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January - February 2009

Vol. 20 No. 1

The official publication of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Forsha Balm Endorsed by President Lincoln Page 48

Lincoln Catarrh Snuff Page 4

Lincoln Pockets page 59

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Table of Contents FOHBC Officer Listing 2008 - 2010 ......... 2 Bottles and Extras History Bill Baab ......................................... 28 President’s Message .................................. 3 Some Interesting Facts About Silver or Recent Finds .............................................. 4 Why are Some Baby Bottles & Nipples Made Of Silver At Auction ................................................. 5 Charlie Harris ................................ 31

Liniments and the Native American People in Frontier Minnesota Boyd Beccue ................................... 53 Hoff’s / Log Cabin / Baker City / Oregon Garth Ziegenhagen ......................... 55 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Information ... 62

Shards of Wisdom ..................................... 6 The Dating Game: Marks Used by the Mississippi and Lindell Glass Companies Paper Trail ................................................. 8 Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, David Whitten, Carol Serr A Book In Review ................................... 10 and Bill Lindsey .............................. 34 Regional Reports ..................................... 12 Watch Out For Watch Fobs Jack Sullivan ................................... 44 The Australia Connection Rex Barber ...................................... 26 Forsha’s Balm is Endorsed by President Lincoln Dave Maryo .................................... 48

Show Biz Show Calendar ............................... 66 Membership Additions and Changes....... 69 Membership Application ......................... 71 Membership Benefits .............................. 72

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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 2008-2010 President: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, CA 95402; phone: (707) 542-6438; e-mail: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net First Vice-President: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr, Boulder City, NV 89005; phone: (701) 293-3114; e-mail: mayorferraro@aol.com Second Vice-President: John Pastor, 5716 Versailles Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103; phone: (734) 827-2070; e-mail: jpastor2000@sbcglobal.net Secretary: Ed Herrold, 65 Laurel Loop, Maggie Valley, NC 28751; phone: (828) 926-2513; e-mail: drbitters@mindspring.com Treasurer: Alan DeMaison, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077; phone: (440) 358-1223; e-mail: a.demaison@sbcglobal.net Historian: Richard Watson, 10 S Wendover Rd, Medford, NJ 08055; phone: (856) 983-1364; e-mail: crwatsonnj@verizon.net Editor (acting): June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0161; e-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Merchandising Director: Kent Williams, 1835 Oak Ter, Newcastle, CA 95658; phone: (916) 663-1265; e-mail: KentW@ppoa.org Membership Director: Gene Bradberry, PO Box 341062, Memphis, TN 38184; phone: (901) 372-8428; e-mail: Genebsa@comcast.net Convention Director: R Wayne Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0161; e-mail: JarDoctor@aol.com

Business Manager: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0160; e-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Director-at-Large: Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750; phone: (407) 332-7689; e-mail: glassmancarl@sprintmail.com Director-at-Large: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: (270) 726-2712; e-mail: shel6943@bellsouth.net Director-at-Large: Cecil Munsey, 13541 Willow Run Rd, Poway, CA 92064; phone: (858) 487-7036; e-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net Midwest Region Director: Jamie Houdeshell, PO Box 57, Haskins, OH 43525; phone: (419) 823-8452; e-mail: JHBottle@hotmail.com Northeast Region Director: James Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: Jim1@frontiernet.net Southern Region Director: Ron Hands, 913 Parkside Dr, Wilson, NC 27896; phone: (252) 265-6644; e-mail: rshands225@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Bill Ham, 4237 Hendricks Rd, Lakeport, CA 95433; phone: (707) 263-6563; e-mail: Billham@sbcglobal.net Public Relations Director: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: jhberry10@yahoo.com

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

President’s Message Well, here we are, a new year.

Boy, I hope it’s better than '08. However, here in the west, the Auburn, California show on the first Saturday in December was sold out on sellers' tables and there were more early lookers than in 2007. Dealers said they had OK sales - maybe a result of the dramatic drop in gas prices?

I asked everybody who stopped by my table if they belonged to the FOHBC. I was somewhat shocked by the numbers who didn’t belong. Hopefully, some that took applications will pony up and join.

One longtime collector recently asked me where I thought the hobby was heading. I told him the hobby is

changing somewhat because digging bottles is getting harder and harder to do. There are still a lot of bottles in the ground, but getting permission to dig on private property is hard and digging on public property can get you a room in the crowbar hotel. I then asked him if he was a member of the Federation. He said he was not. I asked him why he wasn’t, but he couldn’t give me an answer and just shrugged his shoulders.

I then proceeded to tell him that the hobby is going where the collectors take it. If you support it, it will do well; if you depend always on others to keep it going, watch out. Some of us are getting older and new blood is

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President: Richard Siri PO Box 3818 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (707) 542-6438 rtsiri@sbcglobal.net

needed in most clubs. If officers had term limits, bottle clubs would be history. So if you never held an office in the club you belong to, step up. It’s not hard and don’t forget to talk to your collector friends who don’t belong to the Federation to sign up and start getting this great magazine.

Plan on going to the L.A. National this year. We need your help in stimulating the economy for a quicker recovery.

Be safe and stay well.

Richard Siri – President FOHBC

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave collections to 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.

An example of a bequest would be: (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083, 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.

Dr Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters with original label and applied top 8 ¾” tall

Thank you for considering us in your donation plans.

Richard Siri, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

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RECENT FINDS “LINCOLN’S CATARRH SNUFF”.

I was fortunate to spend last fall bottle hunting in New England with my friend Roger. One day Roger presented me with a consignment he has had in his collection for years. A little flat based snuff bottle with nice hammer whittle that was boldly embossed “LINCOLN’S CATARRH SNUFF”.

Being a collector of Civil War era medicines and particularly fond of Abraham Lincoln history I felt a tingle up my spine! I had never seen nor herd of this one before.

Thus far my research to attribute this bottle has proven fruitless on this possibly unique post Civil War snuff..

Randy Driskill 760-415-6549 BottleAuction.com randy@bottleauction.com Here is an unusual American pot lid from San Francisco. The pot lid shows a beach scene of Victorian dressed men and women lounging on the sand with the famous Cliff House entertainment complex in the background. The Cliff House pictured on this pot lid existed from 1896 to 1907, when it was destroyed by fire. The lid is very scratched and worn, apparently from being buried in the ground for a period of time.

If anyone can provide information on the rarity or this type of pot lid, I would be interested in hearing from them at cindymaryo@charter.net.

Cindy Maryo

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Nice pair of AZULE SELTZER items:

AZULE SELTZER SPRINGS with walking bear on reverse. 1885-90. Here is a spring that was located near the previous lot and was first known as Mills.

These come in various shades of aqua and this example has the applied top. An excellent example, here is one with a lot of character, including loads of whittle and crudity. Just the tiniest of flakes off the lip is the only distraction - very hard to see. Sold for $200

Super Rare Pint CANADIAN QUEEN Jar. Mint except for a minute flea bite.

Red Book # 557, sold on EBay 11/4/08 for $557.00 with bidding by 3 bidders.

BIG BILL’S BEST BITTERS. 11 ½” Tooled top. Certainly one of the more unusual bitters, we know these are Big Bill because we’ve seen them with labels. There is also another variant in a different shape with embossing. Who doesn’t like a smiling fat man? Here we have a grade 9 Big Bill’s Best Bitters. Say that five times! Sold for $350.

AZULE NATURAL SELTZER WATER CO die-cut picture of pretty woman. Here is a framed print of a fancy woman of the period, which was originally probably part of a larger advertisement. The piece itself is 11 ¾” high and it has the name of the company, address and phone number. Condition is great as far as the woman with some light damage near the base, nothing that detracts.

Frame is 14 ½” x 19”, and nicely done. An undoubtedly

NATIONAL BITTERS/PATENTED 1867 on base. If this isn’t one of the lightest amber colored Nationals would like to see one lighter. When people use the term straw, this is about as close to straw or wheat as you can get. More aqua variants have sold than this unusual color. This one has lots of whittle and a ton of appeal.

Grades an 8.5+, a tough color in any bottle.

Sold for $5500.

FIGURED COLOGNE BOTTLE. 3 ¾” with rolled lip and pontil. Similar to plate 109-1. Here is the shell shaped aqua example with a scalloped edge cartouch ribbed curving on reverse.

Once again condition is about perfect with maybe a few light scratches but another solid 8.5 grade cologne. Don’t see a lot of these in this condition and variety. Sold for $275.

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Correction: Author’s information on page 35 of November/December, 2008 issue should have read: Russ Smith 13 Burnsview Denham Crafthole Torpoint, Cornwall England PL11 3BW 011 44 1 503 230 323 rushing@onetel.com ——————— Wow! am I tired.. I have just been to the FOHBC Expo in York, PA. We, Norm and I, have wandered around saying hello to people as they were setting up sales tables. We have attended the banquet where we saw Tom Caniff, Carl Sturm, Betty Zumwalt, and Jim Haggenbuch inducted into the Hall of Fame. We were proud that Joe Coulson from our Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club won second place in the newsletter contest.

We were happy to see several of our club members helping Norm Heckler with the auction.

And those fantastic displays! Not only were they great, there were so many of them. Of course, we enjoyed the fruit jar displays, knowing that some of our club members had put them together. But, then the perfumes, teakettle inks, pot lids, and wonderful colors of the hyacinth vase display of Mike Jordan - how could you make a choice.

We enjoyed taking our time to visit the many dealers and talking with new and long time dealers. Also, it

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was great to see several “Long Timers” (people who attended the first Expo in 1976 in St. Louis) whom we hadn’t see for several years.

NOW, really you may have guessed that I have just finished reading the November/December, 2008 issue of Bottles and Extras. It is so great that even if you weren’t able to physically attend the York Expo, when you finished reading the magazine you will feel as if you were actually there.

Due to circumstances beyond her control, the magazine was late, however, June Lowry did a fantastic job in compiling the many great articles sent to her by collectors, dealers and visitors. As I said, after reading the magazine, I felt like I had once again attended that great show.

We have been privileged to attend all Regional and Expos except for Reno and Syracuse and have made may wonderful friends in this hobby.

Whoever thought that a green Mason Fruit Jar purchased at a farm sale in 1967 for $7.00 could have been the beginning of so many wonderful memories including the York Expo, which we physically attended and attended again through Bottles and Extras.

Thanks, June and Wayne, for such a great show which will probably, due to our age, be our last Regional or Expo, but OH THE MEMORIES AND THE FRIENDS! Norman and Junne Barnett ———————

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Remembering Dave Robertus The bottle collecting hobby has lost a good friend. Dave Robertus of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died of complications due to Parkinson’s Disease on Friday, December 5, 2008. Dave was a founding member of Minnesota’s First Antique Bottle Club. He was among the first Minneapolis collectors to dig up earlier parts of that city, and often spoke fondly of the times he was able to dig in the old Dunwoody Dump on West Hennepin Avenue. His work as a trouble man for Northern States Power Company sent him all over the city, and he was always watchful for the next digging site. His knowledge of the streets of Minneapolis was encyclopedic.

Dave was also a pioneer in the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs, the organization that eventually became the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dave held the office of Federation vice chairman while his wife Barbara held the offices of treasurer and corresponding secretary.

During the 1970s and 1980s Barbara and Dave were often seen at Federation events around the country, and they made many fast friends in the hobby while attending these shows. It was my good fortune to travel with the Robertuses to shows in Omaha, Dallas, Santa Rosa, St. Louis, and Detroit, as well as to many of the Federation Expos. A life-long Mason, Dave loved to scour the show floor for Masonic flasks. He would come back to

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the table and ponder what he had seen, then depart again with a gleam in his eye. We knew when he reappeared, Dave would be wearing a smile and carrying his newest addition to the Masonic flask collection. He also kept a keen eye out for the Victorian Christmas lights that Barbara so loves to fill her windows with each year. In recent years, only his declining health kept Dave from assisting with the Minnesota bottle shows. We all knew he was present in spirit.

Dave was always quick to help others in ways unrelated to bottle collecting. His electrical knowledge was frequently on call, and many friends owe Dave a debt of gratitude for his wiring work in their homes. In their own home, Dave and Barbara hosted the annual bottle club Christmas party for many years. Often, Dave would break out a bottle or two of his homemade wine, pour, reach back to his Russian roots and declare, “Nastrovia!” (to your health).

Dave fought a seventeen-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. During his last years he was cared for at the North Ridge Masonic Care Center.

Those of us who visited Dave knew that we were always welcome to bring along a brew or two and some popcorn. Somehow, our visits were often timed to occur at the beginning of a Twins or Vikings game.

Dave is survived by his wife Barbara and daughter Kim (Bill) O’Reilly. Our deepest sympathies are with them.

Steve Ketcham

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the parking lot, his car was gone and a cop car was there waiting for him. Apparently one of the workers saw Ed entering with his duffle bag of tools and reported a man going to bury a dead body. Not only did they tow his car away, but they were getting ready to send in the helicopters to look for him. Ed was a great friend who will be missed dearly by all.

In Memoriam It is with deepest regret that the Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association mourns the loss of a dear club member, Edward Potter. Ed was a father to Club member Dave Potter and had one daughter, Judy, and four grandchildren. Club member Monte Boshko and myself affectionately referred to him in conversation as “Uncle Eddy.” Ed was a man for all seasons; from digging for bottles to collecting to hunting, fishing, golfing and traveling. He served our country in the US Navy during the Korean War. Everything he did, he did with a passion. He was an avid collector of Buffalo, NY items: sodas, beers, milks, beer trays and national mini whiskey jugs. His collecting interests also included Pan American Collectibles and Buffalo Pottery. He hunted squirrel, turkey and deer. He frequently fished Lake Erie for walleye with club member Gary Kaese. Ed was a world traveler who explored six of the seven continents, sojourning to exotic places such as Australia, Thailand, Peru and Egypt. His zest for life didn’t stop in his later years. After Ed retired from the US Postal Service, he tried out new things like bungee jumping and sky diving. I’m sure Ed would want us to remember him with a smile so I want to leave you with two funny anecdotes. After Ed bungee jumped off a bridge in Australia, a women asked him, “How was it ?” Ed replied, “It’s a sure cure for constipation.” The other story left everyone at our club meeting in tears of laughter. Ed went bottle digging in an old dump behind a Tops warehouse. When Ed returned to

“May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.”

Peter Jablonski, President Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association ——————— Relative seeking Goldman-Frieman Bottling Co. bottles. My great grandfather, Henry Freiman, was a VP at Goldman-Freiman Bottling. His uncle, my great great great uncle, Joseph Freiman, was company president. My great uncles and grandfather have been searching for Goldman-Freiman bottles for years. I have recently taken over the search. Their main brand was called Lord Calvert Beverages. The Frei-man's became a part of the company at least prior to 1922, when they were involved in a lawsuit together, Goldman-Freiman Bottling Co v. Sindell. In this suit, they lost $400, which I assume was worth being an appeals case 85 years ago. The company sold out to Suburban Club around 1958.

Does anybody out there have information on how I can obtain any Goldman-Freiman’s bottles?

Please let me know.

Sincerely, Daivid Freiman Ph: (443) 928-9728 E-mail: davidafreiman@yahoo.com Additional info: In the 2nd edition of the Baltimore Bottle Book they have five varients. There is an aqua and clear BIM and clear ABM small crown top.

There are also aqua and clear BIM large crown tops. The Goldman - Freiman Bottling Co has three varients listed, two small crowns and one large crown, all ABM and all clear. There is also an ACL soda listed, Lord Calvert "Since 1893," copyrighted 1940, Lord Calvert Beverages.

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Chicken Cock Whiskey While most of us have seen the great-looking Chicken Cock Bourbon pinched, enameled bar decanter, other items from the J. A. Miller Company of Paris, Kentucky, are less often found. Pictured here are a blotter, a

and a lithograph-on-brass sign as well as the decanter. Clearly this firm knew

label, a labeled flask,

how to use attractive graphics in their sales pitches, whether on its bottles or on its adverting.

The embossed bottle pictured here reads, “Miller’s Game Cock Whiskey Boston.”

There was no relation between these two Millers and their similarlynamed whiskies. In fact, there was bad

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blood between them, and the dispute ended up in court.

U. S. Government documents found on line list the case of “G. G. White Co. v.

Miller et.al.

(Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 27, 1892.)”

The case is one of trademark infringement. The case states, “Plaintiff and his predecessors have long used upon their whiskey barrels a trademark consisting of a picture of a chicken cock standing upright, within a circle surrounded by the words, ‘Old Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon Co., Ky.,’ and below the picture the words, ‘From J. A. Miller, Paris.’ For over 30 years this brand has been known as ‘Miller’s Chicken Cock Whiskey’ or ‘Chicken Cock Whiskey.’”

The defendants were accused of using a similar image on their whiskey labels and thus a trademark infringement had occurred.

The judge in the case found for the plaintiff, stating “The designation of the one as ‘Miller’s Chicken Cock Whiskey’ or ‘Chicken Cock Whiskey’ and of the other as ‘Miller’s Game Cock Whiskey’ or ‘Game Cock Whiskey’ is the mere substitution

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of the word ‘Game’ for ‘Chicken;’ and this difference, together with the other minor differences, are not enough to protect the defendants in the use of what is distinctively the complainant’s mark.”

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existed. The second image is of a trade card advertising Towle’s Log Cabin Root Beer. The reverse of the card touts the beverage as “The Great Temperance Health Drink.” Shown also is a photo of the bottle in which the root beer concentrate was packaged. It looks suspiciously

——————— Towle's Root Beer Many an American has poured Log Cabin Syrup on a plate of pancakes, waffles, or French toast. The brand was established in St. Paul around 1888 by Patrick J. Towle.

Early forms of packaging included lithographed, cabinshaped tins as well as multi-sided bottles. The company was a success, and Towle eventually sold the brand to General Foods in 1928. The blotter shown here advertises

Towle’s well-known syrup and boasts that the brand, ”Was awarded first prize at the Paris Exposition 1900 over all competitors for absolute purity and richness of flavor.”

While Log Cabin Syrup is still available, a lesserknown Towle product has long since been off the market.

In fact, few collectors are even aware that this product once

like a bottle of Hire’s Root Beer extract, and this was likely not an accident, however, the brand did not last long. Common as Hire’s Root Beer extract bottles are today, the 4 3/4 inch high, aqua Towle's Log Cabin Root Beer bottles are quite rare.

"Paper Trail" is a regular feature which showcases the wide world of bottle-related ephemera, from trade cards and post cards to letterheads and blotters. Readers are encouraged to submit items for publication. Simply scan or photograph your item (JPG please), add a short paragraph or two about the item, and include a photo of the bottle to which it relates.

E-mail your contribution to: Steve Ketcham s.ketcham@unique-software.com or mail it to: Steve Ketcham PO Box 24114 Edina, MN 55424 Ph: (952) 920-4205

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BOOKS YOU HAVEN’T READ – YET!

By Cecil Munsey Copyright© 2008

My frequent research and writing take me on interesting journeys to little-known real and Internet places where I find pictures and literature of great help and interest. In no special order, here are some reviews of books I’m betting you haven’t read yet.

Ghost Signs of Arkansas by Cynthia Lea Haas. This 114-page paperback – ISBN: 9781557284808 – was published in 1997 by the University of Arkansas Press.

From the late 1800s to the early 1950s, painted wall signs were a major mode of advertisement for both national companies and local businesses across America. Many of these artistic messages, now faded, peeling, and partially covered, still peek out from the storefronts, barns, alleyways, warehouses, theaters, and even stagecoach stops they once decorated.

Photographer Jeff Holder and author Cynthia Haas explore this often overlooked art form in Arkansas and show us signs that appear mysteriously in the rain, signs that are curiously painted in remote places, images and words now only half decipherable.

From Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, and Grapette Soda to Kis-Me-Gum, Uneeda Biscuit, and Snowdrift Flour, the logos and slogans are at once familiar and enigmatic.

Archival photographs reference the time when these brightly colored messages covered the facades of downtown buildings.

Of particular interest in this book are the profiles of three “wall dogs,” or sign painters, who remember the difficulties and joys of their unusual profession.

The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation

by James Harvey Young, PhD. This is 282-page hardbound book was published in 1961 by the Princeton University Press.

This book chronicles the rise of the patent medicine trade from its beginnings in colonial America until passage of the first federal food and drug law of 1906. The late Dr. Young (1915-2006) was a social historian whose special interest was the development of food and drug legislation in America.

He served many years as a professor of history at Emory University and also was a member of the FDA National advisory and Drug Council.

Doctor Diamond Dick: Leavenworth’s Flamboyant Medicine Man

by L. Boyd Finch. This book was published by the Kansas Historical Quarterly.

In this very interesting look at the life and “flamboyant” career of George B. McClellan, also known as Richard J. “Diamond Dick, “ author L. Boyd Finch places his subject at the nexus of medicine shows, wild west shows, and dime novels in order to give the reader a better understanding of all three late nineteenth and early twentieth-century phenomena, as well as the characters who made them popular.

“Dr.” McClellan, who died Bell Memorial Hospital (University of Kansas Medical Center) in Kansas City, Kansas, was involved in all three (medicine shows, wild west shows, and dime novels) and the story of his life makes for interesting reading and although he roamed the Midwest, his ties to Kansas were extensive. He was “known in every Kansas hamlet by his costume,” proclaimed the Kansas City Journal, but, according to Finch, “McClellan enjoyed particular success

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in Leavenworth in 1887-1888,” where his “promotional methods” through the pages of the local newspapers were especially “memorable.”

The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace. This 319-page hardbound book was published in 2008 by Crown Books of New York City. (Reviewed

by James E. Ellis of Businessweek magazine – June 2, 2008.)

The family of the late media mogul Malcolm Forbes made headlines in 1985 when it paid at auction the record sum of $156,000 for a single bottle of wine. But this was no vin ordinaire. The 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux was believed to have been owned by President Thomas Jefferson before it slipped from sight, only to be found almost two centuries later in the basement of a building being demolished in Paris. At least that was the story that spurred the Forbes clan and a parade of other moneyed – if not very diligent—wine aficionados to go to great lengths to own this and the two dozen other bottles sharing its supposed provenance.

The twisted saga of how the Jefferson bottles first enthralled and then shamed the world of fine wine is the subject of Benjamin Wallace's fascinating The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine. With plenty of detail, richly quirky characters, and restrained pacing, Benjamin Wallace introduces us to the rarefied world of high-end wine. Part detective story, part wine history, this is one juicy tale, even for those with no interest in the fruit of the vine.

At the center of the story is Hardy Rodenstock, a secretive German manager of pop bands with an uncanny knack for ferreting out very old bottles of fine French wine – especially those predating the phylloxera epidemic that

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decimated European grape vines in the late 1800s. Not only was Rodenstock a whiz at finding scarce 18th and 19th century bottles, he could unearth them in the rare, oversize bottles (magnums or jeroboams, for instance) most prized for their aging potential. "It seemed strange that the bottle hunter raising his shovel in triumph was invariably Hardy Rodenstock," Wallace writes.

If you think there may be a little too much coincidence in Rodenstock's success as a sort of Indiana Jones of old vintages, you know where this is headed. But Wallace treats us to some wonderful wine characters along the way. One of the most intriguing is Bill Koch, a member of the wealthy family that owns the diverse, privately held Koch Industries, and the purchaser of four of the Jefferson bottles.

Koch was no softie: This is a man who once subpoenaed his own 82-year -old mother. Although Koch had spent only $500,000 on wines that could be tracked back to Rodenstock, he shelled out $1 million on investigators and high-tech testing to prove the German a fraud. Still, Rodenstock— who has consistently defended his integrity – managed to sidestep Koch's 2006 U.S. court challenge by refusing to participate or to come to the U.S. Even wine guru Robert Parker may have fallen prey to a Rodenstock public relations coup. In 1995 the German served Parker an obscure l'Eglise Clinet Pomerol, which the übercritic then trumpeted in The Wine Advocate. "Rodenstock began boasting that, before the tasting, he had bought up all the old l'Eglise Clinet on the market, confident that Parker would award high scores and send the wine's

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price soaring," notes Wallace.

From the beginning, the evidence linking Rodenstock's purported Jefferson-owned bottles with the former President was circumstantial at best.

While his initials were engraved on the bottles, there was no record that he had ever owned them. In fact, neither Christie's, Sotheby's, nor their numerous buyers bothered to contact the Jefferson museum at Monticello, where there are extensive records of the Virginian's every purchase for decades. They would not have found much to support the claims. Plus, Rodenstock's 20-year refusal to identify where he'd found the wines should have set red flags flying from the start.

How could this have happened to so many people who should have known better? Wallace blames it on the all-too-human desire to possess something that others cannot. To be able to quaff a vintage chosen by early America's greatest statesman and foremost connoisseur is something only a few can hope to experience. And that tantalizing bait made these wellheeled oenophiles almost-too-willing victims. "As with all successful cons, the marks and grifter had been collaborators," writes the author. "One sold the illusion that the others were desperate to buy." Luckily for readers, Wallace has made the unmasking of this deceit as delicious as a true vintage Lafite.

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What are Whimsies?

Glass House Whimsies are non-production glass items made by the glass workers on their own time, possibly for their own use and enjoyment, or to demonstrate their ability with glass, or as a special presentation item.

Glass House Whimsies are often referred to as "End-of-Day" items. This terminology implies that the items have various colors because they were made with the scraps of glass left over at the end of the workday. It also implies that the item was made after the regular workday production was complete. Although this may be partly true, the glass used for making Whimsies was generally not an inferior glass and some items may have been made on the lunch hour. Example would include canes, darners, rolling pins and many more from gavels to turtles!

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January-February, 2009 Club in North Chelmsford, Mass., it was reported that the September meeting drew 23 members. A first-rate show & tell brought out a great variety of items from members' collections, including a Coca-Cola sign, a milk bottle with a poem on it, dairy calendars, a rare S.O. Richardson's Pectoral Balsam bottle, and more.

The Show & Sale was very successful. Cliff Hoyt was thanked for chairing the event. Comments included: great signage to the show, the hall was bright and a good one, and attendance was very good.

The newsletter included an article on a “muti-purpose miracle product” Cabot's Sulpho-Napthol. These amber bottles are occasionally seen at bottle shows. The article explained what Sulpho-Napthol was (a disinfectant and pesticide), and that it was actually a coal tar derivative.

The October meeting show & tell was another good one, with a few "found-lostfound" items. Ron Brennan acquired a milk bottle from his family's dairy from Art Channel, who had found several while diving! Ron had been searching for a bottle from his family's Salem, Mass. dairy, that burned in 1914.

The editor wrote an interesting article probably all bottle collectors can relate to.

He picked out three patent medicines because of their fascinating histories that he felt should be included in every bottle collection. His nominees were: a Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney & Liver Cure, a Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and a Warner's Safe Cure. The writer asks, "What are your nominees?"

Northeast Regional News Chris Davis 522 Woodhill Newark, NY 14513 (315) 331-4078 cdavis016@rochester.rr.com In the Richmond Area Bottle Club's newsletter, The Digger, the feature article was on the York Expo, by Mary Wadford.

There were also color photos, with the outstanding teakettle ink display by Lynn Mitchell & Don Carroll on the front page.

To quote from Mary's article, "As I walked into the show room, I was like a child in a candy store; which way should I go.....row after row of sparkling colors; the brightest of blues, greens and purple.

Slowly, I am transferred into an aura of complete beauty."

The Richmond club's Show & Sale on Oct. 4th, the last year at the Showplace Annex, was deemed a success by president Bruce Wadford. There was an "overall good feeling" at the show. The many volunteers were thanked for all their help in the many different areas, from start to finish. There were 58 tables and two displays.

September's meeting brought in an exceptional variety of show & tell items: fossils, glass and bottles, shards, toys, fruit jars, ephemera, flasks and stoneware.

The program was by RABCA member Marvin Croker on "Local Blob Sodas & Beers”. Twenty-four members were present. Another extensive eBay report, profusely illustrated, included 38 bottles and related items with selling prices.

The Apple Valley Bottle Collectors' (Winchester, Va.) newsletter, The Bottle Worm, reported on their annual summer picnic in August. The club had beautiful weather, with good food, games and a show & tell. There were 19 members in attendance. September's business meeting focused on filling all the volunteer jobs for the Sept. 24th Show & Sale.

Three new members were signed up at the Show & Sale. In fact, they are from three different states: Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia! Members Ginny Bowers and Roy Shifflette were thanked for their excellent displays at the Sept. 24th Show & Sale.

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In the Baltimore Bottle Digger, newsletter of the Baltimore Antique Bottle Club, it was reported that the September meeting welcomed two new members.

Forty-two people attended the meeting.

