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Category Archives: Bitters
Cincinnati Bitters Spotting – A cross reference of directories
Cincinnati Bitters Spotting A cross reference of directories 02 September 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V Here on this Labor Day, I have laboriously gone through the William’s Cincinnati Directories, and a few others prior to Williams, to cross-check the bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Questions, Tonics
Tagged Alaska, bitters, Boyer's, Catawba, Cincinnati, Duby Green, Ferdinand Meyer V, Fletcher's, Fred W. Diederichs, Henry VanDyke, Herman Snyder, Hoffheimer, Holland Bitters, Israel Wilson, J. N. Harris & Co., John Hess, Kaufman, Kempfer, Leopold Meyer, Monarch, ohio, Paradise Bitters, Richardson, Roback, Solomon Schertz, Superior Wine Bitters, Tonquin, W. B. Wood, Williams, Wm J. Klein & Co., Wood's Bitters, Zimmermann
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A Morning Call Bitters Comparison
A Morning Call Bitters Comparison Is it from Cincinnati or St. Louis? 02 September 2013 Many bottle collectors are familiar with the round Lediard’s Morning Call Bitters sold by Charles Lediard in New York and St. Louis. Today we are … Continue reading
Daily Dose – September 2013
September 2 0 1 3 Some ramblings and thoughts… Monday, 30 September 2013 On this last day of September, I am going down the road and trying to figure out why a number of proprietors and medicine businesses in … Continue reading
Prindle’s Texas Tonic Bitters – Constantly on Draught at The Gem Saloon
Prindle’s Texas Tonic Bitters Constantly on Draught at The Gem Saloon I want to be a Texan, And with the Texans stand, A spur upon our boot heel – Prindle’s Bitters in our hand! Ferdinand Meyer V & Jame Viguerie … Continue reading
Texas Tonic Bitters, prepared by Dr. G. A. Foote
Texas Tonic Bitters prepared by Dr. G. A. Foote McKinney, Texas 30 August 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V & James Viguerie Mr. H. C. HERNDON, of the firm of FOOTE & HERNDON, druggists of this place, has presented us with … Continue reading
G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters, San Francisco
G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters San Francisco “Lightning Strikes Twice” 30 August 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V If you read below, I’m going to repeat a phrase I used yesterday to describe the situation when I … Continue reading
The unlisted German Army Bitters – Ironton, Ohio
The unlisted German Army Bitters Ironton, Ohio Ferdinand Meyer V & Gary Beatty 29 August 2013 (R•040919) It is not often nowadays to come across an unlisted bitters. It does happen and it is somewhat akin, I suppose, to finding … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged D. C. Davies, Davies & Co., Dr. Nauman's Celebrated German Army Bitters, Gary Beatty, German Army Bitters, Hanging Rock, Iron Railway, Ironton, Lawrence County, ohio, Ohio River, pig iron, San Francisco, Shorty, Thos. C. Davies
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Humboldt’s German Bitters – Stephen Deschauer – Chicago, Illinois
HUMBOLDT’S GERMAN BITTERS Stephen Deschauer – Chicago, Illinois 27 August 2013 (New photographs added 03 September 2013) It must be Octoberfest in August this year because I keep stumbling on extremely rare or unlisted German bitters bottles. My first encounter … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Questions
Tagged Austria, bitters, chicago, Deschauer, Deschauer Bothers, German, Henry Seip, Humboldt, Humboldt's, Ilinois, Joseph Deschauer, Lake Zurich, Mark Newton, Sebastian Deschauer, Seth Paine, Stephen Deschauer
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The latest bottle Scams with Velma Craft or Anicia Benson or Reginald Offutt etc.
The latest bottle Scams with Velma Craft or Anicia Benson or Reginald Offutt etc. 26 August 2013 (Updated 28 August 2013) *** See Update Steven Dujardin below *** I’ve been reading the various scam reports and here’s what happened to … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Historical Flasks, News, Pottery, Questions, Scams & Frauds, Stoneware
Tagged Anicia Benson, Chris Sadler, Clarksville, flag, Fraud, indiana, Jennifer Diefenderfer, New Albany, paypal, Red, Reginald Offutt, Ripoff, Scam, Steven Dujardin, Steven Lamb, Velma, Velma Craft
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Milburn’s Kola Bitters – Winchester Virginia
Milburn’s Kola Bitters – Winchester, Virginia 25 August 2013 (R•031614) Tom Leveille teased me late last week with a bitters bottle I was not immediately familiar with, which usually means I do not have an example. The pictures he sent … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Civil War, History
Tagged Baltimore, celery, George Washington, Jas. A. Milburn, Kpla, Meyer, Milburn & Co., Milburn's Kola Bitters, Tom Leveille, Virginia, Winchester
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