FOHBC Bottles and Extras - January - February 2021

Vol. 32

No. 1

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Bottles and Extras DATE

Vol. 32 No. 1

January LOCATION

1887

L St Between 22nd & 23rd St

G. Gaedke/A. Seifke

1888

424 Logan Ave

Gustav Gaedke

1908

450 Logan Ave

Gustav Gaedke

1914

1848 Logan Ave

Caleb Hoopes

1916

1848 Logan Ave

Gustav Gaedke

1920

333 11th St

Jacob Foerster/George Boehrig

1922

333 11th St

Edwin A. Corwin

1926

934 K St

Edwin A. Corwin

1929 1932

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1935 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1937

No. 253

934 K St

Myra & Harold Glenn

934 K St

Milton C. Anthony

On the10th Cover: J.D. Paige's Bottles and & Island St a 1870s map of Joiliet, Illinois 10th & Island St

1942 1057 14th St FOHBC Officers | 2020 - 2021 ............................................................................................2

Milton C. Anthony Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum

1947

40 20th St

Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum

1962

Out of Business

Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum

FOHBC President’s Message .................................................................................................3 Shards of Wisdom ...............................................................................................................4 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6 Shield Union Clasped Hands Flasks and Covid-19 by Steve Ketcham............................ 10

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Nu-Grape "Mae West" Bottle, the true story by Mike H. Brown.................................. 12 Preserving the Past by Jenn Hurley............................................................................. 14 The Diary of a Digger by Mark C. Wiseman............................................................. 16 San Diego Soda Works by Mike Bryant........................................................................ 20 Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri......................................................................... 24 Shriver's Baltimore Oyster Ketchup by Ferdinand Meyer V....................................... 28 Early Seltzer

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Cicra 1910 Photo with Gustave & Henry Gaedke in Doorway?

The Union Dairy Company Indianapolis by Steve Lang ............................................... 32

J.D. Paige Bottler of Joliet, Illinois by Mark C. Wiseman............................................ 42 "Daddy" Garner and the Oldest Saloon in Alabama by Jack Sullivan.......................... 50

Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62

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FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64

FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70

Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................................. 72

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Coming next issue or down the road: •Digging in Indiana•Phelan's Hair Tonic•The Curious Career of T. W. Dyott, M.D. Part 3•Abraham Klauber: An Early San Diego Merchant's Wooden Crate•Summer Digging with Mark Wiseman•Crystal Spring Water•C.R. Brown

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

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J.D. Paiges Ales Cider and Marv Juel by Marv Juel................................................38

The Curious Career of T. W. Dyott, M.D. Part 2

by Q. David Bowers................................................................................................. 56

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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 2020 - 2021 President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.619.8209; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com

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

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

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

Second Vice-President: Michael Seeliger, N8211 Smith Road, Brooklyn, Wisconson 53521; phone: 608.575.2922 email: mwseeliger@gmail.com Secretary: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com

Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Open Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net

Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com

Midwest Region Director: Steve Lang, 13173 N. Paddock Rd., Camby, Indiana 46113, phone: 317.734.5113 email: slang14@yahoo.com

Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net

Northeast Region Director: Jeff Ullman, P.O. Box 121, Warnerville, New York 12187, phone: 518.925.9787; email: jullman@nycap.rr.com

Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com

Southern Region Director: Jake Smith, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, phone:256.267.0446 email: syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com

Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Conventions Director: Open

Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Open

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President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V

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

650.619.8209 itting down at my desk, on this firstJoneill@risk-strategies.com back-to-work Monday after New Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. o after my last column in the November-December issue The kettle labeled antique bottle events has us all looking forward to the of leading Bottles up andtoExtras, I was2016 kindSacramento of hoping National for a deluge of Botstretch the FOHBC Antique great suggestions from our fellow members, but sad to say I only tle Convention & Expo this August. We have a coordination conference received one single solitary email and one phone call.

I know there call later in the week and plan to step it up a notch or two. We are also are great ideas and volunteers out there, so don’t for be our shy,2017 please step pleased that we locked in Springfield, Massachusetts National Antiqueand Bottle Convention, by the time you You read may this message, forward serve our bottleand collecting nation. yet havethe FOHBC 2018 National Antique Convention & Expo will have been something great to share but ifBottle you hold back, we won’t prosper. announced for Cleveland, Ohio. We really have our teams in place and our in motion.

I supposeSeeliger. we should start thinking aboutMichael the 2019 Thewheels email was from Michael Many of you know Convention in the Southern Region. Planning ahead has many benefits.

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as a longtime collector of Warner’s Bottles and someone who has been in the hobby since at least 1971. Michael had a number of The FOHBC is also proud to say that this March | April 2016 issue of good suggestions, including pointing many of our memBOTTLES and EXTRAS is the first toout be that printed in full color, which bers are somewhat computer challenged, and appreciate the value only costs us an additional $184, an issue. This change prompted a few of the magazine one we of the primary benefits being design revisions, as which hope you will notice,ofsuch as an theFOHBC Table of member. and Oneaimportant Michael pointed out is quite that with each Contents few of thething section headers.

We receive a few really niceday compliments on collectors how the magazine andnothave passing we are losing that have looks built up onlycome so farcollections, in a relativebut short number of years.base Oh, that and unless look for new sectheir a vast knowledge wea make tion in the backtoofpreserve the magazine called “Member Gallery”.

This sincere efforts will ultimately be lostPhoto to future generanew section is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles tions of collectors. He has a great point. Case in point is the Kenand glass. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. We Schwartz collection. Ken built what by anyone’s standards would have already started work on the May | June issue and hope that you be aconsider western authoring whiskey bottle museum probably will an article for theover magazine.

We 50 are years. here to help!

Ken had an open house once a year in late January on the same weekend the Anderson Bottle That please weekend a Within thisasissue of BOTTLES andShow.

EXTRAS, readbecame the proposed pilgrimage forand collectors the have Anderson Show and I remember the bylaw updates revisionstothat been marked in red.

All revisions first time laid eyesby onthe the FOHBC collection it was knew have beenIapproved Board of overwhelming.

Directors. TheseI bylaws have beenreturn amended andyear needfor to years be reviewed by the FOHBC membership I would every to come.

When Ken passed prior annual membership meeting at the 2016 Naawaytointhe 2013, no general one knew what would happen to FOHBC the collection.

It tional Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, California took almost seven years before the collection came to the market.by an affirmative vote ofby a majority of all votesand castMike by the eligible voters If not for the efforts Ralph Hollibaugh Rouse to sell in attendance, provided that a copy of the proposed changes are made the collection to what seemed like an endless stream of collectors, available to each member in advance, either directly by mail or by timely who knows what wouldofficial have happened did a fantastic notice in the Federation’s periodicalto orit. onThey the Federation website. job and I think everyone got something from Ken’s collection from onenews, dollarweonare up moving to manyahead thousands of dollars. But In other with photography for had the Steve Virtual Abbott not articles photography about Ken and Museum andwritten hope toseveral have regional labshis setcollection, up in regions to start photographing in a standard format andlost 3-dimenwith photographs, thatbottles intact both collection would have been to the sionally.

Thistoeffort is being spearheaded

by Museum Director, generations follow.

I commend Michael for pointing thisAlan out, DeMaison.

You havethe mettime Alantoatwrite the Virtual MuseumWhat table during and Steve formay taking those articles. many the FOHBC 2015know Chattanooga National Show lastonAugust. people don’t is that Ken kept Antique binders Bottle of information every single bottle and mold variant through rubbings or drawings for his Federation member Alicia Booth, is heading up the nomination procollection and bottles he did not have. What happened to that inforcess for the election of all Federation officers including the President, mation?

Was it saved or relinquished to the trash collector?

I hope Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager, Membership

that valuable resource may still be out there, as this is something

Director, Relations Conventions Director, that couldPublic be preserved viaDirector, the FOHBC Library with all ofHistorian, Ken’s Merchandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), and Region Directors original notes and comments.

(4). These elections occur every two years. Any officer may run for successive terms. phone This committee prepared a slate of nominations for The personal call camehas from Jeff Wichmann.

Jeff is known each office and is listed below.

It is important to note that any member to most collectors with his establishment of American Bottle Aucdesiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination tions in Sacramento, California, as well as being voted into the form with the Election Committee (in accordance with procedures apFOHBC Hall of Fame in 2016.With a background in marketing, proved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) Jeff Wichmann wanted reach some indicating the office they to desire to out run and for. talk The about deadline for ideas filing this onApril marketing theWe FOHBC and successful had a myriad of ideas to is 1st 2016. have seen campaigns byon ourhow memberincrease thesomembership base. invited both please Jeff and ship before if you want to run Ifor a position, let Michael Alicia know. to consider joining board of address, directorsalicia@cis-houston.org. of FOHBC and putting You and reach her atthe this email You will a ballot for and voting so gratuitously please take the time to somebeofreceiving those ideas to work both stepped up vote.

to the plate and accepted the positions of first and second vice President: Ferdinand Meyer V FOHBC Candidates presidents, and I personally want to thank them for their efforts Houston, Texas andHere I look forward is the slate of FOHBC to working with them both. I think the more First Vice Sheldon involvement we can solicit from ourPresident: membership the Baugh better the recommended candidates Russellville, Kentucky put forth by the nominating future will be for the organization. Anyone interested in provid(Alicia Booth, Second Gene Bradberry ing committee assistance please reach out toVice me President: or any other board member Chairperson) for 2014 - 2016.

Bartlett, Tennessee directly.

We still have open the conventions director position and The slate is being put forth for the your public relations director.

Anyone with experience in these consideration and anyone Secretary: James Berry desiring to run forbe office may areas would welcomed with openNew arms.

For a description of Johnsville, York nominatedofbyeach going toof the these open positions, please see the FOHBC the beduties Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a website, fohbc.org selectPort, the FOHBC Florida dropdown and land nominationatform.

Then, mail or and North on federation by-laws for a complete outline. email to Alicia Booth, 11502 Historian: Jim Bender

Burgoyne Drive, Houston, Texas Sprakers, New York alicia@cis-houston.org One77077. of the issues which has been compounded by the Covid-19 Closing date for nominations Editor: Martin Vanclubs Zant and individuals era is the diminishing membership of both is April 1, 2016 at midnight.

Danville, Indiana dueAdditional to lack of shows, and club meetings. This has impacted the nominations will Merchandising Director: Val Berry financial of the FOHBC in that we have less revenue be printed position alongside the slate Yorkof expenses going proposedin by but the nominating coming a consistentJohnsville, monthly New amount and will be listedwhile being one of our most important assets out.committee The magazine Membership Director: Linda Sheppard in the May-June 2016 issue hasofaBOTTLES bi-monthly cost to produce around Sprakers,of New York $4,800 per issue. The and EXTRAS along most report shows that between July and late withrecent a short biofinancial of each Conventions Louis Fifer candidate. we had income November from clubs Director: and membership renewals

Ohio of $10,000 and expenses Brunswick, which largely consist of the magazine Business Manager: Meyer and insurance of $22,000. Without the returnElizabeth of shows, both loHouston, Texas cal and national, we will continue to have a quarterly deficit to our financial situation. One bright spot has been our investments Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro Boulder City, Nevada which have largely performed very well in the capital markets and continue to provide us with the ability toSteve handle these shortDirector-at-Large: Ketcham falls on a short term basis.Edina, I believe the time has come to look at Minnesota new ways of doing things and as part of that perhaps a new tiered Director-at-Large: John Pastor membership structure should considered.

We could have three New be Hudson, Michigan tiers of membership. Maybe something like a very basic memberRegion Director: Matt Lacy ship tier, a middle tier thatMidwest provides a digital subscription, and a Austinburg, Ohio Cadillac plan that provides an option of digital magazine or hard Northeast Region Vuono copy magazine subscription, full access to Director: the virtualAndrew museum Stamford, Connecticut as well as annual membership privilege’s. For those on a budget Southernbased Region Ronand Hands they can purchase a membership onDirector: their means not Wilson, in North worry about the cost, especially the Carolina time of Covid. I will direct the board to take up a review of the meritsDirector: of a tiered Western Region EricmemberMcGuire ship platform and report back on their findings in a future issue.

Petaluma, California In closing I hope everyone has aRelations safe, healthy and happy holiday Public Director: Rick DeMarsh season and a very happy New Year.

Ballston Spa, New York

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Bottles and Extras The cancer has migrated to his bones and, while he is receiving treatment, “right now I have fatigue, the inability to concentrate and nausea,” he said. “I have always enjoyed working on the newsletter and I know it’s going to be weird to not do it each month.

“I would like to thank all the people who helped with the newsletter over the years. I know I’ve had a great time and wished it had been longer, but after giving it much thought, I have decided it would be in my best interest to stop and turn my attention to doing my medical treatments,” he explained.

Health issues force Fletcher to quit as editor after 33 years

Sodas and Beers of North America sodasandbeers.com

By Bill Baab

MUSTANG, Okla. – Thirty-three years ago, Johnnie Fletcher edited his first Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club newsletter, Oklahoma Territory News, and it was of such high quality that its subscribers looked forward to checking out each issue.

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY NEWS OKLAHOMA TERRITORY BOTTLE & RELIC CLUB

VOLUME THIRTY THREE, NUMBER ELEVEN

FROM THE EDITOR

Let me apologize for this month’s newsletter. I had hoped to have a newsletter with new stories for your enjoyment, however, things haven’t worked out as I intended.

November 2020

good but since then It’s been downhill.

Right now I have fatique, extreme tiredness, inability to concentrate, and nausea.

That, plus all the scans, tests, medical visits, etc. have prevented me from getting the November newsletter done.

After giving it much thought I have deI told you last month about my prostate cided that it would be in my best interest cancer had migrated to my bones and I to stop doing the newsletter and turn my was taking a new treatment for it. attention to doing my medical treatments.

Accordingly, after thirty three years, DeI had another bone scan in October, that cember will be my last newsletter. showed the cancer was still spreading. My treatment was changed. I was operated I have always enjoyed working on the on and a port was installed in my chest to newsletter and I know it’s going to be very allow chemo therapy to begin. My doctor weird to not do it each month. I hope you told me that they would do chemo every don’t think I’m letting you down, I do feel three weeks. When ask how many treatguilty about not giving more notice but my ments would I have, he replied, “As long as medical conditions just escalated very it’s working or until you decide you don’t quickly. want any more.” I had my first chemo on October 21st.

I would like to thank all the people, who helped with the newsletter, over the years.

During the same time, I started chemo, I had to visit the Emergency Room twice. The I hope everyone has enjoyed my poor atreason was that I couldn’t pee. Now I’m tempt at producing a digging publication scheduled for a procedure to break up a that mostly documents bottle digging with couple kidney stones on November 11th. very special friends, I know I’ve had a great time and wished it had been longer !

The day after my first chemo I felt pretty

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY BOTTLE & RELIC CLUB Johnnie Fletcher - Newsletter Editor 1300 Blue Haven Dr. Mustang, OK 73064 (405) 376-1045 email: privyguy@aol.com

Sadly, the end is in sight with the final issue to come in December.

Fletcher, who was inducted into the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Hall of Fame in 2009, is facing severe health issues having to do with prostate cancer.

by Tod von Mechow So you cannot find your bottle listed. I estimate there are 35,000 pre-crown bottles from North America and this site lists only a fraction, but an import group of these bottles. This site lists all of the information that I have available on these bottles. Go back and look at the attributes section of the site to get information on your bottle and use it to complete the "Date Your Bottle" function. Asking me for more information will not yield any additional information.

I am always looking to receive corrections on listed bottles or missing information that fills in holes for bottles where the information is incomplete.

Currently I am only accepting information on "unlisted" North American pre-crown top bottles in the following categories: All pontiled bottles All cobalt blue bottles All primitive pottery bottles All pony, soda, drug store, tenpin, torpedo, round bottom, Saratoga, porter, teepee, Saint Louis weiss beer, early export beer, lager, early ale, oyster cocktail, and root beer extract shaped bottles All champagne beer bottles in colors other than aqua, amber, or clear All Hutchinson bottles in colors other than aqua or clear All bottles embossed "cream soda," Cronk, root beer, birch beer, white or weiss beer.

All bottler suppliers' bottles and salesmen sample bottles All bottles with closures that are not documented on this site All bottles with closures that did not achieve widespread popularity (Occur on less than 100 bottles) All Codd bottles All Matthews gravitating stopper bottles All North American bottles from outside the United States and Canada All bottles from Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming, Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Prince Edwards

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Island, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

All Philadelphia bottles Email me with your name and contact information, the embossing, shape, dimensions, lip style, closure, color and base type at Todvon@verizon.net. Attaching pictures can be helpful.

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

By Jim Bender

If you have what you consider a complete or nearly complete collection of some specific geographic area please contact me at the above email address and I can arrange a formatted way to exchange the information.

As always, I will answer all questions on all pre-crown Philadelphia soda and beer bottles and the bottlers and brewers that used them.

California Trade Marks

by Eric McGuire

BREAKING NEWS! The California State Archives has finally put its early California Trade Mark files on line for everyone to use. This significant collection of trade marks is truly amazing, and if you have an interest in the history of California bottled products you may just completely miss dinner once you begin browsing the collection.

There are a few errors but they are insignificant relative to the importance of this site to bottle collectors and historians of California commercial history.

You will find thousands of bottle related labels from 1861 to the turn of the century, and some will knock your socks off. I implore all bottle collectors to visit this site and invite them to dig a little deeper with what they find, with their results being published articles and vignettes of their research.

Such productivity will only contribute to the perpetuation of the hobby which we currently enjoy.

Just go to: California State Archives Here are a couple (images to the right) of examples of the trade marks to be found in the collection - rs Examples of paper labeled whiskies from the Bruce Silva collection can be seen here at Western Whiskey Gazette

Glass candy containers were first made in 1876 in the shapes of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.