Some of the highlights included a successful "summer finds" show & tell. Over $100 was collected for the bottle raffle drawing.

October's program was a video on "Dump & Privy Digging," produced by Dave Matthews.

The club's website is being updated to include past show & sale photos, picnics, and more. In the past two weeks alone, the website has had hits from Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Egypt and Portugal!

Longtime newsletter editor Mary Collins has announced she is stepping

Bottles and Extras down after 25+ years on the job. The club is searching for a new editor. A job description was included in the newsletter.

Doc Anderson is seeking unlisted Baltimore bottles for the new edition of the "Baltimore Bottle Book".

The Jersey Shore Bottle Club's newsletter, Jersey Shore Shards, reported on the October meeting. The show & tell theme was, appropriately, "Something Halloween." Eighteen members heard a program by member Jerry Beers on the formation of the JSBC. It included many pictures, some of which were featured in the November issue of the Shards. Jerry remembered buying some really nice items for 50 cents to a dollar. Membership was once in the 80s, with 30 to 50 at each meeting.

There was also a great article on "Closures" and many other important bottle basics, with wonderful color photographs.

The Traveler's Companion, newsletter of the Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association, was a special show edition in October. The club's 10th annual show was held Sept.28th. The special issue, distributed to all dealers and the attending public, featured general information on the bottle collecting hobby.

This included an article entitled “Questions Most Asked About Bottle Collecting”. Some of the questions asked and answered in the article were, “Why collect old bottles?” "How can you determine the age of a bottle?" "Is the hobby expensive?" And more. In addition, an introduction to the GBBCA was given, as well as an invitation to the club's next meeting.

The program was to be given by members on bottles from their collections.

The September meeting's program was given by Dave Potter and Bob Watson, on their experiences at the York Expo in August. Quite an educational article was featured in the October issue. "All That Glitters is Not Gold," written by Joe Guerra, reported on a "one-of-a-kind" bottle that turned out to have epoxy embossing. The bottle also had a varnish coating, which solidified the epoxy. Buyers beware.

The November issue included a report on the 10th annual Show & Sale at the Polish Falcons Hall, Depew, N.Y. It was the second year at this location. The show was said to be the best so far. Sales and attendance were exceptional. The bar was raised with the club providing free breakfast and lunch (pizza, Buffalo

Bottles and Extras chicken wings) for all the dealers. Five new members were signed up at the show.

Dave Potter was thanked for his work as show chairman.

A memorium for longtime member Ed Potter was included, written by GBBCA President Peter Jablonski. In the bottle world, he was well known for his collecting of Buffalo, N.Y. items, from bottles to beer trays, as well as Buffalo Pottery and 1901 Pan Am Expo items. He was also a bottle digger, with plenty of stories to tell. He will be missed.

The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club of Utica, N.Y., reports on their October meeting in Bottles Along the Mohawk. The meeting was held at the Rome Historical Society, with a request to bring a friend and examples of other things you collect. President Fred Capozzella remarked, "Join us [in October] and let us see the deep, dark, un-bottle side of your life!"

The 2nd annual "Giant Bottle Show" was held at the club's September meeting, with many participating. The show seems to work better than the previously held auctions. Members rented portions of tables and bought, sold and traded during the evening.

The newsletter also included the complete membership roster of the MVABA. The list includes the collecting interests of each member, as well as contact informa-

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Members were reminded to view the Pete Zacek Memorial Exhibit at the Oneida County Historical Society. Pete's family gave the club a number of bottles from his collection, highlighted by his favorite color, cobalt blue. The exhibit also features bottles purchased from Pete.

What a nice way to be remembered!

In Bits and Pieces, the newsletter of the Empire State Bottle Collectors (Syracuse, N.Y.) edited by Sean Malloy, a number of topics were reported on. The October meeting's program was given by Jon Landers on "Early Soda and Mineral Waters from Utica, N.Y." Jon is no stranger to the bottle world. He's a very active member of the Mohawk Valley club, as well as long-time newsletter editor.

In this issue, there was an outstanding article by member Larry Rogers on “Valuing Our Collection”. This has been picked up by several clubs. A regular feature in the ESBCA newsletters is an eBay report. This time, the theme was "Green and Blue," with photos and prices realized.

Bottle Trivia included the story behind the "I Dream of Jeannie" bottle from the classic television show of the same name. The bottle was actually a decorative Jim Beam liquor decanter. It was painted with gold leaf by the show's art

that he had painstakingly pieced together, although they had the consistency of Swiss cheese. One was a bottle which would have been a rare find in citron, next came a German doll head and a yellow ware bowl. John Puzzo brought some recent Vulcanizing stoneware containers found in sizes from pint to quart to add to his collection. Ron Neumann Sr. dazzled us with some beautiful cobalt bottles. I showed The Leader light amber fruit jar. I didn’t have one in my collection in this color so was happy to find it at a great price.

"Ron and Kay Neumann Sr., just returned from a cruise to Alaska. They also made a side trip to visit with a son in Seattle. And, of course, Ron managed to bring back a few items to add to his collection. He also enjoyed

Midwest Regional News Joe Coulson 10515 Colingswood Lane Fishers, IN 46038 (317) 915-0665 jcoulson@leader.com Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois Dorothy Furman is newsletter editor of the ABCNI, and Jeff Dahlberg is president. The club has been holding its meetings at the Antioch Senior Center, 817 Holbeck, in Antioch.

Dorothy tells us the following in their October newsletter: “We enjoyed some of the best desserts to be eaten in quite a while.

We had some interesting show and tell items from Jim Kotsoures, who brought along some shards from a dig

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In Applied Seals, newsletter of the Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association of Rochester, N.Y., we find the results of the 18th Annual Benefit Auction. Each November, the club holds an auction to benefit Bethany House (a home for battered women and their children) and Mercy Flight Central (emergency helicopter transport). Club members donate bottles, antiques and collectibles to be sold. Member Doug Nicot served as auctioneer. Over $1,400 was raised! There was a large turnout and many items were donated. The evening also included a pizza party.

Plans for the landmark 40th Annual Show & Sale (April 26, 2009) included new show headquarters at the Super 8 and a special theme for exhibits - "Western New York State" bottles, glass, etc. There will also be a very special "40 Years of GVBCA" display to include pictures and memorabilia.

The October show & tell was so successful it will become an annual event!

The shows & tells included some of the club's younger members. Pictures were included in the newsletter. There were reports on the busy fall bottle show season in western and central New York, including Buffalo, Syracuse and Ithaca.

the food on board the ship and is now 8 pounds heavier. But a few digs should take care of that.”

The ABCNI November newsletter reported on the club’s annual Acquisition Night program. Members were asked to bring all the treasures that they picked up during the year and to compete for prize money.

There were thirteen different categories and winners were awarded a $5 prize.

Next annual show will be April 26th, 2009 at the Antioch Senior Center. For information on joining the ABCNI, you may contact: Dorothy Furman, 26287 W. Marie Ave., Antioch, IL 60002.

Findlay Antique Bottle Club Tom Brown (newsletter editor) of the FABC submitted October and November newsletters (Whittle Marks).

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for club members in their newsletter.

Here is what Tom had to say in their November newsletter: The 32nd Findlay Antique Bottle Show is now history. It is amazing how fast this year seemed to fly by and before we knew it it was “show time.” A very big thanks to Fred Curtis, our show chairman, who provided the many contracts he mailed and gave out at bottle shows to make this year a sellout. And it is with big thanks to all the club members who were at the Old Barn to help set up tables and chairs.

We had an attendance of 310 people this year wi th six dealers setting up outside. The weather was very nice, which also helped attendance.

So plans have been started for next year’s show, and as time flies it will be here before we know it.

We have a new address for longtime friend and bottle collector Shirlee MacDonald. She has moved to Fox Run Manor, 2101 Greendale Ave, Findlay, Ohio 45840. So if you want to send her a note or visit her these are her new “digs.”

According to Marianne Dow, “We had our Christmas Cheer meeting at Shirlee MacDonald's residence, and everyone enjoyed the festive holiday atmosphere, and the tasty goodies.

Members brought recent treasures, ranging from Tom Brown's teeny glass stein candy container and cartoon character spoons, to scarce Findlay area milks, some early European bottles, and even Dan Mompher's beautiful art glass epergne centerpiece.”

The FABC has a good website with pictures from their annual shows.

You should check it out: http:// fabclub.freeyellow.com/home.html.

Richard Elwood is club president.

Monthly club meetings are held at the University of Findlay. The annual show and sale is usually held in October. To find out more about their monthly newsletter, send a note to Findlay Antique Bottle Club, P.O. Box 1329, Findlay, OH 45839.

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Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club Michele and Shaun Kotlarsky are newsletter editors for The Embossing, the monthly newsletter of the Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club. Bob Powell is club president.

Here is an excerpt of Rod Krupka’s meeting minutes from the October newsletter, concerning show and tell items: Judy had some Westmoreland fairy light red souvenir cranberry glass made only in 1985. She also had a green one with flowers, carnival glass purple or plum iridescent made

by Fenton which, in 1984, was the only year this color was done. She had two clear glass ones by Smith Glass, which came in their original boxes, a diamond point angel light by Indiana Glass, moon and stars from the late 70s, 80s Indiana glass which she needs the amber one. Fairy lights originated in England in the late 1800s with Samuel Clark, who used them as night lights. Judy says she has 200 lamps. Les went to a yard sale on the advice of a bottle club member in Flint to get some insulators for 50 cents apiece. He purchased 300 of them. He had also gone to an auction in June in Cheasaning and bought two boxes for $5 a box. He found the amber D510 in one of those boxes, and a nice green insulator. He picked up the clear one at Midland, and the purple 150 one worth $100 on Ebay for $25.

The Brookfield he bought at the yard sale has a book value of $5,000$7,500. Eldon from the Flint club found a $3,500 fruit jar at an auction for $25 in a box of items he had purchased.

The HVBIC meetings are held the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m., at the First National Bank, 8080 Challis Rd., Brighton, Mich. You can find out much more about the HVBIC online at their website: http:// hvbic.org. Their monthly newsletter also can be viewed there.

The Iowa Antique Bottleers Mark Wiseman (newsletter editor) and Mike Magee (secretary) do a wonderful job each month reporting

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the IAB happenings. Mark submitted the IAB newsletters for October and November.

In the October newsletter, it was reported that Kevin Williams (club president) had arranged a guided tour of the Iowa Potters display with the organizer of the display at the State Historical Building. Museum Chief Curator Michael Smith gave an informative and interesting historical account of the pieces on display as each portion of the display was observed by the group. We had a real nice turnout for this meeting and those who attended were extremely complimentary of the Iowa pottery display.

In the spirit of October’s Halloween holiday, Mike Magee submitted the following old newspaper article relating a “horror story” (The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, October 6, 1893): A Sickening Horror. Lyons, Oct. 6 – Tuesday evening about 8 o’clock, Patrick Cunningham went to the outhouse in the rear of J.J. Kennedy’s saloon in Clinton in a state of intoxication and had the misfortune to fall into the vault. Fortunately he alighted on his feet in the slime, but owing to the seclusion of the place and his condition he hallooed vainly for help and consequently was compelled to pass the night in this foul place. Sometime during the night his feet came in contact with something that felt like a man’s coat and pulling it up to the surface he struck a match and in the uncertain light a grinning skull looked him in the face "Upon this discovery he called louder than ever for help and about 4 o’clock Wednesday morning as Officer Sanke Petersen was patrolling his beat past the place he heard his cries fo r help and soon rescued him from his horrible quarters. Cunningham insisted that there was another person in the vault and called on the officer to assist him in removing his “partner,” as he called him.

"The officer, thinking that his talk was the result of a brain crazed by liquor, paid little attention to his talk, but bade him go home. This Cunningham did, but in the afternoon he again

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sought the police, telling them the same story. As he had sobered off, the fact dawned upon them that it might be true and an investigation was at once begun. A scavenger was sent for and late last night the body was brought to light. Upon investigation it was discovered that the body was that of Michael J. Doran, who disappeared on the afternoon of June 2."

The club’s November newsletter had a great article about members who were mentioned in a local newspaper article (Northeast Dallas County Record, May 1, 2008, “Bottle Collectors use new technology to search old outhouse sites”). Mike Magee also reprinted a great historical article on a local pottery firm (Iowa State Daily Register, May 11, 1869, “Des Moines Pottery Works”).

The IAB newsletters always contain wonderful digging stories by Mark Wiseman. He has a regular column, “The Digger’s Scoop,” that tells of his local digging adventures with his dog, the old truck, and various digging friends that join him. You can find out more about IAB membership ($15/yr.) from Tom Southard, 2815 Druid Hill, Des Moines, IA 50315.

Jelly Jammers The editor and publisher of the Jelly Jammers Journal is Margaret Shaw. Club President is Pat Van Dyke. Pat had the following to say in her Fall 2008 newsletter president’s message: I hope you are having a wonderful summer. I am trying mightily to put the house in shape, as well as help [husband] John in the yard. We have been going back and forth to Holland, Michigan like yoyos because John’s only sibling lost her husband suddenly July 27. I have not done any antiques shopping.

I have been reading and organizing my Jelly Jammer newsletters – what a wealth of information! We owe an enormous debt to our publisher, Margaret Shaw, and we should be thinking about someone who could relieve her- after all, 1985 to 2008 is an awfully long time to labor in an unpaid position – 23 years.

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John and I enjoyed York and the bottle extravaganza. There were 400plus dealers and I saw many of our Muncie, Indiana friends. I purchased a Ravenna jelly and several small clear glass molds with the tin lids. I also found two jellies with labels that I loved. A big hit for me was meeting Mr. McMurray. John and I have talked with him about his telephone auctions. It was like meeting a celebrity. I was so proud of Tom Caniff’s being inducted into the hall of fame and Joe Coulson’s award in the newsletter contest. Phyllis Pahlmann did her usual spectacular job of putting together a display. She had jars from all the classifications noted in Barbara Bowditch’s American Jelly Glasses book. Phyllis and Bob are such assets to our club. There were many displays and all were interesting. Doing a display takes much time and effort and here there were lighted cabinets brought in and interesting cupboards.

It was so much fun.

We held our seminar and three people came. Time will tell if they will become members. I enjoyed talking with a man from Virginia who thought his wife might be interested, although I did not meet her. Keep looking for those jellies and leaving our club information leaflets.

The journal is published four times a year. Tom Caniff is one of the regular contributors. You can find out more about Jelly Jammers membership ($15/yr.) from Phyllis Pahlmann, 219 Cedar Dr., Chapin, IL 62628.

Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club Al Holden sent us the following information: We had a fine turnout for the October meeting. The following people were at the meeting: Michael Davis, Scott Hendrichsen, Tim Hayes, Elmer Ogg, Chuck Parker, Mary Hamilton, Bill Drake, Ginny Moran, Terry Burnett, Edna Slocum, Wayne Marvin and Al Holden.

It was a rare treat to see Ginny Moran at the meeting and I marvel that Elmer Ogg drives so far for the meetings! I passed my note pad around and had everyone sign in who

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was there. What I didn't see were Jack and Ernie's names.

We had a lot of great bottles to look at! Scott purchased a large selection of repro E.G. Booze bottles. Also, Scott and president Chuck Parker found a good privy to dig in Plainwell.

They recovered over 20 local druggist bottles, a yellow ware bowl, a Star & Thompson Druggist, M. Bailey Pharmacist, John Crispe Druggist, Star & Thompson Pharmacist, George E Starr & Co., C.H. Adams Druggist-Otsego.

In addition, they dug a teal Redwood Cologne bottle from New York and a Millville wax sealer fruit jar.

The Kalamazoo club has started posting meeting minutes on their website: www.kalamazoobottleclub.org.: Chuck Parker is the club president and you can contact him for more information about their club at: 607 Crocket Ave., Portage, MI 49024. (ph: 616-329-0853). The club meets regularly at the Kalamazoo Public Library, located at 315 S. Rose St. Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club The MAFJBC has members nationwide and is heavily fruit jarfocused. Meetings are held the first Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. in the Cantina at Minnetrista, which is located in Muncie, Indiana. Dave Rittenhouse is club president.

At the November club meeting, Dick Cole gave a final update on the production of the Phil Robinson DVD titled “Parable of the Jars.” Contents now include this year’s presentation of the “Parable of the Jars;” a 1996 interview with Phil walking around his fruit jar museum, and a Ball State University interview of Phil at his museum. The price is $15 plus postage and you may contact Dave Rittenhouse to obtain a copy (765-4688091). Phil, a retired minister, passed away earlier this year and was well known for his talk on Bible stories and personal anecdotes as they related to names of antique fruit jars. This DVD is a great tribute to Phil and will bring back many memories if you had ever visited with him and his museum

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in Muncie.

Club members were asked to bring items embossed with “Mason’s Patent Nov. 30TH 1858” or some variation for the show and tell program. This theme marked Nov. 30th, 2008 as being the 150th anniversary of John Landis Mason’s famous patent date!

Dave Rittenhouse displayed an aqua quart The Mason Jar of 1858 Trademark (base: Patd by Jno. L. Mason Nov. 30th 1858). This was the first jar that he ever bought at one of the old York, Pa. jar shows. He was out there with a flashlight in the early morning looking over sales tables (the show started before daylight back then). He got the jar for $8 because of his early-bird determination!

Norm and Junne Barnett showed the first jar that they acquired in 1967.

It was a green pint Mason’s Patent.

Junne clerked at a sale where an amber Trade Mark Lightning sold for $18 and thought it was interesting that it went for such a price. At another sale the green Mason’s Patent jar showed up. They purchased it for $7, but had to beat another gal out for it in a battle of bids. This sale occurred about one mile from where they now live. If they hadn’t bought the jar then they probably wouldn’t have gotten into the hobby. It struck Junne’s fancy because it was a different color.

Meredith Robinson told a story about an aqua midget pint Mason’s Patent Nov. 30th 1858 jar. This was a jar that Phil had purchased in his early days of collecting. Phil left it in a cubby hole in their car for about two weeks after buying it. He paid $15 for it, and they didn’t have a lot of money to spend on jars at that time. He was afraid what Meredith might say when he showed it to her!

Joe Coulson displayed a set of three different colors of a pint reproduction Mason’s Patent Nov 30th 1858 jar (dark blue, deep purple, and reddish amber) (base: 44) (these jars are distributed by the Heart of Ohio Antique Mall). Joe reminded everyone that reproductions are out there and that first-time buyers need to educate themselves before spending a lot of

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money.

Joe brought a rare circa 1876 large photograph that shows John L. Mason sitting with his fruit jars and metal screw cap-making machine invention.

Joe displayed a large tin cup with the word MASON’S embossed on it. John Mason was a tin-smith and several tin items can be found with his markings on them.

After the regular meeting ended, club members participated in a “jar tailgate party”. Boxes of jars were brought for sale and trade. The MAFJBC has a website: http:// www.fruitjar.org. Meeting details as well as lots and lots of pictures from their semi-annual shows can be found there.

Minnesota’s First Antique Bottle Club Barb Robertus is editor of the MFABC newsletter, The Bottle Digger’s Dope. Linda Sandell takes care of the printing and mailing. Linda, thanks for continuing to send us a copy of the newsletter.

Barb tells us the following in their October newsletter: Well, our scheduled annual “DATE” at Jax Café dawned as a beautiful day. Arriving early and waiting for us were Ron & Vernie Feldhaus. We all hugged and ordered a drink to celebrate friends and our bottle club. Can one imagine 41 years?

No wonder we all look a bit older!”

We were a smaller group this year, the Calhouns all being in South Dakota on a vacation (snow!!), while Southards were all tied up with visitors, as were the Kahlenbecks with daughter dancing in some special, and the Essigs are so far away (nearly in Iowa) that they passed, too. You really don’t know how much we miss all of you. Gwen Seeley landed in the hospital again.

Barb included many great photos of club members enjoying their dinner event. The club has finalized the next show date for March 29th, 2009.

Membership in the MFABC is $10/yr. For more information, please contact Linda Sandell, 7735 Silver Lake Road #208, Moundsview, MN 55112.

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North Star Historical Bottle Association Doug Shilson is newsletter editor for the North Star Historical Bottle News. Doug does a great job each month reporting the club’s latest happenings. He puts a lot of effort into recording all the details that take place. Steve Ketcham is club president.

In the October newsletter, Steve gave a recent trip report: Chris and I were fortunate enough to spend a month on the road this fall.

We set out in early September and antiqued our way across Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. Our first night in California was spent at an inn overlooking beautiful Lake Tahoe. From there we headed north into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and early California gold country to attend the Downieville bottle show. This is a privately sponsored show chaired by Rick and Cherry Simi and Tim Higgins. Much like the Minnesota show, the event begins with a great social gathering at the Simis' Downieville home (a converted 1800s brewery) the night before the show. Several of our California friends were there and we made some new acquaintances as well. The food was great and the bottle talk, filled with tales of California digs, finds and rarities, lasted late into the night. The following day, we participated in a 40-table show featuring a truly nice selection of bottle, advertising and stoneware.

Downieville sits in a canyon along the Downie River. It was founded in the 1850s as a gold mining town and somehow survived. Current population is just over 300, but the town boasts several restaurants and inns.

The hilly terrain is ideal for mountain biking and this activity keeps the local businesses busy.

It is a long trip to Downieville from Minnesota. The bulk of the drive was freeway, but the last 100 miles or so took us through breathtaking mountain scenery along California Highway 49. Also breathtaking were the Downieville Bottle Show displays.

Several California bitters collectors

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pooled their rarest items into a stunning exhibition of amazing old California bitters bottles. Warren Friedrich treated us to a guided tour of his portion of the display of rare bitters. His research is impeccable, and it was all laid out for everyone to read and enjoy.

From Downieville, we drove to Yosemite National Park, stopping at numerous treasure-filled shops along the way. We spent our time in Yosemite hiking the valley floor and surrounding mountains where we enjoyed some of America’s most beautiful landscapes and experienced close encounters with mule deer and a bobcat.

Next came Big Sur, some great Pacific Ocean vistas, more hiking and another bobcat siting. From Big Sur we turned north on Highway 1, enjoying the ocean views and numerous shops. We spent time in Mendocino, Petaluma (wine country!) and Eureka.

Before leaving California, we enjoyed an afternoon with Bill Ham and his wife Cindy. We were treated to lunch, a tour of Bill’s outstanding collection and a look at his vineyard.

After two weeks in California, we next found ourselves in Portland and experienced one of America’s most livable cities for three nights, staying in a 1904 mansion, now a B&B, on Nob Hill. We found that the Sellwood area of Portland is where to go for antiques shops, so we spent a day there before turning east.

We followed the Columbia River Gorge as we began the journey home.

We shopped in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Missoula, Montana. Our next stop was Deer Lodge, Montana to visit longtime friend Marge Bloomquist.

Marge’s late husband, Desert John, established his Saloon Museum in Deer Lodge. Though the museum was closed for the season, Marge graciously opened the doors for us. We hadn’t visited since 2000, and it was good to see Marge and the marvelous museum once more.

We spent a memorable night in the little town of Buffalo, Wyoming, staying at the Occidental Hotel. Established in the 1800s, the hotel and ad-

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joining saloon are a part of western lore, and can boast among their patrons the likes of Calamity Jane, Butch and Sundance, author Owen Wister (“The Virginian”) and Teddy Roosevelt.

Additions to the bottle collection found on this trip included a Pawnee Indian Too Re; a Blackhawk Remedy Co., Pierre, S.D., and a Schafer-Vater canteen-style whiskey nip featuring a nicely detailed, embossed eagle.

There are still finds to be made in the shops of America. With the lower price of gas, it is not too late to get out there and make a find! For more information on joining the NSHBA, please contact Doug Shilson: 3308 32 Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 554062015.

Ohio Bottle Club Phyllis Koch (editor) and Donna Gray (secretary) always do a very nice job with The Ohio Swirl, the OBC’s newsletter. John Fifer is the club president.

Club member Jeff Hooper gave a great detailed report of “Digging with the Midwest Diggers” in their October newsletter: April 28th found Tom Chambers and me heading to the great, rich privy -digging land of the Midwest. After three days of antiquing and putting many miles behind us, we arrived at the home of Larry Adkins in Illinois to start the first leg of our digging journey. We had planned to spend two days there digging with Larry and John Buffington.

The first day was uneventful as rains prevented us from digging, so we took in some antique shopping and auctions and did quite well. Highlight of the buying that day was when I found a yellow-green citrine, 3-piece mold target ball at a very reasonable price.

The next day found us in Plumville digging in a yard that Larry and John had already dug one pit in. Tom and I both immediately probed out a pit apiece, my pit being the more rare of the two, the type that has the screwtop mayonnaise jars in it. We decided

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to dig Tom’s pit because it was much older and after about three hours or so of hard digging down to the 6 foot level, we had finished the pit.

It contained approximately 60 bottles, including local embossed Plumville and Pruneville drug store bottles, a Mendota, Ill., Hutch soda, a Moxie Nerve Food blob top, a graphite-pontiled utility cylinder, a Carboline for the Hair, a couple of 1858 Mason jars, a stoneware ½-gallon crock, some other nice embossed patent medicines and other bottles.

During the dig, Tom broke out a bag of peppered beef jerky, purchased at an antique store in St. Regis, Montana, which Larry liked so much that it brought him to tears. (Word to the wise: when digging on a hot, sweaty summer day and eating peppered jerky, try not to rub your eyes).

After doing our picks, we went to the local watering hole and enjoyed a nice pizza and enjoyed some stories. I want to thank Larry and Buff for their great Illinois hospitality. The next morning Tom and I departed, heading east to Pennsylvania.

After a visit with my folks, and several antique shops later, we headed our way west to Mansfield, Ohio and the big bottle show. I can’t stress how great a show this is, with two days of two buildings full of sales tables, a fantastic dinner on Friday night, and the gathering of many friends from all over the country. The only minor disappointment of the show was that there was no live auction this year.

Sales were fantastic.

On Saturday afternoon after the show, we caravanned with Jeff Gindling and Ron Wood, proceeding to the great digging lands of Indiana.

Jeff and Ron are the most gracious hosts I’ve ever met, with Jeff putting Tom and me up at his house during the stay, and Ron graciously providing all the digging equipment needed to provide for a fun dig, along with a fine barbecue and facilities for the end of the trip bottle pick. Larry really wanted to go along with us to Indiana, as he heard there are some very nice pontiled blue Indiana ketchup bottles to be found there, but his work sched-

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ule did not allow him to make this leg of the journey.

The first day we did not dig because of tornados in the area, so Tom and I headed out and hit the local antique shops. The next day, Ron had permission in the town of Hooterville that provided us with a pit 12 feet deep and 8 feet in diameter that took us from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. to finish.

It was a stone liner that dated from 1910 on top all the way down to 1850 on the bottom. We knew it was going to be a good pit when a pair of false teeth showed up and Tom tried them on for good luck. The pit yielded over 200 bottles, including several Hooterville and Scooterville drug store bottles, along with a salt-glazed crock from Kendall Co., from Cincinnati, an aqua open-pontiled Ginseng Panacea, an X-Bazin open pontil, an 1860 fruit jar, a Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, a rare Hooterville milk bottle, some killer fruit jars that included an amber wax sealer and a yellow-green quart Lightning jar, a teal green Grand Rapids, Mich., pharmacy bottle, a few 1858 Mason fruit jars, a Dr. Clark Throat and Lung Balsam, several Shiloh’s Consumption Cure, several Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrups, a couple of battery jars, a ground lip Hemingray fruit jar, a Peruvian Celery Compound, several marbles, a couple of old pipe bowls, a Dr. Kerr’s Great System Renovator from Cincinnati, 3 small oval Peruvian Beans, a very rare igloo ink with an embossed hand on the dome with the letters P and H embossed on a shield, some Carter’s cone inks, a teal green P & D Co. cylinder, a milk glass Liquid Pearl bottle, and two inhalers, a breast pump, a pair of false teeth, dozens of 1880s to 1890s patent medicines and utility bottles, and several unembossed bottles.

The highlight of the dig was when Jeff G. was at the bottom of the hole and pulled out a mint pontiled A. Stone pint fruit jar. Next to it were 4 more broken ones. Jeff was so excited he could have leaped out of the hole in a single bound, all 12 feet of it. The jar cleaned up nicely and sold at the recent Muncie, Indiana bottle show

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for a tidy sum that we split four ways.

The following day proved to be uneventful, as we dug several test holes, but no privies, but that really didn’t matter, as we still had a good time that day and to be honest, how could you top the dig from the day before?

After the dig, we went to Ron Wood’s home the following day for the big bottle pick and barbecue. All four of us came away with several nice bottles for our collections. It was a great way to end a digging trip and the next morning Tom and I headed the minivan west, stopping and shopping at antique stores along the way, making it back home by May 19.

