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 WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE ,I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE ADIRONDACKS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. I STARTED DIGGING BOTTLES WHEN I WAS 12 YRS OLD MY FATHER GARY GOT ME HOOKED. US KIDS USED TO DIG AND SELL THEM TO A GUY WHO TOOK THEM TO FLEA MARKETS.I REMEMBER SOME OF THE STUFF WE USED TO DIG AND RECALL ONE DUMP THAT PRODUCED 16 BUFFALO LITHIA WATERS. I SOLD THEM FOR 6.00 EACH,AND WAS OK WITH THAT (AT 12).THE ONE I DO WISH I STILL HAD WAS THE COLOR OF GASOLINE AND I GOT 25.00 FOR THAT ONE,PROBABLLY WORTH MUCH MORE TODAY. NEVER REALLY STOPPED SINCE THEN AS FAR AS COLLECTING,THEN ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO OR SO I FELL INTO A DEAL WITH A LONG TIME DEALER IN BOTTLES AND ALL ANTIQUES. I STRUCK A DEAL AND FOR BOXING UP 3 FULL STORIES OF ANTIQUES I GOT TO KEEP ALL THE BOTTLES AND STONEWARE.(65 PIECES) AND 6500 BOTTLES....I PULLED SOME GREAT STUFF OUT OF THE BUNCH AND REMEMBER HAVING CASES ALL OVER THE PLACE,6500 BOTTLES TAKES UP ALOT OF ROOM.ONE MORNING WENT OUT TO THE BOXES PILED IN YARD AND PULLED OUT A BINNEGERS CANNON AND A GW HOXIE THAT WAS THE FINEST IVE EVER SEEN,ALSO LOG CABIN BITTERS AND TONS OF BLOBS AND HUTCHS AND PANEL MEDICINES.I DECIDED TO START KEEPING POISONS AND ALOT OF THE STONE WARE AND TRADED/SOLD THE REST.I NOW HAVE A DEDICATED ROOM FOR MY OLD ADVERTISING AND BOTTLES   I ALSO LIKE PANEL MEDS AND BLOBS.WHISKEYS ARE ALSO SOMETHING I HAVE SOME OF,BUT POISONS,STONEWARE AND BLOBS ARE MY FAVORITES FOR SURE. I REACHED 250 ENGLISH AND U.S. POISONS {INCLUDING 17 W.T.CO. LATTICES} AND THE DECIDED TO MOVE INTO COLORED AND RARER BLOBS. I TRADED ALOT OF THE POISONS AND SOLD SOME TO ADD O MY BLOBS. I NOW HAVE WELL OVER 350 BLOBS AND AM GETTING MORE ALL THE TIME. OVER THE  YEARS I'VE BEEN IN ON SOME MASSIVE DIGS,COVERING HUGE AREAS AND DIGGING DOWN UP TO 15 FEET +,UPROOTED TREE'S AND BROUGHT SOME GREAT STUFF HOME. SOME OF THE GUY'S I DIG WITH HAVE GOTTEN GREAT STUFF AS WELL AND IT'S ALWAYS A TREASURE HUNT FOR ME. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT ONE COME OUT AND GET IT CLEANED UP,NOT ALWAYS WHOLE......BUT  I NEVER SEEM TO GROW TIRED OF TRYING THAT NEXT DUMP.I SEARCH AUCTIONS,SALES,INTERNET AS WELL FOR NEW ADDITIONS AND HAVE OVER THE YEARS GOT SOME REAL NICE STUFF,  EITHER FOR MY COLLECTION OR TO TRADE/SELL FOR A DIFFERENT PIECE FOR MY COLLECTION.THERE ARE FOR NEW COLLECTORS A LOT OF PLACES TO GET A COLLECTION GOING,YARD SALES,ANTIQUE SHOPS AND DIGGING.AS YOUR COLLECTION PROGRESSES AUCTIONS CARRY THE MID TO BETTER RANGE GLASS AND OF COURSE THERE IS ONLINE AUCTIONS,WHERE YOU CAN GET ABOUT ANYTHING. BOTTLE SHOWS ARE STILL ONE OF THE MOST INEXPENSIVE PLACES TO GET A NEW ADDITION AND YOU GET TO CHECK IT OUT IN PERSON,WHICH TO ME IS A HUGE PLUS. BARTERING AND PARTIAL TRADES ARE ALSO POSSIBILTIES AT SHOWS,UNLIKE AUCTIONS ECT. THE KEY HERE IS RESEARCH IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT,THERE ARE REPRODUCTION /DECOROTIVE BOTTLES OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY EASY TO MISTAKE EVEN WHEN A SEASONED COLLECTOR. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REPRODUCTION AND WHAT I CLASSIFY AS DECOROTIVE IS A REPRODUCTION IS A COPY/FACSIMALY OF AN ACTUAL OLD BOTTLE. A DECOROTIVE IS LIKE THE WEATON COFFINS,THEY WERE NEVER PRODUCED TO ACTUALLY BE USED,STRICTLY DECOROTIVE. THERE ARE GREAT RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR BOTTLE COLLECTORS IF YOU SEARCH THEM OUT.SOME ARE OUTDATED BUT GREAT FOR REFERENCE AND IF YOU USE MANY SOURCES YOU CAN COME TO YOUR OWN DECISION. AUCTION HOUSES, EBAY, LIBRARIES, TOWN HALLS AND OTHERS ARE GREAT PLACES TO FIND INFORMATION. LOCAL AUCTIONS AND SALES ARE GOOD PLACES TO FIND AN ADDITION,. I HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE LIBRARY OF COLLECTABLES BOOKS,FEEL FREE TO ASK, I WILL BE GLAD TO HELP RESEARCH YOUR LATEST FIND.THE BOTTOM LINE IS ADDING TO YOUR COLLECTION THE BEST EXAMPLE YOU CAN AFFORD TO GET.  I TRY TO POST SOME OF THE STUFF DIGGERS & COLLECTORS NEWER TO THIS GREAT HOBBY WILL FIND. SITES WITH 5,000 DOLLAR BOTTLES ARE GREAT TO LOOK AT TOO,BUT NOT MANY OF US ARE GOING TO DIG OR FIND SOMETHING OF THAT CALIBER . I TRY AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND ENJOY HELPING OUT IN THE RESEARCH OF YOUR NEWEST FIND. GOOD LUCK THANKS FOR STOPPING AND BE SURE TO STOP BACK OFTEN AS I WILL BE CHANGING AND ADDING ON A REGULAR BASIS AS MY COLLECTION PROGRESSES & CHANGES.THE MAJORITY OF MY INK COLLECTION CAME FROM MY FATHER GARY.I REALLY ENJOY MY SITE ALOT AND ALWAYS WANT IT BETTER!! ENJOY!! 