By the early 1900s, many companies were making candy containers with many of them in the shape of animals. They were sold in dime stores, as souvenirs, and even sold by Sears and Roebuck.

Containers made up to 1940 were mainly sealed with metal. During the war, containers were sealed with cardboard and that was continued until the 1950s Candy containers can be dated many times by the design of the container. Cars, boats, telephones, planes, and many others can be dated by their design.

It must be noted candy containers have been reproduced for years. Most reproductions are in colors but not all.

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

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FOHBC News Return to The Coca-Cola Trail

Nashville Show a Success

In January-Feb 2019 you had an article about my book “The Coca-Cola Trail”. Want to let you know the sequel “Return to The Coca-Cola Trail” has just been released. The first chapter is titled “Why the Bottle is Green”. Over 200 pages about people and places in the history of Coca-Cola.

"My father and I along with Stanley Word brought back the Nashville TN area show this year and it was a huge hit, would love to have a chance to bid on the national when it comes back to the southeast."

Larry Jorgensen glmanagement40@gmail.com To Paint the Letters or Not?

Wyatt Eaton Bitter Bottles Supplement 2 at the Press!

"Do you paint the words?"

This past Tuesday, the black & white pages, on uncoated stock, ran thru the monster Komori Lithrone S 40P press. Last week the color plates did the same on coated stock. I press-checked both events. The pages will be cut from the forms and will be sent to San Antonio where the books will be bound and the covers made.

Getting closer. As you know, Three (3) mock-ups and proofs occurred in late October and early November. Stay tuned! Picturing the book cover, Komori press, and example of b/w plate.

Thanks, Ian

Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Someone commented on the below photo and I was wondering if you had any insight for my response. They asked -

Response: Ferdinand Meyer V Thanks: Painting the raised embossed copy on a bottle is a personal preference that seemed to be preferred in older collections, though it still happens. It is a device to make hard-to-read copy, easier to read. If you choose to do this, you should use paint that can be easily removed as potential future owners of the bottles may not like this practice.

Response: Martin Van Zant My friends paint the letters of bottles on their top shelf, as they are hard to reach. I am not a fan and take it off whenever I purchase a bottle that has painted letters. I do know they sell water-based paint pens in white at Wal-mart in the craft section, which comes off with warm water. The oil-based paints take a little more effort and can leave residue in spots with case wear.

Just my two cents

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Potential Solution to the Mystery of S-T-1860-X, on the Drakes's Plantation Bitters Hi, Ferd, Good afternoon! I discovered a potential solution to the mystery of S-T-1860-X, and wanted to get your opinion: In an issue of the New York Times from June 1862, I ran across a somewhat lengthy article written by P.H. Drake & Co. The article listed each of the principal ingredients of Drake’s Plantation Bitters, including St. Croix Rum, Calisaya (King’s Bark), Cascarilla Bark, Dandelion, Chamomile Flowers, Wintergreen, Lavender Flowers, Anise and (drum roll) S-T-1860-X. A paragraph following each of the aforementioned ingredients listed the benefit(s) of that ingredient and the reason(s) for that ingredient’s inclusion in Drake’s Plantation Bitters. The description associated with S-T-1860-X: “Another ingredient of remarkable and wonderful virtues, used in the preparation of these bitters, is a native of Brazil, and as yet unknown to the commerce of the world. A Spanish writer says ‘Administered with St. Croix Rum, it never fails to relieve nervous tremor, wakefulness, disturbed sleep, &c.; and that it is used with great effect by the Brazilian, Spanish, and Peruvian ladies to heighten their color and beauty. It imparts cheerfulness to the disposition, and brilliancy to the complexion.’ We withhold its name from the public for the present.”

A bit of research revealed a possibility for the mystery ingredient: Storax. Replacing “ora” with “1860” would, of course, disguise the ingredient’s name, and contribute an aura of mystery to the product (which it did!). From the Internet: “Storax is an oily resin (balsam) obtained from the tree trunks of Liquidambar Orientalis or Liquidambar Styraciflua. Storax is obtained by scoring the bark of the tree. The damage causes the wood and inner bark to produce storax. The inner bark is boiled in water and then pressed in cold water to obtain the storax. It is used as medicine.

People take storax for cancer, coughs, colds, stomach pain, diarrhea, epilepsy, sore throats, bronchitis, and parasitic infections.”

What do you think? Possible solution, or comic relief?

Regards, Chris P.S. If storax was indeed the secret ingredient, perhaps Patrick Drake obtained it from Bennett & Beers of Carter’s Spanish Mixture fame (see below right)?

Response: Ferdinand Meyer V Hmmm. Interesting, This is what we have in BBs2 which is on press now.

Some think S.T.-1860 X means “started in 1860 with 10 dollars” as this was reportedly seen in a magazine ad from the late 1800s.

However, in a Drakes Almanac, there is a quote from Col. Patrick Henry Drake, formulator and promoter of Drake’s Plantation Bitters, explained the inscription. In an edition of Morning, Noon and Night, S.T.-1860-X, like the initials on the old Roman banners, represents St. Croix - S.T. being the conventional equivalent of Saint, and 1-8-6-0 standing for the letters C-R-O-I, and so forming, with the concluding X, the word CROIX. Drake said, “Nothing can be more simple, or, it may be, more appropriate.

St. Croix Rum is a stimulating basis of the Plantation Bitters, and it is, therefore in accordance with the fitness of things, that St. Croix should be the basis of their business shibboleth.”

Looking for Dr. Joseph W. Robertson Ads Hello Ferdinand, I came across your website with extreme interest. I am the Education Specialist at The French Legation State Historic Site in Austin.

We are currently working on an effort to Reopen the site February 3,2021 (being closed for a couple of years after being acquired by the State). Long story getting longer.. As you are probably aware this site was the home to Dr. Joseph W. Robertson, in Austin TX. I am creating a program and educational programming around his medical practice and wanted to highlight his tonic bitters.

Unfortunately, I have only been able to find Ads for his tonic. I would love to be able to flesh out the larger story. I know that it would be almost impossible to find an actual bottle. It would be a dream just to find a picture of a bottle and or any more information.

If there are any avenues that you can think to point me down, I am all ears! I look forward to your feedback! Thank you Celeste Farmand Educator Program Specialist French Legation State Historic Site 802 San Marcos Street, Austin, Texas 78702

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Jeff Wichmann Joins the FOHBC Board of Directors

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1969 and together they have collected bottles since the 1960s.

They started by collecting ruby red Schlitz beer bottles but soon got hooked on older bottles, especially Warners when Mike came across a dump containing only Warner bottles in it.

Mike and Alice wrote the book H. H. Warner His Company & His Bottles in 1974 and work on a continuously updated ebook expanding the original publication. Mike is a professional chemist and chemical/hazardous materials consultant. Although semi-retired, they attend numerous shows traveling in their RV whenever possible. They were instrumental in the founding and development of the South Central Wisconsin Bottle Club in the 1970s and have been members of the Federation since then. They have two sons and five grandkids. Mike collects examples of historical bottles, medicines, figural bitters, Warner bottles, and works passionately with Mike and Kathie Craig in the development of their Warner & Dr. Craig collections.

FOHBC President John O’Neill appointed Jeff Wichmann to fill a vacant position on the FOHBC board. The board approved on 05 November 2020.

Jeff Wichmann, FOHBC First Vice President, is a California native who has parlayed his vast knowledge of antique bottles and glass into a full time-related business called American Bottle Auctions.

His was the first auction house to provide full-color glossy catalogs sent to interested collectors at no charge. He also launched what is believed to be the first online antique bottle auction.

In 2013, Jeff was inducted onto the FOHBC Honor Roll, but given his increase in antique bottle collecting-related activities, including financial support of the Federation, the board of directors voted to move him up to the organization’s highest Hall of Fame honor level. Photography of old glass is one of his strong points. He also shares his knowledge on his website americanbottle.com. In 1999, he published The Best of the West – Antique Western Bitters Bottles, a book containing information of value to collectors of that genre.

Michael Seeliger Joins the FOHBC Board of Directors as the new FOHBC Second Vice President

Midwest Region Steve Lang slang14@yahoo.com

In reading Facebook posts and club newsletters from around the Midwest Region this past couple of months I have noticed a trend that is troubling a lot of clubs – finding a location to meet in person. A lot of clubs, including my local club have had to find new locations to replace the old ones that are either temporarily closed or not hosting any outside events due to the pandemic. My local club met at a High School for many years and had to relocate to my place of work’s conference room. I hope all the clubs that are looking can find a substitute location that helps them get back to having face to face meetings.

Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club – There was a nice article in their newsletter about the passing of long time member Chuck Parker and the club is hoping to meet in person at the Ostego area Historical Society Museum in Ostego, MI on Nov. 10th.

1st Chicago Bottle Club – Their October club meeting was held with a bottle auction and awards given out for best Dug and Acquisition items. The November 20th meeting will be for nominations for all 2021 Board positions.

Michael Seeliger grew up in Monona, Wisconsin, and still lives within 20 miles of his hometown. He married his wife Alice in

Iowa Antique Bottlers – The club is working on their 2020 Club bottle and their next meeting will be in January providing they can find a location or possibly try a Zoom meeting. There is an interesting long term dig going on with club members at a local dump.

Wabash Valley Antique Bottle Club – The Terre Haute, IN club was within 2 weeks of putting on their fall show and circumstances beyond their control forced them to cancel….another victim of the pandemic.

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North Star Historical Bottle Assoc – Announced in their club newsletter that there would be no dues for 2021 since there have been no meetings and associated costs. Their annual show is tentatively scheduled for April 21, 2021. They also reported that the Milwaukee Bottle show in February 2021 has already been cancelled.

West Michigan Antique Bottle Club - They received their 100th member in its club Facebook page back in October and has some very interesting bottle finds listed on the page.

Circle City Antique Bottle Club – The club held its annual show in September and considering the circumstances had a fun and successful show at the 4-H fairgrounds. A strong early morning crowd and selling/trading between vendors made a lot of attendees very happy. They showed it is possible to have a show and stay safe and healthy. Their tracer sheets expired 30 days after the show with no health issues to report. Masks, social distancing and sanitizer were the main theme of the show.

I hope all FOHBC members have a safe and Happy Holiday season and that 2021 is a better year for everyone.

Northeast Region Jeff Ullman jullman@nycap.rr.com

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Western Region Eric McGuire etmcguire@comcast.net

Hope all is well with everyone. The fall season still finds us in the “No Shows” mode, so news is sparce. Even so, there are a few things to note: Newsletters are still a primary tool for bottle club members to maintain communications. Yes, it may be considered ‘old school’ by many, especially where it is still delivered by mail, but it has a charm that is hard to beat. Some have elements that are original to the club. In the past I have noted how the 49’er bottle club has consistently run interesting quotes from California newspapers for a particular time period. They are currently up to May 1852.

Each issue of the Oregon Bottle Collectors Assoc. newsletter produces a listing of Northeastern bottles recently sold on eBay. This is a fascinating piece of information, especially noting the hammer price. A quick observation, during this Covid World that we currently live in, it appears that eBay prices for local bottles are trending upward.

Southern Region Jake Smith syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com The 2021 Syracuse National Show is still on and hopefully the virus issues and gathering restrictions will ease and allow the show to take place. Jim & Val Berry are your point of contact. Email jhberry10@yahoo.com The Albany (Capital Region) Club is planning on expanding on its successful outdoor show from this fall. The show date for next year is set for July 18th at the Mabee Farm Historic site in Rotterdam Junction NY. It’s a great venue right on the Mohawk River. Plenty of vendor space, plenty of parking and hopefully we will be able to have a couple food vendors on site next year. Keep watching for advertising as the spring rolls around but save the date!

Lastly, but not least. Congratulations to Gary Moeller, director at the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa on his retirement.

Gary has done a great job over the years. He has gone above and beyond to improve the museum experience and has always been a friend to the many individuals and clubs that frequent and use the museum facilities. Best of luck in the future Gary!

As always, if you are a Northeast Member or club and have news I can pass on or help out with, please contact me. My info is always available on the FOHBC site and in the front of this magazine. Be Well!!

The Fayette Alabama Bottle Collectible and Antique Show and Sale was a sold-out show with 46 tables. Lots of buyers came through the show. The chairman, Jeff Pendley, is planning on a show in October of 2021.

The Pee Dee Bottle Club Show in Darlington, South Carolina was a huge success! This was the first year for this show. There were 27 tables. Buyers and sellers were pleased with how the show went and the facility in which it was held. The chairman, Marty Martin, is planning on a show in 2021.

The Raleigh Bottle Club Show went very well. All 40 tables were sold. Early admission had over 150 buyers. The chairman, David Tingen, is planning on a 2021 show.

There are 2 shows from which I did not hear from and those were the Nashville Area Antique Bottle, Advertising and Collectible Show in Lebanon, Tennessee, and the Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Farm Toy Show in Moulton, Alabama run by Daniel Gray, promoted bottle shows for our region at their toy show.

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C lasped Shield, Union, Hands,

Flasks and Covid-19

By Steve Ketcham

M

ay you live in interesting times. While the origin of this saying is often debated, with some saying it came from ancient China but others attributing it to Nineteenth-Century England, it nevertheless reminds us that we are not the first generation to live through interesting times. We are currently in the middle of what, for most of us, are the most interesting times we have ever experienced. No one knows just how long they will last or how our world will look once the pandemic recedes.

Yellow-Green pint is GXII-23

Many elements of our lives as we knew them will likely change or disappear in the coming months. One new rule of our current existence is the idea of social distancing. We are advised to avoid contact with even our closest friends and family. No hugs from loved ones, and no handshakes with friends and acquaintances.

Consider the handshake. The practice has been with us for thousands of years. It is a sign of peace, of agreement, of deals made and friendships sealed. We learn early to look the other party in

Amber pint is Unlisted.

Amber half-pint is GXII-29

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would suggest that most Americans wanted the country to come together in unity. They even drank to it.

the eye, grip their extended hand firmly, and briefly pump up and down. Today, it is a long-standing social gesture that is on the brink of extinction as we try to avoid the virus that is plaguing us.

Today we find ourselves in another kind of struggle, and how we deal with it seems to be a source of discord much like that which led to the Civil War. As states reopen businesses, some of us will choose to partake while others will continue to isolate. Some will go barefaced, others will stay masked. Ultimately, let’s hope we find some semblance of unity.

Bottle collectors know the symbol of clasped hands is found in American history on the drinking vessels of the mid-Nineteenth Century. In the larger family of American flasks, as identified

by McKearin and Wilson in “American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry,” the Shield and Clasped Hands flasks are Group XII. Union Forever Shot Glass

Will we ever shake hands with one another again without concern for our health and safety? That page of history is yet to be written.

The flask design is beautiful and intricate. The reverse typically features an eagle atop a shield and grasping an olive branch and thunderbolts. On the obverse is found a shield with vertical stripes and clasped hands below thirteen stars. Laurel leaves are usually found on either side of the shield. Most examples have the word “Union” embossed above the shield in which the clasped hands are embossed.

Meanwhile, here are a few examples of the Shield and Clasped Hands flasks which were blown in half pints, pints, and quarts.

They came in many colors, with aqua being most common.

Some 43 different molds are identified in the book’s listings, and another 20 or so unlisted molds are known to exist. The flasks were blown at numerous glassworks.

A back bar decanter and a labeled whiskey bottle, both dating to later in the Nineteenth Century, but both bearing the clasped hands symbol, are also shown.

The flask design dates to the era of the American Civil War, and McKearin and Wilson suggest it was “inspired apparently by the awful struggle to preserve the Union.” As evidenced by the large number that survives today, the flask was a popular design. This

A Civil War era, heavily embossed clasped hands tumbler is shown as well.

Aqua quart is GII-37

Aqua pint is Unlisted

Be well, everyone.

Union Rye Whiskey Bottle

Union Rye Whiskey Back Bar Bottle

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Nu-Grape "Mae West" Bottle, The True Story

by Mike H. Brown

The design shown below was patented on May 9, 1920. This is the patent date commonly found on the Nu-Grape bottle that is often referred to as the "Mae West" or "Pinch-Waist" bottle.

Source: U.S. Patent Office. Clearly, this design is not exactly like the Nu-Grape bottle. The famous "3 Rings" and the "belt" are missing.

DESIGNER: C. J. ROOT BOTTLE OR SIMILAR ARTICLE APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1919 Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHAPMAN JAY ROOT, OF TEBRE HA'UTE, INDIANA. DESIGN FOR A BOTTLE OB SIMILAR ARTICLE. U 54,682. Specification for s Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed September 29, 1919. Serial No. 327,327. Term of patent 14 years.

Haute, in the county of Vigo, State of Indiana, have invented a new, I claim original, and ornamental Design for Bottles.

The accompanying drawing, forming a part, the figure is a side elevation of a bottle showing my design.

This had always puzzled me! The straight sided bottle featuring a leaf and cluster of grapes had a later patent date, January 23, 1923, yet it appeared to be the earlier of the two bottles. I have finally solved this puzzle.

The straight sided bottle was designed by none other than Alfred E. Kelley, the first President of Nu-Grape.

He filed the patent application on February 2, 1922 and had to wait almost a year before the patent was granted.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHAPMAN JAY ROOT, thereof. a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre

The patent information and accompanying drawing submitted by A. E. Kelley is depicted below.

DESIGN FOR A BOTTLE Application filed February 2, 1922.

Serial No. 504.

This is the patent date commonly found on the Nu-Grape bottle that is often referred to as the "Mae West" or "Pinch-Waist" bottle.

The straight sided bottle was designed by none other than Alfred E. Kelley, the first President of Nu-Grape.

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Term of patent 14 years.

