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Black Hills Bitters To The Front!

Posted on 19 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Black Hills Bitters To The Front! 19 March 2014 (R•032114) Jack Stecher (Rochester, New York) provided me with a copy of this 1879 advertisement below for Black Hills Bitters from Rochester, New York and asked if I knew anything about … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Remedy | Tagged bitters, Black, Blauw, Charles, Davis, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Edward, German, Hills, Hippolyt, New York, physician, Remedy, Rochester, Rowley, Stecher, Street | Leave a comment

Burwell’s Virginia Bitters – Richmond

Posted on 6 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Burwell’s Virginia Bitters – Richmond 06 March 2014 (R•030714) I have been tracking the elusive and unlisted Burwell’s Virginia Bitters from Richmond for a year or two and was finally able to see an example in person this past weekend at … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Armistead, Baltimore, bitters, Blair, Burgundy, Burwell, charlotte, Dow, drug, Dunn, George, Marianne, Meade, Mecklenburg, physician, Pickett, Richmond, Robert, Virginia, William | Leave a comment

Looks like J. W. Poland made a Bitters!

Posted on 3 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looks like J. W. Poland made a Bitters! Poland’s White Mountain Bitters 03 March 2014 Wow, what a neat surprise. Bottle trade card authority, Joe Gourd sent me this invoice for Littlefield & Hayes of Manchester, New Hampshire showing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged bitters, Bonny, Cattarrh, Chauncey, drug, Hayes, Littlefield, Manchester, Mountain, New Hampshire, Poland, receipt, Remedy, White | Leave a comment

An unlisted Indian Queen Bitters?

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

An unlisted Indian Queen Bitters? by James Viguerie 13 February 2014 (R•040819) OK, maybe it is listed. This ebay listing might be Ring & Ham I 21 in Bitters Bottles, or a slight variation of it. Too bad it is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged ABM, Baltimore, bitters, cocktail, company, drug, Indian, labeled, Metropole, Pennsylvania, Pittston, Prohibition, Queen, tonics, Wilkes-Barre | Leave a comment

J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore 29 January 2014 (R•092818) John M. Laroque, a Frenchmen, was the proprietor of Laroque’s Drug Store at 20 Baltimore Street from 1817 until his death in 1864 making the drug store one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Revolutionary War, Trade Cards | Tagged Baltimore, Bladensburg, drug, Gourd, Laroque, Marlyland, Milhau, pharmacy, Rowell, Thornton | Leave a comment

So who is A. C. Meyer?

Posted on 12 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and being from Baltimore, if I was related in any way to A. C. Meyer … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Poison Bottles, Syrup, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards | Tagged Adolph, August, Baltimore, Bremen, Carl, Cough, death, Dr. Bull, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, dust, Ferdinand, Germany, maryland, Meyer, oil, Salvation, St. Jacob, Syrup, Vogeler | Leave a comment

Hartman’s Old Virginia Bitters – Tonic, Appetizer and Man Restorer

Posted on 19 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hartman’s Old Virginia Bitters Tonic, Appetizer and Man Restorer by Joe Gourd & Ferdinand Meyer V Drink it plain or in whiskey three or four times a day, and you will feel like a new man. 19 November 2013 Last … Continue reading →

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Dr. Warren’s Universal Tonic Bitters – Fond du Lac

Posted on 23 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Warren’s Universal Tonic Bitters Stiles & Givens Co. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 23 October 2013 Earlier in the month we visited Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and looked at the Indian Blood Bitters and earlier today I posted on the Ritz’s Juniper … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged bitters, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Fond du Lac, Frank M. Givens, Mark Nelson, New York, Silas Burrell Stiles, Stiles & Givens Co., Warren, Wisconsin | 1 Comment

Ritz’s Juniper & Wild Lemon Bitters – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Posted on 22 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ritz’s Juniper & Wild Lemon Bitters Milwaukee, Wisconsin 22 October 2013 Mark Nelson posted a wonderful picture of the extremely rare, Ritz’s Juniper & Wild Lemon Bitters from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on facebook the other day. I’ve heard of this semi-cabin … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup – oooh so soothing

Posted on 5 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Oh, jab me with your needle a hundred times, and a hundred times I will bless you, Saint Morphine” Jules Verne  (1828 – 1905) Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was one of the most successful, famous or infamous medicines from our … Continue reading →