After three weeks and 6,900+ miles on the road, we were once again home and already planning for next year’s trip. I would like to personally thank our fellow Midwest bottle diggers for another memorable year.

In the club’s November newsletter, there was detailed coverage of the meeting theme “Identifying Mantua, Kent, and Ravenna Glass.” The discussion was guided by John Fifer (in Bill Koster’s absence).

Ravenna Glass – John Salzwimmer began this part of the program, asking for information about Ravenna Glass. Brian Gray came forward, and said that Ravenna Glassworks opened as a small company in 1857. The company had a factory on the west side of the city, and a general store downtown. It shut down during the 1860s financial crisis, reopened in 1863, and finally closed in 1865. Ravenna Glass made a lot of flasks with its name on them. Most other bottles weren’t marked with the company name.

When the company closed, 271 molds were sold at sheriff’s sale, so the company probably made all kinds of bottles. In his research, Brian also found a newspaper ad which said that the company produced every kind of bottle imaginable.

Brian related the story of a glassblower who was fired; he came back, beat his employer over the head with a heavy object, was carried away, and arrested. This event illustrates how glassblowers came to be known as a rough group.

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Jim asked Brian to show his book on 19th century Portage County Glass, which is currently being published.

Jim said that Brian did a lot of research. The book has much information and great color pictures, and Jim recommended that club members buy it.

Jim talked about the specific molds that Ravenna Glass used, the color of the bottles, and bottle values.

Where can bottles be found? He related the story of an amber calabash that sold at a Cleveland garage sale for $30; the bottle’s value $20,000!

Something like this does not happen very often, though. Most of the valuable bottles are sold through auctions.

John Fifer said that Ravenna made an air-tight fruit jar in three sizes. Ravenna was noted for the iron pontil.

John brought two Jenny Lind bottles and had people guess which one was made in Ravenna. He then explained how to identify the Ravenna bottle.

John recommended that club members “self-educate” themselves. Observe and study. Where to find bottles?

Auctions, farm dumps, privies (you might get lucky!), bottle shows, and garage sales.

John told the story of an Indiana woman who was going to sell an amber fruit jar at a garage sale for 50 cents. An auctioneer saw it, told her he could probably get $50 for it. The fruit jar sold at auction for $27,000.

John repeated the importance of self-education. How many have gone to a library in the past year? The library is a very good source of glass information. Look at the books! More advice from John: Go to shows. Look.

Ask people questions.

Kent Glass – Jim Salzwimmer brought two extremely rare Kent bottles. One, an amber, 20-rib flask, was owned for many years by a friend, who discovered it in the 1960s after it fell out of the rafters of an old house.

Jim acquired the bottle after the death of his friend. The other Kent bottle, extremely rare, is an aqua 3-piece mold, G2-6 pattern.

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amber chestnut flask, from Duncan Wolcott, who was in failing health; Duncan got it from an old lady who said it was from her great-great grandfather. The second Mantua bottle, rare, is an aqua 16-rib flask, club shape, with a terminal ring.

John Fifer showed a Mantua nurser bottle, discussed archaeological work done at the Mantua site, and expressed hope that all the efforts will come to a happy conclusion. Jim Salzwimmer said that three Jackson flasks exist, with one being found in a Mantua barn.

For more information on joining the OBC, contact Berny Baldwin (treasurer), 1931 Thorpe Circle, Brunswick, OH 44212. The club also has a new website which can be found at: http://www.ohiobottleclub.com.

Details about its milk bottle book can be found there also.

St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association Club secretary Roger Wattler reports the following: After a long absence, St. Louis is reporting its activities again. The first weekend of November was a fun weekend trip to Southern Missouri and Illinois. Members hit antique stores and malls with club president George Casnar finding a Mildes' Special three-colored ACL from Jackson, Mo. In St. Genevieve, Mo., Ron Sterzick found an old bell with a little damage, but it has a good ring tone. Yours truly found several Mason jars. John Hinkel was organizer, scout and driver for the trip.

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ber 8, 2008, was the Belleville, Illinois Bottle Show. Attendance was good, lots of bottles leaving the show and several of our members were vendors or customers.

At our October meeting, "show and tell" had Ron Sterzick with an amber straight-sided Coca-Cola bottle from Greenville, Miss. George Casnar brought in an English Rothwell and Sons inside-threaded bottle with the figure of a bottle with wings. Burt Henke produced a cobalt blue Hutchinson, J. Lomax, from Chicago, 14, 16 & 18 Charles Place, J.L. on the base. John Hinkel showed a clear quart Barnard’s Universal Ink, St. Louis, Mo. The paper label shows the Globe held up by a Chain. Our annual Christmas dinner had the usual great food and a Christmas present exchange.

The next St. Louis Antique Bottle and Jar Show will be March 15, 2009. Show Chair: Pat Jett, 17 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, MO 63050.

Phone: 636-948-3029.

Wabash Valley Antique Bottle & Pottery Club Martin Van Zant is newsletter editor for The Wabash Cannonball, the WVABPC’s monthly newsletter.

Peggy Zimmer is the club president.

Martin reported on his trip to the Collinsville bottle show in the club’s November newsletter: "I was supposed to meet Ned at my house at 5 a.m. I ended up getting there about 15 after. We left promptly after I put my sales box in the car.

Collinsville here we come! It took about three hours to get to our destinashall Clements is putting into his Bottle Talk newsletters.

He is investing his time and artistic talents into producing one of the best of its kind anywhere, not just in the Southern Region. His November issue celebrates Thanksgiving and the "bird" decorating the front cover is something else. Each of its tailfeathers is in the shape of a bottle ranging from

Southern Regional News Bill Baab 2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net

The Raleigh (N.C.) Bottle Club ought to be proud of the work Mar-

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tion. We arrived about 7:15 a.m. and wasted no time looking at the treasures.

"The bottle club Metro-East and a breweriana club hosted this show.

This made for a wide diversity of items. There were just as many beer can collectibles as there were bottles.

The aluminum beer can is a hot new phase. Cans barely two years old were bringing $5. There were some limited editions less than two years old bringing about $25. I couldn’t believe all the cans that were exchanging hands.

Then again, I would bet you that they thought I was crazy for collecting bottles.

The flow of people seemed to be positive all day. They piled through the door from 8 until 2. There always seemed to be people in the aisles. I noticed a lot of brown bags, which means somebody was selling something. I think overall it was a pretty good show. I ran into Tony Stringfellow and son along with Bill Granger.

Tony and Bill both had bags in their hands. I wonder what kind of goodies they had. Maybe they’ll be kind enough to bring it to the meeting. I bought a small pint amber home brewing company that looked pretty nice. I also bought a part for my bottle cleaning machine from the Jar Doctor.

The WVABPC holds monthly meetings at Shadows Auction Barn, 1517 Maple Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. Club dues are $10/yr. For more information, please contact Gary Zimmer (treasurer), 10655 Atherton Rd., Rosedale, IN 47874.

what appears to be holy water to castor oil and everything in between.

Inside the issue are nominees for the club’s annual "Best of the Best" contest. There are four categories: (1) the best bottle with a value greater than $50, (2) the best "go-with" with a value greater than $50, (3) the best bottle with a value less than $50 and (4) the best "go-with" with a value less than $50.

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the high quality entries; to wit: Best bottle over $50 nominees are a Richmond, Va., Christo Cola 2-quart jug; a Happy Patty / J.W. Patterson / Durham, N.C., saloon flask; a Jessup Bottling Works / Charlottesville, Va., straight-sided Pepsi; a jug stenciled J.W. Edwards / Liquor Dealer / Goldsboro, N.C.; a one-of-a-kind 1911 photo of the Winston-Salem, N.C., Pepsi plant; a rare and colorful "Mother knows best" Pepsi sign.

Best bottle under $50 nominees are: a clear Raleigh, N.C. Dispensary flask; a Dr. Pepper baby bottle; a clear Dr. Pepper throwaway bottle; an early throwaway Coke bottle thought to be the prototype for the first Coke throwaway.

Best "go-withs" under $50 nominees include a 1960s Pepsi musical cigarette lighter and an old red, white and blue Pepsi sign. Winners were announced at the club’s Christmas party in December.

A Makers Mark whiskey bottle decorated with a pumpkin "face" and fall leaves is on the October issue cover, complete with black cat in keeping with the Halloween theme.

Inside is a feature story on member Sterling Mann, who specializes in throwaway bottles.

Marshall downloaded seven color photos showing some of Sterling’s wonderful collection, including throwaways from Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Fresca, Double Cola, Fanta and TAB. Rest of the issue featured 19 color photos from the club’s annual show and sale.

A super-rare Pepsi "5-Cap" cone can from the amazing collection of member Donnie Medlin graced the cover of the September issue. This region editor and his wife visited Donnie a few years back and were astounded by the volume and quality of his Pepsi, Mountain Dew and other collectibles.

Two more of Donnie’s rare Pepsi cone tops – one with a "double dot" between Pepsi and Cola and the other with a "single dot," were displayed at the meeting. Member Charlie Perry showed a nice amber Pepsi from Memphis, Tenn., with the brand name

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on the shoulder in block letters and in the familiar script on the side near the base.

Member Ron Hinsley and some of his rare and colorful North Carolina blobtops also were shown.

C h e c k o u t www.raleighbottleclub.com and enjoy the newsletters.

Melissa Milner featured a show and tell session from the October meeting of the State of Franklin (Tenn.) Antique Bottle & Collectors Association in the November issue of The Groundhog Gazette. Visitor J.D. Parker brought a Gray’s Dairy bottle, Richard Begley two sizes of Honeymoon peanut butter jars and Jerry Brown a Bristol (Tenn.) Centennial plate.

She downloaded 11 black-andwhite vintage Johnson City, Tenn. photos and post cards.

In her October issue, she featured her husband, Fred, president of the club when this was written. He has been collecting soda bottles for more than 25 years, the collection starting with a bottle find beneath an old barn he was tearing down. Milk, medicine, beer, whiskey, black glass and demijohns are in his collection, with a 1750s Dutch onion the oldest bottle in his collection.

Old books, newspapers from the early 19th century and old deeds and warrants almost round out his interests. Almost. He also has 17 tractors, "hit-n-miss" engines and horse-drawn farm equipment, old traps and auto jacks and old tools.

"And I haven’t even begun to mention my collectibles," she says.

What happens to editors who get behind in compiling their newsletters?

Simple, you publish multiple-month issues, like the M-T Bottle Collectors’ Association’s Bill Marks. One issue of the Diggers Dispatch dates to April, May, June, July and August.

He revealed the club broke even with its March 14-15 show and thanked Freda Benton for taking photos at the show that were published in this issue. Bill could not be at the

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show because of illness. Sixty-two dealers occupied 101 sales tables.

The Federation ribbon for the most educational display was awarded to Mike and Betty Jordan of Ocala, Fla., for their cobalt hyacinth vase display. The People’s Choice award for the most unique display went to Paul Conner of Lochloosa, Fla., for whiskey bottles and candy containers.

The updated club roster shows 42 members, including seven new members..

In his September, October, November, December issue, Maureen Pallasch was elected president for 2009. Other officers were Harlan Pallasch, vice president; Beryl Hesketh, secretary; Marylou A. Tew, treasurer, and directors Bill Dreggors, Grady Rowell and Charles Benton.

Alternate director is Whitey McMillan.

Color it green.

Johnnie Fletcher did in the November issue of the Oklahoma Territory News, newsletter of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club.

Tim Jones of Kingfisher, Okla., found a smaller version of the green Roach & Veazey Drug Co., bottle, while a new variant of a Citrate of Magnesia / Sanford-Frazier / Drug Co. / Enid, Okla., also in green, has been discovered.

Each was featured in color on the cover page of the November issue.

Ed Stewart’s "The Chapman Hole" feature story dominated the issue. It told the tale of digs last April in Atchison, Kan., with Johnnie making the long trip from Mustang, Okla., to join Kenny and Casey Burbrink from Newton, Kan., Francis Wiltz of Atchison and Ed. To make his long story shorter, the story title referred to a rare, amber G.A. Chapman & Co. drug store bottle from Atchison. After digging a Johnson & Bereman / Druggists bottle from Atchison from a wood-lined privy, Johnnie added another and let out a "Woo-Hoo" by digging a Chapman. Johnnie relinquished the hole to Francis who, after bringing up several

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bottles, stood up clutching yet another Chapman. It was a variant with an embossed arm holding an arrow and the Latin inscription, "Crescit Sub Pondere Virtus," in a U-shaped ribbon. The phrase means "Virtue thrives beneath oppression," and is the ancient motto for the family name of Chapman.

Other Atchison drug store bottles soon emerged, including a square Augustus Lang, James Yates & Co., S.F. Stollo, J.W. Allen and McPike & Fox. Stewart closed out the issue with the story of a backhoe dig into a buried basement of an old store in Atchison. Johnnie and Francis and the latter’s grandson, Michael, joined him.

The more than 100 bottles found included a Noll & Son Druggists, an S.F. Stoll’s Cream of Roses, a rare A.W. Pretzel Hutchinson, a rare Hekelnkaemper Bros. Hutch, all from Atchison, and 71 marbles, many of the "Bennington" variety.

Remember the "Original Budweiser" blobtop beer dug by Kenny and Casey Burbrink from an outhouse in Wichita, Kan.? It sold on eBay for $3,397.50, according to Johnnie in his October issue.

Warren Borton was the guest writer and described finally getting permission to dig in an area once oc-

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cupied by the coal town of Dietz, Wyo. He and his buddy, Darrell Meyer, braved winter’s icy winds.

Darrell dug a Fulmer & Suits / The Sheridan Druggist / Sheridan, Wyo., only the second known example, and a screw-capped half-pint whiskey flask embossed in a bold slug late: A.H. Armstrong / Red Light / Saloon / Alliance, Neb. More than 60 bottles came out of the next pit, including an amber Quaker Maid whiskey, a Kentucky mini jug, two Foys / Sheridan pop bottles and a 1900 flask. A George Small / Sheridan drug store bottle was joined by a rare Fauwkes drug store from Newcastle, Wyo. Then what appeared to be a green nickel rolled out, but it turned out to be a trade token. It was joined by 549 other tokens.

Warren summed up the amazing adventure: 20 privies in four days, more than 650 bottles, including rare Sheridan, Wyo., drugstore bottles and a rare Nebraska saloon flask.

Also dug was an amber crown top soda embossed Silver Bow Brewing Co., which had a bow and arrow logo in the center of the slug plate. But there was no town name. It was placed on eBay and brought $665. Turns out it was from the Butte, Mont., area and extremely rare.

The Horse Creek Antique Bottle Club was privileged to have as guest speaker Leonard Todd of Edgefield, S.C., author of "Carolina Clay, The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave."

Leonard learned some years ago that the master potter "was owned by my ancestors, the Landrums and Mileses of Edgefield, S.C., and their close relatives, the Drakes," he said, quoted from his web site at leonardtodd.com in the November issue of Probe & Plunder, the newsletter edited by this regional editor.

While Dave’s pots are mentioned, the book is the story of the man himself and the perilous and tragic times in which he lived and worked. It is a wonderful, eye-opening, entertaining book that should be in every pottery collector’s library.

The book is available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon and other major booksellers.

The club did not meet during December, with its first meeting coming on the third Monday of the New Year.

Planning continues for its inaugural show and sale on April 25 in Aiken, S.C. Check out the show calendar for more information.

ditches such as early mining tools, rail splitters, cut rail track used to make riffles and picks. Mike explained that there were sixteen hundred miles of ditches. The question is: did Mike walk the full sixteen hundred miles to discover these historical pieces? We bet someone asked Mike that very question at the meeting.

Here’s another interesting story.

It seems that Herb Yue was cleaning out a shed and while doing so found two unusual canning jars, milks and a large frame with three panels containing pictures of pretty girls advertising Yellow Stone Whiskey. The advertising piece will make a killer go-with for someone.

Calendar plates also were brought

for viewingl. Tom Lehr picked up some while checking out his favorite thrift shops. Tom says they have to be in mint condition and cheap before he will purchase them. Doug Henriet and Janet Bond brought plates to show as well. Doug also brought “a PreColumbian pot with spider webs and tarantulas.” Charles Holt received a “Compliments of J and H Cavagnaro, Camancha, California” calendar plate as a gift from a friend. Knowing Charles, he probably has already checked the Internet to get some history on his plate.

Jerry Rickner must be going to change hobbies as we read that he brought in a gold scale that he found at a garage sale.

Steve Abbott brought in several calendar plates and a large, dilapidated wooden Buffalo Beer sign. The

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Forty-Niner Historical Bottle Association – Bottle Bug Briefs Some club members had some interesting show and tell finds to share. Mike Mckillop started sharing his finds by telling about the water ditches that carried water to the cities and mines from 1849 to 1870. He said that there were water wars that were fought to control the water. Mike actually found some items along the

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question was raised as to whether the sign should be restored or not. It seems that members who really know Steve thought that Steve might say, “What do you mean dilapidated?”

Never mind, Steve, you can ask me a question sometime about the time I brought in a fairly large and heavy, carved wooden water buffalo to the L.A. club when the theme for the night was “Bring in your most unusual find.” I got some laughs with that one, too.

A good deed worth mentioning is that Jim Lee’s early Sacramento can collection was donated to the Sacramento Archives and Museum. It was on display at the Sacramento Executive Airport – Terminal B. for about three months in 2008.

Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society - The Corker President Gary Antone has welcomed new club members Nick Oestreich of RioVista, Calif., Dale and Josie Williams of Vacaville, Calif., and David Faria of Crocket, Calif. We have seen Josie’s extensive Owl Drugstore collection. She is also a great cook. We are happy to read that Dale and Josie have become members of your club. We look forward to reading about the items of interest the new members will bring in for show and tell.

There is an article entitled, “Amber 7-UP bottles” (by Cecil Munsey, March 2001) that appeared in The Corker. They are pricey little gems.

Cecil wrote the article covering three categories of interest. They are entitled “Capsule of Early History, “Early 7-UP Bottles” and “Seven-Up Company Formed.” During his research he came up with the fact that “today 7UP is the fourth biggest selling soft drink brand. (#1 is Coca-Cola; #2 is Pepsi-Cola; #3 is Diet Coke; #4 is 7UP.)."

The club is moving forward with plans for an April show. Members are also looking forward to signing up many of their reliable dealers. This will be another opportunity for many of us to “grow our collections.”

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Hemet Historical Bottle Seekers Ken and I were invited to a Hemet club meeting to present a program on our York Expo experience. President Austin Jones conducted a short business meeting wherein he was looking for volunteers to become club officers.

One of the members we met during the meeting was Richard Pontious, who said that he was a former Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club member who had joined in 1971. He brought in an old photo of he and LAHBC member Gary Frederick digging. Richard was once a Hutch collector. His collecting interest now lies in such areas as cameras, old photos and post cards, among other categories. He recalled some names of the earlier members of the LAHBC while showing me a 1971 LAHBC newsletter. Pete Escalona, who was initially interested in forming a bottle club in Hemet, turns out to be the club “digger.” Pete was very animated in his explanation of one of his digging adventures.

At one point during our program, a picture of the pot lid display was on the screen. Club member Lindsay Evans walked up to the screen and identified the various countries the pot lids were from. We quickly recognized that Lindsay collects pot lids and is very impressed with Australian displayer Rex Barber’s collection. I believe Lindsay told us that he collects pot lids with American addresses on them. If anyone is interested in contacting Lindsay, I do have his email address.

Austin encourages folks to be guests at one of the Hemet club meetings. Austin’s email is Nuggetup@yahoo.com If any of you are interested in attending a meeting send Austin an email and he will take it from there. The group is interested in increasing membership and keeping the new club on its feet. We came away with a good feeling for having given them some information about the Federation and taking them somewhat through the York Expo experience.

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Las Vegas Antique Bottles and Collectibles - The Punkin Seed Mike Presley has stepped back up to the presidency again. It sounds like Mike brings plenty of experience with him. There are some ideas out there for possible changes in the club that will need the majority vote of his board of directors.

It is always good to hear of new members joining clubs. This club has welcomed new members Peg Cornet, who collects ceramics and glass, and Josephine Marcott, who collects jade trees. We read that guests are popping in on club meetings from time to time. Many times, guests get hooked on the collecting environment after only one meeting.

We learned something about figural candy containers. Most of us have noticed them on some of the tables at the shows. The more common ones are from the 1940s and 1950s. They range from $5 to $40. There was an article regarding this type of candy container in the newsletter. The article read that “the one exception that all figural candy container collectors would like to find is the 1950s Halloween candy container depicting a witch riding in a rocket. It was made by the Kokomold Mfg. Co., is vividly colored and sells for $325 - $400.”

Dottie and Dick have an amusing but true adventure story in a club newsletter. It is entitled, “One Last Trip to Prescott with a Laugh Enroute.” It seems that nostalgia had accompanied them on their way. They stopped to stay over in Seligman on their drive to Prescott. They asked for a ground floor room at the Seligman Canyon Lodge. They were lucky because there was only one left, if they didn’t mind staying in the Honeymoon Suite. With the knowledge that there was no extra charge they felt comfortable with the thought of sharing the Honeymoon Suite. It turns out that the room was called the “Marilyn Monroe room.” Dottie described the bright colors on everything from the pillows and bedspread to vases and artificial flowers. She said that Marilyn’s picture was on every wall.

An unexpected distraction from the

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room “of the past” was that the room had a large plasma TV in it. This TV caused our Dottie to end her article with a humorous one-liner. “We both recommend a stop at the Seligman Canyon Lodge, but only if your companion is a genius or you have a 5year-old along to turn your TV on with the 48-button control.”

Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club The Whittlemark Pam Selenak has informed club members that their club will be hosting the 2009 National Federation Show. Pam is the show chairman for this big event. The venue, host hotel and banquet site have already been selected through the coordinated efforts of the show chairman and the Federation’s convention director, Wayne Lowry. Pam has been encouraging club members to volunteer to work on committees to help plan this show. She stated that there are lots of things to do. We look forward to following the progress on this ongoing effort.

Unexpected news has been mentioned that the folks that have been printing the club's colorful newsletter can no longer perform this task. Options are that the colorful newsletter can be e-mailed to those members who have e-mail or black and white newsletters can be printed and sent through the postal service to those members who do not.

A special treat was enjoyed by some club members who participated in a club outing to Robert Frank’s bottle museum. They were treated to a variety of some great Hutches in a rainbow of colors, among many other collectibles too numerous to mention.

The museum display cases are all backlighted and the visitor can view row after row of vibrantly colored bottles. Pam Selenak organized this event and offered rides to three club members. She also authored an upbeat article on this event. The highlight for her was when she presented Robert Frank with a club shirt and a prepaid membership to the LAHBC. This action was prompted by Pam having been a part of Robert’s generosity on a previ-

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ous visit. Club members were also encouraged to buy some of Robert’s bottles that he had for sale. Pam said the trunk of her car was full of boxes of bottles and even one box filled with plants. Robert provided a refreshment table and additionally gave each participant a free gift before they left.

The pictures that member Dwayne Anthony took of this outing show the sense of appreciation on the faces of club members. Dwayne’s pictures accompanied Pam’s article in the newsletter.

North Western Bottle Collectors Association - The Outhouse Scoop As usual. president Leisa Lambert made the rounds and ended up taking in three shows within the last few months. She is one “show-going” gal.

She mentioned that there was a great, large Western bitters display at the Downieville show that was the combined effort of several different collectors. She said that her own club did a one-day show this year and that “it worked out just fine.” Warren Fredericks got a big “Thanks” from Leisa for his bitters bottles display at their show. Kudos also went to Bruce Silva for his tireless efforts, along with others, in pulling off another successful Canyonville show in Oregon.

As most of you readers realize the North Western club not only “grows the hobby,” but it also grew a new Federation president, Richard Siri, and a new Federation Western Region director, Bill Ham. Congratulations to the men from the West.

Some innovative ideas are coming out of this club. Leisa has contacted Gary Antone, president of the Golden Gate Club, to suggest a possible merger that would result in one large show in 2010. They would choose a central location and perhaps invite another club which no longer has a show, but might like the opportunity to participate in selling again. Leisa thinks people would enjoy a large Bay area show.”

Leisa is observing, as many of us are also observing, show attendance and sales have been declining due to the obvious condition of the economy.

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Banding together to keep our hobby intact is becoming more and more of a “group effort” challenge.

However, the economy is having absolutely no effect on Leisa, Lou and son Nick because they keep on digging. She closes her “Notes from the Prez!” with these words: “Well, that’s all for now, the soil is looking more trashy so I have a pile of dirt to sift through. So far we got a nice applied top, light amber-greenish Cutter, spice jars and the usual Hostetter's.”

Oregon Bottle Collectors Association - The Stumptown Report We don’t know what's going on up in Oregon, but meeting attendance is growing. It may have something to do with the fact that the club has another new member. She is Debra Goldstein, who happens to be Mark Junker’s sister. How’s that story go about making it a family affair? It may also have something to do with some of the “digging” news and results of same. The words seem to be jumping off the pages of their newsletters. We hope that we can capture some of this excitement and list what some of these folks have been finding.

Members took a look at Pat’s last summer digging pictures and also took a look at some of his finds. His favorite find he dug was a Home Nursing Bottle, W.T. and Co. (Whitall Tatum). He was also proud of additional items such as his Northrup & Sturgis Hutch, his Puget Sound Bottling Co., Seattle, Wash. Hutch, an amber union oval, an aqua pen rest ink, a tub of buttons and seed beads and a teal Rumford Chemical. Don also showed the results of his digging efforts such as his Northrup & Sturgis Hutch and then proceeded to show his Salem, Ore., Smith & Steiner Red Corner Drug Store bottle and a cornflower Granular Citrate of Magnesia, an H & Co., the Bureau, Portland, Oregon Flask, the E.G. Lyons Co. San Francisco bottle and an amber Oregon Importing Flask.

Now we will switch from “land” finds to “diver” finds with Randy’s treasures. Here’s what he found: a Vicks VapoRub metal sign, a blue fire

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grenade, a great Templeton & Co. Druggists, Prineville, Oregon bottle, a large teal Stafford’s Ink, a Cloverdale Dairy quart milk, a teal Cottle & Post, Portland blob top soda and a Providence, R.I. soda bottle.”

We’re up out of the dirt and out of the water and back on land to check in with some of Julie’s finds. She’s a brave soul, passing around a Sanford’s traveler’s wood case ink and she even got it back (just kidding here). She further displayed a sapphire blue ink with a glass and metal hinged top, a teal umbrella ink they got in The Dalles, and a nice yellow-green cone ink.

Janet shared garage sale shopping efforts with club members. Some of what she shared with others was a mini Gatto’s style milk glass mustard jar and a Riverview Damascus, Portland, Ore. embossed pint milk bottle.

For those of you who collect Owl items, Mark brought in an Owl Drug Co., Jean LaVerne Theatrical Cola cream tin, an Imperial Distemper Remedy and a couple of dug items.

He had dug a super clean Pioneer Soda Works P.O. and a whole crude light olive demijohn. It was written in the club’s newsletter that demijohns are usually not found whole. We have to agree with that statement.

It is apparent that a whole lot of digging has been going on up in the Northwestern part of the U.S. and that it has for the most part been a safe and sane endeavor. Pat Darneille had contributed an article entitled “Digging Story.” It seems that permission had been given at various times and some folks took advantage of that permission. Pat’s husband Don even got off his graveyard shift and helped a fellow digger dig three privies. Pat says that Don had no trouble staying awake because the diggers were turning up such bottles as Oregon Importing amber flasks and a rare Prineville, Oregon drugstore bottle in mint condition.

Following the “permission” digs above, here is part of a story that was in an issue of The Oregonian newspaper.

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was included in one of this club’s newsletters. It was reported that there were two lady archaeologists who spotted a man digging near an open pit on a vacant lot just east of the Chinese gate in downtown Portland. The veteran archaeologists confronted the man who was loading what they said were “clearly important artifacts” into his car. He told them he was also an archaeologist and that he had permission from the property owners to dig there. The article read that the man hurriedly packed and left. It further stated that he lacked a required state permit to excavate or dig for artifacts and that one of the owners of the property said that he did not give permission to dig. The story does not end with the man leaving in his car. The city stepped in and ordered all work stopped at the site. The city hired a contractor to put a protective fence up on the property overnight. The story continues that the property was for sale, a demolition permit had previously been issued for the site, but that it was not known that the site might contain archaeological artifacts.

So much going on in Oregon that we just couldn’t fit it all in at one writing. Keep tuned for more in a future write-up.

