Monthly Archives: November 2012

White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana

W H I T E    S E A L    P U R E    R Y E White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana 23 November 2012 I was looking on eBay yesterday … Continue reading

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Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks?

Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks? 21 November 2012 (R•052915) Being a color run ‘kinda-guy’ I just gotta’ say ‘‘Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks?” Don’t cringe, I guess I coulda’ called this “Scrolling thru some Scrolls.” Anyway, credit for this post … Continue reading

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A couple of Jesse Moore Old Bourbon questions?

A couple of Jesse Moore Old Bourbon questions? 21 November 2012 Two incoming Jesse Moore questions to PRG that Lance Westfall was kind enough to help me sort out. I find it really interesting to look at the eastern and … Continue reading

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The Tippecanoe Bitters Figural Log and Mushroom

The Tippecanoe Bitters Figural Log and Mushroom 19 November 2012 Lance and Brianna Westfall (San Diego, California) were in H-Town (Bayou City) visiting family over the weekend. Lance said he was able to get in a few probes in Old … Continue reading

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Latest news from Outhouse Patrol up in Montana

“We awoke to a very cold early October rainy morning after trying to sleep through high winds whistling through the broken out windows and creaking old door.” Always nice to hear from my friend James Campiglia and the Outhouse Patrol … Continue reading

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American Dialect Society and the origin of the word “jazz”

J A Z Z An interesting question that Mike Bryant (San Diego Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club) forwarded… I have added the pictures for post support. If anyone can help with bottle and/or advertising images and information it would be … Continue reading

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Dr Zabriskie’s Bitters – Jersey City, New Jersey

Dr Zabriskie’s Bitters – Jersey City, New Jersey 17 November 2012 (R•022518) New Jersey has certainly been in the news of late with the terrible destruction from Hurricane Sandy which has been just tragic. I now see that the inane show … Continue reading

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Looking for Bottles Carried on the Steamboat Arabia

T H E    S T E A M B O A T    A R A B I A Looking at famed Civil War author Jim Schmidt’s interview with Andrew W. Hall and the Galveston-Houston Packet this morning made me … Continue reading

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A labeled Dr. Hopkin’s Union Stomach Bitters

A labeled Dr. Hopkin’s Union Stomach Bitters 15 November 2012 (R110614) “It is priced at 75 cents – pretty good since it ‘cures’ pretty much EVERYTHING.” I have said this many times before, and I will say it again. “It … Continue reading

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Bennett & Carroll – Figural Barrel Series

 BENNETT & CARROL(L)  PITTSBURG(H) Earlier this year I did a comprehensive series on most of the great figural barrels. I knew I had missed a few odd ones such as the Bennett & Carrol barrel (note spelling of Carrol missing … Continue reading

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