Tag Archives: Fraud

He Sold Black Hawk Bitters

Posted on 23 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

He Sold Black Hawk Bitters 23 January 2019 I saw the “He Sold Black Hawk Bitters” notice below for Black Hawk Bitters in a Mexico, Missouri newspaper dated Thursday, December 2, 1915. It caught my eye as a possible unlisted bitters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Albert Lehman, alcohol, bitters, Black, chemical, Columbia, Court, Davenport, Druggist & Drugstore, Franz Staufenbeil, Fraud, Hawk, Indian, Iowa, J.T. Gentle, Lou Hollis, M.K. Shuggart, Medicine, Mexico, Meyer, Midwest, Missouri, newspaper, Regina Magnus, Saint Louis, Sauk, unlisted, Vandalia | Leave a comment

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic!

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic! Dundas Dick & Co. – New York 15 January 2019 I have an amber rectangular embossed Congress Bitters bottle in my collection (pictured at the top of post) that I know nothing about. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Scams & Frauds, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, american, bitters, Bottle, Brooklyn, Broome, calendar, Capitol, capsules, castor oil, chemist, Congress, croton oil, Cure, Domenico Minneill, Druggist & Drugstore, Dundas Dick, Edinburgh, Fraud, J. C. Saur, Joe Gourd, Medicine, New York, pills, Poison, powders, Quinine, Remedy, Sandalwood, Schumacher & Ettlinger, Scotland, Seidlitine, Seidlitz, Tape worm, Thermaline, Tonic, Wooster | Leave a comment

PE-RU-NA For Catarrh – The Great American Fraud

Posted on 8 October 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

PE-RU-NA For Catarrh – The Great American Fraud 08 October 2018 Yesterday, I put together a post on TO-NI-TA which reminded me of PE-RU-NA. Early 1900 fraudulent medicines with similar graphics treatment in their names, similar bottles, and the same time … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Scams & Frauds | Tagged bitters, Catarrh, Collier's Weekly, columbus, Dr. Ashbel P. Grinnell, Dr. S. B. Hartman, Fraud, Mishler, Nostrum, ohio, PE-RU-NA, Peruna, quack, Samuel Hopkins Adams | Leave a comment

The latest bottle Scams with Velma Craft or Anicia Benson or Reginald Offutt etc.

Posted on 26 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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 | Leave a comment

Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters Fraud?

Posted on 17 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Will the real Curtis Cordial Calisaya Bitters Please Stand Out! On 30 January 2013 I opened up one of my many incoming bottle related emails to see a stunning emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters with the following question: … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Cordial, News, Photography, Questions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged bitters, Brian Wolff, Calisaya, Cordial, Curtis, Fraud, indiana, Jeff Burkhardt, Lou Lambert, Mark Warne, Michael George, New Albany, Scam, Stomach | Leave a comment

eBay Scam Exposed!

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

You know, if Facebook helped in the overthrow of the corrupt regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, why can’t it help us expose a fraud on eBay. Thanks to some initial detective work by Michael George and some alert moves by … Continue reading →