Reno Antique Bottle Club - Digger’s Dirt This club is one of about three from the Western Region that holds four meetings a year. We believe that it is also traditional for this club to hold an annual drawing for an “attendance bottle.” We learned that there were eighteen members who attended all four 2008 meetings and looked forward to a chance to win that bottle.

Planning had begun on the club’s July, 2009 show until members were informed that the National Federation Show for 2009 had been awarded to the Los Angeles club. It was further noted in the newsletter that with the down economy and not knowing how long it is going to last, that having two shows so close together would not be practical. The board felt that in fairness to the Los Angeles club they

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would cancel their 2009 show. A statement made in the newsletter involving a Reno show in the future read, “Hopefully by 2010, the background checks will be resolved by the Legislature and the business licensing will not be a hassle. On the bright side. too, perhaps the economy will be turned around, gas prices will be lower and people will have more spendable income.”

When these folks do get together at a meeting there is no lack of displayers showing off their finds. Loren Love brought in some drug store bottles. Among those bottles he showed a rare drug store bottle from Reno, a Schramm-Johnson Drug that was located at 201 North Virginia. Richard “Lucky” Rauch brought in a 25-cent little cast iron pot that he found while roaming around at a yard sale. It turned out to be an 1890s SSS for the blood. Later on he found out it was valued at $350! Dave Abel proudly showed off some artifacts from Virginia City. Members enjoyed looking at some old early 1900s receipt books and calling cards. Editor Helene brought in an assortment of old case gins.

San Diego Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club - The Bottleneck The first important piece of news from this club is that members voted to hold their show on June 13, 2009.

The club held its first show in eight years in 2008 and enjoyed a good turnout. We wish them the same in 2009!

This next bit of news is that Mike Bryant informed club members that the newsletter is available online.

Mike has become the club’s “celebrity.” Jim Livingston wrote a praiseworthy account of Mike’s achievements. The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors holds yearly contests and Mike decided to try his designing and writing skills by entering some contests. Jim wrote that Mike received the second place prize for Best 2008 Bottle Show Flyer design. He also won the award for Best 2008 Original Fiction Article for his, “Ask Aunt Blabby.” Mike finished

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with winning the Best 2008 Research Article award for his “Always Read the Fine Print.” “Mike, we’re lucky to have you and your writing skills in the club." Jim said.

Frank Pekarek was the honored guest at the Lakeside Historical Society “Milk Daze” that was held back in October 2008. It was mentioned that the event was held mainly to promote the society’s newest book, “Lakeside Dairies.”

Frank had set up a display of his prized Lakeside milk bottles that seemed to be a crowd pleaser. He spoke about how he got into collecting milk bottles. Frank also took the opportunity to offer club flyers while attending the event.

He must have made a big hit when he donated a rather rare Lakeside milk bottle to a family member of the Gates Dairy. I can relate to that kind of generosity. I had a similar experience a few years ago when I received some of my own family dairy bottles from a person I had just met.

Washington Bottle Collectors Association - Ghost Town Echo Red prepared one of his newsletters in advance of his going to the hospital and utilized his dependable team of wife Kitty and son Bill to get it published and distributed.

He really appreciated all of the attention that he had been getting while in the hospital and then later recovering at home. We think that the only method of communication not utilized to get well wishers’ messages to Red was the “Pony Express.” Welcome back to the world of “collecting.”

Niel Smith teamed up with Pete Hendricks and found themselves attending a beer can collectors show/meeting in Des Moines.This is how he states it: “On a whim, we attended a beer can collectors show/meeting and found that club’s members very interested in our club. Members took flyers of our upcoming bottle show and expressed interest in potentially joining the WBCA for a joint show. This was good news due to declining attendance and seems like a great opportunity to expand our show participation.”

The topic of one of their meetings was tins and tin advertising items. The realization came that many members who collect bottles also enjoy finding tins as go-withs to enhance their collections.

Local author Douglas Rhoades gave a special presentation, including a slide show. Niel said that Doug’s collection is unusual if not one of a kind. Niel also said that “Doug shared his experience in Colorado which resulted in his book, ‘Labels Leadville and Lore: History from a Tin Can.’ It seems that when Doug was renovating a house for a customer he stumbled onto an amazing find -- a collection of cans found nowhere else in the world. These cans were unique because of their age and their remarkable condition. Doug has been featured on the Antiques Roadshow and his book is successfully sold in specialty shops.” You guys aren’t going to believe this, but as I read your newsletter and started typing this paragraph the title of Doug’s book sounded familiar. We have his book! It is autographed, but then I imagine that he must autograph all copies that are for sale. If we remember correctly we bought

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this at the Leadville Show a few years ago, but we don’t remember who we bought it from. I see his picture along with the Roadshow appraiser on Page V in his book. It was a wise decision to purchase it for your library.

You can tell that Red is feeling stronger because he is asking member help in getting something to put in your club’s newsletter. He’s suggesting that on a day when you can’t dig that you sit down and write a bottle digging story.

If not a digging story then he suggests a bottle show trip report. If you check out an antique mall and find a real treasure you could write about that. If you have a photo to accompany whatever you have done, he would be happy to accept that, as well. He adds: “It would only take a few minutes and would be of great interest to the rest of the membership. I can only come up with so much of interest to the readers as my scope of the bottle collecting hobby is extremely narrow, so your help is solicited. “HELP!”

Support your local club!!

If you need assistance finding a local club, your regional editor or FOHBC Regional Director can supply you with a list of clubs in your area.

See page two for a list of officers including your regional director.

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The Australian Connection

By Rex Barber Perth is the capital city of Western Australia and is also the most remote city in the world, set in a state nearly as big as Texas. We are a young state which was colonized only in 1829 without the help of convicts.

Prior to that time, our coastline was well known to Dutch seafarers and became the graveyard for many ships and crews travelling across the Indian Ocean to the Spice Islands in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

There are several important connections between America and Western Australia. President Herbert Hoover was a mining engineer at Coolgardie in the early 1900s and the Great White Fleet visited this remote state in 1900. During World War II, an American submarine fleet operated out of our port in Fremantle. Gold miners from the Klondike came to our

Digging at Condon Townsite/Port 1880 gold rush in 52 Celsius with improvised shade

Fantastic 1880s bottle dump in crocodile infested mangroves swamp

major gold rush that took place between 1892 and 1911 and, likewise, Aussies went to the Klondike.

The latter is part of the bottle collecting connection and the preceding accounts show an important part of our history and what happened in our state of Western Australia. Of course, your American 1849 gold rush coincided with our Victorian gold rush and during that time long ago, there was the same interchange of miners and expertise. You had your outlaws and we had our bushrangers; you had a big influx of Chinese as did we down here, so there are many comparisons.

During the major Victorian gold rush from 1850 to 1875, large quantities of bottles came from all over the world and, as an example, quite a few of your cathedral pickle bottles were retrieved from the mud flats of Port Augusta in South Australia. This was due to the same phenomenon that took place in San Francisco Bay in 1849. Crews simply abandoned their ships to go searching for gold with the result that dozens of vessels lay at anchor for long period of time, those left casting their rubbish over the side.

Our very first gold rush took place during the 1880s way up north in the Kimberleys with the three major ports being Condon, Derby and Wyndham, all with a lovely amount of crocodiles admiring the miners as they waded ashore into this harsh (and during the dry season) waterless environment.

For bottle diggers from the late 1960s on, it is still a harsh and dangerous area. While looking for Dutch gins at Condon, I had to keep a sharp eye out for crocodiles all the time and continually drink water in temperatures peaking at 52 Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit). So I can hardly Digging Australian and Japanese beers at imagine what these thousands of miners had to put up with. There are the site of the old Japanese pearl divers three huge bottle dumps at Condon, each of which covers more than an 1880 brother in crocodile country

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added bonus: you might pick up a gold nugget, an occurrence that happens quite frequently.

One of our famous Western Australian collectors, May Waghorne, while out fossicking found a top denture plate made from pure gold and over a period of time recovered seven gold sovereigns.

Some of the dumps from this era can be upwards of thirty feet high and over several acres containing bottles from all over the world, so there is a comparison again with American digs.

We have been digging now since 1970 and can still recover bottles, but not as commonly as before. Our hobby's biggest weakness is that we need to encourage younger persons to become bottle collectors.

Australian embossed beers from 1890-1910 gold rush acre of ground, and they are composed of 90 percent beer, spirits or gin bottles so maybe they all got too drunk to care.

Even with this first gold rush, the population of this state remained very low, but with the massive gold rush of the 1890s, thousands came to this state including European royalty, American mining magnates, sons from famous families, all to make a fortune, or to replace one, or to increase one.

These people built towns overnight that lasted for as long as the gold could be recovered and some times for as little as three years. Some survive today but throughout Western Australia there are thousands of these abandoned townships. Little remains but broken glass and cemeteries.

Some of these towns had upwards of 10 breweries in their heyday and if you are lucky enough to dig an embossed glass beer, it may also have an animal or company logo on it. Ninetyfive percent of the time, it will have a green glass ring seal (cork closure) and if you are really lucky, it will be from a town that ceased to exist 100 years ago.

These towns are in our eastern goldfields so there are no real crocodiles to worry about, plus there is an

Rex Barber Quack cure pot lid collector PO Box 77 Cape, Western Australia 6271 61 8 9727 1984 Barbers_2@bigpond.com

Australian gold rush bottles from 1850s including lime juice bottle

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Bottles and Extras History

By Bill Baab

Kitty Roach and Scott Grandstaff The most valuable asset owned by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is its journal, Bottles and Extras. Not only does it entertain members with a diverse array of stories and photographs, but they are kept informed of what is happening within the organization’s ranks.

The Federation hasn’t always owned Bottles and Extras; indeed, and it was reluctant to accept the magazine when its co-founders decided to part company with it after Scott several years of publishing.

Bottles and Extras was the dream child of Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach, born on their kitchen table in Happy Camp, California in 1989, with the first issue coming forth the following year. Both were just 36 years old.

"We never intended to produce a western magazine, or a southern, midwestern or eastern, for that matter," Scott said. "We wanted to bring national flavor to the table right from the (starting) gate. I have always been intrigued by the ‘story behind the story’ to be found just beyond the front room of any company wherever they operated. Glass houses, patent medicine companies, soda and beer bottlers, merchants. . .there’s always a good story if you look hard enough.

"So we called up our good friend Cecil Munsey on the day we truly decided we were going to do it, no matter what. He promptly and diplomatically declared (and this is paraphrasing him): ‘You’re insane! You’re naive! You’ll go busted hearts and toes up and broke in no time at all. . .but if you’re going ahead with it anyway, sure I’ll help!’

Munsey, involved in the hobby and the Federation from the get-go and author of The Illustrated Guide to Col-

First issue produced by FOHBC, March 1995 (large 8.5 X 11 format) lecting Bottles, among other books, helped Scott and Kitty in every way imaginable.

The magazine’s name came from antique bottles, of course, "and we wanted something to go with it that could hopefully include everyone who didn’t specifically collect bottles alone," Scott said. "We don’t really specialize in anything specific ourselves. I mean, not anything. Glass, wood, ceramic, metal, cloth. We collect many things.

"Of course, we love bottles and jars from all over the world and from a wide time span. Our interest goes toward early colorful, exceptionally crude and beautiful glass. The best we can afford. Categories we leave to others. After all, there might be a brilliant example, selling cheap, that we’d leave behind if we ever concentrated on a single aspect of the hobby. That would not do! We want the pretty ones!

"Labels are nice, so are trade cards, but our little house here is jammed from top to bottom. I have a basement stuffed and am practically scared to put anything else in the attic. It could fall through the ceiling! I guess the only thing you could really say is that we collect historical information."

The couple went through some trials and tribulations getting each issue published and mailed.

"We misspelled John Tibbitts’ name in the second issue and in the table of contents and it got past us both," he said.

"So we took pens and fixed it. On every one."

Tibbitts founded the nation’s first bottle club in Sacramento, California, in 1959 – the Antique Bottle Collectors

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fabulous 286 computer had just been marketed and the Pagemaker layout

Issue 1, No 1 March 1990 Association – and is generally known as the father of modern bottle collecting.

"Computers were actually invented when we started, but they weren’t very good and were terribly expensive," Scott remembered. "So we rented an early word processing machine, one of those short-lived, allin-one products, with a printer and tiny orange and white monitor screen, probably eight or nine inches in size.

Its main claim to fame was that it could actually justify type. But the 9pin dot matrix printer didn’t even do that very well. The print was broken and ‘dotty’ and hardly readable straight from the printer. So we printed out our masters and I hauled them up to the mine (where I was employed) and made Xerox copies at 300 percent. Then we took pens – Rapidograph technical drawing pens – and overdrew every letter of every word in bold black ink.

"I took those masters back to the shop and reduced them down to print size, cleaned up those just a little more with the pens, and sent it off with a prayer on our lips. When the issue came back from the printers, we cried because it was still so poor.

"So we found and bought a real computer for our second issue. The

Issue 1, No 2 April 1990 program, too. We found and hired a guy in the next state (nobody was closer and there were no established dealers yet) who brought it to us, set it up on the table and gave us a threehour lesson. There were only 30 days (maybe a couple of more) between the first and second issues and we learned the computer in that time.

"Even with the fabulous 24-pin Panasonic printer we bought, the second and third issues are a little hard to read. By the fourth issue, a woman we knew started a magazine of her own about gold panning and treasure hunting. She bought a genuine laser printer and invited us to print our masters on it.

"The only rub was, in those days the print size you ordered wasn’t the print size you got, so you had to recalibrate everything incorrectly on your computer to end up with the print size you really wanted!"

Before their last issue was published in January 1995, Scott and Kitty had done lots of "little things" to improve their relationship with contributing writers.

"One of the things we did was to never threaten an author, in even the smallest way, to voluntarily hand over their copyrights as so many other pub-

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lications have done so many times in the past," Scott recalled. The Federation still maintains that policy.

"We saved every hand-layout, ready-to-print master sheet and returned them all to the individuals. Perhaps at least five or as many as nine books were the result. Some of the authors who benefitted were Dr. Richard ‘Dick’ Cannon,. Tom Caniff, Charlie Barnette, Brian Grapentine, Jack Sullivan and Dave Cheadle."

Scott said that Kitty "gave a big chunk of her life to making B&E a success. No one ever worked harder for the amusement of bottle collectors. . .every page, every word, every picture, deep into the night and straight through Christmas she worked, time and again. If you look, you’ll find a cartoon strip called ‘Superdigger’ she drew in her ‘spare’ time. The first issue had a hand-drawn, mirror image of Nipper, the RCA Victor trademark terrier, on the cover, just to see if Cecil, the article’s author, would notice.

She did the hand-lettered mastheads in an original font and hand-drawn ads to run in other publications, all done in pen and ink and no computer. She did hand-drawn illustrations on several pages for each issue and what nobody knows is that old newspaper prints were redrawn by hand (hers) so that you could actually see and read them when they were printed.

"She laid up every master page for printing and hand-cropped and adjusted every photo in those days before computers. We returned every story and photo to contributors with notes of thanks. I lived on the telephone while proofreading copy and rewriting the tough spots so our authors would look their best. One article came to us handwritten on a brown paper bag. I’m not kidding, and after it was rewritten, it was one of our best articles. I think we still have that bag.

I’d call back authors for more information and add things to widen the viewpoint to make sure a national audience wouldn’t pass them by. Many were strictly regional when they got here.

"But I was only the junior partner in the enterprise. Kitty was and is a

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professional artist. The magazine was more her doing than mine."

In 1994, Scott and Kitty decided to take a rest, even though their magazine had a readership of more than 1,100. "It was the 64 to 80 pages per month and all the work that needed to be done to print and mail out each issue," he said. "It had become too big a job for two people alone to do it right.

Last issue produced by Scott and Kitty, January 1995 We were always on the verge of being able to hire some help, but never quite.

"When we were ready, (Federation president) Gene Bradberry had already ‘retired’ and Carl Sturm & Co., weren’t sure they wanted it.

Cecil jumped in at the 11th hour, called everyone back and they all gave in, albeit reluctantly. The only thing we asked for payment for our magazine was honorary life memberships for the two of us. I’m not sure if that comes with office-holding or voting privileges, but we still do get copies of the magazine."

The first issue published by the Federation, according to Munsey, was Vol. 6, No. 3, of March 1995. Editor was Dave Hinson of the Los Angeles area. He did a great job editing the magazine through Vol. 11, No. 8, August 2000. Dave Cheadle of the Denver, Colo., area, who had been editing

the Advertising Trade Card Quarterly (journal of the Trade Card Collector’s Association, a slick national publication), became the editor in time for the September issue. He did a wonderful job until resigning to attend a theological college in late 2002.

Enter Ralph Van Brocklin of Johnson City, Tenn., and Kathy Hopson-Sathe, then living in the same city. She had been editing a little journal called The Soda Fizz. It was an impressive publication so when the call went out for an editor to succeed Cheadle, this writer recommended her to Ralph, who was then the Federation president.

Kathy later admitted to this writer that she was scared she wouldn’t be able to do a good job. "Just think of it as a big Fizz," I told her, and she has done a superb job.

"It was Ralph and Kathy who took B&E to the high place," Scott said.

"But when Ralph proposed that the magazine be run quarterly, I was against it because ad revenue is severely limited for a quarterly magazine. We hashed it out and I came to agree with him, but I put him under a dire warning to really make a splash or sink. Come through he did! In spades. He must have lived on the phone and on the road for months because there were some amazing, hardto-get articles printed."

First issue of "The New Bottles and Extras" was published in the spring of 2003.

In 2006, Federation board of directors voted to extend the magazine to bi-monthly publication, and members have been enjoying it ever since.

In 2008, however, illness stopped Kathy in her tracks and forced her out of the editorship. June Lowry, the Federation’s business manager, temporarily took over. The SeptemberOctober issue was her first.

In retrospect, the Federation has never been without a newsletter or magazine.

From the spring of 1973 through the fall of 1975, the Federation published the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs Journal, with Munsey aboard as the editor. Issued twice

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yearly, it lasted six issues. Then came the Federation Letter, later renamed Federation Glass Works, and its editors included Carl and Joy Sturm from 1989-1994. By that time, long-range plans to hand over Bottles and Extras to the Federation were being discussed by Munsey, Bradberry and Scott and Kitty.

NOTES: While Scott and Kitty were busy with their "baby," they became involved in other magazines’ startups. Mike Sheridan started his magazine, Bottles & Bygones, in the U.K.; Dave Cheadle got a trade card magazine going, and Phil and Rhonda Culhane started Canadian Bottles & Stoneware. "We were on the inside of those every step of the way," Scott said. . .He and Kitty still live in Happy Camp, located in far northern California, accompanied by a canary named Chester, who lives in an early 1900s brass Hendryx bird cage. . .if they have a heart’s desire for another bottle, "if you ever see a Hood’s Sarsaparilla in a lovely, sparkling color, dripping with whittle and crudeness, please look me up," said Scott.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I am indebted to Dr. Munsey for his editing skills and knowledge of the Federation’s early days.

Bill Baab 2352 Devere St Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net Note from Jar Doctor: As most of you have seen my Jar Doctor logo, I would like you all to know that it show cases Kitty’s extraordinary talent.

Thank you, Kitty!!!!!

R. Wayne Lowry Jar Doctor 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 JarDoctor@aol.com

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Some Interesting Facts about Silver Or Why are some Baby Bottles & Nipples Made of Silver

By Charlie Harris I know, I just don’t seem to be able to keep my Civil War interests and the Baby Bottle writings separated. Here we go again, Charlie’s done got them mixed up again. So where is he going this time. Well, read on.

Front and reverse of a Civil War “Puppy Paw” stud style of hooks Belt Buckle, model 1839. This buckle was dug out of an1863 Civil War camp site and after about 145 years under ground, some of the leather belt still remains intact.

From the Charlie Harris collection.

Leather when left out of doors and eventually buried only takes a very short time to disintegrate and become nothing more than an additional element in the ground fabric of this planet, just like wood, leaves and other organic compositions. But there is an exception to this rule and it has shown its face quite often in the Civil War relics that have been recovered from the ground in campsites and battle locations. Occasionally a brass and lead belt buckle will be recovered with a portion of the leather belt still attached to its back side or a brass bayonet scabbard tip will be recovered with leather (or on one known occasion readable newspaper) still inside of it.

I can see you right now saying, “Huh??” Yes, it really does happen and these items have been out there in damp soil for almost 150 years. Under the right conditions the damp soil will react with the copper in the brass creating a cupric oxide that will not allow the bacteria to eat that or-

ganic material that is in contact with that belt buckle or scabbard tip. This cupric oxide actually kills those bacteria that it comes in contact with. So much for the Civil War --well, almost.

Last Thursday night I took a few tin containers to our Civil War Relic Club meeting for my program and passed them around to see if our big tough relic hunters could identify them. Not much luck there, but after I identified them for the club, a couple members, Phil Stephenson and Dr. Bill Blackman, looked at the tin canteen shaped baby bottle again, even looking inside with their flashlights. I asked Phil what he was looking for and he piped up with, “A silver coin.” Now guess who said “Huh??” Charlie did.

Phil told me that in the Old West days that the Wagon Train people would put silver coins in their milk and water containers to keep them from spoiling and tasting bad and it actually worked. “But,” I asked, “they didn’t know about bacteria and germs back then. How did they know to use this silver coin trick?” Phil answered, “Probably somebody did it by accident and then put 2 & 3 together and realized what happened. Maybe they actually hid their silver coinage in the milk and water containers to keep marauders from finding them and then noticed that the milk didn’t spoil and the water stayed fresh tasting.”

I then asked Phil if he had any documentation to back up these statements and he offered to forward some of the sources to me. For the rest of this article I’m going to combine some of the facts from these sources for your perusal. from Medicinal Uses of Silver & from A Brief History of the Health Support Uses of Silver Silver has a long and illustrious history of medicinal use.

A brief history follows: • The ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome used silver to control bodily infection and prevent food spoilage. In the fifth century B.C., Hippocrates (known as the Father of Medicine) used silver to heal wounds. Medicine's dad also used silver as an ulcer treatment.

• In the same century, the King of Persia (now known as Iran) used silver container to carry water to prevent contamination.

• The Greeks used silver vessels to keep water and other liquids fresh. The writings of Herodotus, the Greek philosopher and historian, date the use of silver to before the birth of Christ.

• Approximately seven decades before the birth of Christ, the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder wrote of the ability of silver to heal wounds by preventing infection. No men-

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tion was made of Neosporin.

• The Roman Empire stored wine in silver urns to prevent

spoilage.

• The use of silver is mentioned in ancient Egyptian writ•

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In the 8th through 10th centuries, silver became a very popular treatment in the Middle East for many ailments, from cardiovascular disease to bad breath.

The Chinese emperors and their courts ate with silver chopsticks.

The Druids have left evidence of their use of silver.

In the 16th Century, a Swiss alchemist and physician by the name of Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (no kidding!) used silver and other elements as medicines. He is often known as the Father of Toxicology, and believed that things became poisonous in large doses. He wrote, "All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes that a thing that is not poison."

In the early 1700s, Angelus Sala used silver nitrate (AgNO3) to treat syphilis and chorea.

Throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, it had been noticed that royalty, who consumed their food and drink from silver tableware, utensils and cups, tended to develop a bluish skin tone. (Ever heard of the phrase "blue bloods"?) This was thought to be due to the silver that entered their bodies during consumption. Furthermore, the lower rate of plague-related deaths among royalty led to the inference that silver could be protective.

Sterling Silver Pap Boat, gold washed on inside the bowl, about 6-inches long. The edge is heavily decorated and cast integrally with the bowl. These date from the late 1700’s well into the late 1800’sand were used to feed infants & occasionally invalids.

From the Teresa Harris collection • As a result, silver became a popular material for table-

ware, goblets, cutlery, and food storage containers. It was believed that the silver in these items could kill germs. Russia's army likewise used silver lined containers to cleanse river water before drinking it. Modern science has confirmed that low levels of silver in water can indeed kill some types of bacteria.

• Settlers in the Australian outback suspend silverware in their water tanks to retard spoilage.

• In America's Wild West, silver and copper coins were placed in containers of water and milk to prevent spoilage and to keep it safe from bacteria, algae, etc. All

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along the frontier, silver dollars were put into milk to keep it fresh. Some of us remember our grandparents doing the same.

Over the past couple of hundreds of years, scientists continued to document silver's anti-bacterial properties.

Virtually everyone reading this probably had a drop of silver nitrate solution dropped into their eyes to prevent blindness, in the event that mommy had a venereal disease. Indeed, our great grand parents probably got the same treatment, which became standard practices at the end of the 19th century.

Silver leaf was used to combat infection in wounds sustained by troops during World War I. In the early 1800s, doctors used silver sutures in surgical wounds with very successful results.

In more recent years, silver (along with copper) has been incorporated into many water purification systems.

Stainless steel is used to create most surgical instruments, but fifty or sixty years ago, such instruments were made of silver, again to prevent infections.

At present, several companies are marketing "break through" food storage containers that include Antibacterial silver nanoparticles to prevent spoilage. These products are touted as modern day miracles. The King of Persia was way ahead of his time!

From a very interesting “A History of Silver” I found that: “Sterling is the most hygienic metal known to man. It has actual germ killing properties. It is also the most durable art form and the most economical purchase that can be made for the home. Sterling silver grows more beautiful with the passing years, never wears out, and can be passed along as part of a heritage that grows stronger with passing generations.”

It was not until the late 1800’s that the Western scientists actually rediscovered what had been known for thousands of years --- silver was a powerful germ fighter. Our new modern drug manufaturers were developing medicinal silver compounds and they became commonly used in medicine and by the early 1900’s this use of silver as an antibacterial substance was becoming widespread. Yes, there were anti-silver flare-ups but these were usually attributed to the overuse of certain types of protein-bound silver compounds causing a discoloration of the skin called agryia.

During the 1930’s synthetically manufactured drugs began appearing on the market and began displacing the silver based compounds.

This excitement over the “Wonder Drugs” was unsurpassed and no anti-biotic resistant strains of diseases had yet surfaced. Silver was put on the back shelf. But ……………. these antibiotic strains then began to appear and Ohhhhhhhhhhh.

Then, because of these facts, in the 1970’s silver began to resurface. A Dr. Margraf in conjunction with the late Dr. Moyer, chairman of the Washington University’s Dept. of Surgery, received a grant to development better methods of treatment of burn victims and he was finding continual ref-

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erences to the use of silver. This began the resurgence of a very old medicine. These results showed silver to be highly germicidal, yet harmless and non-toxic to humans. Further is has been discovered that bacteria cannot develop a resistance to silver, as they do antibiotics, because silver attacks their food source, rather than them directly.

I know that I’ve been wandering around in the field of medicine in which I am not trained, but all this information seems pertinent and relevant to the existence of some very beautiful and expensive silver baby bottles in some of the ACIF members collections. It might help to explain part of their reasons for existence other than just being beautiful.

Our wealthy ancestors may not have consciously known what they were actually doing, but the “Blue Bloods” definitely were not beyond taking advantage of advice and what they or their “Doctors” recommended for a better life.

To quote the closing statement of “Medicinal Uses of Silver”: “Colloidal Silver is experiencing a well-deserved resurgence in use and research, proving once again, the old adage that There’s nothing new under the sun.”

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A long straw silver nipple that reaches to the bottom of the bottle. The short straw allows air back into the bottle. The small disc covers the bottle cork and the large disc prevents the infant from trying to swallow the silver nipple. Evidently totally germ free and for the “Blue Bloods.” Purchased from the Jinny Brodsky collection by Teresa Harris.

Charlie Harris 9819 Leslie Sandidge Dr Ooltewah, TN 37363 (423) 490-2344 relicnut@comcast.net

Silver Nipple that was screwed into a cork which was then inserted into a small mouthed flask or Turtle Baby Bottle for feeding an infant. The wrapped silver wire acts as screw threads & also allows air to enter the bottle as fluid is being removed by the baby. The silver prevented bacteria from forming and may be the source of the British Royalty term “Blue Bloods.”

From the Teresa Harris collection.

An extremely rare hallmarked solid sterling silver Submarine style feeding bottle. The hinged door allows filling & also allows air to enter as milk is suckled out.

Normally a rag, chamois or pickled cow’s teat was tied to the snout for the baby to suckle on.

From the Ros Berman collection.

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The Dating Game - Marks Used by the Mississippi and Lindell Glass Companies

By Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, David Whitten, Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey Although this study includes a look at other bottle and jar types, the focus is on export beer bottles. As we will discuss below, much of the older research was quite confused about both MGCo and LGCo manufacturer’s marks, especially when the logos were found on beer bottles.