Patented Jan. 23, 1923. Des. 61,830 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALFRED E. KELLEY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR T0 NUGRAPE COMPANY OF AMERICA, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA. The drawing is an elevation of a bottle embodying my new design.

I claim: The ornamental design for a bottle as shown.

ALFRED E. KELLEY. So what about the design Nu-Grape "actually" used, the one with the "3 Rings" and "belt" around the waste??? When was it actually designed, and by whom. It was designed by C. J. Root prior to April 1924, but he did not file for the patent until July 30, 1925 and it was not granted until April 12, 1932, almost seven years later...Why so long?

The "Mae West" design is clearly a modified version of Mr. Root's May 9, 1920 design Pat. # 54,682. I can only speculate as to the reason for claiming the earlier date, May 9, 1920, but it seems likely that Root modified his original design specifically for the Nu-Grape Company long before he applied for a patent.

The first ad I have verified for this bottle design is April 5, 1924 and it had completely replaced the A.E. Kelley design in most markets by no later than 1926.

The A. E. Kelley design had the "3 Rings", and as is obvious

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from the many newspaper ads and the Nu-Grape Twins song, "Three rings around the bottle is a genuine", Nu-Grape was plagued by "copy-cats" almost from its very beginning. So it is logical that any new design would have to feature the "3 Rings" that Nu-Grape had put so much time and money into promoting.

Also, their newly designed bottle must be unique, so as to stand apart from any of the copy-cats bottles.

How and why the 1920 Root bottle was chosen, I can only guess.

But given the patent date match, it is clearly the design that was chosen as the basis for the "Mae West" bottle and is unique in design to soda bottles of that time period.

Nu-Grape ran hundreds of ads "Warning" people to BEWARE of inferior brands and emphasizing the "3 Rings" bottle as the ONLY assurance of getting genuine Nu-Grape. I have seen ads as early as April 1922 and as late as May 1925.

The patent information and accompanying drawing submitted by C. J. Root is depicted below.

DESIGNER: C. J. ROOT DESIGN FOR A BOTTLE Application Filed July 30, 1925 Patented Apr. 12, 1932 Des. 86,746 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHAPMAN JAY ROOT, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA Serial No. 14,274. Term of patent 14 years.

The bottle and patent information shown to the left "IS" without a doubt, the Nu-Grape "Mae-West"/ "Pinch - Waist" bottle. It matches every contour perfectly, "3 Rings" and all. As for the patent date, April 12, 1932, look at a "Mae-West" bottle below.

It shows the same date that appears on Root's 86,746 patent, April, 12, 1932! This bottle is generic (no town).

I have also seen this date on a "Mae West" from the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in Opp, Alabama, and on some Nu-Icy bottles.

"Mae West" bottles were in production for around eight years before this patent was granted, and bore the 1920 patent date during that time. I do not have any information on how many bottles were cast from molds made after this date, nor the botttling companies that had them made, but it seems likely that there are far more 1920s than 1932s. Molds are expensive and many of the 1920s molds were probably used well beyond 1932.

It is clearly the design that was chosen as the basis for the "Mae West" bottle and is unique in design to soda bottles of that time period.

The Nu-Icy bottle of the same design is usually seen in the taller 9 oz. size but there are smaller, Nu-Grape sized versions as well.

I have one in my collection from Georgetown, Delaware, and a 9 oz. Nu-Grape bottle from Detroit, Michigan.

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he cornfields lay barren now, except for the dried stalks of the corn, which during the spring and summer, were green with the bounty that the plants provided. The trees, once lush with their foilage, and their showy fall colors, now blanket the ground to return nutrient riches to the soil. The gardens are now plowed under, ready for their winter sleep before the next growing cycle.

All the fall harvests are over, their fruits preserved for the long winter that will be arriving soon.

This should be the days of looking forward to the winter festivities and time with family, but winters have their own challenges, especially this year. The fear of visiting with family members for worry of spreading an unrelenting enemy, a virus, to them is on my mind, but the fear of never seeing them again is there too. As I age, my parents do also, and spending time with them this past Thanksgiving reminded me of the things we did growing up.

When garden season was over, it was time to look forward to Christmas.

As a child, we were just glad that the long days of working in the garden were over with. Time to enjoy being freed from the work involved with raising and preserving that years harvest, but with winter came new chores and cold, dark, snowy days. Dad worked in the coal mines and would come home with a load of lump coal in the bed of the truck to be unloaded into the coal

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A family day, visiting with granny

bin in the basement to warm the house with a coal furnace. Wood was chopped and stacked in the basement also to be kept dry. The time for the other harvest was upon us. The hogs and chickens we had fed and fattened up were harvested for their meat also. Dad would also take his yearly trip to harvest a deer for the freezer.

The land and the woods always provided enough food to sustain us, we only had to put in the work to harvest it.

The times were so much simpler back then, yes the work was harder, but it was a slower paced life then than we live in now.

As a child, I spent time in the woods, the creek, catching crawdads and minnows, we played tag, and never mentioned the word "bored", because my parents would find us a chore to do.

We were carefree in our childhoods while our parents worked to make sure we were fed and clothed. We would go to my grandparents' house on Atwell Mountain in West Virginia, usually every weekend. She still lived in the old house that Mom and her 10 brothers and sisters grew up in. A small house for that many kids by today's standards. The outhouse was still in use and water was drawn from a well with a bucket and pulley system, as kids, this was a new, fun and exciting thing for us. She would still sweep the top layer of dust off the ground to keep the yard neat and not pack the fine dust into the house.

Granny would cook on the wood cookstove, a simple but delicious meal. Mostly vegetables from the garden and the best chicken and dumplings a small child could wish for. I often wonder if it was the old cookstove that gave the food she prepared the best flavor or where we were "starving" from playing until we were tired.

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Fall is coming to an end and all the leaves are disappearing

Thinking back on those days, those weekly outings were the highlights of my childhood, the manic rush of adulthood was far from my mind. We had chores that we had to do, the laundry, accomplished with a wringer washer and rinse tubs, then hanging the clothes out on the line to dry even in the winter. When Mom got a new washer and dryer, it was a novelty to us, as was indoor plumbing, our first black and white television, and the hot water heater. Television time was limited to the evenings, when the chores were done, supper ate and everyone settled in for the early night. Mom would make popcorn, not the microwave type, but popped in a big kettle on the stove, and Dad would get the big bowl. Everyone would gather in the living room, grabbing popcorn out of Dad's bowl with our little bowls and settle in for watching tv for an hour or so. Sometimes we would get a treat of ice cream, Dad's favorite, butter pecan.

The anticipation of Christmas would start when the first of the catalogs would arrive at the house. Sears and Roebuck and Mongomery Ward were the two that never failed to arrive. Those catalogs would be the highlight of the evenings as we dreamed of what would show up under the tree that year. We would get one toy and of course clothes. When the call came that the packages from mail order would arrive, Mom would lock the bedroom door to wrap them, and we would try to sneak peeks under the door.

The Christmas tree was always a live tree. Dad would bring it in and put it in the stand with water. Mom would decorate it with the ornaments, garland and tinsel and the countdown would begin. The year of the rollerskates comes to mind. Dad had just put new linoleum down in the long hallway and what a great place for my sister and I to learn how to skate. Needless to say, our rollerskates were banned from the house after a few days and we had to wait til spring to use them outside on the concrete slabs.

For years our skate wheels had marks down the hallway as they put grooves in the flooring that were there until Dad replaced it a few years ago. My childhood home is still almost the same as it was forty years ago with a few adjustments.

A family christmas

Memories of sneaking peeks at presents, decorating the tree, planning and cooking Christmas dinner for the family to enjoy all sneak into my mind this time of year. We always had different family members stopping by at different times to watch the kids open the presents. Family that we only saw once or twice a year, would come and spend a few days with us. Sleepovers with cousins from different states, staying up all night playing games and listening for Santa's sleigh bells, were huge in a child's mind.

It was just a time to spend with family and friends. In these days of technology and internet access, nothing can replace the excitement and anticipation of visits with the people we are closest to.

Going home to spend the holidays with my parents and family is even more important to me now than before, just like my parents used to do when I was younger. As I age, my parents get older and have more health problems, and I want to spend with them before they are no longer here. Over the last few years, I have lost my eldest sister and this year, my eldest brother. The restrictions from the covid crisis have limited what time I can spend with my family, but with the loss of my brother this year, I realize how important it is to keep in contact with everyone. My parents lived through epidemics and the rations of WWII, but this is the first time our govenment has set limits on travel and visiting our family members, but with the holidays upon us, now is a good time to remember the trials and tribulations that the generations before us endured, and how they made it through with resiliency and pride.

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and until next time...

Keep Preserving The Past

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The Diary of a Digger

By Mark Wiseman

Sunday June 2nd, 2019

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n the early afternoon I went down to the construction site and did some more probing, and I was not finding my guessed at alley lines. They had been cutting out the area where I had dug previously, and more probing over this area did not reveal any new pits. To tell the truth, I could not tell exactly where I had previously dug, the dirt movers had covered and cut and it looked different, and the piles of trees were now gone. I walked out the north portion of the site and probed with no luck. I decided to wait a few days and see what the next phase of digging might open up. So, I headed for home, picked up Jimmy the Pup, and headed out to Don’s farm west of Madrid, stopped and visited with Reggie and the big dog, Winston the great Dane, before driving on north up to Moingona.

Jimmy loves to run through the woods when we go to the Moingona pottery dump. I dug in the flats on the north side, did not find much cobalt decorated stuff, just enough to keep me coming back in the future. Then it was time to head for home.

Thursday June 7th, 2019

After work about 6 pm I drove down to the construction site to take a look around. I put on my vest and hard hat, grabbed my probe, and through the gate I went. The area where I had dug had changed again a deeper excavation, which made a central ridge across the middle of the site. This ridge had been an asphalt covered drive on the north side of the south parking lot and had a border of trees along its north side.

The trees were taking the hit now, only part of one was left standing, and the asphalt had all been removed. I probed a pit that I figured must have been on the west side of the alley if the previous two pits had been on the east side of the alley farther south.

I went and got my shovels and tools and started a test hole. The temperature was not bad now, there was a breeze and nobody was around in any direction, I had the site to myself. This pit was five-foot-deep from the present surface and wet at the botHere are some bottles that came out of the pits during this week of digging

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and a very nice large size aqua medicine “Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root, Kidney Liver & Bladder Cure, Specific, Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N.Y.” So, I had finished the pit, and I filled it back in again and headed home.

Saturday June 8th, 2019

In the morning I had a gravel pit field trip to supervise and then the mineral club summer picnic, and on the way back went to the historical library, then probed on a vacant east side lot looking for a pit, and stopped at the construction site. I did some more probing, dug an empty test hole, before heading home. When I got home I scrubbed up the bottles I had recently dug for a better photograph.

Tuesday June 11th, 2019

Broken chamber pot and a couple of colored fruit jars

tom. The pit was wood lined and seedy in the bottom two feet.

There was a big chunk of remnant asphalt, not intact but hard to deal with covering part of the pit. I found bottles and glass in the seedy layer, and a crown top soda above this layer in the fill.

The soda bottle was embossed “American Bottling Works, Israly Bros. Props., Des Moines, IA, This Bottle Not to Be Sold”, “I.B.” on the base. There was another crown top bottle with a rounded bottom below this one embossed “J K & S, 2536” on a concave area on the rounded bottom. I dug a “Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, R.V. Pierce M.D. Buffalo N.Y.”, a broken “Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery”, two “Tone Brother’s, Flavoring Extracts, Des Moines, Iowa”, one whole and one with a large hole “Hoods Sarsa, Parilla, C.I. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass.” “8” on the base, an amber “The Maltine Mfg. Co. Chemists, New York”, many slick drug store bottles, a broken “Ball” jar, catsup, broken whiskey, broken dishes, pieces of a chamber pot, a larger square 8 oz. bottle embossed “BREED W.B. M. Co.” on the base, a clear Cold Cream embossed on the base: “Dagget & Ramsdell’s Perfect Cold Cream Trade Mark, Skin Food, Chemists” and another milk glass thing. It was getting too late and starting to get dark, so with about two thirds of the hole dug, I filled it back in, without finishing the part under the asphalt chunk. I put my dirt-covered finds on the table out front, and got cleaned up and prepared for work the next day.

After work about 6 pm I headed back down to the construction site. I observed the current excavation where I had dug the first two pits south of the berm area. Did some probing and dug a test hole just deep enough to confirm the previous location of the 2nd (blob beer) pit I had previously dug on the site. This confirmed to me the east alley line. So, from this location, I worked my way north and up onto the berm probing along the east alley line.

At the crest of the berm I found a pit along the east alley line. I went to the truck for my shovels and digging tools and opened up a test hole to start at this spot. This pit was only three feet deep from the present surface. It was not rectangular almost oval and unlined, about 3½’ X 4’. This pit #4 appeared to be older than the other pits I had dug in this site when pumpkin seed whiskey bottles began to appear. I could also tell for I soon had dug an embossed drug store bottle “Norman Lichty, Des Moines, IO”,

Friday June 8th, 2019

After work on Friday afternoons I go to the State Historical Library till 4:30. Then I headed home, and at about 6 pm I headed back down to my hole at the construction site. Sure, enough the excavators had bumped the asphalt chunk out of my way and it was much easier to finish the last end of the pit, I had dug most of the evening before. I was digging the west one third of the remaining pit, and in the top portion I dug a hand finished crown top aqua pint beer bottle embossed “Old Style Lager, (sideways) G Heileman Brewing Co. La Crosse, Wis.” in cursive lettering.

I found an amber chemical bottle, more slick drug store bottles, another amber “The Maltine MFG. Co., Chemists, New York”,

A Hood Sarsaprilla and a Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root Bottles

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Hoard of bottles after the cleanup

Prof. Lows Magnetic Liniment from Philada.

followed by one embossed “L.H. Bush Druggist, Des Moines.”

I dug a white ironstone smaller sized gluer chamber pot, a gluer clear glass oval pressed glass dish, a doll plate with flower decorations, a large shard of a drug store bottle embossed “C.W. Rogg, Apothecary, Des Moines (monogram)”, and a large drug store bottle without the top embossed “A.H. Miles, Druggist, Des Moines, Ia.” The previous owner liked his whiskey as I dug ten whole pumpkin seed whiskey bottles, and five coffin whiskey bottles, there were also broken ones. I found a triangular shaped bottle embossed “Martin’s Best Sewing Machine Oil, Chicago Ill.”, an aqua medicine “Prof. Low’s Magnetic Liniment, Philada.”, an amber double collar quart blob slick beer bottle with bumps on the base, four clear slick paneled medicine bottles, slick drug store bottles, and broken lamp chimneys. It was not a long hole so after scraping the corners and sides down, probing outward in every direction, it was time to fill in. No sod to worry about, no stomping and no raking. Construction site digging is easy on the cleanup. When you get done filling, it all looks the same again. It was still light enough to go home list and photograph my finds.

Wednesday June 12th, 2019 Norman Lighty, Des Moines, IO, neat embossing

I stopped by the site at my usual 6 pm, but the excavation contractor was still digging. I left and came back an hour later and the excavator was just getting ready to quit for the day. About 8 pm I went in and probed for awhile.

Thursday June 13th, 2019

L.H. Bush Druggist, Des Moines Pharmacy bottle

I arrived about 6:30 pm at the site and started along the east alley line on the berm. That is where I found Pit #5. This pit was only three feet deep, three feet long and less than three feet wide, wood lined. It had very square walls. In this pit I found an amber pint beer bottle without the top, embossed “A. Gettleman Brewing Co., Pure Malt Hops, (hand with a beer glass in a circle, three leaves), Milwaukee”, base “S.B. & G. Co.”, three slick whiskey

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bottles, a prescription type whiskey, two broken milk bottles, one would have been from a Chicago glass company, broken dishes, and a nice whole quart ground top aqua jar with the Hero cross, “Mason’s Patent Nov. 30th, 1858” base “Pat Nov 26 67, 128”. After filling this pit, I headed home.

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where the grade stakes were. In one of the grade stake areas I found a broken “Dr. Pieces Favorite Prescription”, so I went back to the truck for a spade and a trowel. There were many broken iron stone dishes in green clay with some seeds, and I found a seam based whole bottle with a damaged lip embossed “Billings, Clapp & Co. Chemists, Boston”, and an early slick square drug store bottle, more broken dishes and broken chimney lamps. There was no hole to fill I just piled the dirt back Kirkwood House Pharmacy, J.A. Sandholm, Des Moines, Iowa up where it had been.

As usual I went to the construction site at 6 pm and began to probe continuing north along the east alley line. I found Pit #6 in some hard-packed top dirt at the north end of the berm. It was time to go get the shovels again. This pit was a full six-foot-deep from the present surface, four feet by three feet in plan dimensions, no wood lining, also with very square sides. The top of the pit was all ash with cinders fill to 4½ foot depth, with little glass. I had moved a lot of volume to get it dug out that far, so I could not quit now. I found a medium sized dreaded bromo, in the mix, a large “Gordon’s Gin, England”, and the bottom was beginning to show some lime in the mix. I found a “Dr. Pitcher’s Castoria”, and along the bottom it was getting older. There were broken ground top fruit jars, I found two amber strap sided slick bottles, and on the bottom a clear drug store bottle embossed “Kirkwood House Pharmacy, J.A. Sandholm, Des Moines, Iowa” and that was the highlight of this pit. There were of course broken dishes, a few more slicks, a sharpening stone, a clear glass cylinder embossed Schuyler’s New York, and a round clear “Sanford” Ink. Slowly I filled it all back in after scraping the bottom and sides. Then hauled my tools and finds back to the truck.

