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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Paine’s Celery Compound – Makes People Well
Paine’s Celery Compound – Makes People Well 31 October 2015 (R•110115) I think many bottle collectors and diggers start out with an amber Paine’s Celery Compound in their collection. It actually looks just like a bitters bottle. I know when I was first … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Article Publications, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics
Tagged Boston, celery, Colonel, Compound, Cure, Edward E. Phelps, Eric Richter, George M. Stone, Gerard Dauphinais, Glen C. Phillips, John Antonez, M. K. Paine, Massachusetts, Medicine, Milton Kendall Paine, Paine, Paine's, Tonic, Vermont, Wells & Richardson Company, Windsor
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Original Dr. Pepper “Dr. Pepper’s Pepsin Bitters” Formula
Original Dr. Pepper “Dr. Pepper’s Pepsin Bitters” Formula 28 October 2015 Here is an original piece that is quite fascinating. Incoming email from Lou Holis (Lake Alfred, Florida) that prompted some follow-up. Who would have thought there was a relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Soft Drinks
Tagged auction, bitters, Dr. Charles Pepper, Dr. Pepper, formula, Heritage Auctions, Lou Holis, Pepsin, Rural Retreat, Soda, texas, Virginia, Waco, Weaver
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Dr. James M. Solomon and his Indian Bitters
Dr. James M. Solomon and his Indian Bitters OLD DR. SOLOMON’S GREAT INDIAN BITTERS OLD DR. SOLOMON’S INDIAN WINE BITTERS 25 October 2015 The bottle picture below represents an aqua OLD DR. SOLOMON’S GREAT INDIAN BITTERS from Attleboro, Massachusetts that I picked up … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged Attleboro, bitters, Cancer, Herb, Hospital, Indian, James M. Solomon, Massachusetts, Medicine, Old, Providence, Remedy, Rhode Island, Root, Sanitarium, Wine
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Griel’s Herb Bitters – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Griel’s Herb Bitters – Lancaster, Pennsylvania GRIEL & YOUNG – MANUFACTURERS 25 October 2015 The aqua Griel’s Herb Bitters is another brand of bitters from Lancaster, Pennsylvania that was represented in the recent Nolt Collection of Whiskey Memorabilia that was auctioned off by … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged aqua, auction, bitters, Conestoga, Frederick, Germany, Gray, Griel, Griel & Young, Griel's, Herb, Jacob, John, lancaster, Meyer, Nolt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, young
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A most unusual free blown bottle
A most unusual free blown bottle 24 October 2015 Here are some really cool pictures and an email from Gene Baudouin about a most unusual free blown bottle. I posted it on the Peachridge Glass FaceBook page and the airwaves … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, eBay, Freeblown Glass, Questions, Utility Bottles
Tagged Charles Gardner, Facebook, free blown, Gene Baudouin
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Goodwin’s Laree Bitters – Baltimore
Goodwin’s Laree Bitters – Baltimore Strictly A French Preparation 20 October 2015 (R•052517) (R•061519) The advertisement below was found in the bottom right corner of a Virginia newspaper in 1882. Right beneath the word OPIUM. It represents the unlisted Goodwin’s Laree Bitters. Wikipedia … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Baltimore, bitters, Blood, Druggist & Drugstore, Franklin, French, Goodwin, Goodwin's, J. Waltz, Laree La Ree, maryland, Medicine, Patent, Preparation, Tonic
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Jackson’s Excelsior Bitters – Richmond, Virginia
Jackson’s Excelsior Bitters – Richmond, Virginia 19 October 2015 (R•102015) The Jackson’s Excelsior Bitters is an unlisted bitters that crossed my radar screen the other day. At first I thought it might be related to Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters, Stonewall Jackson Stomach Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics
Tagged bitters, Brigadier, Civil, Excelsior, general, J. M. Norris, Jackson, Michie, R.H. Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, war
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Ash Tonic Bitters – John C. Horting, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ash Tonic Bitters – John C. Horting, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 15 October 2015 (R•090719) The Ash Tonic Bitters was a surprise in the Conestoga Auction Company event last Saturday when the Nolt Collection of Whiskey Memorabilia was auctioned off in a live and … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged Apple, Ash, auction, bitters, Conestoga, fluted, green, Horting, John, label, lancaster, liquor, Lowe's, Memorabilia, merchant, Meyer, neck, Nolt, Pennsylvania, sams, swirl, Tonic, Uncle, Whiskey
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Mishler’s Herb Bitters and The Mishler Family
Mishler’s Herb Bitters and the Mishler Family 14 October 2015 (R•031319) (R8042919 – information Dale P. Mishler). (R•051119 – Swanson covers) If you are a bitters collector, you probably possess a bottle or two of the celebrated Mishler’s Herb Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards
Tagged Ben Swanson, Benjamin, bitters, Dale P. Mishler, Doctor, Evan, Germany, Hartman, Henry, Herb, Isaac, John, Joseph, Keystone, lancaster, Mishler, Mishler's, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Reading, Reamstown, Remedy, Samuel, Tonic
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Dr. Stoever’s Bitters – Lancaster & Philadelphia
Dr. Stoever’s Bitters – Lancaster & Philadelphia THE OLD STANDARD ! 12 October 2015 (R•101615) (R•111015) (R•031119) (R•090219) (R•031220) I was able to add an extremely rare “Lancaster, PA.”, Dr. Stoever’s Bitters to my collection this past weekend from the Nolt … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Whiskey
Tagged 1837, auction, Bailey's, Benjamin, Charles, Christ, Doctor, established, Evan, Huey, Kryder, lancaster, Manheim, Meyer, Mishler, Nolt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, plate, Reading, Rye, slug, Stoever, variant, Whiskey
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