This study cuts through the confusion and identifies the users of the marks with conclusive evidence.

When Anheuser-Busch adapted the pasteurization process to beer in 1872, the firm opened an entirely new chapter for the bottling industry (Hernon & Ganey 1991:30-31; Plavchan 1969:70; Wilson 1981:1).

Prior to that time, only brews like ales, porters, and non-carbonated beer were bottled. Lager beer, the preferred beer in the U.S. by the 1870s, however, would rapidly spoil when bottled. Pasteurization reversed the situation, and lager beer began to be enjoyed at a distance from the brewery.

In 1873, Valentine Blatz of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, devised a distinctive bottle especially to hold pastuerized lager beer. The first containers were blown at one of the William McCully & Co. plants, probably the Phoenix Glass Works at Pittsburgh (Lockhart 2007:53; National Glass Budget 1909:4). These were soon

Figure 1

called “export” beer bottles because they were “exported” to the western territories and other countries (see Lockhart 2007:53), and they rapidly dominated the generic beer bottle market, especially in the western territories (Figure 1).

Anheuser-Busch, already a brewing giant, quickly dominated bottled beer sales. Not surprisingly, local glass houses soon appeared to fill the insatiable need for export beer bottles.

According to Plavchan (1969:75), a historian researching AnheuserBusch: Prior to 1886 the main source[s] of beer bottles for the AnheuserBusch Brewing Association were four glass works: the Mississippi Glass Co. and the Lindell Glass Co. of St. Louis; the Pittsburgh City Glass Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the DeSteiger Glass Co. of LaSalle, Illinois.

As the need for bottles grew, the St. Louis glass houses expanded to fill the need. The St. Louis GlobeDemocrat (1/17/1880) noted that: the Mississippi and Lindell glass companies of this city have constantly added new furnaces to their already extensive works, and the glass trade of the west and south is now supplied by St. Louis. In consequence of the largest beer-bottling establishments in America being located here, the manufacture of beer bottles is one of the main features of the glassworks (quoted in Wilson & Caperton 1994:68).

The Globe-Dispatch noted that Anheuser-Busch alone used six million bottles in 1880 and had contracted with the Mississippi and Lindell glass houses for ten million for the following year. These two sources confirm that the Mississippi and Lindell glass companies were major producers of beer bottles.

There is some evidence, however, that the big expansion did not occur until the late 1870s. Another 1880 blurb (Crockery and Glass Journal 1880a:24) noted that: Pittsburgh has a live rival in supplying the trade of the West and South. We refer to St. Louis. The manufacturers there have been enlarging their facilities steadily, and the production of beer bottles is quite extensive. Fruit jars is another specialty. There is room for all, however. Competition is the life of trade. Selah.

Despite this heavy growth, both Mississippi Glass and Lindell only advertised in the Western Brewer for a relatively short period of time (January 1883 to January 1885 – just over two years – for Mississippi Glass1 and late 1884 to mid-1885 – less than a year – for Lindell). Wilson and Caperton (1994:70-71, 75), in their study of the Western Brewer in relation to the beer bottles found at Fort Selden, New Mexico, speculated that “if . . . the entire output of bottles was [sic] used by [Anheuser-Busch], then there was no need for the glass works to advertise.”

Then the bubble burst. Despite the ongoing need for bottles by Anheuser-Busch, Mississippi Glass ceased bottle production in 1884, and Lindell closed its doors permanently in 1892, probably because of financial setbacks that began in 1883. We may never know the full story, but a series of events that began in the late 1870s may help explain the collapse of the St. Louis factories.

Beer sales, mostly exports to the western territories and foreign countries, increased dramatically in the late 1870s, leading to a need for more beer bottles, especially by Anheuser1

Mississippi Glass also advertised during part of 1878 (Wilson and Caperton 1994:7)

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Busch, the most productive brewery in St. Louis. Coincidentally, two customer defaults caused the Lindell Glass Co., one of the major bottle suppliers to Anheuser-Busch, to lose a total of $11,000, a large sum for that era.

Whatever the cause, AnheuserBusch “sent to Europe for an enormous quantity [of beer bottles], now en route” (Crockery and Glass Journal 1881a:24). Since both Eberhard Anheuser and Adolphus Busch were of German extraction, the European factory was probably that of Hermann Heye in Germany2. The situation in 1880 may have influenced Busch to become a major investor in the Streator Bottle & Glass Co. at Streator, Illinois, in 1881. Although the date is unclear, Streator became a major supplier for the brewery.

In 1883, the bank gained control of the Lindell Glass Co., following a $38,000 loss when C. Conrad & Co. declared bankruptcy. The subsequent operation of the plant by bank personnel may have reduced production.

The “green” bottle industry3 as a whole was also having problems in 1883. Members from 14 glass houses attended the Western Vial and Bottle Manufacturers’ Association meeting in Chicago in August 1883 to discuss the three major problems besetting the group. The Mississippi Glass Co. was the only St. Louis firm in attendance.

One major concern, not overly relevant to this study, was competition from the “flint” or colorless glass industry. The “flints,” as they were called, had been gradually lowering their prices, until pharmacists and other users of smaller glass bottles 2

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could buy colorless glass almost as cheaply as “green” glass. Second, “beer bottles were imported into this country last year in large quantities. . . .. Foreign importation, which has never been considered of serious import in the trade, now threatens to become a serious matter indeed.” This suggests that Anheuser-Busch’s imports in 1880, while perhaps the initial opening for imported beer bottles, was not an isolated event – and imports seem to have increased by 18824. Finally, “all the factories, it is alleged, have been turning out a supply far beyond the market demands. The market has been glutted” (Crockery and Glass Journal 1883d:35-36).

The following year (1884), the Mississippi Glass Co., another major Anheuser-Busch supplier, ceased bottle production and began to manufacture flat glass. The defection of Busch to Streator and Europe, along with the “glutted” market almost certainly shaped the Mississippi Glass decision.

Anheuser-Busch was in the news for importing bottles again in 1885. The brewery “imported bottles brought in via New Orleans by the barge load, consequently orders are slack in the bottle houses (American Glass Worker 1885b:1). In January 1886, Busch was still buying bottles from the Streator Bottle & Glass Co. (American Glass Worker 1886a:2). Between the German and Illinois connections, Busch seems to have ceased or at least decreased his dealings with St. Louis glass houses.

By February 1886, the American Glass Worker (1886b:2) noted that Anheuser-Busch “imports regularly from 110 to 150 crates of bottles per

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week from Germany” and inferred that “some six hundred American bottle blowers are in enforced idleness” because of the imports.

The “idleness” almost certainly referred to the St. Louis plants. This lack of business may in turn have caused the Lindell Glass Co., financially injured in 1883, to ultimately collapse.

It is also likely that the bottle situation influenced Busch’s decision to buy the Belleville Glass Co. in 1886 and rename the factory as the Adolphus Busch Glass Co. The diversion of beer bottle manufacture to the two Busch-influenced plants may have led to the sketchy production by Lindell between 1883 and the ultimate sale and destruction of the factory in 1892. Although we have not currently discovered the exact year, Busch opened the St. Louis branch of the Adolphus Busch Glass Co. (later the Adolphus Busch Glass Mfg. Co.) ca.

1892, possibly in reaction to the closing of Lindell. The final independent beer bottle producer in St. Louis, the Frederick Heitz Glass Works, closed in 1897, possibly a victim of Busch’s outside competition (see Lockhart and Whitten 2005; 2006 for the story of Heitz). See Table 1 for a chronology of these events.

Histories Mississippi Glass Co., St. Louis, Missouri (1873-1971 or later) In 1873, the Mississippi Glass Co. was built as a manufacturing center for beer bottles6. William F. Modes, later connected with numerous glass factories, was the first superintendent (Ayres et al. 1980:27; Crockery and Glass Journal 1880:12; National

The Heye system was also by that time one of the larges and most diverse in Europe - and it was already exporting to the US. In addition, most late 19th century sites with large quantities of beer bottle glass contain examples of Hermann Heye green, export beer bottles in ca. 1880-1886 contexts. For examples, see Lockhart & Olszewski (1994:38-39) or Herskovitz (1978:8). For a history of Heye, see Lockhart et al. (2008) 3 The term “green” was used for what we now call aqua colored glass, however, as used by the industry, the term also included amber bottles 4 Clark (1949:499) notes that “German bottles were said to be used extensively about 1882 by Milwaukee brewers”.

5 This makes the Heye connection even more likely.

6 The Crockery and Glass Journal (1880b:12) noted that the Mississippi Glass Co. “was organized in 1873.” The National Glass Budget article (1909:4) implied that the plant was created in 1874 but was much more vague. An interview with J.E. Cummings, the earliest glass manufacturer in St. Louis (Crockery and Glass Journal 1983d:24) provided a list of the St. Louis glass houses in order of their openings: St. Louis Glass Works; Mississippi Glass Works; Lindell Glass Works; Fred. Heitz Glass Works; and Great Western Glass Works. The position of the Mississippi Glass Co. as the second to open in St. Louis supports the 1873 date for Mississippi, preceding Lindell (1874).

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Glass Budget 1909:4). Although we have found virtually no other information about the company during the early and mid-1870s, the plant’s furnace was noted as “one of the largest in the West” by 1879. That year, the plant employed “thirty-two blowers, sixteen gatherers, eight annealers, and sixteen carriers” (Brick, Pottery, and Glass Journal 1879:116). By 1881, some of the St. Louis glass houses, including Mississippi Glass, had doubled its working force (Crockery & Glass Journal 1881b:8).

The Year Book (1882:106) provided a cameo view of the firm in 1882. The president was Edward Walsh (indicating that the firm was a corporation).

The plant produced “green ware, beer bottles, fruit jars, and druggist’s packing bottles.” The factory had one furnace with eight pots and a second one with six pots.

The Year Book noted that “their trade is west of St. Louis and as far east as Indianapolis.” Since many bottles with the MGCo mark were found in the West, this reference is significant.

The factory was one of the first to install a “Wilson producing furnace” in 1883. These were powered by gas produced from “slack coal” and were considered to be much more efficient than burning coal alone. It was suggested that the coal consumption would be one eighth of the usage under the previous system (Crockery and Glass Journal 1883b:14; 1883c:26).

The Mississippi Glass Co. underwent a major product change in 1884, when the plant was reconstructed for “the manufacture of rough, ribbed and cathedral glass” (Ayres et al.

1980:27). As noted above, the firm may have switched glass types because of a series of events that caused Anheuser-Busch to seek bottles outside of St. Louis. Wilson and Caperton (1994:69) cited St. Louis newspapers, noting that the company was manufacturing skylight and cathedral plate glass in June 1885 and that it exclusively made plate glass by 1887, although the plant suffered a major fire in that year. This change of product places the end of exclusive con-

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tainer production at 1884, although some bottle manufacture may have continued on for as much as two more years.

The Mississippi Glass Co. was listed in St. Louis in 1897 and 1898 under the heading of “Cathedral and Rough Plate Factories,” making glass in 120 pots (National Glass Budget 1897:7; 1898:7). In 1901, Mississippi Glass took over the Appert Glass Company at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania. The plant, constructed in 1898 and in operation by 1899, was expanded in 1903 (Catlin 1991). For a list of Mississippi Glass Co. plants, see Table 2.

The company underwent a major reorganization in April 1904, incorporating in New York with a capital of $3 million (New York Times 1905).

As part of the reorganization, Mississippi Glass built a plant at Morgantown, West Virginia, during 1904.

Two years later, the firm purchased the former Marsh Plate Glass Co. at Floreffe (near Elizabeth), Pennsylvania. Along with its plate glass, the firm was also listed in Pittsburgh directories (where it had an outlet but no factory) as making tableware (Hawkins 2008).

This Mississippi Glass Co. continued to advertise “rough and ribbed rolled glass,” wire glass, and various specialty items in 1909, with the New York City address reflecting the home office (Commoner and Glassworker 1909:3). We have found no evidence of an actual plant in New York. The company operated a plant at Latrobe, Pennsylvania (probably the old Besto Glass Co.), by 1912. In 1915, the company apparently split into the Mississippi Glass Co. and the Mississippi Wire Glass Co., although we have not found any details about the separation.

The Highland Glass Co., Washington, Pennsylvania, became Factory 5-A of the Mississippi combine in the early part of 1930 (Hawkins 2008).

By 1927, the firm listed a large variety of wire glass, made at six continuous tanks, and noted factories at St. Louis, Missouri, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, Morgantown, West Virginia, and Floreffe, Pennsylvania

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(American Glass Review 1927:59, 74; 1944:178).

By 1933, Mississippi Glass had added plants in Streator, Illinois, and Fullerton, California (American Glass Review 1933:22; Roller 1997). The Washington, Pennsylvania, plant had closed no later than 1950 (Hawkins 2008). Although the other plants had closed during the 1930s and 1940s, Toulouse (1971:358) noted that the St. Louis plant remained in business as he went to press (1971).

Lindell Glass Co., St. Louis, Missouri (1874-1892) According to a 1909 article (National Glass Budget 1909:4), the Lindell Glass Works was initiated to make export beer bottles in 1874. A trade note from February 1875, however, reported that the factory had made “9,000 gross of different kinds of bottles” since August 1874 (Crockery Journal 1875), so the plant had an expanded output virtually from the beginning. The company was first listed in the St. Louis, Missouri, city directory in 1875 and last listed in 1890. The 1875 Bird’s Eye View Map of St. Louis showed the Lindell Glass Co. on what appeared to be 67th St. and named W. M. Gray as president (Lossos 2000).

By 1880 Lindell was noted as a “well backed” company “doing a good business” (Crockery and Glass Journal 1880b). At the same time, they had “constantly added new furnaces to their already extensive works” to meet the demands for beer bottles (Wilson and Caperton 1994:68). Despite these attainments, Lindell had an unfortunate history of bad debts from its customers. About 1880, when the Excelsior Bottling Co. failed, Lindell lost $3,000. Soon after, Lindell lost an additional $8,000, with the failure of the Urig Brewing Co. However, the firm was able to withstand both losses and remain solvent (Crockery and Glass Journal 1883e:24).

Ultimately more serious for Lindell, it was one of the manufacturers of beer bottles for Carl Conrad & Co. and was possibly the main bottle maker for the company. Conrad was the original marketer of Budweiser

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beer (actually made for him by Anheuser Busch), and the brand reached a national audience. When Conrad declared bankruptcy in January 1883, Lindell was one of the largest creditors, being owed between $32,000 and $33,000 by Conrad. Although the loss hit Lindell hard, a local source stated that Lindell’s “continuance in the bottling business is almost an assured fact” (Crockery & Glass Journal 1883a:30).

A slightly later report, however, disclosed that the actual amount was $38,000 and that the GermanAmerican Bank held the “paper of the Lindell Co.” (actually two deeds of trust) and had “taken charge of the business.” J.W. Sheppard, president of the corporation, and Christian Heitz, the secretary/treasurer, were “acting as managers of the business.”

Heitz felt that “a great injury was done him” because Conrad failed to inform him about the situation before declaring bankruptcy. He noted that Lindell had $19,000 worth of bottles stored in the basement, and claimed that stock could have reduced the Lindell indebtedness by half (Crockery & Glass Journal 1883e:24).

By late 1885, Lindell was “running five furnaces on green bottles” (American Glass Worker (1885a:2).

A snippet from 1886 noted that “Heitz’s and Lindell bottle works, St. Louis, are said to be carrying very large stocks, and the business outlook is not very promising in this line” (American Glass Worker 1886c:2). This may have been the beginning of the end for Lindell.

Aside from the sources cited in the introduction to this study (that addressed both the Mississippi Glass Co. and Lindell Glass Co.), we have found virtually no other information about the company until near the end. The March 18, 1891, edition of China, Glass & Lamps noted that Lindell “which had been idle for a long time, have resumed operations.” How long the plant was idle is currently unknown, but the plant may never have recovered from the Conrad failure and takeover by the German-American Bank. The 1891 start up was short

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lived. The plant and land was offered for sale on April 2, 1892, and the buildings were demolished by February 1 of the following year (Roller 1997).

Containers and Marks Mississippi Glass Co. MGCo (1873-1884) The MGCo mark has been reported on beer, bitters, blob-top soda, pepper sauce, and whiskey bottles as well as wax-sealer fruit jars, barrel mustard jars and ribbed flasks. Beer bottles, bitters bottles, and wax-sealer fruit jars need to be addressed separately from all other types (see below).

Toulouse (1971:360-361) clearly wanted the Modes Glass Co. to be identified with the MGCo mark on beer bottles. He gave the following justification: Modes made beer bottles and beverage bottles at most of the companies with which he was associated, starting at La Salle with De Steiger (“DSGCo”), but those under his own name were confined to the nine-year period of the Modes Glass Co. Many of his beer bottles are known in bottle collector’s groups.

There is a strong possibility that his Cicero factory started before 1895, and possibly in the mid-1880s. Beer bottles with “MGCo,” made in circa -1880 techniques of crude finishing, have been found in a camp in Arizona known to have been occupied only in the 1880s, and along with beer bottles marked for companies that were in business only in that decade. 1895 [sic] is the date of reference in the National Bottlers Gazette, the earliest date for Modes that I have been able to find.

This is a tautological explanation.

Toulouse was expressing an explanation to fit his preconceived belief. In other words, he was trying to force his identification of the mark to fit the known facts. In reality, he missed the mark.

Beer Bottles Jones (1966:8) was the first to attempt to identify beer bottle manu-

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facturer’s marks in print. Her initial suggestion for the MGCo mark was: “I believe this could be a midwestern plant – How about Mentua or Moscow?”

Two years later, Jones (1968:18-20) settled on the Missouri Glass Co., although she mentioned the Mississippi Glass Co. as a possibility.

Toulouse (1971:359-361) attributed the MGCo mark to both the Millgrove Glass Co. and the Modes Glass Co. Although he did not directly address the issue of different marks or makers according to bottle type, he strongly associated Modes with beer bottles and Millgrove with “medicine bottles and packers.”

Herskovitz (1978:9) suggested either Missouri Glass Co. or Modes Glass Co. as the users of the mark in his section on beer bottles found at Fort Bowie, Arizona, following a combination of Jones and Toulouse.

Ayres et al. (1980:27-28, 212-213, 270, 347) discussed four glass companies as possible users of the mark on Tucson beer bottles: Milwaukee Glass Co., Mississippi Glass Co., Missouri Glass Co., and Muncie Glass Co. Wilson (1981:121-123) identified the maker as the Mississippi Glass Co., referring to beer bottles found at Fort Union.

Wilson and Caperton (1994:74-75), in their study of Fort Selden, New Mexico, also noted the Mississippi Glass Co. as the probable beer bottle manufacturer using the mark and called the Massillon Glass Co. a “less likely candidate.” Von Meechow (2008) identified the Mississippi Glass Co. as the user of the mark.

Clint (1976:116), Herskovitz (1978:9), Ayres et al. (1980), Wilson (1981:121-123), Elliott and Gould (1988:187), Lockhart & Olszewski (1994:39), Von Meechow (2008), and Lockhart (2009) all illustrated and/or discussed the MGCo mark on beer bottles, and some photos have appeared on eBay. The marks fell into six main configurations (presented in probable chronological order, with bottle finish type noted): 1. MGCo (sharp lower ring on twopart finish), no other letters or numbers; “G” with serif extending to right

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(Figure 2).

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Figure 2 2. MGCo (round lower ring on finish), Maltese cross or plus sign above logo and number (1-12) below; “G” with

Figure 3 Figure 4 serif extending to left (Figures 3 & 4).

3. MGCO (arch) (finish unknown), “1” below logo; “G” with downward serif [this example is only known from a single eBay base photo].

4. MGCo (round lower ring on finish), single digit number below logo; “G”

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with serif extending to left. (Figures 5 & 6) 5. MGCo (round lower ring on finish), “A” above logo with number (1-14) below logo; “G” with serif extending to left. (Figure 7) 6. MGCo (on heel) (one-part finish), no numbers or letters; “G” almost looks like a “C” [not an export bottle – 7 8

champagne (also called select or lager) style] It is possible that the crosses and letter “A” associated with the marks may be types of mold makers’ “signatures” (see Lockhart & Whitten 2005, 2006). Of interest, the “7” on the Maltese cross variation (#2 style) has a serif; the one accompanying the higher-positioned mark (#4 style) does not. To make an even stronger case for the Maltese cross as an engraver’s signature, the two IGCo marks in the San Elizario assemblage7 with Maltese crosses not only have crosses that are almost identical to those on the M.G.Co. molds, the fonts are equally identical.

In 2006, the Bottle Research Group (BRG) visited the Arizona State Museum in Tucson to observe and record the 140 boxes of bottles excavated during the Tucson Urban Renewal (TUR) project from 1966 to 1976 (the bottles reported by Ayres et al. 1980). When we examined the collection, we found a total of seven complete export beer bottles (all amber in color) embossed with the “A” configuration (style #3 above) and one with a Maltese cross (type #2 above).

The two-part finishes on all eight bottles were identical: an upper part with vertical sides and a lower rounded ring encircling the neck. All finishes were applied.

Another distinction is important: the shape of the lower ring on twopart finishes. Two-part finishes on

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export beer bottles were intended for use with wired-down corks. Historical and empirical data explored by Lindsey (2008) and Lockhart (2007:54 -55) suggest that lower rings of the finishes with sharp edges (whether in wedge or flared forms) were generally used on earlier bottles (Figure 8). Empirical evidence, from Fort Stanton, New Mexico, and the TUR project suggests that sharp-edged lower rings were being actively phased out by ca.

1880, although some were still made (e.g., Carl Conrad bottles) as late as 1882.

Although there is no firm date for the initial use of two-part finishes with

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rounded lower rings (Figure 9), they were probably not used until the late 1870s (possibly not until 1880). They continued in use until much later (at least ca. 1914). All two-part finishes with sharp-edged lower rings were applied to the end of the neck. Applied finishes were the industry standard for export beer bottles8 until at least 1896. Tooled finishes began to be used on some side-embossed beer bottles by ca. 1890 but were uncommon, especially on generic (i.e., no side embossing) bottles, until after ca.

1896. Tooled finishes completely dominated the industry by ca. 1900 (Lockhart 2007:54-56).

A final issue concerns when manufacturer’s marks began to be used on export beer bottles. Lockhart (2007:53) noted that bottle makers had begun embossing their logos on export beer bottles “by the mid-1870s,” but this may be a bit misleading. The ear-

Excavated by Bill Lockhart and Wanda Olszewski, see Lockhart & Olszewski (1994) for details.

In the case of smaller bottles, applied finishes were used much earlier.

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the base of a fruit jar. He listed the mark as “maker unknown.” On page 216, he also gave the exact same description for a jar with the MGCo mark on the base.

Creswick (1995:157) showed both MGCo and MCCo on the bases of grooved-ring

liest verifiable marks on export bottles were applied ca. 1876 on bottles made for Carl Conrad & Co. This CC&Co monogram was not a manufacturer’s mark; Conrad had his bottles made for him (see Lockhart et al. 2006). Although marks had been used on some bottle types since the early 19th century, manufacturers likely followed Conrad’s lead on export beer bottles ca. 1878.

Bitters Bottles Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:126) noted that the MGCo mark was used on pharmaceutical [sic] bottles made for Mette & Kanne, St. Louis, from 1898 to 1911. They attributed the mark to the Millgrove Glass Co. Apparently, Griffenhagen and Bogard obtained their information from Fike (1987:41), who actually recorded the mark on the bottom of a ST Gotthard Herb Bitters bottle as MGC Co (the first “C” is obviously a typographical error). Fike attributed the mark to Millgrove but dated the use by Mette & Kanne from ca. 1895 to 1904. Fike cited Ring (1980:415) who recorded the mark as M.G.CO. and noted that the brand was advertised in 1895. She included a copy of the ad which identified Mette & Kanne as wholesale liquor dealers (not a pharmaceutical company).

Pre-Pro.com (2008) presented the actual history of the firm extrapolated from St. Louis city directories. The company was originally Mette & Flacke (1868-1869), but a reorganization in 1870 created Mette & Kanne.

The new firm operated until late 1892 or early 1893, when the name was changed to Mette & Kanne Distilling Co. The company ceased operations in 1918.

As shown in eBay auctions, the actual variation of the mark on the bottle was MGCo (Figure 10). According to our research, this mark was used at a fairly early period and is not consistent with the dates provided by Ring and Fike, although it fits quite well with the actual dates the company was in operation. The mark was embossed parallel to the sides of the base rather than across from corner to cor-

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Figure 10 ner as was typical of manufacturer’s marks on many bitters bottles.

An eBay auction offered a bottle embossed “DR. HARTER’S / ST. L. MO. / WILD CHERRY” with MGCo (“G” with serif extending to the left) embossed on the base in a post bottom.

The bottle was aqua in color and was an oval flask with a long neck. Ring (1980:230-232) devoted three pages to the product and its bottles, but all of her illustrations were of a rectangular bottle with an indented area for the embossing. The eBay bottle had no indented area. Although Ring presented 11 variations of the bottle, none were embossed with the MGCo logo.

Fike (1987:35) noted that Milton G. Harter began business in 1855, introduced his famous bitters in 1885, and received his trade mark authorization in 1887. The St. Louis operation was closed and moved to Dayton, Ohio, upon Harter’s death in 1890.

The eBay bottle is interesting for two reasons. First, it does not contain the word “BITTERS” in its embossing.

Second, it is highly unlikely that the Mississippi Glass Co. made a bottle after 1884, although there is a slight chance that a few bottles were made until 1887. It is our contention that this bottle was made ca. 1884, at the end bottle production by the Mississippi Glass Co. The product may have been test marketed in 1884, and Harter decided to add the word “BITTERS” to his concoction the following year.

Wax-Sealer Fruit Jars In his earlier book, Toulouse (1969:214) noted an MCCo mark on

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Figure 12 wax-sealer fruit jars (Figures 11 & 12). The jars were both aqua and amber in color and were occasionally accompanied by a letter from A to D (we have also seen numbers 1-4 on eBay auctions). Creswick attributed the mark to the Missouri Glass Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1859-1866, although the company was open until 1911. She did not specify why she

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chose 1866 as a date for discontinuance. Roller (1983:250) only included one variation and did not set a date or guess at a manufacturer.

Examples we have seen on fruit jars have the MGCo configuration, but the letter “G” can appear in three formats. The most common is a “G” with the serif extending to the left, and these jars are probably the most recent. The “G” with the serif extending downward was probably the earliest.

The final mark has a “G” that looks like a “C” – although all other aspects of the mark, including a single-digit number below the logo (and one with no number), look like the MGCo mark. This was probably an engraver’s error, and it might fit anywhere in the sequence. Examples we have seen (of all three variations) have a “rough” texture as though the cast iron mold were pitted.

Other Bottle Types Peters (1996:9, 28, 47, 76, 180, 186), Miller (1982:3), and Paul and Parmalee (1973:82) each listed blobtop soda bottles with MGCo marks, but none supplied photographs, although one was posted on eBay (Figure 13). The only mark we have

Figure 13

actually seen had the MGCo variation on the heel of a soda bottle embossed “CULLINANE / ST. LOUIS” on one side. John Cullinane & Co. operated a soda bottling plant in St. Louis.

Cullinane died on April 1, 1887.

We have also seen the MGCo mark on a barrel mustard jar and cylinder whiskey bottles.

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Figure 14 (Figure 14) and peppersauce bottles.

MGCo with the serif on the “G” extending to the left is found on a cathedral (gothic) pickle bottle and a ribbed flask. Many of these identifications are from eBay photos.

M/G In this case, the slash is part of the mark. Although Toulouse (1971:358-359) had no idea of the background of the company, he noted two marks used by the Figure 15 Mississippi Glass Co. on plate and possibly window glass. He noted that the “M/G” was used “possibly before 1950” (Figure 15) Figure 16 The same mark but with circles around each of the letters was used after 1950, when it was first advertised (Figure 16). The marks could not have been used prior to the conversion to plate glass production in 1884.

Discussion – Mississippi Glass Co. As noted above, Toulouse really wanted to identify the Modes Glass Co. as the user of the MGCo mark.

However, Modes sold a single railroad carload of pint and Jo-Jo flasks to the South Carolina Dispensary in 1897.