Thursday June 20th, 2019

At 6 pm I went to the construction site again but repeated probing did not reveal any more pits. I walked another construction site off Keo Way, it was pretty muddy with nothing showing to the probe, then I went over to the east side where a park was being created on a vacant lot. They had scraped down this former residential lot now flanked by apartments, but left uncut dirt

Saturday June 22nd, 2019

After visiting the Historical Library, I dug a quick test hole along the alley of a now empty east side house, finding natural soils at four feet, and limited glass, it was fill not a pit, so I soon had it put back invisible. I returned through the bad neighborhoods and picked up two dozen “Iowa” bricks from some road construction piles.

Monday June 24th, 2019

I was at a drilling job at an old landfill in Boone, and found a nice brick “Boone B.R. & T. Co.”. In the evening I went back to the road construction and found 23 more “Iowa” bricks in the piles.

Thursday July 4th, 2019

It was a day off in the middle of the week, I still had to work on Friday. But I went down town to a Jefferson Street and 2nd Avenue construction site. It was pretty much too hot, but I found a pit about three feet deep, with concrete sides. I dug it anyway.

It did contain a penny doll, two cobalt screw top “Phillips Milk of Magnesia” bottles, and a couple amber crown top bottles with upside down graduations. At the park site on the east side I walked the scraped over dirt, and found a nice swirly marble with brown and white swirls.

Until next time, Happy Digging

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San Diego Soda Works

By Mike Bryant

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an Diego Soda Works opened for business in 1887.

Gustav H. Gaedke and A. Seifke were the owners.

At that time, the bottling plant was located on L Street.

In 1888, Seifke left the business and Gaedke became the sole proprietor and moved the business to 424 Logan Avenue. Gaedke was no stranger to the bottling business having spent ten years prior to opening the San Diego plant working in the various branches of the soda business. Born in 1841 in Germany, Gaedke’s family would immigrate to the United States and he would become an American citizen in 1879. In 1885, the Sante Fe Railroad was completed to San Diego (Image) Circa 1908. Gustav H. Gaedke in Black Suit & Henry on Wagon? 450 Logan Ave

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and with that came a multitude of people. San Diego was booming and Gaedke decided to use all the bottling skills he had learned to open his own soda works.

He began by manufacturing sodas, sarsaparilla,ginger ale, champagne cider, iron water and mineral water at his Logan Avenue plant. In 1914, Gaedke sold his business to Caleb W. Hoopes who moved the plant to 1848 Logan Avenue. In 1916, Gustav Gaedke bought back the business and again became the proprietor of San Diego Soda Works. He kept the plant at 1848 Logan Avenue.

The soda works then expanded its product line to include

1887 Newspaper Ad, L Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets

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Cicra 1910 Photo with Gustave & Henry Gaedke in Doorway?

Circa 1910 photo with Gustave and Henry Gaedke standing proudly in the doorway

CIrca 1920 Jacob L Foerster & George F Boerig, 333 11th Street, lots of changes over the years

Bludwine, Cherry Cheer, Apple Cider, Orange Cider and seltzers in siphon bottles. Also sold were different kinds of syrups and they would become one of the first bottlers of 7-Up in San Diego.

One of the first employees of the soda works was Gaedke’s nephew, also named Gustav H. Gaedke but who went by Henry. Henry was a delivery

driver and he died after a long illness in 1917. The death hit the elder Gaedke hard and by 1920, nearing 80 years of age, he decided to sell the business for good. The new proprietors were Jacob L. Foerster and George F. Boehrig. The business was then moved to 333 11th Street.

According to Peck & Audie Markota, their book

Seltzer Water offered by the Soda Works

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bottles of 7Up in San Diego.

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1937 advertisement for 10th and Island streets, now offering Delaware Punch and Hires Root Beer

DATE 1887 1888 1908 1914 1916 1920 1922 1926 1929 1932 1935 1937 1942 1947 1962

LOCATION L St Btw 22nd & 23rd St 424 Logan Ave 450 Logan Ave 1848 Logan Ave 1848 Logan Ave 333 11th St 333 11th St 934 K St 934 K St 934 K St 10th & Island St 10th & Island St 1057 14th St 40 20th St Out of Business

PROPRIETORS G. Gaedke/A. Seifke Gustav Gaedke Gustav Gaedke Caleb Hoopes Gustav Gaedke Jacob Foerster/George Boehrig Edwin A. Corwin Edwin A. Corwin Myra & Harold Glenn Milton C. Anthony Milton C. Anthony Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum Herbert W. Hurd/Alan T. Baum

San Diego Soda Works Locations & Proprietors 1887—1962

California Hutchinson Type Soda Bottles, notes that Gustav H. Gaedke, just two months shy of his 82nd birthday, fell and fractured his skull. He passed away on April 29, 1922. Both Gaedkes are buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

1929 Advertising Rockwell Club Sodas at 934 K Street

San Diego Soda Works would relocate and was owned by many different proprietors over the ensuing years. In 1947, Herbert W. Hurd and Alan T. Baum moved it to its final location, 40 20th Street. By 1962, small bottling operations couldn’t compete with the likes of Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and San Diego Soda Works went out of business for good.

For us San Diego bottle collectors, the 75 years the business was in operation left us a legacy of highly desirable and sought after bottles which are a highlight of many a great collection.

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out to be a little over 5 cents a day. It’s a better deal than your trip to Starbucks. We certainly thank the club. So, as a member of the FOHBC, please consider a $20 annual donation to the Virtual Museum. We also received a $500 donation from Joel Bartsch and $100 from John Mathieu and thank them too, along with any other donors this past period who have stepped up and helped us out.

Virtual Museum Ne ws

By Richard Siri

The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been established to display, inform, educate, and enhance the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass collecting by providing an online virtual museum experience for significant historical bottles and other items related to early glass.

**************** By the time this issue of Bottles and Extras gets to you, 2020 will be history. It is unfortunately a year that will be remembered as a major disaster for a number of reasons. Thank God it will be over soon and we can all move forward.

As I write this, I’m not sure how the start of 2021 will be as far as bottle shows are concerned. I know some January shows are being canceled but thankfully, we have the Virtual Museum to visit.

Ferdinand Meyer is putting up bottles on a daily basis complete with the story behind each bottle. It’s amazing to see all the information he comes up with on the bottles displayed. Alan DeMaison has been imaging soda water bottles and has imaging trips planned for the spring. Thinking optimistically, we hope the Covid-19 vaccines are readily available by then. Safety first. Gina Pellegrini’s schooling with Alan as head imaging master is progressing at a good pace. Her work with her father’s food bottle collection is moving forward and some of the outstanding results are now in the museum, fantastic bottles they are. Miguel Ruiz keeps the web site tuned up and running smoothly.

Viewing the museum is still free with no charge to visitors as the pandemic is still with us. We’re hoping during this period that FOHBC members will promote and solicit non-member bottle collectors and others who enjoy glass and history and tell them about the museum so that they will take a look and perhaps join the FOHBC and support the cause.

We haven’t decided how to set up museum memberships yet, but at some point we will have to charge a fee as the Virtual Museum does not and has never used FOHBC monies to operate. We survive on donations and need your help.

The Northwest Bottle Collectors club located in Santa Rosa, Ca. donated $500 to the Virtual Museum that was intended to be used for a Christmas dinner that they could not have. The club members check out the museum almost on a daily basis as they know that new items are added often. With their membership numbers, the donation worked out to be about $20 a piece. A $20 donation works

**************** We have two new FOHBC board members that have also joined our Virtual Museum team. This means they get frequent reports on new bottles added to the museum and related news. They will also be assisting our effort. The first is Michael Seeliger who will be helping us develop the museum research library. His primary goal is to document the past great collectors, collections and shows. No small task. Jeff Wichmann, our second new board member, will be providing his expertise and knowledge with marketing our organization and museum. Great news for sure. **************** We’ve started populating two new galleries since our last report.

As of this writing we have five (5) exciting pieces in our Foods & Sauces Gallery including a ‘Baker & Cutting Glass & Pickle Mfrs San Francisco’ bottle (pictured below) that was the first bottle manufactured in the west. We also have six (6) soda water bottles in a new gallery. For now, we are grouping them by region and hope by the end of 2021, to populate each region, northeast, midwest, southern and western with excellent examples. **************** Miguel Ruiz, our museum technical consultant, is still working from his wife’s family home in Almaty, Kazakhstan in central Asia.

Miguel works with Ferdinand in Houston. We wish him well. He reports that he is hunkered down like most of us and we are fortunate to have the Internet which keeps him in regular contact using email and Zoom conferencing. **************** We are getting to the point where we will be leaving our Beta testing ‘construction mode’ with the museum and hope to share our project with the top glass museums and related institutions in the United States, both for promotion and for possible assistance financially. Sometime in the first quarter of 2021, we hope to have 500 pieces in the museum. That is great progress for a little over a year with all the distractions we have had.

The FOHBC Virtual Museum is the greatest thing to ever happen in bottle collecting. No other corner of the collecting world has a museum like ours that has outstanding rotating imagery that you can view or manually control to inspect every nuance of a bottle or glass piece. We have the best researchers providing support information and the story behind each piece.

This is all accompanied with the best of the best support imagery. This museum will be a resource for decades to come.

If you want to join our team please let us know. We are always looking for important examples, researchers, support images and of course, financial assistance.

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The FOHBC and the Virtual Museum team thank our many donors who have helped us raise almost $36,000 to date.

We have close to $9,400 in available funds to continue development to build our galleries, exhibition hall, research library and gift shop. Donations are tax deductible. All donors are listed on our Virtual Museum Recognition Wall.

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For gift information contact: Alan DeMaison, FOHBC Virtual Museum Treasurer, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, Ohio 44077, a.demaison@sbcglobal.net

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With one salaried web technician averaging $1,000 a month, we need help. Plus, we will be planning new trips soon where costs will be incurred. All other time is donated by the Virtual Museum team out of our love and passion for the hobby and the FOHBC. Thank you.

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SHRIVER’S BALTIMORE Ferdinand Meyer V

Oyster bars were popular establishments starting in the early to mid-1800s and could be found in eastern cities such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore that were close to the Atlantic oyster beds. The Dorlon & Shaffer oyster house at Fulton Market in New York City was famous nationally and even internationally to travelers to the big city. I wrote about that concern and their pickled oysters in the last issue of Bottles and Extras.

The Union Oyster House in Boston touts that they are the oldest continuously open restaurant in the United States as it opened in 1826. Baltimore, you see, was the epicenter of seafood at that time with its proximity to the Chesapeake Bay. James Shriver, whose name is represented on the museum’s Shriver’s Oyster Ketchup bottle, was born on November 15, 1827. He was the eldest son of William Shriver and Mary Margaret Josephine Owens of Union Mills (Myers District), Carroll Coun-ty, Maryland. Union Mills is northwest of both Baltimore and Westminster, Maryland.

The Shriver family was quite large as James had six brothers:

Photography by Gina Pellegrini

Thomas Herbert, Benjamin F., William Tell, Christopher Columbus, Mark O., and Albert K. Shriver. He also had five sisters: Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Emma, and Margarite. The eldest, Elizabeth, was married to Thomas J. Myer (Thos. J. Myer & Co.) who was one of the pioneers in the oyster and fruit packing business in Baltimore. The Shrivers and Myers were connected in many ways. You can see the museum example of the Thomas J. Myer pint jar from Baltimore, Maryland in our Jar Gallery.

On January 21, 1852, James Shriver married Elizabeth Jane Myer who was a sister of Thomas J. Myer. In the 1850 United States Federal Census, James was counted as a member of the Myer household. Two of the Shriver brothers were also partners with Thomas J. Myer, that being Mark O., and Albert K. Shriver.

James Shriver started out in the pickle and preserve business in 1856 located at 307 W. Pratt in Baltimore. In 1858, he formed a partnership with Joseph Fink, Jr. which ended with a Notice of Dissolution of Partnership on August 31st, 1860, “The firm of Shriver & Fink is this day dissolved by mutual consent. James

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OYSTER KETCHUP Every Bottle has a Story | FOHBC Virtual Museum | Food & Sauces Gallery

Color run of Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup bottles from the Lou Pellegrini collection.

The product was made of the finest and highest-flavored Baltimore Oysters, containing all of their flavor, and is pronounced the best Ketchup, or Sauce, now in use. It is intended for use on all meats, hot or cold, and is particularly good on poultry.

Shriver & Co. having purchased the entire interest of Joseph Fink, Jr. are alone authorized to use the name of the late firm in settlement.

An adjacent Notice of Co-partnership read “The undersigned have this day formed a Co-partnership under the name and style of James Shriver & Co., for the purpose of continuing the Oyster, Pickling and Preserving Business lately carried on by Shriver & Fink, 307 West Pratt Street, Baltimore.”

At this same time in 1860, Shriver’s Oyster Ketchup bottles must have been in production at Baltimore Glass Works because we start seeing advertisements nationally in 1861. One said, “The product was made of the finest and highest-flavored Baltimore Oysters, containing all of their flavor, and is pronounced the best Ketchup, or Sauce, now in use. It is intended for use on all meats, hot or cold, and is particularly good on poultry. For seasoning soups and gravies it has no equal and is a delightful addition to chicken salad, or wherever a ketchup or sauce is desirable. Originated and prepared only by Jas. Shriver & Co., Baltimore, Md.”

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Both sizes of the Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup in three slightly different shades of green glass.

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Three of the smaller size Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup bottle bottoms with distinct iron pontils.

James Shriver would remain in business for another ten years or so and he would move into the insurance business next where he was respected, well-known, and very successful. We also see that James Shriver of Baltimore was granted a patent in 1866 for a refrigerator, and assigned it to his son, Charles H. Shriver, of Dedham, Massachusetts. James Shriver would die on January 31, 1887.

Brother Benjamin Frank Shriver would start B. F. Shriver Company in 1869, the first canning plant in the Union Mills Carroll County area of Maryland. Thomas Herbert Shriver would join as a partner in 1874. The business expanded so rapidly that by 1881 the plant was moved from Union Mills to Westminster. Within the next twenty years, the B. F. Shriver Co. had plants in Littlestown, New Windsor, Sykesville, and Williamsport, in addition to the parent plant in Westminster.

Oyster Ketchup! A New Article, Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup!

Originated and prepared only by Jas. Shriver & Co., Baltimore, Md. Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, Ohio) April 8, 1861

The company was incorporated in 1905 at which time Thomas Herbert became president; Frank Shriver, vice president; and Herbert’s eldest son Joseph, second vice president; and Herbert’s youngest son William, treasurer.

There are two sizes of bottles embossed ‘SHRIVER’S OYSTER KETCHUP BALTIMORE.’ The smaller is roughly 7 ½” tall x 2” diameter while the second is 9” tall. Both are represented in our museum and are considered extremely rare. Some examples that are smooth base that were most likely blown at the end term

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Both examples of Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup in the museum. The taller example on the right with the Lea & Perrins style applied mouth.

of James Shriver & Co., though most examples are open or iron pontiled.

When looking at the bottle, you see that the embossed copy ‘SHRIVER’S’ is arched on the face on the bottle over three lines of copy, ‘OYSTER’ (2nd line), ‘KETCHUP’ (3rd line), and ‘BALTIMORE’ (4th line). The mouths are typically long or short tapered collars. The bottles exude character with crudity and whittle, bubbles drips, high kick-ups, and stretch marks in the glass. You can find them in beautiful shades of amber, green, and aqua. The reverse was probably reserved for a label that we have not seen an example.

We also have in our museum an example of the 9” tall, club-style bottle which is the taller of the two size variants of Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup. What is interesting and significant about this bottle is the Lea & Perrins style mouth that was applied to the top of the bottle. The bottle mouths are typically long or short tapered collars. This museum example has a double tapered collar with a ring on the top.

It is interesting to note that Lea & Perrins bottles of this period had a cork and glass stopper and were of British manufacture.

This club-style bottle is a distinctive shape that is closely identified with various brands of sauces that were intended for meat, poultry, and seafood. The origin of this style was most likely the bottle for Lea & Perrins company which was first used in the

1840s. Due to the success of Lea & Perrins, the sauce was copied by scores of other companies and put up in bottles of the same shape, often with the same or similar embossing pattern with different lettering for the producer.

Lea & Perrins is best known for its brand of Worcestershire sauce which was first sold in 1837 by John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, dispensing chemists from Broad Street, Worcester, England. The sauce was inspired by Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys who had served in Bengal and tasted a fish sauce there which he asked them to recreate but ended up putrid until it lay fermenting for three years. The sauce was first imported to the United States by the Duncan family of New York in 1839 which continued involvement for over a hundred years.

By the mid-1800s many sauce brands were shipped west of the Mississippi as thousands of gold seekers made their way to California and the goldfields. This popular condiment soon found a receptive market in restaurants, hotel dining rooms, and in the dining salons of passenger ships.

Now, these great bottles are represented in our museum.

This is the second in a series highlighting select specimens in the Virtual Museum. See and read the gallery version online at fohbcvirtualmuseum.org

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he Union Dairy Company was in business from 1910 to 1917 in Indianapolis, IN. Their products included milk, cream, eggs and butter. The Dairy’s leading brands were “Red Clover” cream and “Day’s Creamery Butter.” The company was founded by three businessmen from different backgrounds.

Elbert H. Day or E.H. Day owned Day’s Creamery in Carmel, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis. Elbert was the oldest son of Mahlon Day who was an early pioneer in Hamilton County, Indiana, where Carmel is located.

Dairy Company of Indianapolis, the consolidation of the Kellum and Cosand Dairy Company, dealers in buttermilk and cream from Indianapolis and Day’s Creamery, filed articles of incorporation with a capital stock of $10,000 to manufacture and deal in butter and dairy products. Principals for the corporation were Elbert H. Day, President, Jesse Kellum, Treasurer, and Leonard Cosand, Secretary. The Union Dairy was located at 710-714 East 24th Street on the northside of Indianapolis.