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 FATHER ~ DIGGING PARTNER ~ FRIEND

MY FATHER GARY WAS THE ONE THAT GOT ME HOOKED ON BOTTLES AT AGE 12 IN THE ADIRONDACKS ,HE HAD A PASSION US FELLOW DIGGER/COLLECTORS MAY BE THE ONLY ONES WHO UNDERSTAND.WORKING HARDER AT DIGGING THAN AT MOST OF OUR JOBS....AND ALWAYS READY TOO DO IT AGAIN. HE WAS A RETIRED & VERY PROUD NYS FOREST RANGER OF 36 YEARS. HE LOVED LIFE AND ALL IT HAD TO OFFER RUNNING PULLING TRACTORS, MOTORCYCLES, HIT & MISS ENGINES, BOTTLES AND ABOUT ANYTHING ANTIQUE. HE HAD AN ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT ANYTHING MECHANICAL AND USALLY IMPROVE ON IT.  HE PASSED ON 7~6~2010 , I WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLE HE WAS MY FRIEND.

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  EVERYTHING ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES PLUS SOME IS IN MY BOTTLEROOM, I'LL GET A PICTURE OF  IT UP SOON AS I  GET THE SHELVING AND DISPLAYS THE WAY I WANT. I REALLY ENJOY MY BOTTLEROOM/COLLECTION,I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A DESIGNATED  BOTTLEROOM.I HAVE AROUND 55 INKS YET TO GET ON HERE AS WELL AS THE 150 + BLOBS ECT. SO CHECK BACK OFTEN.

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 ALVIN SILVER CO.                                                                                 1886 STERLING CLAD FLASK

 A FAVORITE IN MY COLLECTION,DATING TOO 1886-1888 RANGE FROM ALVIN SILVER MANUFACTURING CO.  THE BASE COMES OFF AS A CUP AND THE LID LOCKS, ALL SOLID STERLING AND IN AMAZING CONDITION...........NICE!