None of these bottles was embossed

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with a manufacturer’s mark (Teal & Wallace 2005:100). While not definitive, this shows that Modes did not use a logo on these bottles, and we have found no evidence that the company marked any of its wares with MGCo. The above research, however, points to the Mississippi Glass Co. as the exclusive user of the MGCo mark in all of its variations. The arched variation with a capital “O” in “CO” is the only possible exception, and that may be explained as the whim of a single mold maker – a circumstance not unusual during the late 19th century. Despite the Toulouse contention for the Modes Glass Co., we have found no other factory in business during the 1880s that had “MGCo” as initials and was making beer bottles.

A closing date of 1884 for the mark (when Mississippi Glass converted to the manufacture of flat glass) is solidly established, but an opening date is less obvious. The firm began business in 1873, but there is no evidence that any glass house was applying marks on export beer bottles by that date9. As noted above, it is unlikely that export beer bottles were marked by manufacturers until ca.

1878, although it is possible that some marks appeared earlier10.

This date range of ca. 1878 to 1884 probably applies to the MGCo mark in general, although the mark could have been used on non-beer bottles as early as 1873 or 1874. It is almost certain that the MGCo variation was used earlier than the MGCo variation. Use of the MGCo variation probably ceased by no later than 1882, although the MGCo variation may have been used as early as 1880. During its brief 11-year stint at bottle making, the Mississippi Glass Co. made an incredible number of containers.

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This is not meant to imply that there were not manufacturer’s marks on other bottles by that time. Manufacturer’s marks date to at least 1811, if not earlier. However, marks on beer bottles do not seem to have appeared until a few years after the establishment of Mississippi Glass.

10 This line of reasoning needs more research. Beer bottles from contexts datable to the 1873-1879 period are few. Marks on export beer bottles are very solidly dated from 1880, and the Carl Conrad & Co. basemarks were almost certainly used prior to that time.

Little else can currently be documented.

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LGCo (1874-1892) The LGCo mark has been found on several different kinds of bottles, covering time periods from the 1870s to at least the 1920s. Virtually everyone is in agreement that more than one company used the mark. At a minimum, these included the Lindell Glass Co., Lamb Glass Co., Lockport Glass Co., Lyndeborough Glass Co., and (possibly) Loogootee Glass Co. The marks are found on (at least) export beer bottles, flasks, bitters bottles, packers’ bottles, pharmacy bottles, soda bottles, milk bottles, and fruit jars. Of these, export beer bottles, soda bottles, bitters bottles (probably), and some fruit jars were produced by the Lindell Glass Co. Export Beer Bottles Toulouse (1971:323) claimed that the LGCo mark on beer bottles was used by the Louisville Glass Works (Co.), Louisville, Kentucky (18551873) and the Louisville Kentucky Glass Works (1873-1886 or later).

Even if the first firm used the word “Company” in its title, it was in business too early for the type of bottles that carried this mark, and the later company’s initials simply do not match.

Jones (1965:[16]) initially stated, “Might be an old mark of Latchford Glass Co., Los Angeles.

Not sure, don’t know dates.” She added (Jones 1965:[20]) that the mark was found on “Boca ‘Bob’ Beer and plain labeled, 1875[.] Both used wire closures.”

Later, however, Jones (1966:8) identified “Lyndeboro Glass Co. 1866‘86, Lancaster Glass Co., and Lockport Glass Co. 1840-1900?” as possible users of the LGCo mark. Later in the same volume (1966:17), she added Libbey Glass Co. “1890? Huh?” By her 1968 volume (p. 18), she added Leathe [possibly Lythgoe?] and Louisville to the list. In all cases, she was discussing the mark on beer bottles.

Wilson and Caperton (1994:74) were the first to identify Lindell Glass Co. as the user of the LGCo mark, although Whitten (2005:48) and Von Meechow (2008) each later reached the same conclusion independently.

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Wilson (1981:118-121) reported 44 beer bottle bases with the LGCo mark that were excavated from Fort Union (1863-1891). All but one of the bases was amber in color. The exception was “blue” and was the only base where the logo was accompanied by a letter (below the mark) rather than a number or no digits. The marks fell into two variations: LGCo and LGCo. The “blue” base had the first style mark. Both marks were generally accompanied by numbers below the logo and occasionally dots or elongated bars or lines above or below the mark.

Two examples, both of the second variation, had Maltese crosses embossed above the marks. Although these examples were only available in drawings, they appear to be identical to the Maltese crosses that accompany MGCo marks (see Lockhart & Whitten 2005:54; 2006:38-39 for a discussion of Maltese cross marks).

Herskovitz (1978:8) excavated 75 LGCo bottles from Fort Bowie (18621894). He did not note colors and only showed the first variation, but he reported numbers from 2 to 28, “1 dot, 2 dots,” and the letters A through C. Lockhart & Olszewski (1994:38-39) found nine bases with the mark, including both variations. All were amber except one (variation 2) that was light blue. Only one contained a number (19) and one a letter (D). The letter was on an amber bottle, second variation. Three were accompanied by dots. Jones (1966:8) showed only the second variation and included dots, keyhole marks, and a Maltese Cross but not numbers or letters. In her later analysis (Jones 1968:18), she added that she found numbers from 6 to 23.

Von Meechow (2008) added that the mark is occasionally found on the heels of beer bottles with side embossing that identified the breweries. We have not found this placement on bottles that had paper labels.

Ayres et al. (1980:unnumbered page) noted five variations of the LGCo mark. Along with the two variations already noted, the researchers added L.G.Co in a small postbottom mold mark, and two variations on the letter “G,” both on bottles with

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the C variation. This increases the number to five variations (all with sans serif fonts and all horizontally placed across the center of the bases).

When the BRG examined the TUR collection, we discovered all five of the variations listed by the Ayers researchers, and each one had a twopart, applied finish (see discussions of finish types in the MGCo section above).

An examination of lower rings on LGCo two-part finishes provides interesting data. Bottles that have marks with the “unusual” fonts for the “G” were made with sharp lower rings on the two-part finishes, and, with a single exception, all bottles marked with LGCo had sharp lower rings, including an example illustrated by Wilson and Caperton (1994:65) with an intact Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Lager Beer label. A single example of the LGCo (“o” not superscript or underlined) had a two-part finish with a sharp lower ring; the others in our sample had twopart finishes with rounded lower rings.

The only example with the small post seam had rounded lower rings. Thus, an ordering based on lower rings would suggest the following:

Figure 17 1. LGCo – “G” with a tail extending outward, i.e., to the right (Ayres et al.

1980; TUR photo) Figure 17) 2. LGCo – “G” with a tail extending downward (like a “C” with a reverse comma added) (Ayres et al. 1980; eBay photos) (Figure 18) 3. LGCo; standard “G” with a number below (eBay photos shows sharp lower ring) (Figure 19) 4. LGCo; standard “G” with a number

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letters from A to at least D; 1G; a dot above the logo.

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Figure 20 below (Figure 20) 5. LG.Co with the letters crowded due to the limited space in a small post mold (only in Ayres et al.) (Figure 21) 6. L.G.Co. at heel (Von Meechow 2008)111 As mentioned above, the LGCo logos may be divided into two types, and they may be dated relatively (the LGCo mark occurring Figure 21 before the LGCo logo) and, to a certain extent, chronologically. The LGCo variation was used from ca. 1878 (possibly a year earlier) to ca. 1882; and the LGCo logo was used from ca. 1880 to ca.

1892, based on finish types. Although many of the logos (both types) were embossed by themselves, accompanying numbers, letters, and symbols also varied according to logo type: LGCo – numbers from 1-22; dots (above the logo, below, and both) or a bar or lines above and/or below the logo LGCo – numbers to at least 36; Maltese Cross above the logo (sometimes with a number below); 11

Bitters Ring (1980:320) illustrated a Malarion Bitters bottle with L.G.CO. embossed on its base. The bitters was made by Snyder Gue & Condell, St. Louis, Missouri. The product was advertised in at least 1878 and 1879.

Ring (1980:392) also described a bottle embossed “DR RATTWIGGER’S HERB & ROOT BITTERS, S T LOUIS, Mo.” with L.G.Co. embossed on the base. The Rattwigger’s was probably made by Lindell, but the Malarion may have been produced by the Lyndborough Glass Co. See Discussion and Conclusions sections for a discourse of the difference in marks between the two companies.

Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:125) recorded an LGC mark as being used on medicinal bottles by McConnon & Co., Winona, Minnesota, in the 1880s. Their information almost certainly came from Ring (1980:323), who noted McConnon’s Stomach Bitters, made by McConnon & Co., Winona, Minnesota, with an LGC mark on its base. Unfortunately, neither source gave further information. It is possible that the bottle was marked LGCo with a very indistinct “o” that was unseen by the authors.

Fruit Jars Several types of jars have been found with LGCo logos or LGCo monograms embossed on bases or bodies. Some packer jars are too recent (and machine made) to have been

Figure 22

We have not yet actually observed an example of this placement of the mark.

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produced by Lindell. Mason jars could have been made by the company, but that identification is currently uncertain.

Toulouse (1969:183) noted (incorrectly) that the LGCo mark on a grooved-ring wax sealer fruit jar was used by the Louisville Glass Works or Co. Creswick (1987a:100-101) illustrated four slight variations of the jars, with “CF,” “F,” or “P” below the LGCo mark or no accompanying letter (Figure 22). Creswick (1987a:103) also illustrated a single wax sealer embossed with LINDELL GLASS CO. around the edge of the base (Figure 23). Roller (1983:193-194) also noted variations of the jars.

R o l l e r (1983:194) dated the jars ca.

1870 and added that “it is possible that the L.G.Co. wax seal Figure 23 jars . . . may have been made by Lindell, since both jars [i.e., those marked “LINDELL” and those marked “LGCo”] are found in aqua and amber.”

Although Roller suggested Lindell as the user of the LGCo marks on these jars, Creswick (1987:100) cited Brantley’s Guide to Ball Jars as claiming the maker to be the Loogootee Fruit Jar Co. The company’s name was actually the Loogootee Glass Co., and it made jars from its inception in 1901 to 1904, when the Ball Brothers bought the plant and closed it. In support of Creswick, the “L” on all of the LGCo fruit jar bases is different from the “L” used on the jar embossed “LINDELL” or any of the beer bottle bases or the soda or pickle bottles. The fruit jar “L” has serifs, frequently including a pointed serif on the lower bar and a “heel” serif at the lower left. These serifs were probably intended on all the jars,

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although some of the embossing is too weak to show them. The “L” on the beer logos and other bottle marks lack serifs. If the jars were made by Lindell, they were probably manufactured during the 1880s because the logos do not have the superscript “o.”

Packer Bottles Although later packer and fruit jars embossed with LGCo were machine made, at least one Gothic12 pickle bottle (offered on eBay) was almost certainly made by Lindell.

Soda Bottles The L.G.CO. mark was also reported on the back heel of “blob-top” soda bottles, including one used by Christ. Gross of Darmstadt, Illinois, from the 1870s to early 1880s (Miller 1980:18; eBay). Paul and Parmalee (1973:87) also listed a bottle with the LGCo mark that was used by John Gundlach of Columbia, Illinois, but they offered no dates. These were probably made by the Lindell Glass Co. The only actual photo we have

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seen (eBay) showed the mark with a lower-case “o,” so the capital “O” noted by Miller may be a misrecording.

L Ayres et al. (1980) illustrated a beer bottle base embossed with the letter “L” (with serifs) above a “5” (same style “L” as on the fruit jars). When the BRG visited Tucson in 2006 to view the Tucson Urban Renewal collection at the Arizona State Museum, we found the “L” mark (with “5”) on a single export beer bottle with a tooled, one-part finish – too late to have been made by Lindell (Figure 24). We also discovered a similar export bottle embossed on the base with a single “L” and no accompanying number (Figure 25) at the Fort Bowie Collection, housed at the Museum Collections Repository, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, Tucson. This mark had no serifs and was on a bottle with a one-part, applied finish. Although the manufacturer is unknown, it unlikely

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Collectors often call these Cathedral pickle bottles, and the glass company catalogs usually called the large ones hexagon pickle jars.

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that the Lindell Glass Co. made either bottle.

Discussion – Lindell Glass Co. There is virtually no question that Lindell made all the export beer bottles with the LGCo and LGCo basemarks. The two bitters bottles described by Ring, however, could have been made by two different companies. All the marks that can be positively assigned to Lindell were marked either LGCo or LGCo. (note lower-case “o”). Flasks made by the Lyndeborough Glass Co. seem to have all been marked with an upper-case “O” on the bases. Since both companies were open during the same general period, each could have made one continued on page 56

Table 1 – Chronology of Events Related to Beer Bottle Production – St. Louis 1872 – Anheuser-Busch adopts Pasteurization to beer and begins bottling 1873 – Export beer bottle invented and first made in Pittsburgh Late 1870s – expansion of beer sales by Anheuser-Busch ca. 1879 – major expansion of beer “exports” – especially by Anheuser-Busch 1880 – Lindell loses $3,000 when Excelsior Bottling Co. fails – soon after, Lindell loses $8,000 with the failure of the Urig Brewing Co.– Anheuser-Busch imports bottles from Europe 1881 – Busch becomes one of the major investors in the Streator Bottle & Glass Co. – buys bottles from Streator 1883 – Lindell management loses control of the company following a $38,000 loss when C. Conrad & Co. declares bankruptcy 1884 – Mississippi Glass Co. ceases bottle production to make flat glass 1885 – Anheuser-Busch still imports bottles 1886 – Anheuser-Busch regularly imports bottles from Germany – “outlook is not very promising” for Lindell – Busch buys Belleville Glass Co. and converts factory to Adolphus Busch Glass Co. 1891 – Lindell opens after being idle but closes again

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distiller as S. Grabfelder & Co. of Louisville, KY. That firm, was in business from 1880 to 1918. It registered the Echo Springs brand in 1905. A Mattingly & Moore fob, shown front and back (Fig. 4, 5) was issued by one of the few brands

Watch Out For Watch Fobs!

By Jack Sullivan Special to Bottles and Extras This title is a triple entendre. First, the purpose of a fob is to facilitate the process of taking a watch out of a vest or pants pocket. Second, bottle collectors interested in advertising “go withs” may find fobs something to watch out for. Third, in fob collecting the word is “buyer beware.” Watch out for counterfeit and reproduction fobs!

For this article, I have limited consideration to the strap type watch fobs. They are characterized by a flat hole on the top just large enough to admit a thin leather strap holding a watch at the other end (Fig. 1). While there are other types involving chains and clips, this is the classic style. While fobs run the gamut of American industry and commerce, I have limited consideration here to those advertising whiskey and liquor products.

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I became interested in the watch fob phenomenon while doing a story for the last issue of Bottles and Extras that depicted a highly attractive enameled example from Black Cat Whiskey, the product of Cleveland’s UllmanEinstein Co. (Fig. 2). Research disclosed that fobs were all the fashion about the turn of the 20th Century. Businesses gave them to customers as a way of getting their advertising walking around on the streets. Prominent among them were preProhibition whiskey distillers and distributors.

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Bottles on Fobs More than a few whiskey fobs featured bottles. An example is one is from Echo Springs Whiskey (Fig. 3). The opposite side declares it “Kentucky’s Best” and the

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that survived Prohibition, produced by a distillery of the same name in Bardstown, Kentucky. Later the brand name was purchased by the Frankfurt Distilling Company.

The Old Hollister fob is from St. Paul (Fig. 6). It depicts a bearded gentleman extracting a large bottle of whiskey from the mailing box and, in a caption below, exclaiming “By cracky, its Figure 6 my Old Hollister.” Research failed to uncover any additional information on this outfit which claimed to be a distiller.

Bouvier’s Buchu Gin (Fig. 7) was sold as a medicine for a wide range of ailments including sexually transmitted diseases. The company, located in Louisville, Kentucky, described how leaves from the buchu bush, native to the Cape of Good Hope, were drenched in gin to achieve this marvelFigure 7 ous remedy. A judge in

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1917 was not convinced. Noting that the product was 46 percent alcohol, he determined that Buchu Gin should be subject to liquor laws.

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some lass with a low cut bodice and a provocative (for the times) pose (Fig. 9).

His fob seems almost chaste, however, when compared to the bare breasted beauty featured in the Corby’s Whiskey fob (Fig. 10). This distillery was founded by Henry Corby, an English immigrant and baker, in Ontario, Canada, in the late 1850s. It has grown to be Canada’s

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has a bas relief of a whiskey keg (Fig. 12).

Figure 12 Dangling History The Phil. G. Kelly Company of Richmond honored the history of Virginia by issuing two watch fobs.. One

Figure 8 Another bottle fob is a celluloid item that advertised Deep Spring Whiskey (Fig 8). This was the product of J.W. Kelly & Co. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, whose advertising slogan for this brand was “Made on Honor, Sold on Merit.” This distillery shows up in city directories from 1903 -1915. Kelly himself, however, is reported to have been active in the liquor trade as early as 1882.

Figure 10 largest spirits manufacturer with markets worldwide.

My favorite fob lady is a “art nouveau” portrait on a Thompson Rye fob (Fig. 11). This brand was one of sev-

Fobbing Off Pretty Ladies Kelly like other distillers recognized that “sex sells.” The flip side of his Deep Springs fob shows a win-

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eral from Charles H. Ross & Company. Ross, a distiller as well as a whiskey distributor, founded the Monumental Distillery, one of the earliest important Baltimore distilleries. The brand name was first registered in 1860. The flip side of this fob

showed the Commonwealth’s favorite son, Thomas Jefferson (Fig. 13). It calls him a “friend of personal liberty,” probably an oblique reference to the Prohibition forces that were then on the rise. The other is of the Virginia state capitol in Richmond, for a time the capital of the Confederate States (Fig. 14). The Kelly company, although in business less than a dozen years (1905-1916), managed to produce a vast array of

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key fob in the shape of a key (Fig. 16). The wording on the back is similar to hotel keys of the era, instructing

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and celluloid.

Figure 16 Figure 14 bottles, jugs and giveaways, among them these distinctive watch fobs.

(See my article on Kelly in the JulyAugust 2008 issue of B&E.) Another historical figure that appears on a whiskey fob is Daniel Boone (Fig. 15). Issued by the Thixton, Millett & Co. Distillers of Louisville, Kentucky, the medallion shows

Figure 15 the explorer and American folk hero with his coonskin hat, rifle, and dog. It carries the slogan: “Ever Drink...Old Boone.” In 1889, John Thixton took over his father’s banking and wholesale liquor businesses in Owensboro, KY. He later teamed up with E. P. Millett, who recently had sold another distillery. Together they created a liquor wholesaler and distiller’s agent company. In 1903 Thixton, Millett bought out the Boone & Bro. distillery together with the "Old Boone" brand name. The firm lasted until the onset of Prohibition.

Hanging Oddities Some fobs do not fit well into categories, including three displayed here. Note the Old Fitzgerald whis-

finders to deposit it into the nearest mailbox and the company would take care of postage. With an identification number on the back Old Fitzgerald presumably could restore the fob and the attendant watch back to the owner. It is unclear how well the watch could be expected to work after being thrown to the tender mercies of the U.S. Postal Service.

The oldest item on display here likely is a rusted fob with the likeness of a dog and the legend: “Dog On Good Whiskey” (Fig. 17). It was a giveaway from Bonnie & Co., a Louisville liquor wholesaler that operated under that name from 1874 to 1877.

In 1878 the firm became known as Bonnie Brothers. It ultimately purchased the J. G. Mattingly & Sons’ distillery in Louisville to supply liquor for the wholesale business which it operated until Figure 17 1919. “Dog On Good Whiskey” was the actual brand name for this Bonnie product.

A Walton Whiskey fob served two purposes. It operated as a pull for a watch but also swung open to reveal a bottle opener (Fig. 18). The back of the opener is dated 1913. That is the same date that J.J. O’Connor, a whiskey distributor of Elmira, New York, registered the Walton brand with the government. Little is recorded about his firm, except that O’Connor was prominent in the New York IrishAmerican circles. This fob is exceptional because it is made of both metal

Figure 18 Ads on a Strap Some whiskey makers simply stamped their watch fobs with their well-known trade mark, apparently figuring the image made the best ad-

Figure 19 vertising. Duffy’s Malt Whiskey was famous for its trade mark of an ancient chemist, as noted in my Sept.Oct. 2008 Bottles & Extras article. It shows up on the company’s watch fob with the slogan “Absolutely Pure and Unadulterated.” (Fig. 19).

Clarke Brothers of Peoria advertising featured a sour-looking elderly man holding a bottle and tasting the firm’s “Pure Rye.” The same gent appeared on its fob (Fig. 20). The back featured the Clarke Bros. logo with the spurious claim: “Bottled by the U.S. Government.” (Fig. 21). The firm later was forced to drop that wording.

A third well-known trademark used on a fob was that of Green River Whiskey, a brand of J.W. McCulloch

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IWFA has issued a “Code of Ethics” for dealers.

Judging from eBay user group website, fob collectors still must spend a great deal of effort distinguishing the real from the fake. The discussions to be found there are marked by a great deal of rancor and strong language, charges and countercharges. The gist of the verbiage seems to argue for considerable caution on the part of beginning -- and perhaps even seasoned -- collectors.

Figure 20 of Owensboro, Kentucky. It came in two styles, round and oval (Fig. 22). Both bore the Green River

Figure 21 example, an Echo Springs fob like the one shown here recently fetched $167 on eBay. A few greedy dealers have found incentives to cheat. That has spawned a small industry in restrikes, reproductions and outright counterfeits. A prime example is are the Green River fobs. They turn up regularly on eBay, but there is no perfect way to test their genuineness from a photo. The depth and clarity of the

Figure 24 *********** Notes: The information for this article was gathered from a number of Internet and other sources, an important one being the website of the IWFA: www.watchfob.com. ***********

Bottle People: THANK YOU! Through the effort and skill of American Glass Gallery (John & Liz), most of our collection recently sold to you at auction.

Kay and I are very pleased and very grateful.

Figure 22 motto, “She Was Bred in Old Kentucky.” It is not clear whether this slogan referred to the whiskey or the horse depicted. McCulloch started as an Federal inspector of distilleries and ended up buying one -- Green River -in 1888. Within two years he had opened offices in Louisville, Cincinnati and Chicago. Green River became famous for its containers, advertising and giveaways, still highly sought by collectors.

Counterfeits and Reproductions The attraction of collecting preProhibition watch fobs is tempered by the large number of fakes in circulation. Although the original cost of these items was negligible, in recent years prices have risen sharply, For

Figure 23 impression, as seen here (Fig. 23) provides a clue but is not conclusive.

The International Watch Fob Association (IWFA), officially founded in 1968, is grappling with this problem (Fig. 24). The first meeting of the organization was held in April, 1965, at the American Legion Hall in Norwalk, Ohio. There were 33 members present. Three years later the first show was organized and held at the same venue. Since that time the annual event has been held at various locations around Northern Ohio with hundreds of eager fob fans attending. To stem the tide of fakes, the

Again, thank you,

John and Kay Moore P.S. We are aware that other auction houses gave an indirect boost to our sale.

We also tip our hats to them.

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Forsha’s Balm is Endorsed by President Lincoln

By Dave Maryo

Double collar Forsha bottle

Blue Forsha bottle

Teal-green Forsha bottle

attempt to meet with President Lincoln. The purpose of Dr. Forsha’s visit was to request that his balm be

Tooled-top Forsha bottle

Lincoln to request Surgeon General Hammond provide a ward at the Capital Hospital to allow Dr. Forsha to demonstrate the curative property of his remedy.

President Lincoln during a Civil War tour During the Civil War a soldier from Ohio had suffered a wound on his hand and was being treated at the Capital Hospital. The soldier requested his wound be treated with Dr. Fosha’s Balm. Dr Shippen, who was treating the soldier’s wounds, agreed to try the balm, but the Ward Surgeon in charge objected. Hearing the soldier had been denied treatment with his balm, Dr. Forsha traveled to the White House on September 21st, 1862 in an

Secretary of Treasury Salmon Chase used to treat wounded soldiers.

The President was too busy to meet with him. Dr. Forsha then met with Salmon Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury during the Lincoln administration. Salmon Chase had a long political history in Cincinnati and was most likely acquainted with Dr. Forsha. Secretary Chase urged President

Surgeon General William A Hammond Lincoln sent a letter the next day to the Surgeon General requesting the use of Dr. Forsha’s Balm to treat wounded soldiers. Surgeon General William Hammond denied the president’s request and immediately replied that Dr. Forsha was an “ignorant

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quack”.

This did not stop Dr. Forsha or Secretary Chase from promoting his balm and they gained other supporters in high-ranking positions.

General McClellan had suffered a bullet wound to his foot during the September, 1862 battle of Antietam. The lead ball had passed through the fleshy part of the sole just missing the bones. Secretary Chase heard of the wound while meeting with the general and suggested he try Dr.

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Sanitary Commissioner George Templeton Strong reported the remedy worked like magic on flesh wounds.

The main point of Hammond’s contention in using the medication was that Dr. Forsha would not reveal the ingredients in his balm.

Dr. Forsha sent a letter to Lincoln December 17th, 1862 requesting a hospital ward be set up to administer his balm to wounded soldiers. He guaranteed ninety percent of all the flesh wounds would be healed and the soldiers

December 17, 1862 letter from Dr. Forsha to Lincoln Forsha’s Balm.

Dr. Nichols, the physician attending the general, contemplated using Forsha’s Balm on McClellan but found the wound healing well without any inflammation.

Secretary Chase even requested his assistant George Harrington make arrangements for Dr. Forsha to visit General Hooker.

Dr. Forsha spent much of his time and energy promoting his balm to be used for wounds incurred during the Civil War. Surgeon General Hammond never stopped his opposition to Dr. Forsha’s Attorney General balm, even though Edward Bates

would be fit for duty within thirty days.

Edward Bates, the United States Attorney General, endorsed Dr. Forsha’s letter. President Lincoln’s request to place Dr. Forsha in charge of a hospital ward was strongly rejected by Surgeon General Hammond. Surgeon General Hammond responded to Lincoln in the following letter dated February 13th, 1863 “Sir; I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note relative to Dr. Forsha, and to thank your Excellency for the consideration which prompted you to refer the subject to me.

I have met with Dr. Forsha before, and am satisfied that he is an ignorant quack. The fact that he keeps his preparation a secret is sufficient proof, if any were wanting, of his charlatanism. If Dr. Forsha will reveal the mode of preparation of his medicine, I will very willingly have it tried in the Hospitals, provided it contains no injurious articles. If his desire (as he alleges) is solely the benefit of our wounded soldiers, his aim will be accom-

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February 14, 1863 Clymer letter

February 13, 1863 Surgeon General Hammond letter plished in this manner.

I do not think it would be right for me to commit those placed in my charge to the care of one whom I know to be an ignorant pretender.

The recommendations in Dr. Forsha's possession, are from laymen.

With so many intelligent and celebrated physicians in the Country one would have thought he would have laid his assumed discoveries before them.

Again thanking your Excellency for referring the matter to me, and thus saving the Medical Corps the disgrace, and the sick the injury which would result from placing this man in charge of a Hospital.

I am very respectfully, Your Obdt Servt, W. A. Hammond, Surgeon General P. S. I have the honor to enclose a letter of Surg. Meredith Clymer U.

S. Volrs. on duty as Attending Surgeon of Volunteer Officers in this City, which relates to Dr. Forsha.

Respectfully W. A. Hammond Surg Gen�

Forsha’s balm was only one of many medications rejected by the surgeon general. His ban on medications using Calomel & Tar Emetic was not well received by many in the medical

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profession. Over the next year the Surgeon General lost favor in both the political and medical circles.

William Hammond was courtmartialed for irregularities related to the purchase of medical supplies and was relieved of duty August 18th, 1864.

Dr. Samuel W. Forsha was born in Cincinnati about 1802 according to US Census records.

He was involved in politics from as early as 1828 when he ran for constable in the Township of Cincinnati.

Dr. Forsha’s Balm is recorded as early as 1850 in US Senate documents and advertising for his medicines appear as late as 1924.

With more than seventy years in use, the balm must have been well received to have continued sales for this long period of time.

With the long span of production many variations of the Dr Forsha’s bottles have been found. Early pontiled versions had flared and rolled lips, while later bottles had smooth bases with hand tooled tops. These

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bottles also have a wide variety of glass colors ranging from aquas to dark greens and blues. Dr. Forsha’s Cincinnati Ohio based medicine has had a long and interesting history that gives these bottles a special place in many collections.

