Tag Archives: Kansas City

Surgical Institute Bitters

Posted on 17 March 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Surgical Institute Bitters 17 March 2016 Here is reference to an unlisted bitters called the Surgical Institute Bitters. Yesterday, when I found this advertisement shown above, I immediately thought we might be talking about the same fellows who put out … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Figural Bottles, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Dickerson, Figural, Herb, Indian, Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, Queen, Scotland, Stark, Surgical, Western | Leave a comment

Lone Star Stomach Bitters – New Orleans

Posted on 30 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lone Star Stomach Bitters – New Orleans 30 May 2015 Here is another super bitters that made an exciting appearance at the recent American Glass Gallery Auction 14 by John Pastor. Let’s do a little digging on the J. Dreyfus (Crescent Moon and … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged bitters, Crescent, Dreyfus, Joseph, Kansas City, Lone, Missouri, Moon, New Orleans, Pastor, Star, Stomach | 1 Comment

Dr. Sherman’s Prickley Ash Bitters from Kansas City?

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Sherman’s Prickley Ash Bitters from Kansas City? 28 March 2013 (R•030516) It appears that Dr. Sherman went into a drug store to get a drink of whiskey, and being familiar with the place went behind the prescription case and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Trade Cards | Tagged Dr. Sherman, J.W. Woods, Kansas City, McMurray, Meyer, Missouri, Prickley, Prickly, Sam Lawson, Sherman, St. Louis | Leave a comment

Daily Dose – January 2013

Posted on 3 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 Section dedicated to daily thoughts and interests Thursday, 31 January 2013 Wow, this month just went by so fast. Christmas seems so long ago. Back in Houston, dodged … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Daily Dose, Figural Bottles, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Museums, News, Postage, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, Bill Taylor, bitters, Daily Dose, Drakes, fohbc, Galveston, Jeff Burkhardt, John April, Kansas City, Kentucky, Lexington, Michael Stresau, National Postal Museum, news, Pittsburgh | Leave a comment

Looking for Bottles Carried on the Steamboat Arabia

Posted on 16 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T H E S T E A M B O A T A R A B I A Looking at famed Civil War author Jim Schmidt’s interview with Andrew W. Hall and the Galveston-Houston Packet this morning made me … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Dinnerware, Display, Flasks, History, Museums, Questions, Treasure | Tagged Arabia, Bertrand, Bob Hawley, bottles, Captain William Terrill, cargo, Elisha Sortor, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri River, museum, paddlewheel, Parkville, Quindaro Bend, Steamboat, Treasure, William Boyd | 2 Comments

The Indian Herb Bitters Prepared by Drs Dickerson & Stark

Posted on 27 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

THE INDIAN HERB BITTERS aka ‘Kansas City Queen’ PREPARED BY DRS DICKERSON & STARK 27 September 2012 (R•101515) (R•031716) First of all, I have written about this special queen before (Read: Ladies & Gents…The Kansas City Queen) as it was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Figural Bottles, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Brown's, D’Estaing, Dickerson, Figural, Herb, Indian, Kansas City, Long, Mohawk, Pharazyn, Stark | 6 Comments

Prickly Ash Bitters – Meyer Brothers Drug Company

Posted on 13 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Prickly Ash Bitters Meyer Brothers Drug Company 13 April 2012 (R•112713 – Western photograph of sign) (R•111215) (R•032819) (R•051119-TC Swanson) (R•102619-1880 Newspaper ad) Dana Charlton-Zarro asked the following question over on one of the bottle collecting pages on Facebook. This gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Facebook, History, Questions, Trade Cards | Tagged Ash, Ben Swanson, bitters, Charlton-Zarro, Christian F. G. Meyer, Chuck Meyer, Dana, Ferdinand Meyer V, Fort Wayne, Germany, Hanover, indiana, Kansas City, Meyer Brothers, Prickly, St. Louis | Leave a comment

Ladies & Gents…The Kansas City Queen

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With shocking disbelief I share pictures of the legendary INDIAN HERB BITTERS – Prepared by Drs Dickerson & Stark Medical & Surgical Institute Kansas City, Missouri that walked in the door of the St. Joseph, Missouri Bottle & Insulator Show … Continue reading →