1886 - Alvin Silver was founded in 1886 in New Jersey. One of their first successes was developing a process for depositing pure silver on metallic and non-metallic items like umbrella and cane handles. Another cutting-edge product line included glass items with silver ...The mark is an "A" in a crest, with a ship in a circle on the left, and an anchor in a circle on the right. This was the first silver mark used by Alvin Manufacturing Co., founded in 1886. Alvin Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of sterling silver flatware, hollowware and toilet ware. It was later acquired by Gorham Silver Company. HENRY F. COOK.Henry F. Cook, well known both in New York City and Sag Harbor, Long Island, as a prominent and prosperous business man, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1855, a son of Dr. Henry and Eloise Augusta (Huntting) Cook. When he was a very small child his parents moved to Sag Harbor, and he acquired his literary education in the public and private schools of that village, and in Auburn, New York, graduating from Crittenden's Business College, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Upon the completion of his studies he commenced his business career by engaging with Joseph Fahys in the manufacture of watch cases in New York City. His careful attention to duty and his earnest desire to become familiar with all the details of the business soon won the confidence of Mr. Fahys, and he was admitted as a partner in 1880, and since that time he has been the active business man of the firm. The following year the business was incorporated with Joseph Fahys as president and Henry F. Cook as treasurer and secretary, and within the past few years they have absorbed several of the leading concerns in the country, such as the Brooklyn Watch Case Company, of Brooklyn, New York, who make a specialty of solid gold cases of a high grade, and the Alvin Manufacturing Company, of New Jersey. Mr. Cook acts as the secretary and treasurer of this plant; the Alvin Manufacturing Company make a specialty of solid silver ware, and Mr. Cook acts as the vice president of this plant, Under the management of Mr. Cook the plant at Sag Harbor has grown to.large proportions, and now gives employment to about one thousand hands and the weekly pay roll is upwards of nine thousand dollars, thus making the Fahys Watch Case Company, which was started by Joseph Fahys in 1857 in a very small way, the leading industry of the village of Sag Harbor, and the largest manufactory in this line in the United States. The general offices of the company are in their own building at 54 Maiden Lane, and 29 and 31 Liberty street, New York City, with offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and London, England. In addition to the duties that devolve upon him through his connection with this corporation, Mr. Cook up to two years ago was the president of the Montauk Steamboat Company, which was later purchased by the Long Island Railroad Company. At the present time (1902) he is the president of the Sag Harbor Real Estate Company, president of the Sag Harbor Water Works, vice president of the Peconic Bank of Sag Harbor, secretary and treasurer of the Sag Harbor Heating and Lighting Company, and trustee of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank. Also trustee of the Presbyterian church. He is also actively interested in the improvement of North Haven, a beautiful suburb of Sag Harbor, situated on Peconic Bay, where he and Mr. Fahys have purchased one thousand acres of land with two miles of frontage on the bay. Here he has erected a summer residence, which is considered one of the most artistic and beautiful houses on the island, and his city residence is situated at No. 9 East 82nd street, New York City.  GEORGE E. FAHYS, Aide to the Grand Marshal, is a manufacturer of watch cases. He is President of the Alvin Manufacturing Company, and a member of the firm of Joseph Fahys & Co., Vice President of the Montauk Steamboat Company, President of the Brooklyn Watch Case Company and Director in the Jeweler's Board of Trade. Mr. Fahys resides in Brooklyn. He is a graduate of the School of Mines, Columbia College

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Remington was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, as E. Remington and Sons. It is the oldest company in the United States which still makes its original product, and is the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America. It is the only US company which produces both firearms and ammunition domestically, and is the largest US producer of shotguns and rifles. After a 12 year absence in the handgun market Remington announced April, 2010 the Model 1911 R1, slated to be available through select independent dealers beginning June, 2010. The last handgun produced by Remington Arms, the Model XP-100R, ceased production in 1998. Its products are distributed in over 60 foreign countries, making its base wider than those of its competitors. Remington has also developed or adopted more cartridges than any other gun maker or ammunition manufacturer in the world.