Leonard Cosand was a bookkeeper by trade and worked for Chandler & Taylor Company of Indianapolis where they made engines, boilers and sawmill machinery. He left his job at Chandler & Taylor in 1909 to become a partner with Jesse Kellum in the Kellum & Cosand Dairy located on the Northeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and 31st Street.

Jesse Kellum had started out with R.W. Furnas back in 1899 as a partner in the Indianapolis Street Cleaning Company.

Furnas moved from street cleaning to the ice cream business, incorporating the R.W. Furnas Ice Cream Company on September 13, 1899, with Kellum and J. Martin Antrim as partners. Kellum worked with Furnas for 14 years as the Plant Manager. Kellum left Furnas and tried his hand at Real Estate with CarterKellum Company in 1907.

On Friday, October 21, 1910, The Union

The Dairy Company trademarked their bottle embossing on March 21, 1911. Their slug plate embossing contained a four-leaf clover, and was used continuously until they closed.

On June 28, 1911, The Indianapolis Star reported that four local dairymen were convicted of violating city health ordinances by selling milk containing visible dirt and two ice cream manufacturers were found guilty of violating the pure food law. Representing Union Dairy, Jesse Kellum was fined $10 and costs. Also convicted was George Bixler of Bixler Bros Dairy, John Weber of The Weber Dairy and Harry Wischmeier of the Mary F Wischmeier Dairy, all of Indianapolis.

Amber Quart, Union Dairy, Indianapolis with embossed Clover Leaf Milk Bottle (Photo courtesy of John Parsons)

During the March 1913 Carmel, Indiana floods, boats were being rowed up and down the brick-paved streets. The dairy was one of many businesses surrounded by water. The Union Dairy was the only place trying to do business according to

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Clear Quart, E.H.Day, Carmel Indiana milk bottle (Photo courtesy of John Parsons)

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Clear Half Pint, Jessup & Antrim Indianapolis milk bottle (Photo courtesy of John Parsons)

the Indianapolis News on March 25th.

In 1914, the Union Dairy Company, who had outgrown its 24th St operation, decided to move and build a 2-story brick building at 537-541 N. East Street near Massachusetts Avenue. The new location was a modern plant with York ice and refrigeration, automatic bottle filler and capper, as well as the latest dairy machinery. Twin brothers Mathias and Simeon Watson and Abraham Charles were hired to assist with the dismantling and moving of the business to the new location. The three men were working inside the old wooden ice box removing one wall and starting on the removal of the second wall when the lid or top gave way. Reported by the Indianapolis Star on Monday, August 14th, 1914, Mathias was crushed and died at the City Hospital. Simeon was badly bruised, but was able to go home.

Abraham had fractured ribs, teeth knocked out, body crushed and was insensible at the City Hospital. Later in November 1914, there was a scare concerning the dairy cow herds that supplied milk for the Union Dairy. There was the possibility of Mouth and Hoof Disease infecting the cows. No indications were found by the inspectors in Indianapolis, Noblesville, Little Chicago or Westfield. Even with the move and the possible infected dairy herds, 1914 was a good year for the dairy who sold several thousand pounds of butter each week and thousands of gallons of milk and cream.

December 31, 1913, Indianapolis Star Newspaper advertisement, shows The Union Dairy Co. is serving three communities.

On Wednesday, January 19th, 1916, The Indianapolis News reported the Union Dairy Company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of selling adulterated milk. The milk contained visible dirt and was sold to Grocer, George Madinger. He then sold the milk to a customer, Fred Howe, who happened to be an inspector for the Indianapolis

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Union Dairy Company delivery truck circa 1917 from Indianapolis Star New Union Dairy building near East St. and Mass Ave. in 1914 courtesy of Indianapolis Star

Board of Health with a sworn affidavit. The diary was found guilty and fined $10 plus costs.

The Union Dairy Company ran an advertisement in the Indianapolis News on December 21st, 1916, offering their Davis Rotary Milk bottler/capper and Davis bottle washer for sale. On July 24th, 1917, the Dairy was put in receivership with assets of $15,000 and liabilities of $25,000. Jesse Kellum requested the suit to try to recover $700 advanced to the company. The attorney handling the receivership was J. Martin Antrim who Kellum worked with back in 1899 at the Furnas Ice Cream Company. Small world.

Partner E.H. Day continued farming in Hamilton County afterward, and was a board member of the Carmel Telephone Company. He passed on July 1st, 1937, at the age of 69 and is buried in the Carmel (Old Richlands Friends) Cemetery.

After the Union Dairy went under, Leonard Cosand was listed as an officer with the Hamilton Candy Company of Noblesville in 1924.

He passed away on June 6th, 1933, at the age of 55.

Jesse Kellum, who was a graduate of Earlham College, took up farming near Cambridge City, Indiana, and lived to be 81 years old.

Several of the aforementioned names in this article owned or operated many other dairies in the Indianapolis area.

Clear Half Pint, Union Dairy co. Indianapolis bottle (Photo Courtesy of John Parsons)

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J. D. Paige's Ale Cider and Marv Juel

By Marv Juel

This bottle started it all as it was the aqua bottle offered at the antique store

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Marv out walking his dog Minnie in the snow

bout 40 years ago it happened .... Fern and I were selling at the Plainfield Antique Mall. It had been a few months when we noticed items were missing from our booth: someone was stealing things. So we decided to move out. Shortly after we left, a fellow from Lockport came to the mall. He had some old things to sell and one of the items was an old blob top aqua bottle marked "CIDER J. D. PAIGE JOLIET. ILL." The clerk did not know bottles but knew we collected them and sent the fellow to see us. We purchased the bottle and told him if he had more

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we would purchase them, too. He lived in a very old house, The Fiddlement House, which had only two rooms suitable to use; the others were missing window glass and the floors were not safe to walk on. The fellow was separated from his wife and was living with two young children.

Fern and I were directed to the basement where we located a large barrel full of old bottles. We bought them all. Now, I realize that my nine J. D. Paige bottles are very rare. Four of them have cord strings attached to their necks. Paige was bottling ale, cider, and spruce beer starting in 1857. At that time, there was no way to stabilize the bottles' corks. The purpose of the cord string was to do just that. Soon, a wire was used to hold potato masher shaped steel that would slide in place on top of the bottles' corks.

Perhaps Paige was the only bottler to use cord string for cork stabilizing; has anyone heard of any other? The four examples in my collection are probably the only ones to survive. There are other Paige bottles but they were dug, so if they originally had cords, the cords did not survive. The house was located on the west side of State Street, the entrance to the basement was at the rear. As

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one was leaving the basement, facing west, the view included a few trees and a pile of ashes mixed with other trash--including some glass.

There was a cement mixer resting against one of the trees.

Beyond the edge of the property in a very shallow ravine, were the railroad tracks. My thoughts told me I could very well use that cement mixer; so I asked the owner if he would sell it and also asked if I could dig in the ash pile to search for bottles. He sold me the mixer and gave me permission to dig. This happened about forty years ago, but I do remember finding two cobalt blob top J. G. Bolton, Lemont, Ills sodas. some shards of various sizes and colors of Paige bottles and many milk bottles. The milk bottles are from Lockport and Joliet; most common. However, the two are very unique and exhibit unusual innovation by the designer. They are embossed: "ONE PINT" {and in a slug plate}" THE WEBER DAIRY CO. SPECIAL GERM PROOF MILK." The spacing of the words is such that the "M" in the word "GERM" and the "M" in the word "MILK" is the same--there is just one "M"! Both of these bottles have damage near the mouth.

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Weber Dairy was located in Joliet. I was able to use the cement mixer when building some porch foundations, porch steps, and a limestone sidewalk.

An article by John Whiteside on January 2, 1990, Joliet HeraldNews, is about J. D. Paige. Whiteside describes Paige as "A leader of his time." He says that J.D. began to bottle flavored water under gas pressure, which some believe was the first soda pop.

His advertisements said the flavored water "imparts health-giving qualities and a brisk refreshing taste to the beverage." J.D. sold his bottling business in 1884, but he was still a long way from retiring. Through the years he served as township school treasurer, the fire chief, police chief, county clerk, mayor, township supervisor, township assessor, and city treasurer. As mayor, he purchased the city's waterworks. J.D. was the fire chief who brought the department from a group of volunteers to paid professionals.

They bought their own fire horses, conducted drills, installed fire alarms, and won honors in the 1878 National Fireman's Tournament. His fire department was so ready that a team of horses was kept in harness at the engine house. They were ready to go within

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a ten-second notice of a fire. As police chief, J.D. bought the first patrol wagons, installed call boxes, and hired the first black police officer. But his patrol wagons weren't popular with the thugs that then lined Whiskey Row on Collins Street. J.D. still wasn't finished as a businessman.

In partnership with J. G. Elwood, a former mayor, he helped bring the first telephone service to Joliet. In all his years of public service, J.D.was a man willing to help his community with any problem. He was known as a troubleshooter for city problems. He even promoted and protected women's suffrage. On December 2.

1916, J.D. died in his home on North Eastern Avenue after suffering from pneumonia. He was 79 and buried in Oakwood Cemetery. All his pallbearers were former mayors of Joliet. Upon his death, the Evening Herald-News said, "(He) was characterized as the most energetic public man in Joliet's History. In those things requiring understanding, courage, and action, John D. Paige was the leader here of his time."

Here are 3 more of the 9 bottles found in the barrell in the basement of the Fiddlement House, what a day!

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J.D. Paige Bottler of Joliet, Illinois

By Mark C. Wiseman

Here are three samples of early J.D. Paige's bottles from the bottling house in Joliet, Illinois.

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y research on J.D.Paige evolved during my research on his brother-in-law, J.D. Vail, a Marshalltown. Iowa bottler.

These two men likely grew up together and were lifelong friends so it is hard in some respects to separate their stories.

The September 5th 1850 Census for the town of Cold Spring, Jefferson County, Wisconsin is the place to start. The Vail household lists John D. Vail’s parents and the family. His father Delos Vail,

age 33, a “Farmer,� is listed with $1,500 of personal estate, born in New York. His mother, Relief Vail, is listed as 30 years old, also born in New York. His older sister Ruth is listed as age 12, born in New York. Ruth will become an important factor in his life as we shall discover. J. D. B. Vail is listed as age 10, and born in New York. He has sisters Mary Ann age 8, Frances age 6, and Elizabeth age 4, all born in New York. The Vails' nextdoor neighbors are listed as the family of William Page age 44, a

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The Joliet True Democrat, June 11, 1859

The Joliet True Democrat, June 11, 1859

The 1878 History of Will County, Illinois, (Wm. Le Baron Jr. & Co. 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago), has the following biography of J.D. Paige:

“Farmer,” with $100 of personal estate born in New York, his wife Elects age 40 born in Connecticut, and the children are May E. age 20, Betsy age 15, John D. age 13, Lena age 10, and Leroy age 6, all born in New York.

That’s right, as children John D. Page (or Paige) and John D. Vail lived next door to each other in Wisconsin, and John D. Page would marry John D. Vail’s sister Ruth, making the two “Brotherin-Law”. I think it is safe to say these two men were as close as brothers could be during their lives, and the following historical information will testify to this.

The August 8th, 1860 Census for the Town of Cold Spring, Jefferson County, Wisconsin lists in dwelling location 1724/1538, the family of John D. Vail. His father Delos Vaile age 43, a “farmer,” with $50 in personal estate born in New York. His mother Relief Vaile age 40, born in New York, sister Ruth A.

Vaile age 20, born in New York, John D.B. Vaile age 18, born in New York, sister Mary A. Vaile age 16, born in Wisconsin, sister Frances Vaile age 14, born in Wisconsin, sister Lelian Vaile age 11, born in Wisconsin, brother Fred Vaile age 8, born in Wisconsin, sister Abby Vaile age 5 born in Wisconsin, and living in the same household a John Kassin age 22, a “laborer” born in Germany.

The “E” on the end of the name Vail makes no difference, the family in 1860 was at home, still in Cold Spring Wisconsin. I still have not figured out the “B” in John D. Vail’s name in the 1850 and 1860 Census listings. The Paige family lived nearby in dwelling 1716/1530. William Page age 55 a “farmer” with $8200 of real estate, and $275 of personal estate, born in New York. Leda Page age 49, born in Vermont, Leroy Page age 16 born in New York, Angelica Page age 9 born in Wisconsin, Kate Page age 6 born in Wisconsin.

You will note that John D. Paige is not listed in the Page family Census listing in 1860, that is because reportedly he had gone to Joliet, Illinois in 1857 to make his fortune.

The 1878 History of Will County, Illinois, (Wm. Le Baron Jr. & Co. 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago), has the following biography of J.D. Paige:

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his wife age 29, born in New York, three daughters Alvaro age 7, Alice age 5, and Jennie age 3, born in Wisconsin, and one-year old son Theodore born in Illinois.

He must have made some money because there is a marriage record dated October 15, 1861, where he married Ruth Angel Vail in Cold Springs, Wisconsin, Reverend Montague presiding.

There is a photo of them on their marriage day.

I searched the Internal Revenue Assessment Lists better known as the Civil War Tax Records. The federal government levied taxes to help pay for the Civil War by an act of Congress on July1, 1862, but were not levied until September 1, 1862. The records for Joliet, Illinois are located in the 6th District, 17th Division, and the records of these taxes that I could search were from 1864 through 1866. The way in which the taxes were levied varied from year to year, and the tax rate on soda water manufacturers in 1865 and 1866 was 6% of the gross production value. I could find no records for John D. Paige or John D. Vail in 1864, I found them both together in 1865, and John D. Paige alone in 1866. It may well be that The federal government was simply not taxing the manufacture of soda water in 1864 and before, which fits my searches on this subject in the Iowa Tax records.

Ruth Vail Paige and John D. Paige: Marriage photo

Another later source says he had gone to work immediately for John and Hiram Hickey on Merchants Row along Bluff Street, and worked there from 1857 to 1861-1862 before buying the bottling works from his employer. I have not been able to find John D. Page (or Paige) in the 1860 Census. The July 3rd 1860 Joliet, Will County, Illinois Census lists Census lists: John Hickey a 33-year-old “Soda Water Manufacturer” owning $700 of real estate, and having $1000 of personal estate, born in Canada, with

John D. Page’s bottling works continued after J.D. Vail moved to St. Louis. The June 21st , 1870 Census for the 3rd Ward of Joliet, Will County, Illinois, John D. Page and his family is listed in dwelling 44/49, with John D. Page age 33 listed as a manufacturer of soda water, owning $3700 of Real Estate, and having $4000 of personal estate, born in New York. His wife Ruth Page, (J.D. Vail’s sister) age 30 keeping house, born in New York, son Chester age 9, born in Illinois, daughters Mintie age 7, Inez age 5, and Onie age 2 all born in Illinois. Also listed in the household is Frances Vail age 22 listed as a domestic servant born in Wisconsin. Obviously Frances Vail is Ruth”s sister helping with the children and household. They likely were living in the soda water manufacturing business building because living at this same ad-

Internal Revenue Tax Records, (Civil War Taxes) Division 17 of the 6th District, State of Illinois, Recorded on Microfilm for 1862-1866.Soda Water, City of Joliet, From May 1865 through July 1866.

Date Firm May 1865 Page & Vail May 1865 Paige & Vail June 1865 Paige & Vail July 1865 Paige & Vail August 1865 Paige & Vail September 1865 Paige & Vail October 1865 Paige & Vail November 1865 Paige & Vail December 1865 (No Listing) April 1866 John D. Paige May 1866 John D. Paige

John D. Paige May 1866 John D. Paige June 1866 John D. Paige July 1866 John D. Paige

Town Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet

Description Value Mnfrs. License $10.00 Soda Water $692 Soda Water $1683 Soda Water $1400 Soda Water $1027 Soda Water $1104 SodaWater $105 Soda Water $34

Rate $10.00 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6%

Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet Joliet

Soda Water $129.00 6% Mnfrs. License $10.00 Income $261 5% Soda Water $425 6% Soda Water $1060 6% Soda Water $928 6%

Tax $41.52 $100.98 $84.00 $61.62 $66.24 $6.30 $2.04 $7.74 $10.00 $13.05 $25.50 $63.60 $55.61

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The Marshall Daily Times, November 2, 1875

dress is listed a John Grott age 22 born in Mschlenberg, Germany, and John Ranft age 26, born in Wisconsin, both listed as “Work in Soda Water factory”. Another man listed one door away at 46/51 is a William H. Smith age 26, and his wife Mary also 26, both listed as born in Wisconsin, with William listed as “Works in Soda water factory”.

Two variants of the Paige & Vail bottles, on the left “JOILET”, and “JOLIET” on the right

The Marshall Statesman, a Marshalltown newspaper, started its Volume 1. No. 1 on July 31st 1875. There are no mentions of John D. Vail in that newspaper in its early months. On August 7th 1875 The Marshall Statesman has the following article.

The Marshall Daily Times, November 2, 1875 1884 Sanborn Map of Rice’s Block at the NE Corner of 1st and Main The earliest item linking John D. Vail and Marshalltown I have found is an advertisement in the Marshall Daily Times, starting on November 1, 1875. The Marshall Daily Times is available at the Marshalltown Library, on microfilm, starting on October 30, 1875, without a J.D. Vail advertisement. The location of his business is listed as “Depot under Rice’s Block.” Rice’s Block was at the northeast corner of Main and First Streets. It appears this was John D. Vail’s first place of business listed as a “depot.” However, he was bottling “Porter’s celebrated Joliet Stock Ale” likely shipped to him with the assistance of John D. Paige. The question arises what type of bottles was he using? Digging in Marshalltown and surrounding cities including Tama and Toledo have produced quite a few seam-based blob soda bottles embossed “J. D. Paige, Joliet, Ill.” with a “TW & Co.” glass house mark on the rear. (Thomas Wightman, Pittsburg 1874-).