References: Preserve Your Love for Science: Life of William A. Hammond, American Neurologist, By Bonnie Ellen Blustein, Contributor Charles Rosenberg Published by Cambridge University Press, 1991 Medicines for the Union Army: The United States Army Laboratories During the Civil War, By George Winston Smith, American Inst Of The History Of Phar, Dennis B Worthen, Published by Haworth Press, 2000 Civil War Medicine, By Stewart Marshall Brooks, Published by C.C. Thomas, 1966 Southern Pharmaceutical Journal, Published , 1924

Secretary Chase and President Lincoln endorsement letter September 1862

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The Salmon P. Chase Papers, By Salmon Portland Chase, John Niven, Published by Kent State University Press, 1993 Gangrene and Glory: Medical Care During the American Civil War, By Frank R. Freemon, Published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1998 Republican, Cincinnati Newspaper March 8th, 1828 Library of Congress Letters Relating to Dr Forsha Also Special thanks to John Odell for his contributions

Dave Maryo (760) 617-5788 Dave@bottleauction.com www.bottleauction.com

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Theft watch Subject: Insulators stolen in Albuquerque, NM A pickup truck sitting in the parking lot of an insulator show was stolen with the contents of an insulator collection and sales stock. Please see the below websites for information. The theft is valued at over $250,000. Included in the collection were at least 2 one-of-a-kind insulators and several rare ones. If you are contacted by anyone selling or offering a look at ANY kind of assortment of great insulators regardless of the ‘story’ behind them – especially any deal that sounds too good to be true – Just get their contact information, make some excuse for needing to get back to them, and immediately pass the information on to Butch Haltman. http://www.insulators.info/ http://oldinsulators.com/html/haltman.html Bob Stahr Hemingray Collector/Historian bob@hemingray.com www.hemingray.com

As the months pass by it becomes increasingly important for all hobbyists not to forget! We must remain vigilant both on-line and at shows. Show hosts have a special responsibility to take the time and trouble to properly remind and inform their insulator dealers of these stolen insulators. Lists from the Haltman theft and the few remaining un -recovered pieces from the Yuhas theft are available on www.OldInsulators.Com and should be distributed among our dealers at every show. Some of the missing insulators are both historically irreplaceable and fantastically valuable to the hobby. Please take the time to be aware and make sure your fellow hobbyists are also equally aware. Any of these pieces could appear at any show or on-line at anytime.

Also for you avid e-buyers out there – Keep a close lookout for the good stuff popping up at on-line auction. Be especially wary of unknown or new sellers offering great insulators at ridiculously low PayPal only Buy It Now prices.

Notice to all Collectors We all need to be diligent - this could happen to you. If you can assist or notice any unusual activity in insulators, please contact Butch.

You would want other collectors doing that for you if the tables were reversed.

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HELP/ASSISTANCE NEEDED!!

History of Antique Bottle Collecting in the United States State-by-state survey by Bill Baab, Southern Region editor Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904-5202 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net Dear Fellow Collector(s): I have embarked on an ambitious project: Compiling a state-by-state history of bottle collecting in the U.S. I need your assistance. I feel it needs to be put into print before names, events and dates slowly slip into time, to be forgotten. Below is a list of things to be addressed. Don’t hesitate to add anything else on your own. Don’t worry about length. Once the survey has been completed, each state’s story will be told in Bottles & Extras, one state at a time.

The following needs to be written in story form, starting with the earliest happening and winding up with the latest. If you feel uncomfortable about writing, just include as many facts, places, people and dates as possible. I am a retired journalist and can put it into story form. Be sure to sign your name and include mailing and e-mailing addresses and telephone numbers. If I have any questions, I’ll contact you. Once I get through editing your report, I’ll email it to you to be checked for errors or omissions before publishing it in Bottles and Extras. Accuracy in everything is a must.

1. During what year did bottle collecting start in your state? In what areas, cities or towns did it first start? Who was (were) credited with getting the hobby started? Did any one thing or event or find lure them into the hobby before it became statewide? You may include yourself if you were one of the key people in the early days of collecting.

2. Are there any photographs of digs or individuals and collections available from the early days? If so, please have as many identified as to who’s in them, where photo was taken and when.

3. These state-by-state stories will be published under the byline(s) of those compiling the data. I also am interested in hearing how the compiler(s) got started in the hobby.

4. During the early digs, what were some of the prized bottles being found? Anything unusual dug? (One of my club members dug a Prince Albert tobacco tin with a $5 gold piece inside!) Finds also can include pottery, since many of us branched out into antique and contemporary ceramics after having started in bottles.

5. This is not the history of the Federation, but an individual’s or a club’s affiliation can be included.

6. Anyone have wild adventures during their pursuit of bottles? If so, please describe to the fullest just what happened, to whom, when (dates) and where.

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Liniments and the Native American People In Frontier Minnesota

By Boyd Beccue The 1905 Kandiyohi County (Minnesota) History is one of the most interesting, well-written and thorough histories compiled in any county in America. The book, printed in a limited edition of only 1,500, has itself become a prized collectible in the years since it was published. Edited

by Willmar Tribune and Old Settlers Association founder Victor Lawson, it remains a respected and much-used reference for those who compile genealogies, research local history or just enjoy reading about the early years of frontier Minnesota. But, the careful historian also knows that even such well-respected volumes can and do sometimes contain errors.

A few years ago, I came into possession of an early Minnesota patent medicine bottle embossed “MONITOR LINIMENT” and “D. EDWARDS ST. ANTHONY, MINN.” The bottle is hand-blown in a hinge mold similar to many medicine bottles produced just after the Civil War. After acquiring the bottle I

Monitor Liniment in two sizes: 5 3/4 and 5 1/4 front and back embossings hinge mold recalled that I had once read a mention of it in the 1905 Kandiyohi County History.

Taking my copy of the 1905 history from its place of honor on the shelf, I was soon able to locate the reference in a memoir written by one of the earliest Kandiyohi County settlers, Solomon Foot. His cabin and

homestead were located on the north shore of what is now Willmar Lake in west central Minnesota. He described

Plaque now located where Foot’s cabin stood an incident which occurred there in 1858, when a visiting Indian was bitten by his dog.

(In those days the early settlers and the various Dakota tribes of Minnesota lived in what might now be described as a state of peaceful coexistence. While not always friendly, the pioneers and the tribes managed to get along well enough until a growing flood of European settlers, repeated treaty violations and government failure to pay promised annuities forced the desperate Dakota into open warfare. The Dakota Conflict of 1862 saw the deaths of as many as 500 settlers and probably more of the native people, ending with the expulsion of many Dakota from Minnesota. Pushed to the back pages of newspapers then and history books since that time by the Civil War, the Dakota Conflict remains one of the most tragic incidents in the history of American expansion in the west. The Native American heritage of the area remains primarily in place names, including Kandiyohi, which in the Dakota language means “place of many buffalo fish.”)

After the 1858 incident, Foot wrote: “I doped (the Indian’s) thigh and the bite liberally with 'Monitor

liniment' and by his looks I judged the cure was worse than the bite.” Foot described a very interesting event, to be sure, including a reference to a well -researched, early Minnesota patent medicine. The only problem is that the medicine Foot used that day in 1858 could not have been Monitor Liniment. According to “The Bottles, Breweriana and Advertising Jugs of Minnesota, 1850-1920,” Monitor Liniment was first bottled by David Edwards of St. Anthony in 1866. Now a neighborhood of Minneapolis, St. Anthony was a separate (and older) city in those days.

That the name “Monitor Liniment” originated just after the Civil War is not surprising. Prior to the construction of the famous ironclad USS Monitor by John Ericsson in 1862, the word generally had a meaning different than that used in modern speech.

The old definition of the word, still found in most dictionaries, was “One who advises or cautions, especially in matters of conduct, or something that warns or reminds.”

According to the archives of the USS Monitor Center, Ericsson himself had that very definition in mind when he suggested the name for the ship to Navy Secretary Gustavus Fox in a letter dated January 20, 1862. “The impregnable and aggressive character of this structure will admonish the leaders of the Southern Rebellion that the batteries on the banks of their rivers will no longer present barriers to the entrance of Union forces. The iron -clad intruder will thus prove a severe monitor to those leaders.”

So, it is certain that Foot was mistaken when he named Monitor Liniment as the medicine he used to aid the wounded Indian. Such a mistake was almost inevitable under the circumstances, however, since Foot wrote his memoir in California in 1901, more than 40 years after the event. While he probably did administer some medicine to the injured In-

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1856. Ward had been selling the liniment in Ohio under the name “Ward’s Botanical Liniment” since the early 1850s. Iron pontiled examples of bottles embossed “Ward’s Liniment” are

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The tragedy which followed only makes Foot’s story more poignant.

Foot was badly wounded in a small but sharp battle with a band of Dakota warriors on Hawk Creek in August, 1862, a little over a mile from his homestead. Left for dead but rescued by another settler after the battle, Foot never returned to Kandiyohi County.

What became of the Indian he tried to help in 1858 will never be known, but the likelihood is that he was killed in the uprising or expelled to the Dakota Territory with many of his people.

Bibliography: History of Kandiyohi County (Minnesota), V. Lawson, Ed. (1905).

Solomon Foot, ca 1900 - about the time he wrote his memoirs dian, the passage of years and the tricks of human memory substituted the name of a product that did not exist in 1858.

Should we disregard Foot’s entire story? That would also be a mistake.

Foot may have begun to use Monitor Liniment in the years after he fled Kandiyohi County during the 1862 Dakota Conflict, also known as the Sioux Uprising, and inadvertently substituted that name for the liniment he really used in 1858. While there is no way of knowing for certain what liniment Foot used, there is a distinct possibility that it was Dr. Ward’s Liniment, one of the few early medicines then being sold in frontier Minnesota.

Ward’s Liniment was first manufactured in Minnesota by J.H. Sands, who started his business in 1856 in the river town of Winona. Sands had purchased the formula for the liniment and a supply of labels from Richard Ward of Harrison, Ohio, on July 6,

The Bottles, Breweriana and Advertising Jugs of Minnesota 1850 – 1920, Vol. 2, R. Feldhaus, Ed. (1987).

Ward’s Liniment in two sizes: 5 1/4 and 8 1/4 - iron pontiled known in two sizes. Found in the Cincinnati area, both are very rare.

Foot may have purchased Ward’s Liniment in either Winona or St. Paul where he stopped for a few days on his way from his former home in Indiana to Kandiyohi County in 1857.

Even if he got the name of the medicine wrong, Foot’s narrative gives us an interesting glimpse into the early years of settlement on the prairie.

Without trained physicians on the frontier, the early settlers were forced to make do with whatever was on hand, even if it was only some soonforgotten patent medicine. In a time and place where European settlers and Native Americans still lived together peacefully, people were willing to share what little medicine they had.

USS Monitor Center, Archives, Newport News, Va. Catalog: The Samuel J. Greer Collection Sale, Harmer Rooke Galleries (1988).

Note about the author: Boyd Beccue is a collector of patent medicine bottles specializing in Minnesota patent medicines. A former President of the Kandiyohi County Historical Society. Beccue lives just north of Willmar, Minnesota, on Hawk Creek, at the scene of one of the many battles of the 1862 Dakota Conflict. He may be reached at: Boyd Beccue PO Box 3232 Willmar, MN 56201 (320) 235-5801 Boyd_B@co.kandiyoh.mn.us

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Hoff’s / Log Cabin / Baker City / Oregon

By Garth Ziegenhagen In 1899 there was seventeen liquor establishments and saloons in Baker City according to the 1889 Mercantile Agency Reference Book. The town had its share of miners but apparently was never just a mining town. According to Miles Potter in the book Oregon Golden Years "it was a colorful town, with all night saloons, gambling houses, and hurdy-gurdy dance halls patronized by gamblers, miners, ranchers, cowboys, and sheepherders with a section of downtown was set aside as a red-light district."(1) The town grew fast and by 1900 about ten thousand people

Log Cabin embossed in the middle. The Variant was purchased by Garth Ziegenhagen from Ralph Van Brocklin at the Reno National Bottle Show in 2006.

(1) Oregon's Golden Years by Miles F. Potter 1978 Garth Ziegenhagen (541) 548-4776 zigs@bendcable.com

Log Cabin Saloon - Mike Hoff in white apron Baker City variant Hoff’s Log Cabin (on left) were living in Baker City.

Oregon has many towns now but only a few can match the colorful past of Baker City.

Mike Hoff started his Baker City Log Cabin Saloon in 1902 and probably ran it until prohibition in 1915. These two olympia style flasks had to be made before 1911 when the name was changed to Baker. It has since changed back to Baker City.

When John Thomas published his book "Whiskey Bottles and Liquor Containers From the State of Oregon" in 1998 only the one flask was known with Log Cabin Saloon - Mike Hoff in white

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of the bitters bottles. The Gothic pickle bottles and “blob-top” soda bottles with the LGCo logo were very likely made by Lindell.

Although the wax-sealer fruit jars embossed “LINDELL GLASS Co.” on the base were undoubtedly made

by Lindell, the serif “L” makes it tempting to agree with Creswick that the jars were made by Loogootee.

However, the “L” logo on one of the TUR beer bottles is very similar to the serif “L” on the fruit jars.

Three other glass houses with LGCo names made fruit jars during the late 19th century. The LaBelle Glass Co., Bridgeport, Ohio (18721888), made the Eclipse Jar and was the possible maker of a wax sealer embossed “THE ECLIPSE” – two entirely different jars (Creswick 1987a:51).13 The Lyndeborough Glass Co., Lyndeborough, New

Hampshire (1866-1886), probably made the AMERICAN IMPROVED PRESERVE CAN (actually a glass jar – despite the name) (Creswick 1987a:6), but we find no other record of fruit jars made by the company.

We have found no evidence that either of these companies made beer bottles.

The Lythgoe Glass Co., Bowling Green, Ohio (1887-1893), made both fruit jars and beer bottles, although the plant closed just about the time that tooled finishes were first being used for beer bottles with side embossing (i.e., the name of the brewery, etc.).

We have been unable to determine what type of fruit jar was made by Lythgoe.

Wax sealers with the LGCo mark are fairly common.14 It seems highly unlikely that a company in business for about three years (Loogootee Glass Co.) would have made the required number for that survival rate.

Lythgoe must remain a possiblity, but the greatest likelihood remains with

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As usual, Creswick did not give her reasons for this attribution. Other sources (McKearin & McKearin 1941:612; Welker and Welker 1985:68-69) only ascribe tableware to the plant.

14 Leybourne (2001:194), for example, priced the more common variations in $20-25 price range. Unusual jars run into the thousands of dollars.

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Lindell. The company was in business for many years, was a known producer of wax sealers, and made glass of the same color as the LGCo jars.

Acknowledgments We wish to thank Douglas M. Leybourne for allowing us to use drawings from Alice Creswick’s The Fruit Jar Works, Vol. I, Listing Jars Made Circa 1820 to 1920's.

Sources Cited: American Glass Review 1943 “Glass Factory Yearbook and Directory.” American Glass Review, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

American Glass Worker 1885a “Trade Notes.” American Glass Worker 1(13):2.

1885b “St. Louis Notes.” American Glass Worker 1(14):1.

1886a “Trade Notes.” American Glass Worker 1(18):2.

1886b “Trade Notes.” American Glass Worker 1(19):2.

1886c “Trade Notes.” American Glass Worker 1(21):2.

Table 2 – Factories Operated by the Mississippi Glass Co. Location

Dates in Operation

St. Louis, Missouri

1873-1971 or later*

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania

1901-ca. 1934

Morgantown, West Virginia

ca. 1904-closed by 1943

Floreffe, Pennsylvania

1906-at least 1944

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

ca. 1912-closed by 1927

Washington, Pennsylvania

1930-closed by 1943**

Streator, Illinois

by 1933-ca. 1935

Fullerton, California

by 1933-at least 1944

* End dates were mostly derived from the Glass Factory editions of the American Glass Review. However, there is a gap in our information between 1936 and 1942. Toulouse (1971358) noted that the St. Louis plant was still in business in 1971. ** Hawkins (2008) supplied a 1930-ca. 1950 date range for the Washington plant. The plant was not listed in the 1931 edition of the American Glass Review but was in the 1933 edition. The factory was still in the 1936 edition but was no longer in the 1943 edition (1933:22; 1936:22).

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Ayres, James E., William Liesenbien, Lee Fratt, and Linda Eure 1980 “Beer Bottles from the Tucson Urban Renewal Project, Tucson, AZ.” Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State Museum Archives, RG5, Sg3, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 220.

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Clint, David K 1976 Colorado Historical Bottles & Etc., 1859-1915. Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado, Inc., Boulder.

Commoner and Glassworker 1909 Ad for Mississippi Glass Co. Commoner and Glassworker 27(37):3.

Creswick, Alice 1987 The Fruit Jar Works, Vol. I, Listing Jars Made Circa 1820 to 1920's. Douglas M. Leybourne, N. Muskegon, Michigan.

Crockery Journal 1875 “Trade Notes.”

Journal 1(6):10.

Crockery

Crockery and Glass Journal 1880a “Pittsburgh Trade Reports.”

Crockery and Glass Journal 11(6):24.

1880b “St. Louis Trade Reports.”

Crockery and Glass Journal 11 (21):12.

1881a “Glass Factories.” Crockery and Glass Journal 13(21):24.

1881b “St. Louis Trade Reports.”

Crockery & Glass Journal 14(25):8 1883a “St. Louis Reports.” Crockery & Glass Journal 17(6):30 [February 8].

1883b “The Glass Factories.”

Crockery and Glass Journal 17(10):14 [March 8] 1883c “St. Louis Reports.”

Crockery and Glass Journal 17(10):26 [March 8] 1883d “Green Glass Bottle Trade.” Crockery and Glass Journal 17(10):35-36.

1883e “St. Louis Reports.”

Crockery and Glass Journal 17(18):24 [March 29].

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Griffinhagen, George and Mary Bogard 1999 History of Drug Containers and Their Labels. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Madison, Wisconsin.

Haynes, D. O. & Co. 1900 The Era Blue Book: A Universal Price List and Directory of Manufacturers for Drug Trade Buyers. D. O. Haynes & Co., New York.

Hernon, Peter and Terry Ganey 1991 Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the AnheuserBusch Dynasty. Simon & Schuster, New York.

Herskovitz, Robert M. 1978 Fort Bowie Material Culture. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Jones, May 1965 The Bottle Trail, Volume 5.

Nara Vista, New Mexico.

1966 The Bottle Trail, Volume 6.

Nara Vista, New Mexico.

1968 The Bottle Trail, Volume 9.

Nara Vista, New Mexico.

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Kroll, Wayne, L. 1972 Wisconsin Breweries and Their Bottles. Privately Published, Jefferson, Wisconsin.

Leybourne, Douglas M. 2001 The Collector’s Guide to Old Fruit Jars: Red Book 9. Privately published, North Muskegon, Michigan.

Lindsey, Bill 2008 “Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website.” http://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm Lockhart, Bill 2007 “The Origins and Life of the Export Beer Bottle.” Bottles and Extras 18(3):49-57, 59.

2009 “Ten Wagon Loads of Beer Bottles: A Study of Fort Stanton Trash Deposition.” In Archaeology of the Jornada Mogollon: Proceedings from the 10th Jornada Mogollon Conference: in press.

Lockhart, Bill and Wanda Olszewski 1994 “Excavation and Analysis of a Nineteenth Century Bottle Pit in San Elizario, Texas.” The Artifact 32 (1):29-49.

Lockhart, Bill, Pete Schulz, David Whitten, Bill Lindsey, and Carol Serr 2006 “The Dating Game: Tracking the Elusive Monogram – Carl Conrad & Co., Olean Glass Works (Co.), and a Man Named O’Hara.”

Bottles and Extras 17(4):38-47.

Lockhart, Bill, Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey 2008 “The Dating Game: Hermann Heye Glasfabrik.” Bottles and Extras 19(1):57-59, 62.

Lockhart, Bill and David Whitten 2005 “The F H G W Mark.” SHA Newsletter Summer:40-43.

2006 “The Dating Game: The F H G W Mark (and Update on Illinois Glass).” Bottles and Extras 17(1):3643, 64.

Lossos, David A. 2000 “Index to ‘Pictorial St. Louis

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1875’ – Part II of II.” http:// g e n e a l o g y instlouis.accessgenealogy.com/18752.htm McKearin, Helen and George McKearin 1941 American Glass. Crown Publishers, New York.

Miller, Thomas 1980 “A Survey of Early Soda/ Mineral Water Manufacturing in St. Clair, Co. A Glimpse of Illinois History through

Glass (1840-1910).”

Unpublished manuscript for the Metro-East Antique Bottle and Jar Club.

1982 “A Supplemental Guide to A Survey of Early Soda/Mineral Water Manufacturing in St. Clair, Co. A Glimpse of Illinois History through Glass (1840-1910).”

Unpublished manuscript for the Metro-East Antique Bottle and Jar Club.

Mobley, Bruce 2004 Dictionary of Embossed Beers. http://www.one-mansjunk.com/beerbottlelibrary/1.htm National Glass Budget 1897 “Glass Directory.” National Glass Budget 12(42):7.

1898 “Flint, Green and Cathedral Glass Factories of the United States and Canada in Operation.” National Glass Budget 13(38):7.

1904 “The Marietta Glass Co.” Advertisment. National Glass Budget 20(8):10.

1909 “The Export Beer Bottle.”

National Glass Budget 25(7):4.

New York Times 1905 “New Incorporations Effected (sic) During 1904 and their Capital Stock–Record of Dividends Paid.” New York Times, January 8, 1905:18 Paul, John R. and Paul W. Parmalee 1973 Soft Drink Bottling: A History with Special Reference to Illinois.

Illinois State Museum Society, Springfield, Illinois.

Peters, Roger

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1996 Wisconsin Soda Water Bottles, 1845-1910. Wild Goose Press, Madison, Wisconsin.

Plavchan, Ronald J. 1969 “A History of AnheuserBusch, 1852-1933.” Doctoral dissertation, St. Louis University.

Pre-Pro.com 2008 “Pre-Pro.com: A Web Site Devoted to the Appreciation of PreProhibition Shot Glasses. http:// www.pre-pro.com/midacore/ view_vendor.php?vid=STL3861 Ring, Carlyn 1980 For Bitters Only. Nimrod Press, Boston.

Roller, Dick 1983 Standard Fruit Jar Reference. Privately published.

1997 “St. Louis, MO History Notes.”

Unpublished manuscript.

[October 26, 1997] Teal, Harvey S. and Rita Foster Wallace 2005 The South Carolina Dispensary & Embossed S.C. Whiskey Bottles & Jugs, 1865-1915. Privately Published, Columbia, South Carolina.

Toulouse, Julian Harrison 1969 Fruit Jars. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Camden, New Jersey.

1971 Bottle Makers and Their Marks. Thomas Nelson, New York.

Von Meechow, Tod 2008 “Soda and Beer Bottles of http:// North America.” www.sodasandbeers.com/ Welker, John and Elizabeth Welker 1985 Pressed Glass in America: Encyclopedia of the First Hundred Years, 1825-1925. Antique Acres Press, Ivyland, Pennsylvania.

Whitten, David 2005 “Louisville Glass Factories of the 19th Century – Part 1.” Bottles and Extras 16(2):45-49.

Wilson, John P. and Thomas J. Caper-

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ton 1994 “Fort Selden, New Mexico: Archaeological Investigations of the Latrines and Magazine, 1974-1976.”

The Artifact 32(2-4):i-ix,1-145).

Wilson, Rex 1981 Bottles on the Western Frontier. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Year Book of the Commercial, Banking, and Manufacturing Interests of St. Louis 1882 Year Book of the Commercial, Banking, and Manufacturing Interests of St. Louis, with a General Review of its Transportation Facilities and Business Progress. S. Ferd. Howe & Co., St. Louis.

Please send any comments to: Bill Lockhart 1313 14th St Apt 21 Alamogordo, NM 88310 (575) 439-8158 Bottlebill@tularosa.net

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Contents of Lincoln’s Pockets When He Was Shot When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, and a brown leather wallet containing a fivedollar Confederate note and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies.

Contributed by Cecil Munsey

NOTICE!!

Contest entry closing date is June 1, 2009 Each year at this time, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors conducts contests among the membership to determine the best writers, best show flyers or posters and best newsletters.

Applications can be obtained by writing to June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083, or em a i l i n g h e r a t (OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com) Deadline is June 1 and entries must be sent to the FOHBC’s Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750 by or before that date. Five newsletter entries and five poster/flyer entries must be sent with each application.

Individuals and members of FOHBC-affiliated clubs are eligible to enter.

The Writer’s Award Contest is composed of three divisions: 1–Best Original Research / Information Article: Includes research in such areas as glass houses, specific products, companies or manufactur-

ers, druggists, saloons, liquor dealers, dairies, distilleries, breweries and/or the people involved.

2–Best Original True Story: Includes stories about personal experiences and acquaintances of collectors as they pursue their hobby. Possible topics include a memorable dig, shop and auction experiences, a lucky find, or an interview with an interesting person.

3–Best Original Fiction Story: Collectors are no strangers to fantasy.

This category will allow those with dreams and visions to share them with fellow collectors.

Show Poster / Flyer Contest entries will be judged on a points system under the following categories: Essential Information (40 points): Club name, location of show, date of show, time of show, contact individual listed, FOHBC logo, early admission policy, admission charge, 5 points each.

Appearance (50 points): Layout, Graphics, Lettering, Color, 10 points

each.

Show features: Items for sale, Food, Parking, Exhibits, Lighting, Raffles, Miscellaneous, 10 points total.

The Newsletter Contest will be judged in three categories worth a total of 100 points. Newsletters submitted must have been published during the 12 months preceding the deadline.

1–Substance: Includes research/ information articles on club members and club activities and subjects of interest to bottle collectors.

2–Style/Appearance: Includes the newsletter layout and includes graphics, lettering, color and visual appeal.

3–Entertainment value: Includes the satisfaction and enjoyment that readers obtain from the newsletter.

Winners will be announced and awards presented at the annual FOHBC National Show and recognized in a future issue of Bottles & Extras. Winners unable to make the show will have their awards mailed.

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2009 FOHBC National Bottle Show Hosted by the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club

California or Bust Banquet: Early Admission: Saturday, August 1 Sunday, August 2 General Admission: $5 Sunday, August 2

Friday, July 31 6:00 pm Sheraton Fairplex Hotel 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm 8:00 am to 9:00 am 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Pomona Fairplex 1104 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA 91768 Show Chairman: Pam Selenak 156 S Pepper St Orange, CA 92868 (714) 633-5775 pselenak@yahoo.com

FOHBC Convention Director R. Wayne Lowry 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 (816) 318-0161 JarDoctor@aol.com

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Bottle Cleaning By

Jennrog Collectables • • • •

Professional cleaning with a personal touch.

Nearly 10 years in the industry.

References available.

Pricing – Single bottle - $16.00 Pontiled - $17.00 Discounts available for lots of 6 or more items • Turnaround time is typically 3-4 weeks.

• See our Bottle Cleaning Page on website, below.

We are happy to announce that we are now the Northeast Distributor for:

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Bitters, Beers, Whiskies, Sodas, Patent Medicines, and all manner of early bottle-related advertising from

Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas especially pre-Prohibition brewery advertising trays, signs, etched glasses and whiskey shot glasses.

Always seeking Red Wing Stoneware advertising jugs along with bitters, flasks, and other quality bottles from across America also.

Visit us on e-Bay at ketchthepast.

E-mail: s.ketcham@unique-software.com.

Watch for our new website - www.antiquebottledepot.com (coming soon) steve@antiquebottledepot.com.

Steve Ketcham PO Box 24114 Edina, MN 55424 Ph: 952-920-4205 or 952-221-0915

Jar Doctor™

in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Eastern Canada. We have machines, parts and supplies in stock, and will be happy to deliver your machine or supplies to a show near you.

Current Show Schedule Ballston Spa, NY - June 6, 2009 Lowell, MA - September 27, 2009 Shupp’s Grove (Adamstown, PA) - July 18 & 19, 2009 Poughkeepsie, NY - August 27, 2009 Keene, NH - October 11, 2009

Jennrog Collectables 99 Lawrence St. Pepperell, MA 01463 978-433-8274 jennrog@charter.net http://www.jennrog-collectables.com

!!! Don’t miss !!!

Last Show Muncie, Indiana Sunday

July 12, 2009 9 am - 2 pm

WWW.FRUITJAR.ORG

Show Headquarters - Signature Inn Room Hopping Jelly Jammers - Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 10 am Fruit Jar Get-Together & Auction - Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 1:30 pm

Make your own reservations with the hotel - 765-284-4200

Show Location - Horizon Convention Center Admission $2 Ample Space - Dealer tables still available Fantastic lighting

Show Chairman - David Rittenhouse 1008 S 900 W Farmland, IN 47340 765-468-8091

Show Information - Jean Harbron 765-644-4333

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Classified Ads The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors FOR SALE

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For Sale: Long-awaited book - Augusta on Glass. $40 postpaid includes shipping. Contact: Bill Baab, 2352 Devere St, Augusta, GA 30904, ph: (706) 736-8097, email: riverswamper@comcast.net.

