Paul G. Klinkenberg Drug Store – Kendallville, Indiana

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Hi Ferdinand.

I was reading your post on the Yamara Cordial Bitters (pictured above) and noticed the advertisement (see below) which had Klinkenberg’s Store as selling this bitters. Here is a little of the drug store and some good memories that I had at this store.

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Yamara Specific Remedies for sale by Klinkenberg & Detzer Drug Store

PAUL G. KLINKENBERG DRUG STORE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA

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Paul G. Klinkenberg was a native of Bartholomen, County, Indiana. He would move to Kendallville, at the age of twenty. He was first employed by the Lohman Drug Store which was located on Main Street Kendallville, Indiana. George Lohman was the maker of the sought after Alaska Bitters.

Paul, five years later, would open his own drug store on July 2, 1889 just one block south of Lohman’s Drug Store. The Klinkenberg’s store would stay in business for 111 years at the same Main Street location. In 1937 Paul‘s son Bob would partner with his father’s business. Paul would pass away on July 16, 1942 at the age of 78.

Eventually the establishment would stop being a drug store but continued to sell sundries, sporting goods and magazines along with a soda fountain, ice cream freezer and a root beer barrel.

The store would close in 2000. Bob Klinkenberg would pass away in 2003 at the age of 90.

In the early 1970s I can remember riding my bike two and one miles to Klinkenberg store, sitting on a stool drinking a cold root beer soda taking a peak at the latest issue of playboy when bob was not looking.

This establishment contents was auction off. I was lucky enough to win some of the bottles that were auction off. One of them is a Lincoln Bitters (pictured below) from Fort Wayne, Indiana full with labels and box. Every time I look at my Lincoln bitters it brings back the good times from the early 1970s.

Frank Wicker

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References:

150 years Kendallville, Indiana 1863 – 2013 by Terry G. Housholder.

Frank & Frank Jr. Bottle Collection.

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The wonderful Horse Shoe Bitters from Collinsville, Illinois

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HORSE SHOE BITTERS

HORSE SHOE MEDICINE CO

COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS

The following pages have been written with the hope of directing attention to one of the most insidious dangers that threatens the moral and physical welfare of the community. Intemperance – as the word is generally understood – assumes every alluring guise, and under that of medicinal “Bitters” widely advertised and commended, it has brought woe and misery to multitudes that never suspected their peril until too late.

Many of the so-called “Bitters” are simply whiskey, with scarcely the taste disguised. Though their name is legion, no statistics can ever show how many good and well-meaning persons have been dragged to the lowest depths of poverty, sorrow, suffering, and finally death by the various “Bitters” which in reality are the deadliest foe to humanity.

Book introduction for Jack’s Horseshoe National temperance society & publication house, Trenton, N.J., April 1883 – Edward Sylvester Ellis

The wonderful Horse Shoe Bitters from Collinsville, Illinois

10 July 2013 (R•111516) (R•080718) (R•081019)

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WOW, what a great introduction to the book Jack’s Horseshoe! Looks like those temperance folks had it all figured out.

Today we will look at a wonderful figural bitters bottle that sits proudly on one of my shelves. I was reminded of the ‘horse shoe shaped’ Horse Shoe Bitters when Roy Weinacht over on the Peachridge Glass facebook page, said “same mystery when it comes to Collinsville Medicine Co. – Horse Shoe Bitters (H 189) bottled during the same period.” in reference to the mystery surrounding the Yamara Cordial Bitters from Chicago.

Basically, in both cases, you have a bottle with scarce discoverable support information. What is even cooler, is that there is a Horse Shoe Bitters square (H 190). Both examples of the horse shoe bottles are pictured below. I would speculate or maybe just guess a direct relationship as the square may have been produced by the Horse Shoe Medicine Company in St. Louis prior to their move to Collinsville, Illinois in the late 1880s. Both specimens also have the word “Patent” embossed on the bottles. There is another strong lead that puts the square, Horse Shoe Bitters in Montgomery, Alabama as a hole was dug with one complete example and 9 or 10 broken examples.

My square Horse Shoe Bitters was actually obtained at the FOHBC National 2007 Auction in Collinsville, Illinois while the figural horse shoe bottle came from the American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III | Auction 43.

The figural horse shoe bottle is such a favorite that there are many reproductions made by Wheaton Glass Company. If you “Google” Horse Shoe Bitters you will get page after page of listings for these later reproductions.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles for the figural horse shoe is as follows:

H 189 HORSE SHOE BITTERS ( au ) // f // HORSE SHOE MEDICINE CO. ( au ) / motif horse running left with three feet off ground, ground showing / COLLINSVILLE / ILLS. // f // // b // PATENT APPLIED FOR
8 3/4 x 4 x 2
Horseshoe, Amber and Clear, LTC, Tooled lip, 2 sp, Rare
Horse Shoe Bitters Company moved St. Louis to Collinsville, Illinois in 1891

I did confirm a listing for a Horse Shoe Bitters Company that moved from St. Louis to Collinsville, Illinois. In 1891, they were looking to expand their business.

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Presumably the label panel side of the figural Horse Shoe Bitters (H 189) from American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III | Auction 43. – Meyer Collection

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The figural Horse Shoe Bitters (H 189) from American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III | Auction 43. – Meyer Collection

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The figural Horse Shoe Bitters (H 189) from the American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III | Auction 43.- Meyer Collection

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“HORSE SHOE MEDICINE CO. / (running horse) / COLLINSVILLE / ILLS. – HORSE SHOE BITTERS”, (Ring/Ham, H-189), Illinois, ca. 1880 – 1890, reddish amber center shading to yellow amber figural horseshoe, 8 7/8”h, “PATENT APPLIED FOR” on smooth base, tooled lip. Perfect condition. This is fairly rare, and is one of the more unusual of the true figural bitters bottles. Purchased in 2004 from George Piasecki from his eBay auction. – Glass Works Auctions – Bob Ferraro Collection – Part 2

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Vintage 1970’s Wheaton Horse Shoe Bitters Medicine Reproduction, The underside marking states WHEATON, N.J. The bottle height measures 7 ¾” and 2 1/4” front to back. – ebay