 Samuel Stockton White (1822-1879) was a Philadelphia dentist who in the mid 1840s began manufacturing porcelain teeth using feldspar. White gradually abandoned his practice for the manufacture of teeth, dental instruments and supplies. His porcelain teeth won the highest award at the Crystal Palace Exposition in London in 1851 and again at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876. By the mid nineteenth century the S.S. White Company had become the largest manufacturer of dental instruments in the world. Branch offices for the sale of the firm's products were opened in New York (1846), Boston (1850), Brooklyn (1852), Chicago (1858), Atlanta (1891), Rochester (1897), New Orleans, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Peoria, and Omaha. Branches were established abroad in Berlin (1897), St. Petersburg (1899), Toronto, London, Paris, Japan, and Australia. In 1881 the firm was incorporated, changing its name from the S.S. White Co. to the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. The extensive plant of Johnston Bros., on Staten Island, New York, was acquired; it produced a large portion of the products marketed by the firm. The manufacture of teeth was discontinued in 1937. This company was the first to produce the all-metal dental chair, a flexible shaft engine, certain filling products, and precision steel instruments. It published the pioneering periodical, THE DENTAL COSMOS, from 1859 to 1936 (© SMITHSONIAN)

BELOW IS SOME OF MY INK COLLECTION, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH HAD BEEN MY FATHER GARY'S COLLECTION.

                                                3 SIZES OF B.I.M. STAFFORDS MASTER INKS, LEFT TOO RIGHT ~ 5 INCH, 10 INCH & 7 INCH

THREE NICE COLOR 1800'S MASTER INKS WITH HAND FORMED POUR SPOUTS,THE TEAL AND DARK GREEN ARE 10 INCH AND THE  COBALT ONE IS ONLY 4 + INCHS.

The William Carter Company, the forerunner of Carter's Ink, was founded in 1858 by Boston stationer, William Carter who, in order to supplement his paper sales, had started repackaging other companies' inks and selling them under his own name. In 1860, William Carter's brother, Edward Carter, joined the company and the firm became known as "William Carter and Bro."

The Civil War disrupted Carter's primary ink supplier, so William Carter obtained the use of its formulas on a royalty basis and started making his own inks and mucilage, which necessitated the move to a larger building. Another brother, John H. Carter, joined the company, which became "William Carter & Bros."In 1865 William's cousin, John W. Carter, joined the enterprise and the name became "Carter Bros. & Company." John W. Carter focused his efforts on the ink part of the business which, along with the sales efforts of James P. Dinsmore, resulted in such growth that the ink business was separated from the paper business and moved into its own quarters in 1868."

The entire firm and both of its divisions and their separate buildings were destroyed the night of November 9, 1872, in what has been called the Great Boston Fire of 1872. All that was left was the company's good will and its formulas.

After the fire in 1872, John W. Carter teamed up with James P. Dinsmore to buy the ink division and start a new firm known as "Carter, Dinsmore and Company." The new company thrived and by 1884 had become the largest ink producer in the world. Contributing to this growth was John W. Carter's belief in and commitment to research to develop new and better inks.

James P. Dinsmore retired in 1888, and John W. Carter drowned in 1895, which created an organizational crisis in the unincorporated enterprise, which led to its incorporation later that year as "The Carter's Ink Company.

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Stafford’s” violet combined writing and copying ink was first placed on the New York market in 1869, though it was in 1858 that Mr. S. S. Stafford, the founder of the house, began the manufacture of inks, which he has continued to do to the present day. His chemical writing fluids are very popular, but he does not make a tanno-gallate of iron ink without “added” color, for the trade.

THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE ADVERTISING PIECES AND NEW OLD STOCK AS WELL. THEY JUST DON'T MAKE CLASSY ADS LIKE THIS ANYMORE. AN ERA GONE BY, THE STORE HAS MOVED SLIGHTLY DOWN THE STREET BUT IS IN BUSINESS YET TODAY. NOW CALLED ~ Star Liquors & Wines WAS AT 1138 AND NOW AT 1142 STATE STREET,SCHENECATDY N.Y.  STAR LIQUOR is in the Liquor Stores industry in SCHENECTADY, NY. This company currently has approximately 10 to 20 employees and annual sales of $1000000                  ******************************************************************************************    PRETTY HARD TO GET SMITH'S GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR DOSE CUP. SMITH'S GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR 40 years of success in Vermont For coughs, colds, and consumption Spirit of the Times (Batavia, NY) November 19, 1898 Embossing: SMITH'S GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR EAST GEORGIA VT