The Marshall Statesman, August 7, 1875

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1884 Sanborn Map of Rice’s Block at the NE Corner of 1st and Main

It appears the first bottles J.D. Vail began using in Marshalltown were J.D. Paige bottles.

The Marshall County Property records reveal that John D. Paige did indeed buy a property in Marshalltown. On December 15, 1875 the Town Lot deed records in Book 57, Page 465, record the transfer of the West one third of Lot 5 in Block Number 16 in the original Town of Marshall, Marshall County, from Thaddeus Binford and Angie Binford his wife of Marshall County, to John D. Paige of Joliet, Illinois, in consideration of the sum of $2580.60.

The deed also states: “Except and reserving the east half of the east wall of the twostory brick building now on said above described lots for the purpose of building then to and also the taxes for the year 1873 which the paid above grantee assumes and agrees to pay.” This deed was filed for record on December 20, 1875. John D. Paige obtained a mortgage on this same property from Thaddeus Binford. The Mortgage signed on December 17th, 1875 reads that John D. Paige of the city of Joliet, Illinois and Thaddeus Binford of Marshall, and the sum of $1,580.60, “and the said Paige agrees to keep all Insurance on the building on the above described property in some good responsible company in the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars for the benefit of the Grantie herin.” The mortgage required the payment of one thousand dollars on the 1st day of July in 1877, and the payment of $580.16 on the 1st day of July, 1878. The mortgage signed by John D. Vail on December 17th, 1875 states “This mortgage is given to secure Part of the Purchase money of the above described Real Estate.” So, John D. Paige had put a thousand dollars down to pay for a property for J.D. Vail’s bottling works.

Here is a seam-based blob soda bottles embossed “J. D. Paige, Joliet, Ill.” with a “TW & Co.” glass house mark on the rear. (Thomas Wightman, Pittsburg 1874-)

John D. Paige and his wife Ruth A. Paige (of Will County, Illinois), would sell the same property “The West one third (1/3) of Lot Number Five (5) in Block numbered Sixteen (16) in the original Town of Marshall, Marshall County, Iowa” to John D. Vail of Marshall for the sum of $3,000, signed on July 11th, 1877. There was a corresponding mortgage for $3,000 that John D. Vail would have to pay to John D. Paige on or before the 1st Day of October 1882, with 10% interest per annum. John D. Paige’s Mortgage to Thaddeus Binford was satisfied on July 10th, 1877, and John D. Vail’s Mortgage to John D. Paige was satisfied on January 31st, 1881.

The 1877 Joliet City Directory lists: J.D. Paige propr. Paige’s Bottling House, and manfr. Of all kinds

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1881 Joliet, Illinois City Directory

The 1877 Joliet,

of mineral waters & Co., 61 N. Bluff, res same.

This directory has a rather complimentary and effusive article on John D. Paige’s Bottling Works, that does not appear to have all the facts and dates correct. However, it is worth reviewing here because of the following statement in this biography: “Mr. Paige has established works at Grand Rapids, Braidwood, Ill. and at Marshalltown, Iowa, all of which are in a flourishing condition.”

It does appear to be true based on the information found that John D. Paige had been the monetary force enabling John D. Vail to run his bottling works in Marshalltown, now purchased from his Brother-In-Law John D. Paige.

The 1881 Joliet, Illinois City Directory lists: James D. Paige, president Telephone Exchange, proprietor Paige’s Bottling Works, rooms 2 and 3 P.O. Block Ottawa, res 61 N Bluff

Paige's bottling house, notice the wagon says A. Ranft, fine bottled drinks

John Ranf, saloon 105 Jefferson, res same Wm. E. Vail carriage painter, 32 Ottawa, res Bluff cor Main Wesley Vail, painter, bds Bluff cor Marion Fred Vail, painter, bds Bluff cor Marion John Ranf would later take over John D. Paige’s bottling works in Joliet, and Fred Vail, appears to be John D. Vail’s brother. The Business directory does not list the John D. Paige bottling works but has this listing for the Telephone Exchange: Telephone Exchange Office rooms 2 and 3 P.O. Blk. Ottawa This advertisement follows the Business Directory:

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J.D. Paige as Fire Chief of Joliet, Illinois

Chief John D. Paige is proudly pictured here with the departments trophy won in 1878 at the National Fireman's Convention

first telephones to Joliet. Although he wore many hats in Joliet, J.D. Paige is best known for being the city's first fire chief. He built the first professional fire department in the city. In 1916, Paige died at the age of 79. - Joliet Herald News (ILLINOIS),

by John Whiteside

“He was appointed Fire Marshal of Joliet in May, 1877, and has given much study and his best efforts to the Department; during his administration the Department has been changed from a voluntary to a paid organization, the Gamewell fire-alarm telegraph has been introduced, the horses are now owned by the Department, (instead of being hired wherever opportunity occurred, as was previously done), and are kept at all times in the engine-houses, with harness on, ready to be hitched up at ten seconds' notice; many other improvements have been added, and the proficiency to which the Joliet Fire Department has attained under the administration of Mr. Paige is evident from the fact that the National Firemen's Tournament in Chicago, in September, 1878, the Joliet Steamer Company No. 1 carried off first honors in extinguishing burning buildings, with a prize of $350 cash and an elegant silver set, and also took two other prizes, one of $100 and the other $75; Mr. Paige is at present Township Assessor, to which office he was elected in April, 1878”. - WILL County Illinois Biographies from History of Will Co., 1878 “Through the years, J.D. Paige also served as mayor, police chief, Township supervisor and Township assessor. One story told about him when he was police chief happened on Collins Street, which was known as Whiskey Row because of the saloons. One night while he was patrolling Whiskey Row, he ran into a gang of toughs. They disarmed him, removed his clothing and put him inside a piano, which was nailed shut. Fortunately, he was found by a couple of his officers.” “He was also involved in bringing the

Paiges Ale and Cider bottles found in the basement in attic mint condition, still having the original tie string

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“Daddy” Garner

and the Oldest Saloon in Alabama

By Jack Sullivan [Special to Bottles & Extras] Raised on a farm in nearby Georgia, Robert E. Garner found his way to Anniston, Alabama, during the latter part of the 19th Century. Known as “Daddy” there, he created a saloon he called “The Peerless” (Fig. 1) and a whiskey he named “Old Wildcat.” The whiskey disappeared with Prohibition, but the saloon has been revived by his modern counterparts and now is accounted the oldest such establishment in Alabama.

“Daddy” Garner was born in Pike County, Georgia, in 1866, the youngest son of Eliza M. and John Garner, a Civil War veteran. His education appears to have been minimal. The 1880 federal census, taken when he was 14 years old, registered him not at school but as a “farmer.” Listed with the same occupation were three older brothers, possibly the reason for his leaving Georgia. As the fourth in line, his chance of inheriting any Garner land was very dim. That same year his mother, Eliza, died and his father later married again.

Garner’s whereabouts for the next few years have gone unrecorded. In the late 1890s, he surfaced in Anniston, Alabama, on the slope of the Blue Mountain, about 112 miles from his birthplace (Fig. 2).

It was a good choice to locate. Named “The Model City” by Atlanta newspaperman Henry W. Grady because of its careful planning, Anniston was rapidly becoming the fifth largest city in Alabama.

Although the roots of the town's economy were in iron, steel and sewer pipe clay, the city fathers touted it as a health spa featuring several resort hotels easily accessed by rail. Local wealth allowed the erection of elegant public and commercial buildings, impressive churches, grand mansions and industrial facilities all set within a carefully conceived landscape.

Fig 1: The Peerless Saloon as it's known, and how the building looks today

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But even a model city requires a saloon or two and Garner provided one of the more fancy watering holes in town (Fig. 3). Built in Classic Revival Gothic style, The Peerless featured a massive mirror-backed mahogany bar (Fig 4). The bar was purchased at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and moved by Garner to Anniston and The Peerless in 1906. He also bought old church pews, had them sawed in two and fashioned customer booths from them.

A model city also needs its own elite brothel and there again Garner did not disappoint. He set aside the entire second floor of The Peerless for that purpose. There were four rooms, each with its own ornamented fireplace and a fifth bedroom in a loft accessed by a ladder. Watching over this red-light establishment was a formidable madam named Lucinda Talley who sat at the head of the stairs to screen visitors. She was known for running a strict house and carrying a gun. It is something of a mystery how Garner earned the nickname “Daddy.” No record exists of a marriage or any children. It occurs to me that the ladies upstairs might have bestowed that name on him as the boss male of The Peerless and it stuck.

Fig 4: The Peerless featured a massive mirror-backed mahogany bar

Meanwhile, Garner himself was busy building a wholesale liquor trade, supplying whiskey to other saloons and restaurants in Anniston from The Peerless and a second saloon/store he owned called the Iron City Liquor House.

Garner advertised widely in Anniston papers, emphasizing “Wines, Whiskey, and Cigars” along with “Chattanooga Beer.” (Fig. 5) Obtaining whiskey by the barrel from distilleries in Maryland, Virginia and elsewhere, he decanted it into a range of ceramic jugs for sale, all bearing his name and some with the motto, “Sells the Best.” (Figs. 6-8). One Albany slip jug, shown here in detail (Fig. 9), bore the name of the Iron City Company.

Fig 2: The Peerless Saloon as it's known, and how the building looks today

Fig 3: K.E.Garner Propr of The Peerless, Anniston Alabama

Garner also featured his own proprietary brand, “Old Wildcat,” at The Peerless bar and sold much of it in glass bottles (Fig. 10) that were made at factory 42 miles east of Anniston in Tallapoosa, Georgia, one of the few glassworks in that region of the South. While some sources claim Garner owned the company called The Piedmont Glassworks (Fig. 11), my research indicates that the saloon keeper at best could only have been a stockholder.

Initially owned by a Boston investment firm about 1891, the Tallapoosa glass factory went bankrupt within a year or so and eventually was bought by the Dixie Glass Company.

Garner’s drinking establishments were among the most popular of the dozen saloons that graced Anniston. “Daddy” was a genial host

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Fig 5: Garner advertised widely in Anniston papers, emphasizing “Wines, Whiskey, and Cigars” along with “Chattanooga Beer.”

Fig. 9: One Albany slip jug, shown here in detail, bore the name of the Iron City Company.

Fig 10: Garner also featured his own proprietary brand, “Old Wildcat,” at The Peerless bar and sold much of it in glass bottles

Fig 6-8: Garner also decanted the whiskey into a range of ceramic jugs for sale, all bearing his name and some with the motto, “Sells the Best.”

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Fig 11: While some sources claim Garner owned the company called The Piedmont Glassworks, my research indicates that the saloon keeper at best could only have been a stockholder.

Fig. 13: Giveaways to regular customers also a aluminum token, bearing his signature slogan: “E.A. Garner Sells the Best.”

known for his generosity at the bar. Like other liquor dealers, he featured a number of giveaways to regular customers. Those included a mini-jug containing a swallow or of two of whiskey (Fig. 12) and an aluminum shot glass, bearing his signature slogan: “E.A. Garner Sells the Best.”

(Fig 13).

Fig. 12: Several giveaways included a mini-jug containing a swallow or of two of whiskey

Although Anniston had flirted from time to time with banning alcohol through “local option” laws, for most of Garner’s first fifteen years in business he faced no restrictions on liquor sales. In 1915, however, Ala-

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Fig. 15: Using his money, the city fathers built a new municipal medical center and named it Garner Hospital

Fig. 14: His unusual gravestone is in the shape of a couch and the inscription mentions him only as a son

bama voted for a complete ban on alcohol. Enforcement was spotty in Anniston and it was whispered in town that “Daddy” continued to bootleg liquor through his now-shut saloon. The activities upstairs apparently continued unabated despite the liquor ban.

The brothel closed in 1919 following the death of Lucinda Talley, shot by mistake by a policeman. The cop was chasing a suspect attempting to take refuge on the second floor among the ladies. Lucinda’s ghost is believed to haunt The Peerless; staff members have claimed to see her at her post at the top of the stairs. The ghost also is blamed when glasses are broken behind the bar. A group of paranormal investigators visited the saloon some years ago and are said to have captured “several visual anomalies” on video.

The same year as Lucinda’s killing, “Daddy” Garner died of natural causes at the age of 63 and was buried in the Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Pike County. His unusual gravestone is in the shape of a couch and the inscription mentions him only as a son (Fig. 14). While some in Anniston might have seen him as the epitome of perdition, nothing in his surroundings would indicate “Daddy” lived anything other than an exemplary Baptist life.

Garner also left behind a reputation as a philanthropist in Anniston. Never having married and with no children as heirs, he left his considerable fortune, made from selling liquor, for the creation of a new hospital to replace a crumbling one. Using his money, the city fathers built a new municipal medical center and named it Garner Hospital (Fig. 15). Although the building now serves as a nursing home, the saloon keeper's generosity is credited even today as providing the basis for improved health care in Anniston.

During National Prohibition, the Peerless Saloon for a time became a jewelry store, sat empty for years and at one point faced demolition until 1985 when it was placed on the Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. The building

Fig. 16: The building subsequently was restored to its original luster by new owners and is honored as the oldest saloon in Alabama

subsequently was restored to its original luster by new owners and is honored as the oldest saloon in Alabama (Fig. 16). The upstairs has been renovated into one large room that features a 1890s decor and a pool table. The renovated bordello now can be rented for special events. The current owners have preserved the period look throughout the historic building. “Daddy” Garner, if he walked in The Peerless today, likely would feel comfortable taking his accustomed place behind the mahogany bar.

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The Curious Career of T.W. Dyott, M.D.

by Q. David Bowers

Demijohns A constant supply of superior quality of demijohns of all sizes, from one quart to five gallons, manufactured at the Philadelphia and Kensington Glass Factories, and in point of strength, neatness of workmanship, and regularity of size and superior to foreign manufacture, for sale in any quantity.

Harrison & Sterrett It is not known when the trusteeship of 17 men formed in 1822 ended, but in the late 1820s two of Dyott’s important sources for finance were Philadelphia merchants Jacob Ridgway and Captain Daniel Man, both of whom were prominent in the local social scene. Ridgway, who made his fortune in shipping, also founded the town of Ridgway in western Pennsylvania, which became regionally important in lumbering. Dyott complained of the high interest they charged; in the past 12% to 18% per year

by Ridgway and 12% to an incredible 36% per year by Man. His indebtedness to Ridgway started circa 1819 and extended without interruption to 1838. Dyott had no financial choice but to continue the relationships. Other funds were obtained in later years by discounting notes to exchange brokers and borrowing from other people. Relatively few financial records were kept, and thus many details are not known today.

In 1831 Picture of Philadelphia, by James Mease, M.D., 1811, later continued by Thomas Porter was published. Mease was perhaps the leading numismatist of his day in terms of research and writing, and his name echoes today in the halls of that hobby.

The text included this:

Philadelphia and Kensington Glass Factories This establishment is the most extensive of the kind in the United States, employing upwards of two hundred men and boys in the difficult branches and occupations which are necessarily conducted with it. It is situation on the River Delaware about one mile above Philadelphia, at the farther end of Kensington from which two places it takes its name.

Within the enclosure it has every appearance of a regular manufacturing town, from the various mechanical pursuits and different employments that are in operation. Every description of apothecaries’ vials, bottles, glass furniture, wine and cordial bottles; fruiterers and confectioners glass war; jars and bottles of every shape and demijohns of all sizes are constantly being manufactured.

There are four glass factories on the premises in which there

are upwards of seventy blowers at work, two smitherys in which the blowing pipes are forged, two mill houses used for grinding clay and potashes, a carpenters word shop, two packing houses, a lime house, sand house, clay house, mold house, tool shop, a large oven house used for burning clay, pounding house, a batch house for preparing and mixing the materials of which the glass is formed, a pot house in which the clay is prepared and formed into pots, an extensive shop in which the wicker-work of demijohns and the manufacture of baskets is performed, a large mill and workshop for making glass paper, two counting houses, a store, a range of stablery and out houses, an engine house with apparatus, &c. Also a dwelling house occupied by the superintendent of the establishment.

Porter in his update to Mease’s 1811 seminal work also reported that at the glass works a dock extending 125 feet into the Delaware River was under construction.

Dyottville The output of the glass factories was expanding by leaps and bounds. In the New York Commercial Advertiser, December 31, 1831, Dr. Dyott that production of a specialty, new white flint glass, was being superintended by his brother, Michael B. Dyott, “lately from England, who has had considerable experience in the business.” Michael became increasingly important at the glass works, in 1837 taking over as superintendent of all operations.

To add to the work force at Dyottville, advertisements were placed, such as this in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1832: Apprentices Wanted A number of boys of industrious habits from the ages of ten to fifteen are wanted as apprentices to the art and science of glass blowing; in connection with which they will also be taught an additional and distinct trade, leaving them a choice of following either occupation when they become of age.

The terms on which they will be taken will insure them good boarding, clothing, washing, and lodging, with a privilege of doing overwork, for which they will be payed journeymen’s wages.

In the arrangement and formation of his establishment the proprietor has spared no expense in making it an advantageous situation for the boys and meriting the approbation of their parents and friends. Strict attention will be given to their morals and education, a qualified school-master having been engaged for their sold instruction.

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Dyott’s glass factories in Dyottville on the bank of the Delaware River in the 1830s. (Library Company of Philadelphia)

The school house, house of public worship, and dwelling house are all erected on the premises at the factories, which are situation on one of the most pleasant and healthy locations on the banks of the Delaware near Philadelphia.

The school is open every evening in the week and before and after the hours of worship on Sundays. A regular course of instruction will thus be maintained during their whole apprenticeship, and those who are anxious to acquire improvement will meet with every facility.

Apply to T.W. Dyott, corner of Second and Race Streets, or to M. Dyott at the factories in Kensington.