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Horse Shoe Bitters Company listingEdwardsville Intelligencer November 11, 1891 (Discusing Collinsville area news)

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Interesting Horse Shoe Bitters Company listing regarding a ball match (prsumably baseball or softball) Edwardsville Intelligencer October 14, 1891

I was raised in Collinsville. I’ve talked to several people involved with the historical society. Lucille Stehman from Collinsville published a book about the history of Collinsville. In it, there is a picture in her book of a baseball team from the Hardscrabble Mine. They were also known as the Horseshoe Bitters. They started playing in the late 1800’s. The field they played on was the Hardscrabble field. There also used to be a saloon in Collinsville known as Hardscrabble. Lots of Hardscrabble references there. I sometimes think that the saloon might have been the bottling location. Such an ornate and expensive bottle to manufacture, yet little information about the medicine co.

Roy Weinacht

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1911 Collinsville Colts – Reference to Horseshoe Bitters (Hardscrabble Mine team) – Collinsville edited by Neal Strebel

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Book introduction for JACK’S HORSESHOE National temperance society & publication house, 1883 – Edward Sylvester Ellis

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Horse Shoe Bitters Bottle to be sold in Public SaleThe News, Frederic Maryland, Wednesday, November 27, 1974

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Horse Shoe Bitters Bottle to be sold in Auction Logansport Pharos Tribune Logansport Indiana September 17, 1989

THE SQUARE

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Horse Shoe Bitters ex Mackenzie Collection – Meyer Collection

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles for the square is as follows:

H 190 HORSE SHOE BITTERS / PATENTED. // f // f / f //
9 x 2 3/4 (6 3/4)
Square, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth and Tooled lip, Very rare
Examples dug in Montgomery, Alabama

“This bitters bottle was dug out of a old dump in Montgomery, Alabama years ago. At the time this bottle was found 9 or 10 other Horse Shoe Bitters were found all broken. Listed in the Rings Ham book on page 292 as very rare. Because we found the other broken Horse Shoe Bitters in the same dump but scattered all over the dump I believe this is a bitters that was produced in Montgomery, Alabama”

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L. P. De Bautte & Co.

I believe this bottle may be from New Orleans, Louisiana based on the advertisement below. Need to find the patent.

L.P. De Bautte & Co. noted as Sole Proprietors of Horseshoe Bitters – The Assumption Pioneer, Saturday, July 25 1891

The newspaper advertisement above requires a new listing in Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

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H 190.1 HORSESHOE BITTERS, L. P. De Bautte & Co., Wholesale Liquor Dealers and Commission Merchants, 34 Tchoupitoulas Str., New Orleans, La. Sole proprietors of Horseshoe Bitters. The Assumption Pioneer (Napoleonville, Louisiana), July 25, 1891

THE CELEBRATED HORSE SHOE BITTERS

The billhead above requires a new listing in Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

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H 190.2 CELEBRATED HORSE SHOE BITTERS, Bought of The Henry Lochte Co., Ltd., Wholesale Grocers and Importers, Established 1872, Incorporated 1902. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Horse Shoe Bitters, 319, 321, 323, 325 Tchoupitoulas and No. 421 Natchez Streets, New Orleans. Dated December 5, 1906.

Read about another bitters bottle with a horse shoe: Bitter Witch – What a great name!

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Texas Druggist Bottle List

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Texas Drug Store Bottles

Apple-Touch-IconAThis list is a ‘work in progress’. Basic information and pictures will be added as information is gathered and checked. The basic need for this list was inspired by a shorter, written list provided by long-time Texas bottle collector Doyle Bailey. I am hoping some of the Texas collectors will help me on this project. The Houston Bottle Show is also coming up on 17 August 2013 where maybe I can talk a little more intelligently about Texas bottles.

Read: Galveston’s Old Drug Stores

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(Crow perched on  Mortar and Pestle) J. F. Crow’s WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGGISTS / JEFFERSON, TEX.  | Jefferson, Texas

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J. F. Crow’s Wholesale & Retail Druggists, Clear

Read More: Crow’s Alligator Oil – Jefferson, Texas


MORLEY BROS DRUGGISTS (Mortar and Pestle) AUSTIN TEXAS | Austin, Texas

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Morley Bros Druggists, Dark Amber, 8 1/2″

Amber Morley Bros Druggist. Amber 10 1/2″ MORLEY / BROS. / DRUGGISTS / (Mortar and Pestle ) / AUSTIN, / TEXAS. Base marked IGCo. (Since I live in the St. Louis area, I like that the Morley Bros had another office there. It also looks like they ordered this bottle made across river at the Illinois Glass company). – James Viguerie


MORLEY BROS DRUGGISTS (Mortar and Pestle) AUSTIN TEXAS | Austin

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Morley Bros Druggists, Amber, 6 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ wide x 1 1/2″ deep


SMITH’S PHARMACY “THE CAREFUL DRUGGIST” | Dallas

Green, 4″


COVEY & MARTIN CO. DRUGGIST | Fort Worth

Green, 5″


LEINBACH’S | Galveston

Aqua, 3″


Leinbach’s / GALVESTON TEX. | Galveston, Texas

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John and F. George Leinbach, Teal, 4 1/4″

John Leinbach. His son, F. George Leinbach, has for many years conducted a drug store on Market St., near 22d St.


