YOUR MEMBERS PORTAL

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Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear.

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. 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 Federation publication, Bottles and Extras is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.

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In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC Individual Membership benefits include:

Wanted

• A full year subscription to the bi-monthly (6 issues a year) 72-page publication Bottles and Extras. Various options are available including Digital Membership.

For Sale

• 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. • Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members. • The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions. • Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information.

713.504.0628 fohbcmembers@gmail.com

• 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 an increased 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) 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: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net 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 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.

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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print) Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No

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Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone___________________________ online membership directory? E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,

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email address and what you collect) { } 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.)

For Sale

Collecting Interests_ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Would you be interested in ___________________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No

Additional Comments___________________ Would you be interested ___________________________________ in contributing your bottle ___________________________________ knowledge by writing articles

for the BOTTLES and EXTRAS? { } Yes { } No

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)

$40.00 $45.00 $110.00 $125.00 $25.00

1st Class $55.00 1st Class w/Associate $60.00 1st Class 3 years $125.00 1st Class 3 yrs w/Assoc. $140.00

Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00

- 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 $5.00 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(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privileges of an Individual Membership

Signature ______________________________Date ______________

Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the BOTTLES and EXTRAS, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: 713.504.0628; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs 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—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.

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Seeking quality consignments for our 2021 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 2021 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, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

THE BEST EARLY GLASS & BOTTLES THE BEST EARLY GLASS & BOTTLES We welcome youryour conversation to discuss consignment We welcome conversation to discuss consignment options for your singular item,item, group or entire collection. options for your singular group or entire collection.

Please Check your information and notify us of errors.

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Bottles and Extras • September-October 2021

Articles inside

Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC

FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows

FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes

Classified Ads

Lost & Found

FOHBC Member Photo Gallery

Veterinary Hospital 1882-1926 by Peter Jablonski

The Texas Blue Blob by Brandon DeWolfe

No Secrets, Indiana: Your "Ideal Soldier" Sold Liquor by Jack Sullivan

Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri

Pond's Bitters "Makes You Go Some" by Ferdinand Meyer V

FOHBC Officers | 2021 - 2022

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Eichelberger "Dew Drop" by Mike McKillop

"Pipe" he hollered by Bill Baab

FOHBC News - From & For Our Members

The Not-So-Dry Story of Diving, into an Augusta Well by Bill Baab

History’s Corner

FOHBC President’s Message