This was widely viewed as a wonderful, charitable system. As Dyott was in deep debt to Daniel Man and Jacob Ridgway, who were controlling matters, it could have been that the employment of many youngsters, including their room and board, would represent a cost savings. Dyott reported that among the younger set, after training, some would earn a journeymen’s wage of $1 to $1.50 per day. At the time the typical 10- to 12-hour day for a child laborer in Philadelphia paid 25 cents. No record has been found as to how this was implemented for various positions, or if deductions were made.

Dyott issued this to the staff: Temperance and Decorum 1. No swearing, improper or abusive language.

2. $5 fine or, optional with the proprietor, dismissal for breaking the rule prohibiting liquor on the premises.

3. $5 fine for striking or mistreating an apprentice—a far from

uncommon occurrence.

4. $5 fine for disobeying the orders of a superior.

5. Use of all fines to purchase books for the Dyottville Apprentices’ Library.

6. Immediate notification of the superintendent in case of a journeyman’s illness, so another could take his station in the factory, and in case of an apprentice, report to the principal teacher.

7. Personal cleanliness and “necessary ablution” before meals, school, and church.

8. Strict prohibition of every species of gambling.

9. Leaves of absence given to apprentices, from which they have to return before sundown, unless permission included an extension of time.

In March 1833 it was announced that the four factories would henceforth be known as the Dyottville Glass Factories. While Dyottville was not a name recognized by the state, the designation was widely known regionally. The growth of the enterprise had many detractors, including in particular Jeremiah Kooch, publisher of Kooch’s Blue Book for the County of Philadelphia, who claimed that much public money was spent in improving the area, including for a bridge, walls, and fences, and that the county commissioners were frequent guests of the Dyott family and were treated like royalty. T.W. Dyott, M.D., was a fraud, an impostor, he alleged. Kooch complained about many other people and events in the Philadelphia area. It seems that his writing was either ignored or dismissed as heresy. Per contra, many articles in the popular press praised Dyottville and its proprietor. He was widely viewed as a leading citizen with unusual care and benefits for his employees.

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thirty persons, we were struck with the cheerfulness with which all performed the offices assigned to them. On the side of the furnace opposite to that, on which we and other visitors stood, some one of the workmen commenced singing. He had scarcely proceeded a note before the whole band of youth and children joined in perfect harmony and time, and carried through in the most admirable style we have ever heard. It was one of the richest extemporaneous musical treats we have ever enjoyed. It was carried on without a relaxation of labor on the part of a single individual. The vaulted roof was favorable to the prolongation of the sound.…

This was no trial “got up” to please the company. Twenty times and perhaps fifty times a day, labor is lightened by the accompaniment of music in all the factories.

Dyottville was for a long time exclusively conducted by Dr. T.W. Dyott of this city. He has recently associated with his brother, who with his family occupy the central building of this little ton—where, we are bound to day, true hospitality, its comforts and graces are fully exercised.…

The Daily Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, September 9, 1834, included this advertisement:

T.W. Dyott’s store as advertised in 1833 in DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide.

acres on which vegetables, poultry, and 48 cows (per a May 1833 account) were situated. Dyottville itself included housing for all of the workers plus about 40 brick houses arranged in a row, for the accommodation of married persons and their families. The boys were accommodated in rooms for six to eight, with partitions, deep shelves for storing clothing and personal effects and other amenities. There were facilities for washing three times a day, before each meal.

In a separate building the boys had their own dining hall, with fine provisions. On Christmas, turkeys and plum pudding were the usual fare. Snacks of crackers were furnished before and after the noon meal. The adults had their own dining hall.

As lord of the Dyottville manor, Dr. Dyott rode around Kensington in grand style with a four-horse carriage accompanied by outriders—high society exemplified. In his home his staff served elegant meals with fine wines to important guests.

In May 1833 a reporter from the United States Gazette visited Dyottville and turned in lengthy glowing report describing cheerfulness and harmony. Selected excerpts: …The general government of the place is in persuasion, not coaxing, persuasion that cheerful obedience to reasonable rules is the best policy.…

On entering one factory, in the center of which was a furnace, having in it ten or twelve melting pots, and employed about

A Teacher Wanted, In an extensive establishment, wherein a School System of Moral and Mental Labor is adopted, for the instruction of a large number of boys. A person from one of the Eastern states would be preferred He must be a single man, of pleasing address, industrious habits, and strictly moral character; one who will feel it incumbent on him to impart to the working boy an elevation of character; and a sentiment of self-dignity that will tend to equalize him with all men, and that will tach him to brook no distinction of superiority, excepting such as is conferred by virtuous principles.

His entire time will have to be devoted to the interests of his pupils among whom he must associate during their hours of labor, of study, and of amusement.

To a person thus qualified, a liberal salary will be given. Satisfactory references as to character and capacity will be required.

Apply to: T.W. Dyott Philadelphia In 1834 The Mechanic’s Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences published this: Glass Works Just above Kensington, near Philadelphia, are the Dyottville Glass Works—one of the greatest curiosities of this country.

There are four large factories or furnaces each having ten melting pots and constantly employing more than 300 men and boys.

They make 10,000 pounds of glass a day. If they work 310 days in a year they must make 31,000,000 pounds of glass in a whole year. How many half-pint tumblers would all this glass make, each weighing four ounces.

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In making this glass they consume in a year 240,000 lbs. of red lead, 370,000 lbs. pot and pearl ashes, 1,360,000 lbs. of sand, 2,300 bushels of lime, and 1,550 of salt. (What then is glass made of?)

Part of the fuel which they burn is rosin—at the rate of 50 barrels a day, or more than 15,000 a year. Besides this, they burn 1,800 cords of pine and oak wood and 1,200 bushels of Virginia coal. Surely this is a most splendid establishment.

Of the 300 laborers, 225 are boys, some of whom are not more than eight years of age. They are taught each evening the branches of a plain, practical education. They have also a library.

Almost all learn to sing, and you may hear the various companies of laborers singing most delightfully, while busy at their work, sometimes twenty or thirty times a day.

Not a drop of spirit or any other intoxicating liquor is allowed in the whole establishment.

Most adult workers lived near the factory, which was connected to about 400 acres of land along the river. The earlier-mentioned farm produced dairy products and vegetables. Dr. Dyott published a brochure, An Exposition of the System of Moral and Mental Labor Established at the Glass Factory of Dyottville, in the County of Philadelphia, mainly to back his unsuccessful petition to obtain a state charter for a proposed bank. The author was his talented acquaintance, Stephen Simpson may have been involved. Simpson had been a bank clerk earlier and in 1830s had become a candidate for Congress on the Workingmen’s Party ticket. In 1831 his treatise, Working Man’s Manual: A New Theory of Political Economy on the Principle of Production the Source of Wealth, was published in Philadelphia. In the next year his tell-all Biography of Stephen Girard was published.

Details of Dyott’s Philosophy The presentation of Dr. Dyott’s philosophy included this (excerpts): It is too much the propensity of our nature, to run after fortune with intoxicating ardour, without considering how many human hearts we may crush in the heat of the pursuit; or without paying very punctilious regard to the means by which we accomplish profit. The passion for gain is often too powerful to be modulated

by Reason, arrested by judgment, or qualified by justice. It is perhaps to this point that we are to refer the hitherto neglected point of combining mental and moral with manual labor.…

I projected the plan of instructing boys in the art of glass blowing, taking them at so tender an age that their pliant natures could be molded into habits of temperance, industry, docility, piety, and perfect moral decorum, under a system of instruction within the walls of the Factory, fully adequate to develop all these moral and intellectual faculties, which make the happy man, the good citizen, and the valuable operative.…

The mere act of blowing does not cause an exertion of the lungs and habit soon renders the heat imperceptible.… The exertion of blowing glass, by giving a slight and healthy expansion to the chest and lungs, adds vigor and energy to the whole frame.…

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Dyott presented himself as a remarkably beneficent employer and wanted his workmen and apprentices to enjoy their life experience, highly unusual for the era. He built a chapel and hired a clergyman to give sermons three times on Sunday. He held prayer meetings and educational lectures. Singing lessons were given. A well-stocked library contained classical volumes. All of this created wide admiration in the popular press.

In 1835 Dyott partnered with Stephen Simpson to launch on January 4, The Democratic Herald and Champion of the People.

In a discussion, Simpson had asked Dyott if he was a Whig or if he was a Democrat. He replied that he had no particular persuasion, but voted for the candidate, not the party. Simpson made the decision, based on the current strength of the Democratic Party under President Andrew Jackson and his perception that there were more Democrats than Whigs among potential readers.

Curiously, the name on the masthead was John B. Dyott, his son who would not be 21 years of age until the next October.

In practice, the newspaper was light on political news but mainly consisted of promotional material for Dyottville and its various glass products. Another sheet, the General Advertiser and Manual Labor Expositor, seems to have had a local or regional distribution and was short-lived. The Democratic Herald lasted for nearly three years.

Starting in 1836, this advertisement was run in regional papers, as here from the June 4, 1836 issue of the Public Ledger, Philadelphia.

Apprentices A few more boys of health, industrious habits from the age of ten to fourteen years will be taken in as apprentices to the glass blowing and wicker working in the Dyottville factory system as set forth by the proprietor of that establishment in his Exposition of Moral and Mental Labor, copies of which are published in pamphlet form and will be presented to those who feel interested, but applying at the N.E. corner of Second and Race streets.

T.W. Dyott In this year he discontinued distribution of his products by agents and advertised a network of wholesale druggists who carried his products. These included 24 in New York City, 12 in Philadelphia, and lesser numbers in other locations, down to one each in Troy, New York; Savannah, Georgia; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Huntsville, Alabama; and Nashville, Tennessee. The author has located no information from this year concerning the youthful employees of the glass works.

The Manual Labor Bank In early 1836 while ostensibly living in grand style, T.W. Dyott continued to owe large sums of money to his two main creditors, Jacob Ridgway and Captain Daniel Man. The amount is not known today, as Dyott kept no records. Later, he guessed it might have been $50,000 to $100,000—equal to well over $10 million in terms of 21st century money. It seems that whatever profits the glass business was earning was absorbed. By the high interest rates Dyott continued to pay on debts stretching back

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many years. Ridgway and Dyott, probably with the involvement of Man, devised a plan: to form a bank to attract deposits from the general public by paying 6% annual interest—a return not easily available elsewhere. The funds would then be used to pay down Dyott’s debts and return Dyottville to prosperity. Dyott stated that if he could issue $500,000 in bills and keep them out without redeeming them, he would do well and be back in a liquid position. Stephen Simpson was signed as cashier of the new institution named the Manual Labor Bank. The bank office was at the corner of Second and Race streets, but its operations were conducted two doors away at the counting house of J.B. and C.W. Dyott. On March 26, 1836, this was published, dated February 1: Six Percent Savings at the Manual Labor Bank, N.E. corner of Second and Race streets—Capital $500,000; secured in trust on real estate and publicly recorded.

Deposits for four months, not less than ten dollars, will be received every day on which six per cent per annum will be allowed, free of all charges of commission. Ten days’ notice will be required of intention to withdraw the deposit at the end of that period. If no notice to withdraw has been given, the deposit will be held, and the interest for that period carried to the credit of the depositor, when interest will be allowed on the whole sum to his credit; and the same will be done at the expiration of every four months, until the notice be given to withdraw the deposit.

T.W. Dyott, President Stephen Simpson, Cashier Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1836 N.B. Savings and deposits will be received after the usual banking hours, until nine o’clock P.M. at the counting house and deposit office, No. 141 North Second St. two doors above the banking house.

Permanent deposits for one year will be received and the interest paid quarterly at six percent subject to the usual notice of withdrawal.

Wyatt endeavored to obtain a charter from the State of Pennsylvania. Stephen Simpson, who had many political connections, helped. However, the effort was not successful. Despite the fine reputation of Dyott as a benefactor to children and other workers, he was very controversial in the view of many citizens of the Kensington district of Philadelphia and the adjacent Northern Liberties district. His proposal to officially designate part of Kensington as Dyottville was particularly troublesome, and some citizens objected to Kensington paying for road improvements, fencing, and a bridge near Dyottville. As a result, Dyottville was never recognized as a separate entity, such as by having its own federal post office.

The lack of a state charter for the Manual Labor Bank did not seem to bother the authorities, as Dr. Dyott and his Dyottville had a sterling reputation as viewed by most of the public.

The engraving firm of Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty was given the contract to print bank notes of several different denominations, most of them illustrated with a scene of the interior of a

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glass factory with workers engaged in bottle making. The portrait of Franklin was on one side of each bill and that of Dr. Dyott on the other, perhaps representing Dyott’s opinion of Philadelphia’s most prominent citizens past and present.

This vignette illustrating workers making glass at Dyottville was used on most Bank of Manual Labor bills.

This bank-note partnership was new on the Philadelphia scene and had just recently opened its doors in the Exchange Building.

As the successor to Underwood, Bald & Spencer and the earlier Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., the principals were already wellknown. They included Thomas Underwood, Robert Bald, Asa Spencer, Samuel Hufty, and Samuel Stiles. In New York City the firm maintained an office at 14 Wall Street under the directorship of Nathaniel and S.S. Jocelyn, well-known engravers who hailed from Connecticut. The arrangement lasted until 1843 when it was succeeded by the related partnerships of Bald, Spencer, Hufty & Danforth, Philadelphia, and Danforth, Bald, Spencer & Hufty, New York City. From 1836 onward, the engravings and plates for bank notes cost Dyott $9,400.

On the morning that the bank opened, Dr. Dyott brought in $150 in specie and about $50 to $100 in bills of various banks, this as the bank’s assets against $5,000 in paper money that Dyott had privately issued a short time before.

On its currency the bank stated that it had $500,000 in capital “secured in trust on real estate and publicly recorded,” a phrase continued to be used in advertising. Cashier Stephen Simpson signed his name in full on most 1836 notes, but there are exceptions with S. Simpson (as used on notes of later issues). Most bills of various series that survive today are from large quantities paid to Jacob Ridgway and, to a lesser extent, Captain Daniel Man, and never passed into circulation. Others have Peter Y. Calder, the bank teller, as payee and were not distributed. These later came on the numismatic market. Many other notes were payable to W. Wells, for William Wells, a close associate to Dr. Dyott, a clerk who lived with his brother Michael in Dyottville.

Manual Labor Bank $5 note, August 2, 1836. The bank promised to pay five dollars on demand. This would have been in specie (gold and silver coins) if requested. Cashier Simpson’s name was signed in full on this and most other 1836 bills. The payee is Tannahill & Lavender, the name seen on scattered motes with serials 2915 to 3984, plates B and C. If only two plates were used this would indicate that the firm received more than 2,000 bills.

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Manual Labor Bank $10 note, August 2, 1836. Payable in coins on demand, if requested, as were other 1836 notes. Payable to J. Ridgway.

Others have Danl. Man inked as payee. Notes with this date are scarce.

Manual Labor Bank $100 note, February 2, 1836. Payable to D. Man.

Dozens of these notes, if not more, were signed, dated February 2, 1836, numbered, but not distributed—and came on the market in later years.

Money rolled in from depositors, and the funds found ready use in financing Dyott’s other enterprises. Even President Andrew Jackson seems to have endorsed the bank, per this comment in an advertisement in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, January 1, 1837: General Jackson says he can see no objection to your plan of business, with reference to your banking, as it is founded on a real security and must depend upon commercial credit for circulation which is all fair; but he is decidedly opposed to chartered monopolies, which sanction a paper credit, without a proper metallic basis.

The Jackson comment was obtained by Stephen Simpson, who had prominent connections within the Democratic Party.

The next of notes was in early 1837. Details of the denominations are not known today.

Dyott and Simpson spent a lot of time hand-signing as president and cashier the bank’s bills, probably many thousands of sheets of them. At the time they were the currency of choice in Dyottville and were readily accepted at par elsewhere in the Philadelphia district. The larger denomination $50 and $100 notes seen today have been payable to either Daniel Man or Jacob Ridgway (D. Man and J. Ridgway inked), both of whom received large quantities toward payment of loans made to Dyott. As evidenced by known examples showing wear, these were effectively circulated.

This was a win-win situation. Very few depositors requested their money back, as 6% interest remained attractive. This interest was rolled over into an increasing balance in an account.

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Bottles and Extras The 16th-century gold bishop's ring Also in August, hobbyist treasure hunter Ashley Solly found a solid gold bishop's ring depicting the Madonna and Child while taking part in a metal detecting rally on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England.

The rally was an annual event organised by Medway History Finders and saw more than 70 metal detectorists take to the site.

Couple Finds More Than 66 Bottles of Prohibition-Era Whiskey in New York House A New York couple didn't believe that their century-old home was built by a legendary bootlegger until they decided to undergo renovations last month.

Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker were shocked to discover that hiding in the walls and floorboards of their house in the village of Ames, about three hours away from New York City, was more than 66 bottles of smuggled Prohibition-era whiskey, according to CNN. Two months ago, the couple decided to begin major renovations on their home,

which was built in 1915 by a German man known as Count Adolph Humpfner.

Drummond told CNN he was removing outside skirting along the bottom of the mudroom when a package fell out.

After finding the first package of whiskey, he went on to discover several other smuggled packages under a hatch inside the floor. Drummond said that each bottle was wrapped in tissue paper and straw and came in packages of six.

"Initially we found seven bundles of six in the wall and then at that point we found four more bundles and actually funny enough as of less than a week ago we just found more," added Drummond, a designer and historic preservationist.

The Barbarian treasures found under a pile of leaves Earlier this year, a man walking in the woods near the village of GrzmiÄ…ca in Poland came across three gorgeous silver and gold clasps hidden under a pile of leaves, the sort of find we'd all dream of discovering out on a hike.