OPEN ALL NIGHT / J J S / J. J. SCHOTT DRUGGIST, GALVESTON | Galveston, Texas

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J.J. Schott Druggist, Amber, 5 1/2″

J.J. Schott Druggist, Clear, 5 3/4″


F. Geo. Leinbach, Cor 22nd and Market St’s | Galveston, Texas

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F. Geo. Leinbach, Amber,  5 1/2″


ROLAND DRUG CO.| Houston

Green, 4 1/2″


TREADWELL’S DRUG STORES | Houston

Green, 4 1/2″


E. F. SCHMIDT 66 TRAVIS ST HOUSTON | Houston

Cobalt Blue, 3 1/2″


J. BURGHEIM PHARMIST “NOT TO BE TAKEN” | Houston

Amber, 5 1/4″


J. BURGHEIM DRUGGIST, MORTIS/PESTAL AND FAN | Houston

Amber, 3 3/4″


BURGHEIM’S PHARMACY, NOT TO BE TAKEN | Houston

Amber, 4 1/2″


J. BURGHEIM PHARMACY  | Houston

Amber, 3 3/4


CAT AND DOG HOSPITAL, DRS. HORNING and McKEE’S WAUGH DRIVE AT WILLIA ST. AND CLEVELAND PARK | Houston, Texas

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Cat and Dog Hospital, Cobalt Blue, 5 1/4″

Dr. J. G. Horning and Dr. A. J. McKee. Horning became one of Texas’ first specialists in the diseases and surgery of small animals, and throughout his career stressed the importance of small animals, and particularly dogs, as companions for people.

Read More: The Dog and Cat Hospital bottle – Houston, Texas


SMITHS DRUG CO. “THE QUALITY STORE” | Marlin

Amber, 4 3/4″


ALAMO DRUG STORE, A. DREISS | San Antonio

Amber, 5 1/4″


J. J. THAME’S DRUG CO. / ONLY THE BEST / THE REXALL STORE / TAYLOR, TEXAS | Taylor, Texas

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J. J. Thame’s Drug Co., Green, 4 1/2″ , Photo – RicksBottleRoom.com

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6 – 11/16″ green druggist embossed J. J.Thames Drug Co. (in script) / ONLY THE BEST (in a ribbon) / The Rexall Store / TAYLOR, TEXAS (James Viguerie)


IRION DRUG CO. / The Rexall Store / TYLER, TEXAS | Tyler, Texas

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Irion Drug Co., Green, 4 1/2″ (Meyer Collection)


A. F. PEELER DRUGGIST | Waco

Amber, 4″


WHOLESALE / BEHRENS & CASTLES / WACO, TEXAS / DRUGGISTS | Waco, Texas

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Behren’s and Castles, Amber, 5″


DR. H. ROBINSON’S / CACTERINE / WACO, TEX. | Waco, Texas

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Dr. H. Robinson’s Cacterine, Cobalt Blue, 2″


COWIN & WELCH DRUGGISTS HILLSBORO, TEX  | Hillsboro, Texas

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Cowin & Welch, Clear

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H.V. SCHUMANN  | New Braunfels, Texas

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A green 7 1/4″ tall, embossed all in script (initials HVS) H. V. Schumann / The Prescription / Druggist / New Braunfels, Texas (James Viguerie)


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The ornate Yamara Cordial Bitters – Chicago

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YAMARA CORDIAL BITTERS

C H I C A G O

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Apple-Touch-IconAGlass Works Auctions has a really neat, highly decorative, rectangular flask type bitters bottle (pictured above) in their Glass Works Auction #99Madness in Manchester” Auction which closes at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show live auction event in Manchester, New Hampshire this 17 July. I picked up my extremely rare example (pictured below) from the famous Bryan Grapentine American Bottle Auction in December 2007.

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The Glass Works Auctions write-up:

30. “YAMARA” (inside a glob) / YAMARA / CORDIAL / BITTERS – YAMARA MEDICINE CO. – CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.” – (grape cluster and leaves are embossed on each of the beveled corner panels). (Y-1), Illinois, ca. 1890 – 1900, clear glass, 9 1/4”h, smooth base, tooled lip. A shallow 3/16” by 1/8” flake is off the top of the lip, a much lesser one is off the letter ‘O’ in ‘Co.’. An extremely rare and highly embossed bottle! – Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” Auction.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham catalog listing in Bitters Bottles:

Y 1 motif globe with YAMARA ( su ) / YAMARA ( su ) / CORDIAL ( su ) /
BITTERS ( su ) // YAMARA MEDICINE CO. // sp // Chicago, ILL. U.S.A. //
9 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/8 (5 1/2)
Rectangular, Clear, NSC, 2 sp, Tooled lip, Extremely rare
Each wider panel is surrounded by stylized vine with bunches of grapes and leaves. Elaborate lettering. Neck is bell shaped.

Glass Works Auctions gives it the ole’ decade range of 1890-1900 when noting the production date but I feel this is highly optimistic. At best, maybe a two to three year period is appropriate and possibly only 1891. This is the ONLY year the product shows up in advertising (see below) and of course it is extremely rare. There simply would be more examples with a broader production range.

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This bottle is some sort of an enigma as there are NO listings for a Yamara or a Yamara Medicine Company in Chicago in 1891. Only the same advertisement in different cities like Fort Wayne and Kendalville. This is weird. There is however, a listing for a clairvoyant named Professor Yamara (see below) in 1895 in Chicago. I wonder if someone just didn’t ‘borrow’ this name to add intrigue to their product?

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Front detail Yamara Cordial Bitters, American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III Auction 43, Lot #900, sold previously in a Glass Works Chicago Federation auction in 1995. – Meyer Collection

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Front left detail Yamara Cordial Bitters, American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III Auction 43, Lot #900, sold previously in a Glass Works Chicago Federation auction in 1995. – Meyer Collection

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Front right detail Yamara Cordial Bitters, American Bottle Auctions | Grapentine III Auction 43, Lot #900, sold previously in a Glass Works Chicago Federation auction in 1995. – Meyer Collection

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Yamara Specific Remedies advertisementFort Wayne Sentinel – 15 January 1891

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Advertisement for a Clairvoyant named Professor Yamara – Chicago Tribune 1895

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Starting at the “Bottom” – The English Royal Privy

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The privy and privy chamber were under the control of a minor official called the Groom of the Stool, or stole.

STARTING AT THE ”BOTTOM”

How the cleaners of English Royalty’s privies became among their most trusted advisers

English Castles of the middle ages usually had at least one, and often several privies attached. The privy was usually a small cell with a seat complete with the usual hole. By the latter part of the Middle Ages the privy was a shaft that led to a drain, other times the “Royal Ejecta” dropped directly into the moat, or the slope outside of the Castle walls.