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The Glass Artisan’s Bottle/Glass Cleaning Service Many years of cleaning service with dealer and collector satisfaction.

Your items are treated as if they were my own and with close attention to detail .

For Sale: Collecting Soda Pop Bottles plus my still-in-print Oregon and Washington soda bottle books and other hard-to-find bottle books!

Check the “SHC Books For Sale” and “Other Bottle Books For Sale” pages at www.SeattleHistoryCompany.com for complete details and ordering information. Contact: Seattle History Company, 4518 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, email: SodaBottles@yahoo.com For Sale: Please send SASE for the following lists: List 1) consists of 14 Hutchinsons, List 2) consists of 42 Hutchinsons, 2 blob top Ginger ales, 4 Sarasota Springs, 2 Paw-Paw (1 amber, 1 crown top) and 1 cobalt N.Y. Medical / University pharmacy type, and List 3) is Jimmy Brown list of 39 Hutchinsons and 1 Gravitator – all on this list are $10 each plus postage.

Contact: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401, ph: (505) 327-1316.

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Classifeds: 10 cents per word 15 cents per bold word $2 minimum monthly charge ad should be typed or printed

*Consecutive issues with NO changes Camera ready copy preferred but not required for display ads

*****50% DISCOUNT***** For FOHBC member clubs All ads must be paid for in advance Make checks payable to FOHBC (Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors) Send payment to: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 Send ad copy and/or questions to: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 (816) 318-0160, fax: (816) 318-0162 AD DEADLINES Issue Date

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All Druggists Dose Cups.

Over 3,300 dose cup listings.

Guides for Scarcities-Value's-Dating Makers $25.00 shipping Included U.S.A

Order here----->Donald E. Bergseng Sr. 14916 S.E. Sun Park Ct. Vancouver, WA 98683 <-----Check or money order

IT ALWAYS PAYS TO ADVERTISE!!!!!

Send in your for sale items!

WANTED

WANTED Southern Illinois blob top and Hutchinson-style soda bottles.

No painted labels Steve Kehrer (618) 410-4121 Kehrer00@charter.net

Wanted: Foreign Coke and Pepsi bottles and Indiana straight-sided bottles. Contact: Ray Davidson, ph: (765) 552-2374, email: Davidson.ray@comcast.net.

Wanted: Fruit Jar Newsletter issues: April 1981, June 1981 through March 1982, July 1982, September 1982, December 1982 through June 1983, August 1983, October 1983 through January 1984, March 1984, July 1984 through November 1984, January 1985, February 1985, April 1985 through September, 1985. Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Wanted: 1) Halbert’s Infallible Kindney, Liver & Stomach Remedy (some variants have “stomach” embossed)

KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES 19th Century Food in Glass Betty Zumwalt, author 498 pages of pictures & research of glass containers the early food Industry utilized Smyth Bound - $25

Mark West Publishers PO Box 1914 Sandpoint, ID 86864

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embossed star, 2) Dr. Hedges aque Annihilator, 3) 2 lb milk glass Trasks Ointment, 4) Michigan druggist and Hutchinson bottles. I have many outof-state traders. Contact: Bill Heatley, ph: (810) 631-6314, email: bottldigr@aol.com Wanted: S. B. Alpha Pain Cure, S.B. Liniment, Oregon pre-pro whiskey advertising, label under glass Oregon pre-pro shot glasses, enamel Oregon pre-pro shot glasses and Dr. Vanderpool medicine bottles. Contact: Jim or Julie Dennis, PO Box 185, Dufur, OR 97021, ph: (541) 467-2760, email: jmdennis@hotmail.com.

Wanted: Past issues of Bottles and Extras. If you have issues you would like to dispose of, please consider donating them to the FOHBC. We have new members regularly request old issues. Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com.

Wanted: D.T. Sweeny, Key West “Patent top” 1872 aqua. Contact: Larry ph: (561) 743-7278.

Wanted: Dr. Clark Johnsons Indian Blood Syrup. Want labeled bottle, literature and/or box.

Contact: Stephen Van Wormer, 238 Second Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910-2927, ph: (619) 426-5109, e-mail: sdwalter@cox.net or svanwor@cox.net.

Wanted: Udolpho Wolfes Aromatic Schnapps bottles – big or small, pontiled or smooth, applied or tooled tops.

Better colors needed. Damage OK if it’s a color I need. Contact: Tom Doligale, ph: (502) 727-6118, email: pooch3fan@gmail.com .

Wanted: Piso Cure and Bixby bottles in unusual colors like black, cobalt blue, pure yellow, aqua with other colored striations in the glass – anything different or unusual. Also shipping boxes for these same bottles as well as trade cards and other advertising go-withs. Contact: Paul Bata, 1291 Eddie Dr, Niles, MI 49120,

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(269) 684-4894, jars@comcast.net.

email: idig-

Wanted: Glass Chatter newsletters from the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club, especially ones from the 70’s and 80’s. (I have none prior to April, 1977) Also looking for any old bottle magazines. Send list of what you might have.

Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com.

Wanted: Sellers listing bottles, antiques, or art for our new online listing service at AmericanBottleClubAuctions.com You can list unlimited items for sale and upload 6 images for each posting. We are offering free trial memberships to list your items and pictures for free and only pay 5%

when the item sells. Visit our site for d e t a i l s h t t p : / / www.americanbottleclubauctions.com Wanted: Bounty paid for pre-1920s Oklahoma embossed soda bottles that I don’t have in my collection. I’m willing to pay double prices in Johnny Fletcher’s book Oklahoma Bottles 1889 to 1920. Depending on condition, if I don’t have it, I’m willing to pay the extra. Just contact me with town and condition. Contact: David Baumann, ph: (405) 816-1340, email: firstgencoltman1@cox.net.

Wanted: Pre-pro western whiskies, shot glasses, letterheads, advertising, etc. Call me to view a great collection if you are ever in Northern California.

FOHBC Northeast annual meeting Saturday

April 25, 2009

4:30 pm

Super 8 Motel 1000 Lehigh Station Rd Henrietta , NY 14467 Followed by the GVBCA hospitality party Starts 6pm ( same location ) This is the 40 year anniversary of GVBCA

Open to all whom wish to attend no membership needed

Sunday April 26,2009 plan on attending the show This is the 40th year of the Rochester Show 9am to 3pm at the Monroe County Fair grounds Minett Hall, Rt 15A & Calkins Rd , Henrietta , NY See the show ad for more information

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Contact: Ken Schwartz, ph: (530) 365-5046 (evenings).

Wanted: Hutchinsons - El Dorado/ Bottling Co./Dawson, Y.T. (Yukon Territory), H.A. Ralu/Colon/R.P. (Panama), New Mexico, Old Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa Rica, and any other foreign country. Contact: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401, ph: (505) 327-1316.

Wanted: Koca Nola soda bottles and go-withs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, and other states not listed. To learn more about Koca Nola, go to www.kocanola.com. Contact: Charles Head, 23549-001, PO Box 150160, Atlanta, GA 30315, email: Kocanolabook@yahoo.com.

☺ Notice to Members ☺ Take advantage of your membership benefits Use your free for sale and wanted ads Send to June Lowry 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 816-318-0160 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com

Notice for any persons interested in a show in Louisville, Kentucky This letter is to inform everyone that I'm in the process of putting together a new show for the Louisville area.

This process is starting with a gathering of names of dealers wanting to set up at this new show. So far, we have a list of about 70 dealers from 7 states on the list. A date has not been set as of yet. We are waiting to get at least one hundred names on this list and then we, the dealers, will select a date that doesn't coincide with any popular shows that time of year. Then after a date is set, I will get a hall and all the necessary things to get this show on the road.

Any dealers who would like to participate in this new Louisville show can visit a new website for getting added to the list. Check out www.midwestbottleshow.com This list so far has some very premier dealer/collector names confirmed already.

I'm looking at having a Saturday show with dealers and displays and possibly an auction.

Thanks to all who are on the list already and soon Louisville will be back in action.

Sincerely, Tom Doligale Crestwood,KY. 502-727-6118

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39th Annual

Show Chair Pat Jett 71 Outlook Drive Hillsboro, MO 63050 Phone: (636) 948-3029 Email: patsy_jett@yahoo.com

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FOHBC Sho-Biz Calendar of shows and related events FOHBC Sho-Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo.

Insulator shows (courtesy of Crown Jewels) are indicated with an insulator. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited.

Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 or E-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com. Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances.

January 11 Muncie, Indiana Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club’s Winter Show & Sale (9am 2pm), at the Horizon Convention Center, 401 S High St., Muncie, IN 47305. Info: Dave Rittenhouse, 1008 S 900 W, Farmland, IN 47340, ph: (765) 4 6 8 - 8 0 9 1, email: rittjman@aol.com or Jean Harbron, ph: (765) 644-4333.

January 11 South Attleboro, Massachusetts The Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale (10am - 2pm, early buyers 9am), at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 304 Highland Ave, South Attleboro, MA. Info: William Rose, ph: (508) 880-4929, email: sierramadre@comcast.net or Arthur Pawlowski, ph: (401) 647-3113.

January 16, 17, 18 St. Petersburg, Florida The Suncoast Antique Bottle Club’s 40th Annual Show & Sale, at the National Guard Armory, 3601 38th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL. Info: George Dueben, ph: (727) 393-8189, email: res08w341@verizon.net or Linda Buttstead, ph: (941) 722-7233, email: originalsabca@aol.com.

January 17 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Antique Bottle Show, (9am - 4pm), at the Mississippi Fairgrounds, Jackson, MS. Info: John Sharp, PO Box 601, Carthage, MS 38051, ph: (601) 506-0105, email: Johnsharp49@aol.com.

January 17 Maitland, Florida Central Florida Insulator Collectors and Antique Telephone Collectors Association Annual Show a Sale,

(8am - 4pm), at the Maitland Civic Center, 641 S Maitland Ave, Maitland, FL 32751. Info: Paul Mikula, ph: (407) 365-4686, email: wecoman@bellsouth.net January 17 Strongsville, Ohio Western Reserve Insulator Club’s 10th Annual Show & Sale, (10am - 3pm with dealer setup at 9am), at the Spyglass Hill Recreation Center, 13201 Compass Point Dr, Strongsvile, OH 44136. Info: John Hovanec, ph: (440) 237-2242, email: wric@clubs.insulators.info.

January 24 Anderson, California The Superior California Antique Bottle Club’s 33rd Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 4pm), at the Shasta County Fairgrounds, Anderson, CA. Info: Mel Hammer, ph: (530) 241-4878 or Phil McDonald, ph: (530) 243-6903.

January 31 Sarasota, Florida The Sarasota-Manatee Antique Bottle Collectors Assocition’s 23rd Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm) with early buyers January 31 5pm - 7pm), at the National Guard Armory, 2890 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34237. Info: Ed Herrold, PO Box 18928, Sarasota, FL 34276, ph: (941) 923-6550, email: drbitters@mindspring.com.

February 1 South River, New Jersey The New Jersey Antique Bottle Club’s 13th Annual Show & Sale, (9am 2pm, admission $3, under 12 free), at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 88 Jackson St., South River, NJ. Sales table $30 each. Free parking & appraisals.

Food available.

Info: NJABC, 24 Charles St., South Jersey,

NJ 08882-1603 or Joe Butewicz, ph: (732) 236-9945, email: botlman@msn.com.

February 6 & 7 Rome, Georgia The Rome Antique Bottle Club’s Annual Show & Sale at the Rome Civic Center, Turner McCall Blvd., Rome, GA. Info Jerry Mitchell. PO Box 475, Bremen, GA 30110, ph: (770) 537-3725, email: mitjt@aol.com or Bob Jenkins, 285 Oak Grove Rd., Carrolton, GA 30117, ph: (770) 8340736.

February 7 Yuma, Arizona The Grand Canyon State Insulator Club’s 10th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - late afternoon), at the Riverside Park, Yuma, AZ (next to Yuma Territorial Prison). Info: Roger Natel, ph: (623) 566-0121, email: mr.162@cox.net.

February 13 & 14 Las Vegas, Nevada The Las Vegas Antique Bottles & Collectibles Club’s 44th Annual Show & Sale, (early buyers: Friday, February 13, 11am - 5pm, general admission: Saturday, February 14, 9am 4pm), at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino, 2411 W Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV. Info: Stan Pullen, 5830 E Owens Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89110, ph: (702) 452-7218.

February 20 - 21 Columbia, South Carolina The South Carolina Antique Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Antique Bottle Show & Sale, (Friday, February 20, 12 noon - 6pm, Saturday, February 21, 9am - 1pm, admission donation to Boys & Girls Club, set-up Friday, February 20, 10:30am - 12 noon), at

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(More) Sho-Biz the Meadowlake Park Center, 600 Beckman Rd., Columbia, SC. Free parking, food available, 150+ tables— always a sell-out.

Info: Marty Vollmer, 1091 Daralynn Dr., Lexington, SC 29073, ph: (803) 755-9410, email: martyvollmer@aol.com or Eric Warren, ph: (803) 951-8860, email: scbottles@aol.com. Club website:www.southcarolinabottleclub.com February 21 Jacksonville Beach, Florida The Dixie Jewels Insulator Club’s winger break Show & Sale, (9am 3pm), at the Comfort Inn Oceanfront Motel, 1515 N 1st St, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250. Info: Paul Deriso, ph: (904) 707-8199, email: Derpaul@aol.com.

February 21 Columbus, Ohio The annual Columbus, Ohio Antique Bottle Show, (9am - 2:30pm), at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, 17th Avenue Exit off I-71. Admission, 2.00; Early Admission, 20.00 (7am). Scott Antique Show also Saturday at the Fairgrounds. Info: Joe Hardin, 594 Layman Road, New Vienna, OH 45159. ph: (937) 3710264. email: jkcollectables@gmail.com

Rose Sokol, 164 Elm St., Enfield, CT 06082, ph: (806) 745-7688, email: enfieldrose@aol.com.

February 28 Grandville, Michigan West Michigan Antique Bottle Clubs 20th Annual Show & Sale (10am – 3pm) is being held at the Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson, SW, Grandville, Mi. No early admission and regular admission is $2. Info: Elmer Ogg, ph: (231)7987335, email: elogg@comcast.net or Steve DeBoode ph: (616)667-0214, email: thebottleguy@comcast.net.

March 7 Saint Joseph, Missouri Missouri Valley Insulator Club’s 7th Annual St. Joseph Insulator/Bottle Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm), at the American Legion Pony Express Post #359, 4826 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO. Insulators, bottles, lightning rod equipment, telephones, and advertising filled 63 tables in 2008 and we have 70 tables available for 2009.

Info: Dennis R Weber, 3609 Jack St., St. Joseph, MO 64507, ph: (816) 3641312, email: stjoeshow2009@aol.com.

February 21 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Winger Show & Sale, (9am - 2:30pm, early buyers Friday 1pm - 6pm and Saturday 8am - 9am), . Info: Jim Dennis, PO Box 185, Dufur, OR 97021, ph: (541) 467-2760, email: jmdennis@hotmail.com.

March 7 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Insulator 21st Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm eith dealer setup 7am - 9am), at the Shrewsbury Fire Hall, 21 W Forrest Ave, Shrewsbury, PA (Exit 4 off I83) This show was sold out last year! Info: Charles Irons, ph: (302) 422-5712, email: ironsjrc@verizon.net, http:// www.insulators.infor/clubs/cbic/.

February 22 Enfield, Connecticut Somers Antique Bottle Club’s 39th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm, early buyers 8am), at the St. Bernard’s School West Campus, 232 Pearl St., Exit 47W, 191 Enfield, CT. Info:

March 7 Seattle, Washington Emerald City Insulator & Bottle Collector’s 20th Annual Show & Sale, (10am - ???), at BF Day School, 3921 Linden Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.

Info: Jack Hare, ph: (206) 523-3288,

Robin Harrison, ph: (206) 522-2135, or Gil Heddges-Blanquez, ph: (206) 329-1413or (206) 218-7936 (cell), email: bluemex@comcast.net March 8 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 29th Annual Show & Sale (8am 3pm) at the Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd, Essex, MD (I695, exit 34). Info: Eric Ewen, ph: (410) 265-5745, email: teresaanderic@comcast.net.

March 13 & 14 Chico, California Chico Bottle Club’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale, (Friday 10am - 7pm and Saturday 9am - 4pm), at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA Info: Randy Taylor, PO Box 1065, Chico, CA 95927, ph: (530) 345-0519, email: rtjarguy@aol.com.

March 14 Badin, North Carolina The Uwharrie Bottle Club’s 2nd Annual Antique Bottle & Collectible Show & Sale, (8am - 3pm, set-up 6am - 8am), at the Badin Fire Department, Highway 740, Badin, NC. Free parking and appraisals. Food available. $20 for eight-foot table - 48 available.

Info: Todd McSwain, 8649 EddinsPoplin Rd., Norwood, NC 28128, ph: (704) 474-0552, email: mcswain8649@alltel.net.

March 15 West Swanzey, New Hampshire Gallery at Knotty Pine 15th Annual Show & Sale, (10am - 3pm, early buyers 9am), at the Gallery at Knotty Pine, Rt 10, West Swanzey, NH Info: Joan Pappas, ph: (603) 352-5252 March 15 St. Louis Missouri The St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Associations 39th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm), at the Two

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(More) Sho-Biz Hearts Banquet Center, 4532 S. Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO Info: Pat Jett, 71 Outlook Dr, Hillsboro, MO 63050, ph: (636) 948-3029, email: patsy_jett@yahoo.com.

March 15 Tylersport, Pennsylvania Bucks-Mont 15th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm, early buyers 8am), at the Tylersport Fire Company, 125 Ridge Rd, Tylersport, PA, Info: David Buck, 123 E Summit St, Souderton, PA 18964, ph: (215) 723-4048 or Greg Gifford, ph: (215) 699-5216.

March 15 Flint, Michigan The Flint Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club will be hosting it’s 39th annual Show & Sale (10am - 3pm) at the Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Rd. Flint, MI. Info: Tim Buda 11353 Cook Rd, Gaines, MI 48436. ph: (989) 271-9193, or e-mail tbuda@shianet.org March 20 and 21 Deland, Florida The 39th annual M-T Bottle Collector's Association Antique Bottle, Insulator & Collectibles Show & Sale, (Saturday, 9am - 3pm; Friday – dealer setup) will be held at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, State Road 44 and Interstate 4 Exit 118, Deland, Fla. Info: Maureen Pallasch, 7 Monroe Ave., DeBary, FL 32713, ph: (386) 668-4538.

March 25 Aiken, South Carolina The Horse Creek Bottle Club presents its First Annual Show & Sale (9am 3pm with dealer set-up 7am - 9am: no early buyers) at H. Odell Weeks Center gymnasium, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken, SC 29803. Admission: Donations for the benefit of the Village Outreach Interfaith Center Food Bank.

Plenty of free parking. INFO: Geneva Greene, (803) 593-2271, or (803) 6639955.

March 27 - 28 Morro Bay, California The San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 4th Annual Show & Sale, (Friday, March 27, 3pm - 7pm and Saturday, March 28, 9am - 3pm), at the Morro Bay Veterans Hall, 209 Surf St., Morro Bay, CA. Free admission and no charge for early buyers. Info: Richard Tartaglia, ph: (805) 5437484.

March 29 Enfield, Connecticut The Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Club Annual Insulator, Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale (8am - 2pm), at the American Legion Hall, 556 Enfield St (Route 5), Enfield, CT Info: John Rajpolt, 17 Pheasant Ln, Monroe, CT 06468, ph: (203) 261-1190, email: rajpolt@earthlink.net.

March 29 Bloomington, Minnesota North Star Historical Bottle Association and Minnesota's First Antique Bottle Club's 38th Annual Show & Sale, (9:30am - 2:30pm) at the Holiday Inn Select, 3 Appletree Square (I494 & 34th Avenue South), Bloomington, MN. Please note this change in show location.

Info: Steve Ketcham, ph: (952) 920-4205, email: s.ketcham@uniquesoftware.com.

March 29 Brewerton New York Empire State Bottle Collectors Association presents its 39th Annual Spring Show & Sale at the Brewerton Fire Hall (9am - 3pm), 9625 Rt 11 Brewerton,N.Y. Directions Syracuse,N.Y. Rt 81 North to exit 31 Follow signs. $2 donation.

60 Show tables. Info: John Spellman, ph: (315) 365-3156. email: spellmanjc@tds.

April 4 Wheaton, Illinois Antique Insulator and Lightning Rod Ball Show (8am - 4:30pm, dealer setup Friday 6pm - 9pm) at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Machester Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189.

Info: Jason Townsend, 720 N Dekalb St, Sandwich, IL 60548, ph: (630) 667 -3357, email: jtins76@gmail.com.

April 5 Somersworth, New Hampshire New England Antique Bottle Club’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale (9am 2pm, early buyers 8am) at the Great Bay Gallery, 25 Willard Dr, Somersworth, NH. Info: Gerry Sirois, ph: (207) 773-0148 or Jack Pelletier, ph: (207) 839-4389.

April 11 Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Alabama Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale (9am 3pm) at the Daphne Civic Center, Whispering Pines Rd and US highway 98, Daphne, AL. Info: Jim Simmons, 8851 Four Mile Rd, Irvingtonm AL 36544, ph: (251) 824-2697. Rod Vining, 8844 Lee Circle, Irvington, AL 36544 ph: (251) 957-6725 or Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, FL 32591, ph: (850) 435-5425, email: shards@bellsouth.net.

April 11 Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 30th Annual Show & Sale (10am 3pm) at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St, Kalamazoo, MI. Info: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, ph: (616) 581-7005, email: jpastor2000@sbcglobal.net or Mark McNee, ph: (269) 343-8393.

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FOHBC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY ADDITIONS & CHANGES New Members Joe Brisson 7940 Rosehill Rd Lenexa, KS 66215 913-599-1658 brissonjoe@hotmail.com Fruit jars, Kansas bottles John C. Burton 1731 King St. Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707-545-8631 johncburton@msn.com Thomas Collier 2318 Highway 29 North Anderson, SC 29621 864-226-1662 Mark Gliddon 18 Hilliard Rd Old Bridge, NJ 08857 732-234-3921 mgliddon@yahoo.com Bitters, poisons, etc Benton Grinder 118 E Stephanie Collinwood, TN 38450 931-724-9592 Sodas, bitters, flasks, and poisons Charles Holt 11655 Clay Station Rd. Herald, CA 95638 209-748-2550 brysun@softcom.net Stockton California bottles, advertising, and Historical information Rick Hooper PO Box 81 Brownsville, TN 38012 731-402-1010 ezymny1@hotmail.com West Tennessee embossed and ACL sodas and local medicine bottles

RT Hudson 617 Hunts Grove North Augusta, SC 29860 803-279-4631 BHudson322302@comcast.net Bottles

Jack Rosema 13094 Chicory Ln Nunica, MI 49448 616-842-8061 JackLindaRosema@hotmail.com Milk bottles

Chris Gebhardt 1438 Ash Cir Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-433-7403 wineboygeb@pcmagic.net Blob top sodas, whiskeys, bitters

Dona Larsen 4167 Lone Tree Ln Taylorsville, UT 84119 801-969-8088 cmdlarsen@yahoo.com Half-pint and/or salesman sample fruit jars

Eric Satterwhite 4901 Burlington Rd Roxboro, NC 27574 336-330-3390 dannys@esinc.net Medicines, sodas, black glass, Indian artifacts

Bert Henke 160 Brandy Mill Unit D High Ridge, MO 63049 636-349-3022 Varied

J Hardin Lee 602 Hanover Dr Shelby, NC 28150 704-487-4986 hlee26@carolina.rr.com Fruit jars and Catawba Valley pottery

Gwen Seeley 4504 Laramie Trail Minnetonka, MN 55345 952-930-1222 British Commemorative Blue Willow

James Lindsey 1006 W Main Cross Taylorville, IL 62568 Dennis & Sheryl Meng 37400 SE Marie St Sandy, OR 97055 503-668-7280 bottledigger@gmail.com Bottles and antiques Millie Norton PO Box 700 Dryden, NY 13053 607-844-9692 dpnort@twcny.rr.com Black glass & 1 gallon milk bottles Les Rathjen 107 E Bowen Ave #506 Bismark, ND 58504 701-301-9483

John H Thomas 465 W Shenandoah Roseburg, OR 97471 541-430-4291 viking66@charter.net Milk bottles Kansas Territory Bottle & Postcard Club Attn: Mike McJunkin, President 42 Sunflower Hutchinson, KS 67502 620-728-8304 scarleits@cox.net

Changes Bob & Becky Alexander 22 Wimbledon Way Rogers, AR 72758 479-273-9140 folkart@balexander.net Anna pottery, Fort Smith Arkansas whisky jugs

Mark Klarenbach 15 Capri Rd Leduc, Alberta T9E 4M6 780-986-8322 Marc Lutsko 2267 Gold Rush Ave Helena, MT 59601 406-293-4048 letsgo@montanasky.net Montana bottles, Owl drug, western bottles Glenn & Wendy Poch 12702 Henson Creek Parker, CO 80134 Joe Reed 157 W 4th St Schell City, MO 64783 417-432-3315 Missouri whiskey flasks Ralph Yoders 9767 Outville Rd SW Millersport, OH 43046 740-927-1029 sirpeanut@embarqmail.com Fruit jars and bottles

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Membership Benefits 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.

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.

In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC membership benefits include: • A full year subscription the Federation’s official bi-monthly publication, Bottles and Extras • One free ad per yearly membership of 60 words for use for “wanted” items, trade offers, etc.

• Eligibility for a discount at FOHBC sponsored shows (National or EXPOs) towards “early admission” or dealer table rent • Access to a knowledge of the world of antique bottle collecting unavailable elsewhere • Contact information for clubs devoted to the study of historical bottles • A forum for your writings, articles, and editorials regarding the hobby • Participation in the nomination and selection of Federation members for the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame • Federation-sponsored writing, show poster, and newsletter-design contests • Free publication assistance for your book or manuscript • And 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, as well as assistance with the creation of your website • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show • Slide programs for use at your club meetings • Participation in Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities Finally…

We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. The Federation is the only national organization devoted to the enjoyment, study, preservation, collection, and display of historical bottles. The FOHBC welcomes individuals who would like to contribute by running for Board positions or by sharing their expertise and volunteering their talents in other areas of interest such as contributions to our publications, assistance with the Federation’s National and EXPO shows, or through membership promotion.

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 Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, please contact: June Lowry FOHBC Business Manager 401 Johnston Ct. Raymore, MO 64083 816-318-0160 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com or visit our home page on the web at www.FOHBC.com

WANTED Colored Pennsylvania Hutchinsons ASHLAND BOTTLING WORKS, ASHLAND (AMBER) F.J. BRENNAN, SHENANDOAH (YELLOW) J.C. BUFFUM & CO., PITTSBURG (ALL COLORS) A.K. CLARK, 41 CRAIG ST., ALLEGHENY (CITRON & AMBER) T.D. CUMMINGS, PHILA (OLIVE GREEN) EAGLE BOTTLING WORKS, YORK (AMBER) EXCELSIOR BOTTLING WORKS, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA (COBALT, AMBER, CITRON) PHIL FISHER, PITTSBURGH (CITRON) GOUDIE MOL & CO. ALLENTOWN (GREEN) KEYSTONE BOTTLING HOUSE, PITTSBURG (LT. COBALT)

LAFFEY & HARRIGAN, JOHNSTOWN (COBALT) P.H. REASBECK BRADDOCK (E. GREEN) RIDGEWAY BOTTLING WORKS, R. POWER (COBALT) ROYAL BOTTLING HOUSE, J. UNGLER, PITTSBURG (AMBER) P.J. SERWAZI, MANAYUNK (DEEP OLIVE) JOS. SMITH RENOVA, PA (OLIVE GREEN) SOUTHSIDE BOTTLING HOUSE (COBALT) SOUTHSIDE BOTTLING HOUSE, A.M. SCHADEMAN (AMBER & CITRON) T.I. (AMBER & COBALT) PITTSBURGH BOTTLE TURCHI BROS. PHILA (CITRON) UNION BOTTLING WORKS, PITTSBURG (CITRON)

I will purchase outright or trade for other colored Pennsylvania Hutchinsons.

Please contact me at (813) 286-9686 or email at rbrown4134@aol.com for list of available colored hutch’s.

R.J. BROWN, 4114 W. MULLEN AVENUE, TAMPA, FL 33609

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