Category Archives: Cordial

Christian Xander and his Melliston Bitters

Posted on 28 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and for many years led the singing in the congregation. He had an excellent voice and was very fond of singing; yea, he was proud of his musical talents. When quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Andy Goldfrank, Aromatic, bitters, Champagne, Christian, German, grapes, liquor, Melliston, Washington D.C., Wine, Xander | Leave a comment

Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters – New York

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters New York 16 September 2013 (R•21 Sep 2013) (R•01Oct13) (R•050914) (R•021815) I was able to pick up a ‘peachie puce’ (how do you like that for a color description?) Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters at the Downieville Bottle Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Cordial, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Schnapps, Syrup | Tagged Courtlandt, Domingo, Gourd, J. Calvin Shafer, John A. Russ, Jr., New York, Russ, Russ' St. Domingo Bitters, Shafer Manufacturing Co., Weeks & Potter | Leave a comment

Labeled Wyoming Cordial Bottle

Posted on 2 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wyoming Cordial – Wyoming Remedies The Great Life Preserving Tonic and Blood Purifier C. H. Nearing and Mr. Wakefield of Homer, were in the place Monday selling patent medicines, salves, etc. Here is another bottle that a person at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cordial, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged C. H. Nearing, Homer, Horton Nearing, Mark Yates, New York, Pompey, Wyoming Cordial, Wyoming Remedies | Leave a comment

The ornate Yamara Cordial Bitters – Chicago

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

YAMARA CORDIAL BITTERS C H I C A G O 08 July 2013 (R•092119) Glass Works Auctions has a really neat, highly decorative, rectangular flask type bitters bottle (pictured above) in their Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” Auction which … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Remedy | Tagged Bryan Grapentine, chicago, clairvoyant, Glass Works Auctions, illinois, Professor Yamara, Yamara Cordial Bitters, Yamara Medicine Company | Leave a comment

Dr. L.Q.C. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordials from the Marshall Collection

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial I have had the pleasure of knowing Larry Marshall since I got in to this hobby back in 2002. He was a friend of my father so I felt honored to meet him when I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Cordial, History, Medicines & Cures, Photography | Tagged 1859, L.Q.C., Larry Marshall, Locius Wishart, Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial | 1 Comment

Bennet’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters – San Francisco

Posted on 7 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bennet’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters San Francisco A number of us were watching the western Bennet’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters from San Francisco that closed on ebay the other day. This is a wonderful bottle and I am sure the new owner … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cordial, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Belfast, Bennet's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, Bennet's Wild Cherry Stomach Bitters, california, Chenery, Eric McGuire, Henry W. Bennet, Joseph N. Souther, Maine, Mount Rose, Pacific Glass Works, Richard Chenery, sacramento, San Francisco, Western, William G. Crosby | 2 Comments

What are all these Wormwood Bitters?

Posted on 28 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WORMWOOD – Artemisia absinthium 28 May 2013 I was tracking down some Turner Brothers information when I was directed to a full page Turner Brothers advertisement in the 1856 San Francisco City Directory and the half-page, blue, McMillan & Kester advertisement in a later 1871 … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Absinthe, absinthium, Artemisia, Boston, Calvin A. Richards, I. D. Richards & Sons, Isaiah D. Richards, McMillan & Kester, Pure Wormwood Bitters, San Francisco, Spice and Wormwood Bitters, Turner Brothers, Vermouth, Walter D. Richards, Wormwood Cordial, Wormwood. bitters | Leave a comment

Jacob’s Cholera Dysentery and Diarrhea Cordial ensemble

Posted on 10 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

JACOB’S CORDIAL Savannah, Georgia “recommended to females, children, travelers, ships captains and voyagers, laborers, planters as well as the general public.” If you remember a few days back, I did a post on some eye-catching typography and typesetting for Jacobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Dr. Wm. W. Bliss & Co., Georgia, Jack Stecher, Jacob's Cordial, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Rochester, Savannah, University of Pennsylvania | 1 Comment

Jacob’s Cordial – Some great typesetting and typography

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

JACOB’S CORDIAL! Dysentery and Diarrhea are of such universal prevalence that it behooves every one to be in possession of a remedy that will cure it at once. Jacob’s Cordial will do this, and we wish every family who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cordial, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Charleston, Jacob's Cordial, New Orleans, typesetting, typography | 1 Comment

What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA 05 April 2013 THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1860 I was able to locate another issue of The Weekly Telegraph in Houston. The day was Tuesday, 20 April 1860. This … Continue reading →