The slang of the day referred to the privies as: privy, privy chamber, and privy house. They were also called withdraught, garderobe, jake, necessary, and gong.

In the royal houses the privy chamber appears to have developed as the room between the great chamber, where the King slept, and his privy. It is believed it was used by the King to prepare himself for the privy. The term “privy chamber” came to refer to both the privy and the room used to access it.

The great chamber was under the control of an important official called the Chamberlain. The privy and privy chamber were under the control of a minor official called the Groom of the Stool, or stole. When the bed of the King was moved out of the great chamber into the next room, the term privy chamber was still used to refer to the room. The Groom of the Stool was still in charge of the room.

Sometime around the late 1500’s, caused by a series of changes to the layout of palaces, the King’s bed was removed from the Privy Chamber. The room became a private dining and reception room, beyond this was a series of private suites, known as the privy lodgings.

The “Groom of the Stool” remained in charge of the of the entire operation. From the Privy House to the Penthouse! A real British success story of the Middle Ages.

Primary source:

Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History
By Mark Girouard
Yale University Press, 1978

Submitted by Reginald Shoeman (Outhouse Patrol)

Photo: Toilets, earth closets, and house plumbing

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The handled Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters – Chicago

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Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters | Chicago

06 July 2013 (R•101514)

Apple-Touch-IconAI was recently able to add a long sought after, extremely rare, Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters to my collection. As one of only two handled bitters brands that exist, the Foerster’s from Chicago, will join the other, the Old Dr. Townsend’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters (pictured below) on my shelves. This example is from the famous John Feldmann Collection and recently sold in Glass Works Auction #98. The Glass Works write-up is as follows:

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109. “FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, (F-63), Illinois, ca. 1855 – 1865, orange amber handled jug, 6 3/4”h, iron pontil, applied ring mouth and handle. A tiny potstone located to the right of ‘Bitters’ has a radiation surrounding it. Crude highly whittled glass and currently one of only two known examples. To our knowledge this is the first one to be offered at auction! Ex. Ken Sosnowski Collection.

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Window photograph of the subject Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters – Glass Works Auction #98

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Studio photograph of the subject Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters – Glass Works Auction #98

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

F 63  FOERSTER’S TEUTONIC BITTERS
FOERSTER’S ( au ) / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO ( ad ) // c //
6 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 (4) Bottle measurements are not exact, they are taken at the base which is quite curved.
Chestnut flask with applied handle on right (example also exists with handle on left). Amber, ARM, Metallic pontil mark, Extremely rare

During 1859 and 1860, Theodore Foerster was listed as a rectifier, one who blends or dilutes whiskey, at 54 S. Wells St. Chicago. He was also listed as an importer and wholesale liquor dealer at the same address, and then subsequently at 246 Randolph Street, in the early, to mid-1860’s. Based on the rarity of the bottle, the pontil scarred base, and few scant ads that have been found for Theodore Foerster, it is likely that the bottles were only produced for perhaps a year or two during Foerster’s early years in business. Perhaps because of competition, a limited market, or the unusual chestnut form that was typically associated with whiskey, it was apparently not a very successful venture. Prior to this bottle coming to light, there were only three other examples known.

In the Glass Works auction listing, the bottle was noted as being produced from 1855 – 1865. I believe this to be highly unlikely and suspect maybe only a one t0 two year period around 1860. I also believe there are three examples and not two (now four – 101514). This has been confirmed by another western bitters collector.

Theodore Foerster, 54 S Wells, Chicago City Directory, 1860

Theodore Foerster, 246 Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago City Directory, 1865

Theodore Foerster, importer and whole. dealer in wines and liquors, 246 Randolph, r. 520 Hubbard, Chicago, City Directory, 1867

I really wish I had a copy of “Bottled in Illinois: Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo, 1840-1880” by Kenneth B. Farnsworth and John A. Walthall. I wonder if the authors have any more information on this brand and Theodore Foerster?

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1864 Theodore Foerster directory listing in liquor sectionIllinois State Gazette

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Theodore Foerster, importer and whole. dealer in wines and liquors, 246 Randolph, r. 520 Hubbard, Chicago, City Directory, 1867

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Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters sitting within the great bottle room of the John Feldmann collection prior to the dispersement of the collection.

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Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters – picture courtesy 1st Chicago Bottle Club “This example  is a “lefty” and as far as I know is the only left handed one known.” – Ray Komorowski

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Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters (center)  – Ham Collection. The bottle is flanked by a  ‘left handled’ and “right handled’ Old Dr. Townsend’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters.

Read More: Old Dr. Townsend’s Daisy Vases, more common than you think

Pictures of this example below surfaced at Peachridge earlier in the year. The person was asking if the bottle was real or a reproduction. Almost fell out of my chair!

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“FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, America, 1858 – 1861. Bright golden amber, plump chestnut form with an applied left handle, applied mouth with square band – iron pontil scar, ht. 6 5/8″, near mint; (a touch of typical light exterior wear). R/H #F63. An iconic bitters bottle, one of only four known examples, and one of only two bitters that chose to use the handled chestnut form for their product. Beautiful, heavily whittled glass, outstanding condition. (4th new example) – American Glass Gallery #13

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“FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, America, 1858 – 1861. Bright golden amber, plump chestnut form with an applied left handle, applied mouth with square band – iron pontil scar, ht. 6 5/8″, near mint; (a touch of typical light exterior wear). R/H #F63. An iconic bitters bottle, one of only four known examples, and one of only two bitters that chose to use the handled chestnut form for their product. Beautiful, heavily whittled glass, outstanding condition. (4th new example) – American Glass Gallery #13

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“FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, America, 1858 – 1861. Bright golden amber, plump chestnut form with an applied left handle, applied mouth with square band – iron pontil scar, ht. 6 5/8″, near mint; (a touch of typical light exterior wear). R/H #F63. An iconic bitters bottle, one of only four known examples, and one of only two bitters that chose to use the handled chestnut form for their product. Beautiful, heavily whittled glass, outstanding condition. (4th new example) – American Glass Gallery #13