Experts at the Muzeum Okręgowe Koszalin believe the highly decorative clasps were made in the fifth century, by a craftsman from one of the Barbarian tribes that were prominent in the area at the time.

They reckon that the artefacts may have been left by a sort of travelling salesperson who was touring the region.

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The sunken temples and treasure-laden ships of Heracleion In Israel, a group of four high school students who were hiking along Galilee's Zippori stream in February chanced upon an ornate gold coin dating from the fifth century. Experts at the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed that the coin was minted in Constantinople (now Istanbul) between 420 AD and 423 AD. The first of its kind to have been discovered in Israel, the ultra-rare coin depicts Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II. Ironically, it was found on a trail dedicated to the Sanhedrin, the ancient Jewish councils that were outlawed by the foreign emperor in 425 AD.

During the past few months, archaeologists have uncovered several ships laden with treasure including a wealth of gold and bronze coins, exquisite jewellery and fine pottery, as well as the ruins of a small Greek temple and remnants of a larger temple. They are thought to be linked to legendary lovers Helen of Troy and Paris.

The 10-foot statue of Emperor Trajan - Image below A team of nimble-fingered archaeologists working on the site of the ancient city of Laodicea in modern-day Turkey recently discovered a towering 10-foot statue of the Roman Emperor Trajan, who was at the helm of the vast empire from 98 AD to 117 AD. Unearthed under an age-old water fountain, the statue was found broken up in 356 pieces, which the expert team painstakingly reassembled, finishing the job in April. It is likely to have been toppled and smashed into smithereens during one of the many earthquakes that have plagued the region over the centuries.

The second-largest diamond ever mined In April, a monster diamond the size of a tennis ball was unearthed by the Canadian company Lucara Diamond Corp., at the company's Karowe Mine in Botswana. Weighing in at an incredible 1,758 carats, the gemstone is the second-largest diamond ever mined. The biggest of all time is the famed 3,106.75-carat Cullinan, which was cut into nine diamonds for the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.

The black-grey diamond has been named SewelĂ´, which means 'rare find' in the local Setswana language. Despite its rarity and immense size, the gemstone won't be breaking any records as far as price is concerned, due to its variable quality and relatively poor clarity.

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SHO-BIZ Related Events Bottle Tree Antiques, 1962&Mt Lebanon Bill Taylor - Phone: (503) 857-0292 or Road, Donalds, SC 29638 or visit our website at: bottletreeantiques.com

FOR SALE: New Mexico Hutchinson, Jugs and Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Edition, 130 pages. Pictures not drawings, much new information on bottles, much history. Signed by authors. $30 includes mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang & Wood, 1612 Camino Individual Affiliated Rio, Farmington, NM 87401

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FOR SALE: Crown Top Sodas, Pottery, Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. Contact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques Farm; Individual & Affiliated (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeantiques.com

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FOR SALE: 80 Figural Items. Glass Candy Containers. All very good condition.

Contact: Margaret Elmer (215) 692-4781 Evenings 7PM

FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact Joan for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline.com. Phone: (540) 297-4498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104

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FOR SALE: Nevada Bottles: Many drugstores from Virginia City, Carson City and Reno. Some crown top sodas. Contact: James Campiglia, Phone: (805) 689-0125, Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net

Wanted Wanted: Ornate jumbo – large, no damage art deco soda pop bottles for my personal collection. Contact/Text: Elizabeth Meyer Phone: (713) 504-0628 or Email: ejmeyer2131@gmail.com

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FOR SALE: Apothecary Cabinet “Replica” Full page ad in December 2015 Bottles and Extras, also displayed at the 2016 National Show in Sacramento. $2,500 Bargin Basement Price. 8’Long, 2’Deep and 57” Tall.

Delivery possible for extra fee. Contact: Bob Hirsch, Phone: (562) 941-6979, Email: Bob.Hirsch@verizon.net

WANTED: American ACL, painted sodas.

Hard to find with pictures and multi colors from small town bottlers. Collections are of interest as well. Will travel to deal.

Contact by Text or Messenger: James Campiglia (805) 689-0125 or Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net

Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information FOR SALE: Several hundred bottles in mint condition, most with labels and contents, circa 1910 plus advertising and pharmacy equipment from that era.

Contact: Neil Sandow at Telephone: (707) 373-8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com

WANTED: H. & J. F. Meyer / Belfast Ginger Ale / 139 S. 5th Ave. / NY. Contact: David Rakes Call/Text: (352) 817-5136 or Email: Barakes123@gmail.com

Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom WANTED: INSULATORS. Long time collecClub Information tor. Interested in mixed color. If you have any

FOR SALE: Books “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Palmyra, Iowa. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Priority add $6.00.

Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310 or call (515) 344-8333

insulators that have been dug, please give me a call. Contact: James E. Meyer (386) 679-6439 or Email: jemmy194268@gmail.com WANTED: Bottles or any items from E. Milde Bottling Works, Milde’s Soda, Milde’s Cola. Also, any bottles from Jackson, Missouri. Contact Steve Ford by text at (615) 714-6254 or e-mail at sford@garney.com WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. Contact:

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FOR SALE: Labelled Bitters Bottles, South Carolina Dispensary Bottles, Advertising Signs and Paper. Contact: John Bray at

WANTED: New Bottles Monthly. Contact: Carlasboy on Ebay WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, SouthAfrica, Ginger Beer Browing & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox (530)295-0124, Email: mummysisters@aol.com

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Email: wtaylor178@aol.com

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

WANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, Earthenware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera for game.

Contact Henry Hecker, Email: Phantomhah@gmail.com, Telephone: (262)-844-5751 WANTED: New members to join the St Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association.

For Sale We meet every 1st Tuesday at 7pm (except July), First Baptist Church of Arnold, MO Family Life Center. Basement Rm 2.

Always a lively discussion. Patsy Jett Show Chair (314) 570-6917 WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven (609) 390-1898. 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 WANTED: THEO.BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE/&/LIQUOR DEALERS/SACRAMENTO CAL. (whiskey fifth Barnett 55); C&K/WHISKEY/Casey & Kavanaugh/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass); SHADOW BROOK (block letters on slant on side, label under glass on bottom) CALIFORNIA WINERY/monogram/TRADEMARK/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass). Contact: STEVE ABBOTT (916) 631-8019 or Email: foabbott@comcast.net WANTED: Paducah Kentucky items especially Pre-pro Paper Label Whiskey and Medicine Bottles, Crocks, paper goods. Contact: BJ SIMMONS (270) 994-7762 or Email: bjsummers65@gmail.com or by mail at: 233 Darnell Road, Benton, KY 42025 WANTED: NC and GA advertising jugs

Bottles and Extras (any size & condition) and flasks – also want anything Saloon marked and error fruit jars and old 78 records (blues & country). Contact Bill Wrenn at ncjugs@gmail.com (706) 372-3793. Facebook group: Advertising Jugs & Pre-Pro collectibles + group: Saloon Jugs & Flasks + group: NC Jugs & Flask WANTED: Pint Clear Phoenix Pumpkinseed Flask. Also, any coffin or pumpkinseed flasks from Los Angeles. Contact: Brian (805) 4487516 or Email: taps60@cox.net WANTED: Whiskey and Saloon related glass paperweights. Contact: Jack Sullivan (703-3703039) or Email: jack.sullivan9@verizon.net WANTED: ARKANSAS BOTTLES: Sodas, Hutches, Mineral Waters, Whiskey Flasks, Drug Stores, Patent Medicines.

ARKANSAS WHISKEY JUGS: Marked Stoneware, Shot Glasses, Cork Pulls and any Arkansas Advertising. Contact: James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. (479) 264-4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@yahoo.com WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass & Rockland, ME., All bottle sizes & variants. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781)248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: TEA KETTLE OLD BOURBON SAN FRANCISCO, Contact: Russell Dean, 228 Labelle Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA Phone: (540) 255-3143; Email: 4649dean@comcast.net WANTED: Always looking for rare and unique Applied Color Label Soda bottles, Chero colas, Straight-sided Cokes and Pepsi,

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January - February 2021 Royal Palm, Florida soda bottles, Tampa bottles, Buying collections, Vintage soda artifacts. Contact: Tom Pettit, Email: VintageSodaCollector@yahoo.com, Website: http:// www.vintagesodacollector.com WANTED: Bottle Tree Antiques, Donalds, South Carolina. Bitters, SC Dispensaries, CrownTop Soda, Folk Pottery, Primitives.

Website: bottletreeantiques.com or Contact: John Bray at (864) 379-3479 WANTED: Lacour's Sarsapariphere Bitters bottles in colors. All conditions considered. Contact: 530-265-5204 or Email: warrenls6@sbcglobal.net WANTED: Rare Dr. Kilmer examples (such as sample bottles of Cough Cure or Female Remedy) or any examples w/ contents/boxes/ circulars. Also, rare cobalt "Extract of Witch Hazel, 8" (see Adams' "Bottle Collecting in New England", page 30). Contact: MIKE, maleect@ aol.com (preferred) or (623) 825-2791 WANTED: Old OWL DRUG Co. bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything/everything from the Owl Drug Company. Paying TOP DOLLAR. Contact: MARC LUTSKO, PO BOX 97, LIBBY, MT 59923 – Email: letsgo@montanasky.net WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: Morton. Contact: Darlene Furda 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 or Call: (818) 889-5451 WANTED: Cabin Bottles, E.G. Booz Bottles. GU11-4, All Colors, with Diagonal Base Seam. Any Ruby Red or Black, by Clevenger Taiwan Booz Bottle, Amber, GU11-16 Clevenger Commemorative 16A, 16-C, 16-E GU11-25 Clevenger Commemorative, 25-A, 25 I, Jacob’s Tonic Bitters GU11-7 any number. Contact: Steve Gray (440) 279-8381 or Write to address: Steve Gray, 7533 Clay Street, Thomson, Ohio 44086

WANTED: Peoria and Pekin Illinois blob top sodas. Contact Jim Searle at 309-3467804 or Email: skyjames962@gmail.com WANTED: New Members to join the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois WANTED: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: GVII- 25-I-Cool X-C; GVII-25-E-AllenTown; GVII-25-F-Christmas 1976; E.G. Booze Log Cabin Bottles; GVII-37; sGVII-40; GVII-9 Cobalt Blue; GVII-7-Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters. Contact: STEVE GRAY (440)-279-8381 or by mail at 7533 Clay Street, Thompson, OH 44086 WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME., All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base.

Especially need labeled Clarke's any size.

Also, any Clarke's ephemera...trade cards, Almanacs, news ads, etc. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781) 248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio.

Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H.I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio.

Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio. Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve. Ohio. American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio. Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio. B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. Frazier’s Root Bitters. For The Blood, Clev. Ohio. Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters Cincinnati, Ohio. Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio Bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and Best Regards, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net

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

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FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo.

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 Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 504-0628; e-mail: fohbcmembers@gmail.com, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org

CANCELED January 10 Taunton, Massachusetts Little Rhody Bottle Club Show, Holiday Inn, Taunton, Massachusetts, Early Admission, $15, 8:00 am, General Admission $3, 9:30 am, Contact Bill or Linda Rose, sierramadre@comcast.net, 508.880.4929

February 7 Manville, New Jersey New Jersey Antique Bottle Club (NJABC) 25th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Admission $3, no early buyers.V.F.W. of Manville, New Jersey, 600 Washington Avenue, Manville, New Jersey 08835, Contact: Kevin Kyle, 230 Cedarville Road, East Windsor, New Jersey 08520, 609.209.4034, bottlediggerkev@aol.com, John Lawrey, 908.813.2334

The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club has canceled the Muncie, Indiana show for 01/16/2021 and all associated activities for this show. Due to the ongoing pandemic, as well as state restrictions imposed at this time by the State of Indiana, the MAFJBC will not be hosting the show originally scheduled for Jan. 16, 2021.

MAFJBC regrets this action but wants to assure dealers and buyers alike that we feel this is the best option considering all information available. We will be looking forward to the show in January 2022 for ourselves and all other participants

February 14 Columbus, Ohio The Central Ohio Antique Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, Sunday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early buyers 7 – 9:00 am, $20. Admission $3, Doubletree Inn, 175 Hutchinson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio (I-270 & Rt. 23), Contact Rojer Moody, 740.703.4913, rtmoody@juno.com or Brad Funk, 614.264.7846, bradfunk@yahoo.com

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meister Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63125.

General Admission $3 from 9 am – 2 pm; Set-up 7 am – 9 am. Adult admission $3.

Children free. Contact: St Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Assn., Patsy Jett, 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, Missouri 63050, 314.570.6917, patsy_jett@yahoo.com

Individual & Affiliated CANCELED Membership Benefits January 16 Club Information Muncie, Indiana

April 17 Columbia, South Carolina NEW, Larger and Better Location!! The South Carolina Antique Bottle Club’s 48th Annual Show, ONE DAY SHOW WITH NEW DATE! Details soon to follow.

Show Address: Jamil Shrine Temple, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia, South Carolina, Contact: Marty Vollmer, 803.629.8553, martyvollmer@aol.com or Eric Warren, 803.960.7814, scbottles@aol.com

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February 27 Grand Rapids, Michigan The West Michigan Antique Bottle Club presents its 30th Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Entry donation $3, children free, Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan, Contact Steve DeBoode, 616.667.0214, thebottleguy@comcast.net or Roger Denslow, 616.447.9156, rogerdcoger@gmail.com

Shards of Wisdom January 23 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Antique Bottle Club presents their 35th Annual Show & Sale, Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Free admission.

Dealer Set-up and Early Buyers Friday, January 22nd, noon to 7:00 pm, $20 and Saturday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Mississippi Fairgrounds, 1207 Mississippi Street, Jackson, Mississippi in the East Bay of the Trade Mart Building, Contact: Cheryl Comans, 601.218.3505

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February 6 DeFuniak Springs, Florida The Emerald Coast Bottle Collector’s Inc, 20th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free Admission. Free Appraisals, DeFuniak Springs Community Center, 361 N. 10th Street, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433, Contact: Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591, 850.435.5425, shards@bellsouth.net

June 12 Lincoln, Alabama 6th Annual Lincoln Bottle Show. Lincoln Civic Center, 123 Jones Street, Lincoln, Alabama 35096, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Vendor set up on Friday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and Saturday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Contact chairman Jake Smith, 256.267.0446, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com. Free public admission, $20 early admission, free kids table free appraisals

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RE-SCHEDULED to September 2021 March 14 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 41st Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, baltimorebottleclub.org, Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34), Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@ comcast.net or Andy Agnew (contracts), 410.527.1707, medbotls@comcast.net March 21 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis’ 51st Annual Antique Bottle & Jar Show; Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoff-

Johnston, Iowa The Iowa Antique Bottleers 51stAnnual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show and Sale at the Johnston Lions Club, 64th Place and Merle Hay Road, Johnston, Iowa, Admission $2, Children Free, For info contact Mark Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50301, 515.344.8333 or Joyce Jessen, 515.979.5216, See Contract August 6 – 7 Syracuse, New York 2021 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show, OnCenter Civic Center, See and Download Info Packet & Contract. Information: Jim & Val Berry (jhberry10@

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SEND IN YOUR SHOW INFORMATION AND/OR SHOW FLYER TO: fohbc.org/ submit-your-show/

Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club July 28 – AugustInformation 1 2022

Members Don’t forget to check out “Member’s Portal” for Special Access to past issues of BOTTLES and EXTRAS

Reno, Nevada 2022 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri (rtsiri@sbcglobal.net) or Ferdinand Meyer V (fmeyer@fmgdesign.com), FOHBC National Convention – Western Region

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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 7 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.

Ted Butler 4902 Ross Circle Northport, AL 35475 tednilebutler@yahoo.net

Elizabeth Glance 20 Headwaters Lane Fairview, NC 28730

Danielle Kreeger 19 Darmouth Circle Media , PA 19063 (610) 329-0055 Pontiled sodas and beers, especially Philadelphia and vicinity. Colored druggist and medicines.

Zac Mirecki PO Box 4401 Hartford, CT 06147-4401 zacharymirecki@gmail.com

Matt Nelson 760 SW Vista Avenue Portland, OR 97205

Paige Ward 6560 Baker Road Castorland, NY 13602 wardy031@gmail.com

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Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC .

You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines.

The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible.

Thank you for considering us in your donation plans.

John O’Neill, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Robert Wierengo 2150 W Sherman Blvd Muskegon, MI 49441-3435 rwierengo@yahoo.com 3 Additional New Members Request Not To Be Listed

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

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.

Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.

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

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

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• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed). One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc.

• Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members.

• The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions.

• Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information.

713.504.0628 fohbcmembers@gmail.com

• FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more.

We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50%.

• Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook) exposure.

• Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show.

• Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities.

We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!!

For more information, questions, or to join the FOHBC, please contact: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page at FOHBC.org

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC. Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization?

How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible.

Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans.

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

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Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone___________________________ online membership directory?

E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,

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Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year.

Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue.

(Use extra paper if necessary.)

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

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

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Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) (All First Class sent in a protected mailer)

United States

- Standard Mail - Standard Mail w/1 Associate* - Standard Mail 3 years - Standard Mail 3 years w/1 Associate* - Digital Membership (electronic files only)

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1st Class 1st Class w/1 Associate 1st Class 3 years 1st Class 3 years

$55.00 $60.00 $125.00 $145.00

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

- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, includes all benefits of a Standard 1st

Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life.

- Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription.

Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year

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

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

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

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

Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work.

High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.

Seeking quality consignments for our 2021 auction schedule!

American Glass Gallery

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

These quality items and many more, will be included in our upcoming March, 2021 Auction

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

FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

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Pictured Left: Eagle And “W.C� - Cornucopia Historical Flask, brilliant golden yellow with an olive tone, probably early Pittsburgh district, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1820-1840. This flask represents one of the finest, most rare and most important American historical flasks we have ever presented at auction. Russell and Doris Evitt collection.

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