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“FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, America, 1858 – 1861. Bright golden amber, plump chestnut form with an applied left handle, applied mouth with square band – iron pontil scar, ht. 6 5/8″, near mint; (a touch of typical light exterior wear). R/H #F63. An iconic bitters bottle, one of only four known examples, and one of only two bitters that chose to use the handled chestnut form for their product. Beautiful, heavily whittled glass, outstanding condition. (4th new example) – American Glass Gallery #13

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“FOERSTER’S / TEUTONIC / BITTERS / CHICAGO”, America, 1858 – 1861. Bright golden amber, plump chestnut form with an applied left handle, applied mouth with square band – iron pontil scar, ht. 6 5/8″, near mint; (a touch of typical light exterior wear). R/H #F63. An iconic bitters bottle, one of only four known examples, and one of only two bitters that chose to use the handled chestnut form for their product. Beautiful, heavily whittled glass, outstanding condition. (4th new example) – American Glass Gallery #13

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Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters – Galveston, Texas

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YOUNGBLOOD’S TONIC BITTERS

Galveston, Texas

05 July 2013 (R•111315 – glass shard) (R•031416 – Example)

Endorsed by Physicians, Clergymen, Planters, Merchants, Mechanics of every Nation.

Apple-Touch-IconAHere is a tough one that was included on the long time Texas bottle collector Doyle Bailey’s list of Texas Bitters that I recently received. The Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters was noted as embossed, with a paper label, and from Galveston, Texas (bottle picture not available at this time). The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

Y 8  YOUNGBLOOD’S TONIC BITTERS
YOUNGBLOOD’S / TONIC / BITTERS // sp // f // sp //
9 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 (7 1/2) 3/8
Rectangular, Amber, NSC, Applied mouth, 3 sp, Extremely rare
From Galveston, Texas

The only solid information I can find so far is the 1873 advertisement pictured below. Clues from this ad and other almost identical advertisements note a L. D. Youngblood, Sole Proprietor, Tyler, Texas. Also noted is a Jno. A. Johnston & Co. Proprietors and Manufacturers, Galveston, Texas. Besides Galveston, the Texas towns of Denison and Tyler, and the Oklahoma towns of Adair and Vanita also play into this bottle mystery and the Youngblood name.

Interestingly enough, there is a Dr. Youngblood who was killed by a stray bullet in a famous train robbery by the Dalton Gang. See news clippings below. The locales and time periods overlap. The first name initials do not. Probably just an interesting Red Herring,

Two stray bullets entered the drug store of the town, injuring Drs. Youngblood and Goff, who were sitting in the building at the time. Youngblood has since died and Goff is in a dangerous condition.

H. H. H. YOUNGBLOOD’S TONIC BITTERS

What does H. H. H. mean?

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Advertisement for Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters and Youngblood’s Liver Tonic – Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 304, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1873

Copy from a second similar advertisement

1860. ESTABLISHED 1860.

H. H. H.

YOUNGBLOOD’S TONIC BITTERS!

For Nervous Debility it never Fails.
For Loss of Appetite it has no Equal.
For Flatulency it is beyond Rivalry.
For Disordered Stomach, an Immediate Relief.
For Dyspepsia it is recommended by all Physicians.

Endorsed by Physicians, Clergymen, Planters, Merchants, Mechanics of every Nation.

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1860. Y. Y. Y. 1860.

Youngblood’s Liver Tonic, A safe and effectual cure for all Bilious Diseases, Colic or Pains in the Bowels, Dyspepsia [sic], Costiveness, Liver Complaint, Fever and Ague, Bilious Fevers, Nervous and Sick Headache, Diarrhoea and Dysentery of a Bilious Type, Impurity of the Blood, Dropsy, Boils, Melancholy, Heartburn, Jaundice, Nervousness, Obstructed Menstruation [sic]; also, a Preventative [sic] and Cure for Piles.

JNO. A. JOHNSTON & CO. Proprietors, and Manufacturers, Galveston, Texas.

HERMAN MATSDORFF, Agent, Denison, Texas. Office at Dexter & Scott’s Drug Store.

(Denison Daily News, Vol II, No. 36, Denison, Texas, Sunday Morning, April 5, 1874)

The Dalton Gang Train Robbery

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ROBBED – VICTIMS IN THE SKIRMISH

Galveston Daily News, July 16, 1892: VINITA, I. T., July 16. – [Special] – The Missouri, Kansas and Texas train No. 2 northbound was robbed at Adair, twenty miles south of this city, last night. For a week it has been known that the notorious Dalton boys with several associates, making a party of eleven, were in the country below here and the railroad company put guards on its night trains Monday and has continued them ever since. All eyes have been turned to Pryor’s creek as the point of attack, and until the train whistled for this station last night no one thought of Adair as the place of operation.

At the moment named several men surrounded Night Operator Haywood and ordered him to flag her down. As they were fully armed he had no alternative and complied. As the conductor stepped off the train he was made a prisoner and a moment later the entire crew were doing duty as breastworks. The officers were riding in the smoker and one of them loking out of the window saw the conductor’s lantern drop and knew in an instant they had found their men. They jumped off the train on the opposite side from the depot and found themselves right in the middle of the robbers with the latter, being accustomed to the dark, having the best of it. A short fight tookplace here, in which Detective J. J. Kinney of the railroad company was shot in the shoulder, an Indian policeman named Laflore was shot in his arms and an officer named Johnson had his watch shot to pieces, the same bullet embedding itself in his arm. About the same time that this fight was going on or immediately after a volley was poured into the Pacific express car and Messenger George P. Williams finally opened the door. Meantime the officers were compelled to desist firing lest they might shoot some of the train crew. The express local safe was quickly robbed and the messenger ordered to open the throughsafe. He declared he could not unlock it, but went to work and soon got the door open. While the express car was being rifled the operator was taken into the depot and ordered to open the station safe, but finally satified the men that he could not do so. The cash drawer was broken open and $3 or $4 secured from it. When the robbery was completed three or four of the men started down the street west from the depot, and 200 feet from there, sitting on a porch, they passed Dr.W. L. Gofe of Fredricktown, Mo., and Dr. T. S. Youngblood of Adair. They fired on them, and Gofe fell forward, exclaiming: “I am killed.” Dr. Youngblood, although shot in the leg started to run, but another bullet dropped him. He made his way to the depot and told what had happened and Dr. Gofe was picked up and found to be badly shot in both limbs. Youngblood got a shot in the leg and one in the foot. Both men were taken upon the train and brought to this city, where surgical aid could be obtained…

July 16, 1892 —Dallas Morning News—McAlester, I. T.—One of the most daring train robberies on record tool place last night at Adair, I. T. As the Missouri, Kansas and Texas north-bound express train pulled into Adair station the train was held up and everything of value to be found was taken.

The robbers previously had sent word to the railway company that the train would be robbed. All the deputy marshals and police that could be raised between McAlester and Muskogee were on board the train, but not expecting the robbery to take place at Adair the officers were overpowered and placed in a line on the platform and placed under guard until the robbery was competed.

As the bandits were leaving several shots were exchanged between the officials and outlaws. The chief of police, Charles Laflore, being wounded in the leg and arm, Detective Kinney wounded in the shoulder and two citizens of the town are reported killed. There were nine outlaws, all of whom made their escape.

It is definitely known that the Adair train robbery was committed by the Daltons. They reached the station about 9 o’clock, ransacked it of all the valuables and then calmly awaited the arrival of the passenger train at 9:42.

Two stray bullets entered the drug store of the town, injuring Drs. Youngblood and Goff, who were sitting in the building at the time. Youngblood has since died and Goff is in a dangerous condition.

BIG BOOTY SECURED

July 16, 1892—Dallas Morning News— Guthrie, OK—The Missouri, Kansas and Texas north-bound express was held up last night by the Dalton gang, but it seems they doubled successfully on the pursuers. The captured men evidently peached on the gang, revealing the plot of last night’s robbery for a posse of police was organized at Adair and the robbery was only accomplished after a hard fight in which Chief Detective Kinney, Indian Policeman Laflore and two doctors, passengers on the train, were seriously wounded. None of the passengers coming to their aid and their revolvers being empty they were forced to retreat into the train.

The Dalton boys then compelled the messenger to open the express car, blew open the safe, quickly secured its contents and after relieving the messenger of his watch bound and dumped him in a corner of the car, leaped to the ground, fired several shots and disappeared.

After it was certain the robbers had gone the train ran to Adair, the alarm was sounded and a posse was hastily formed and returned to the scene of the robbery. That the Daltons headed the gang themselves is beyond doubt. The officers are reticent, but it is reliably ascertained that the bandits secured between $80,000 and $70,000.

FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD

July 16, 1892—Dallas Morning News—Denison, Texas—Passenger train No. 2 on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, which left the city yesterday evening at 12:30 o’clock, was held up and robbed by a band of desperadoes at Adair, a siding fifteen miles south of Vinita, I. T. The raid has been expected by the company several days and an extra force of deputy marshals was on the train at the time. The robbers, however, got the drop on a number of the officers and while they were held at bay the remainder of the gang went through the train and captured everything in sight. The federal mails were rifled, the express company’s safes were forced open and it is rumored that $60,000 was captured.

The train was in charge of Conductor George Scales and was pulled by Engineer Ewing. The following reward has been offered by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad company and the Pacific express company;

Reward—The express car o the north-bound train of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway was robbed by masked men at Adair, I. T. Thursday night, July 14. A reward of $5000 will be paid by the undersigned for the arrest and conviction of each of the men engaged in this robbery to an amount not exceeding $40,000.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, by Thomas C. Purdy, second vice-president
Pacific Express Company, by L. A. Fuller, superintendent.

Topmost bottle illustration courtesy of Bill Ham.

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Ferdinand, Dug a broken Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters in Galveston the other day. Honestly didn’t have a clue what it was so only saved the front panel and the lip. When I go back to the site, I am going to re-excavate the pit (it is just a tiny trash pit) and see if I can find enough to glue together a good part of the bottle. Pit was full of broken Hostetters, Wolfe’s Schnapps, etc…looked to be late 1860’s or maybe early 1870’s.

Thought you might be interested…it is a beautiful light amber color.

Best Regards,

Brandon DeWolfe, P.E.


Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters


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Dave Kam and his Exciting Basement Find

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Hi Ferdinand,

I am writing to share with your readers my most recent and exciting find. I work for a local company in Western New York and I am at several peoples houses throughout my day. Occasionally I will mention my collecting bottles and hand out my number to people. Usually to no avail but recently I had a call from a gentleman in Lockport who was looking to sell some bottles he had from him and his fathers collecting over the years.

I took a ride out and saw the usual wine and liquor bottles from the 1960’s and 70’s. Somewhat disappointed, I still dug through the boxes and found a few nice local pieces. A couple $5 milks and a strap flask from Niagara Falls, probably a $10 -$20 bottle. Then a small box with some embossed and labeled meds. Nothing great. I said I couldn’t pay much as 90% of them would be out to the curb by next week. He said to make an offer because they had to go. He also mentioned he had a couple more boxes in the basement that he would bring up and throw in if I took them all. After thinking a moment I said I would give him $20 and that I was basically doing his recycling for him. He agreed we loaded the car, he grabbed the other two boxes and put them in the trunk. At a glance they seemed to be full of the same type of stuff. Much to my surprise when I got home, I pulled this beautiful GI-61 Lockport Washington flask from the bottom of the one box he loaded. It is a stunning yellow/green color.

This to date is my very best find and will remain in my collection as a centerpiece for years to come. I had shared this find on the bottle pages on facebook but thought some of the readers here on your site that do not use facebook would enjoy reading about this as well. I have included some better pictures as well. Thanks for putting together such a great site and good luck on your own finds in the future!

Sincerely,

Dave Kam

Apple-Touch-IconADave, super congratulations. Stunning find! Thanks for sharing and by the way, you pictures are simply outstanding. Just love that color.

WT1Kam WT3Kam WT2Kam

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Robertson’s Tonic Bitters – Austin, Texas

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Robertson’s Tonic Bitters

Austin, Texas

Apple-Touch-IconAThe pontiled Robertson’s Tonic Bitters from Austin, Texas is another tough bitters with reportedly only two known examples in a private collection according to Texas bottle authority Brad SeiglerThe rectangular aqua bottle is however listed in the Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham Bitters Bottles as:

R 80  ROBERTSON’S TONIC BITTERS

ROBERTSON’S / TONIC BITTERS // f // f // f //
Dr. Joseph W. Robertson   Austin, Texas
8 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 5/8 (6 1/2)
Rectangular, Aqua (and/or Amber), LTC, Metallic pontil mark, 1 sp, Extremely rare

Texas State Gazette: July 26, 1851: An invaluable remedy for all diseases arising from debilities. These bitters are prepared by the subscribers from a recipe kindly granted them by Dr. Joseph W. Robertson, of Austin, Texas. Dr. R’ has for many years used these bitters in his private practice; and their unparalleled success has so increased the demand for them that it is deemed necessary to extend their manufacture and distribute them all over the country. Certificates are necessary: Dr. R’s high standing is a sufficient guarantee.

These bitters are manufactured only by the subscribers, by whom they will be constantly kept for sale in quantities to suit purchasers. June 21, ’51. Gray & Duffau, Druggists, Austin.

“The old bitters list I was given had it listed as amber, and one of the examples I know of, was described to me as amber. Amber….aqua……I will take one of each please!”

Brad Siegler

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Robertson’s Bitters advertisement – Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 13, 1852

As you can see above, there are a few advertising references that clearly state the brand, its merits and a Dr. Joseph R. Robertson who was quite well known in Austin. The house that he once lived in is the oldest extant frame structure in Austin. The building and its surroundings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. More information is listed below.

Dr. Joseph William Robertson

Joseph William Robertson was born on 22 February 1809 in South Carolina and came to Texas in 1836 and settled in Bastrop County. His wife was Lydia Lee Robertson (1819-1902). They had one child, Lydia M. Robertson (1855 – 1939).

Joseph was a medical doctor, educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He was a legislator from Bastrop County in the House of Representatives of the 4th Congress of the Republic of Texas. In Austin, he and his family purchased the 21 acres that had belonged to Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, French representative to the Republic of Texas. Here Dr. Robertson raised his family. Robertson was also Mayor of Austin in 1843-44. Dr. Robertson died on 08 August 1870.

The Robertson Family Home – French Legation Museum

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The Robertson family home is now the French Legation Museum. The building and its surroundings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

The French Legation Museum began in 1841 as a private home built for the French chargé d’affaires, Alphonse Dubois to represent represent the French government in the new Republic of Texas. The property has had two other significant owners including Dr. Joseph Robertson, and the State of Texas who appointed the Daughters of the Republic of Texas the custodians of the property.

Father Odin held ownership of the property until 1847, when the house and surrounding land was sold to Moseley Baker. Baker in turn sold the property to South Carolina native Dr. Joseph W. Robertson in 1848, who hoped to run a girls’ school at the house. However, the plans for the academy did not succeed and the house became the Robertson family home. Dr. Robertson and his wife, Lydia Lee (or M) Robertson, their eleven children and nine enslaved workers lived at the site, which became known in Austin as Robertson Hill. The Robertson’s daughter, Lydia (Lillie) Robertson, lived in the home her entire life, nearly 84 years. Miss Robertson opened the house to the public, offering tours of what she called the “Old French Embassy.” Following the death of Miss Robertson, the house was sold to the state of Texas.

From History of Boggy Creek Farm – Mr. Smith met an untimely death at the hands of a “villainous overseer”: “We learn that a fatal difficulty took place between Mr. James Smith, near Austin, and a young Mr. Baker, in which the former received the contents of a pistol of which he died on Saturday night last.” (January 25, 1845). (Northern Standard, Clarksville). He was attended, in the 40 hours before death, by his doctor, Joseph Robertson, who bought the French Legation house and 21 acres formerly owned by the French Ambassador to the Republic of Texas, Alphonse Dubois de Saligny. Dr. Robertson also attended the birth of Elizabeth’s last child, Susan, who was born in August, 8 months after her father’s death (The charge for this delivery was $25.)

Francis  T. Duffau, Druggist – Austin, Texas

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Advertisement for Francis T. Duffau, Drugs and Medicines – Austin, Texas. The Robertson’s Tonic Bitters was sold here according to the advertisement further above. – The Texas State Times (Austin, Tex.) Saturday, January 26, 1856

Scan of bottle illustration courtesy of Bill Ham
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Texas Bitters List

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TEXAS BITTERS LIST

03 July 2013 (R•031416) (R•032719) (R•090219)

Apple-Touch-IconAThis list is a work in progress. The intent is to document, research and list the very few known Texas Bitters. Hopefully more information and examples will be forthcoming.

Read More: Here are those four Texas Bitters


Stresau Bitters

Courtney, Texas

Front embossing F. Stresau and G. & F. Stresau – Courtney Texas – color run – Sparkman Collection

Reverse Embossing F. Stresau and G. & F. Stresau – Courtney Texas – color run – Sparkman Collection

Embossed F. STRESAU, COURTNEY, TEXAS, amber, 8-1/2″, Courtney, Texas
Embossed F. STRESAU, COURTNEY, TEXAS, aqua, 8-1/2″, Courtney, Texas
Embossed G & F. STRESAU, COURTNEY, TEXAS, amber, 8-1/2″, Courtney, Texas
Embossed G & F. STRESAU, COURTNEY, TEXAS, yellow amber, 8-1/2″, Courtney, Texas

These bottles are unlisted. Example supposedly found with a bitters label. Once this is confirmed, I will work with Bill Ham in assigningRing & Ham numbers to the bottles.

Read More: F. Stresau – A Texas Bitters (Courtney, Texas)


Heidelberg Bitters

Fort Worth, Texas

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Front Label detail Heidelberg Phosphine Magenbitters, L. Eppstein & Son, Fort Worth, Texas

Heidelberg Bitters, Phosphine Magenbitter, L. Eppstein & Co., 9-1/2″ tall x 3″ square, paper label, amber, 9-1/2″, Fort Worth

Also Phosphine Magenbitter, L. Eppstein & Co., paper label, Same shape as Royal Pepsin Bitters, Fort Worth (no image or additional information)

H 76 L…Heidelberg Phosphine & Magen Bitters (Magenbitters)
L. Eppstein & Son   Fort Worth, Texas
9 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 (6 3/4)
Rectangular, Amber, DCM
Label: For nerves, stomach and brain. Creates appetite, promotes digestion, stimulates the system. Mild and safe invigorant. Cures disorders of the stomach. Entirely free from all injurious ingredients.

Labeled bitters only

Read More: Heidelberg Bitters – L. Eppstein & Son – Fort Worth, Texas


Heidenheimer Bitters

Galveston, Texas

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Heidenheimer Bitters, paper label, Galveston, Texas. No bottle picture available at this time. Once a picture or further documentation is obtained, a Ring and Ham number will be assigned.

Read More: The elusive Heidenheimer Bitters – Galveston, Texas


Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters

Galveston, Texas

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Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters, embossed with paper label, Galveston, Texas (Bottle picture not  available at this time)

Y 8  YOUNGBLOOD’S TONIC BITTERS
YOUNGBLOOD’S / TONIC / BITTERS // sp // f // sp //
9 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 (7 1/2) 3/8
Rectangular, Amber, NSC, Applied mouth, 3 sp, Extremely rare
From Galveston, Texas

Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters

Read More: Youngblood’s Tonic Bitters – Galveston, Texas


Simmons’ American Hepattic Bitters

Navasota, Texas

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Simmons American Hepattic Bitters

Embossed SIMMONS. AMERICAN HEPATTIC BITTERS // MANUFACTURED BY W.P. BOULWARE & Co, amber, 8″, Navasota, Texas

S 106.5  SIMMONS AMERICAN HEPATTIC BITTERS
SIMMONS. AMERICAN / HEPATTIC BITTERS // NAVASOTA, TEXAS. // f / MANUFACTURIED / BY. W. P. BOULWARE & CO //
8 1/2 x 2 1/2 (5 3/8) 3/8
Square, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, Extremely rare
“POULWARE” should be “BOULWARE” misspelled
“HAVASOTA” should be “NAVASOTA” misspelled
Example was dug in Lynchburg, Texas, a town that settled so much it is under water.

Read More: The two embossed TEXAS Bitters

Simmons’ American Hepatic Bitters advertisement – Logan’s 1873 Railway Directory, St.Louis to Galveston


Texas Blood Purifier and Tonic Bitters

San Antonio, Texas

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T 13.5  Texas Blood Purifier and Tonic Bitters / R. L. Smith Proprietors, San Antonio, Texas

Texas Blood Purifier and Tonic Bitters, R. L. Smith Proprietor, amber, 9″, San Antonio, Texas

T 13.5   TEXAS BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC BITTERS
TEXAS / BLOOD PURIFIER // AND // TONIC BITTERS // R. L. SMITH / PROPRIETOR / SAN ANTONIO / TEXAS. // f //
9 7/8 x 2 3/4 (7 5/8) 3/8
Square, Amber, LTC, Extremely rare
T 14  TEXAS BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC BITTERS
TEXAS / BLOOD PURIFIER // AND // TONIC BITTERS // area with lettering removed showing plate mark with two round marks / SAN ANTONIO / TEXAS // f //
10 x 2 3/4 (7 1/2) 3/8
Square, Amber, LTC, Extremely rare
The A in Texas in the panel with San Antonio lacks cross bar.
This bottle was found under an old house being razed in downtown San Antonio.
T 14.5  TEXAS BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC BITTERS
TEXAS / BLOOD PURIFIER // AND // TONIC BITTERS // area with lettering removed showing plate mark with two round marks // R. L.  Smith /
10 1/2 x 2 3/4 (7 1/2) 3/8
Square, Amber, LTC, Extremely rare

Searching for more information and pictures.

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T 14  Texas Blood Purifier and Tonic Bitters / San Antonio, Texas

Read More:  The two embossed TEXAS Bitters


Dansby’s Cotton-Patch Bitters

Terrell, Texas

Dansby’s Cotton Patch Bitters advertisement – The Standard, Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1887. (Clarksville, Texas)

Dansby’s Cotton-Patch Bitters

Read: Where is that Dansby’s Cotton-Patch Bitters from Terrell, Texas?


Robertson’s Tonic Bitters

Austin, Texas

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R 80  ROBERTSON’S TONIC BITTERS
ROBERTSON’S / TONIC BITTERS // f  // f // f //
Dr. Joseph W. Robertson   Austin, Texas
8 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 5/8 (6 1/2)
Rectangular, Aqua, LTC, Metallic pontil mark, 1 sp, Extremely rare

Read More: Robertson’s Tonic Bitters – Austin, Texas


Old San Jacinto Bitters

Galveston, Texas

Old San Jacinto Bitters advertisement – The Galveston Daily News, Saturday, May 14, 1870

Samuel H. Gilman, Sole Patentee and Proprietor, Galveston, Texas (Unlisted)

The new listing by Bill Ham for the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2:

Advertisement
O 49.5 OLD SAN JACINTO BITTERS, S. H. Gilman, Galveston, Texas
Samuel H. Gilman, Sole Patentee and Proprietor
The Galveston Daily News, Saturday, May 14, 1870

Shoe String Bitters

Ferris, Texas

We’ve never seen a Shoe String Bitters bottle as referenced in this trade card from Joe Gourd. Read: The Story of Ferris, Texas

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S 100.7 SHOE STRING BITTERS, Illustration of children and seesaw. Use S.S.B. Reverse: Ten reasons why Shoe String Bitters is the best medicine in the world. Prepared by A. J. Long, M.D., Ferris, Texas

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