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Early in 1886, Brown joined the Fountain Ink Company of 62 Cliff Street, New York as a trustee. Here he fell in love with their crow-colored ink and devised the name "Caws." By October Fountain Ink suddenly went broke and Brown bought the assets in a bankruptcy sale. He changed the name to "Caw's Ink and Pen Company", and named his wife its President.  Besides ink, he quickly started manufacturing and advertising the Dashaway pen that he and David W. Beaumel patented in November, 1886. Brown also opened a store at 233 Broadway where he employed Aunt Camille to handle the retail business. All was going well, but for one thing. Brown's Dashaway was nearly identical To the pen Wirt patented on Feb 3, 1885, nearly two years before. Wirt, a lawyer before entering the pen industry, lost no time in filing suit against Brown for patent infringement. The boastful Brown biography claims that Wirt and Waterman copied his designs, though the patent dates speak for themselves. The Wirt-Brown trial of Feb 1887 proved to be interesting. Exhibit A was  Wirt’s overfeed pen; Exhibit B, C, and D were Brown's pens, the last being the one purchased as this history began. Wirt testified that he bought identical pens from the store himself and that Quesnel, the woman at the register, refused him a receipt. Brown arrived an hour late for his testimony and, when on the stand, conveniently had difficulty remembering incriminating dates on which he made his pens. Brown even denied at first that his pens used capillary attraction to insure a constant ink flow. After several of Wirt's expert witnesses, including Lewis Waterman, testified that Brown's pen worked the same as Wirt's, Brown's counsel attacked Wirt's patent. They claimed that Wirt's design was not original and should not have received a patent in the first place. Ironically, this would also mean that Brown’s nearly identical design shouldn't have received a patent. Brown's lawyers presented dozens of earlier American and English patents covering anything that looked like Wirt's pen. They even tried to sneak in a few irrelevant patents dated after Wirt's. The only patent of any significance was Marvin C. Stone's 1882 feed patent. Wirt's design differed only in that his feed protruded into the ink reservoir where Stone's stopped at the section. Later, Wirt would acquire the rights to the Stone patent and imprint that date on his pens, so that his title was clear.  In the end, Judge Benedict ruled in Wirt's favor, saying "The pens made by the defendant are identical in principle with the pens made by the plaintiff. The Complainant is therefore entitled to a decree and an injunction."  This defeat did little to slow Brown. He quickly created some new feed designs and published even more aggressive advertising. Some of Caw’s first pens made were stylographics nearly identical to the MacKinnon. Lapham & Bogart Company, makers of “The Rival” pen produced them under contract and was sued, in turn, by Wirt for their trouble.  Besides marketing heavily in America, Brown was working hard to find markets in England and France. He won a first place medal at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris for his pens and stylographics where Marie Francoise and Aunt Camille’s French served him well. He also managed to contract with the Maruzen Import Company of Tokyo making the Caw's Stylographic pen one of the first fountain pens imported into Japan.  While Wirt advertised his pens with Mark Twain's endorsement, Brown courted presidents. Both ex-President Benjamin Harrison and President Grover Cleveland used and endorsed the Caw's Dashaway #130, a huge pen whose nib resembles a garden tool more than a writing implement. Cleveland Said, "I find Caw's Dashaway Fountain Pen very valuable as a signature pen." Harrison wrote, "The second Dashaway Fountain Pen received and suits me. The first one I gave to Mrs. Harrison, and she is using it with great satisfaction." No other pen in history has been publicly endorsed by two US presidents.  By the 1890's scores of pen makers were entering the industry, but little had changed in the way of design. Most of these pens were filled with an eyedropper and all suffered from leaks and caused ink stains. It was expected, and people joked about it. In 1893, the New York Times published a little joke that read "I would never trust him, he is as treacherous as a fountain pen." Another common joke was "No, not all gushing letters are written with a fountain pen." Brown sought to change this. In 1895 Francis Brown patented a spiral-cam safety pen(click for images and more information). Much as he had done with the Fountain Ink Company a decade before, he bought up the assets of the failed Horton Pen Company of New Haven, Connecticut and commenced production of the Caw’s Safety Pen in 1896. Also in that year he worked with Morris W. Moore on improvements to Moore’s 1893 safety pen design. Later the Waterman Company acquired these patents (see the Waterman History, Part III, in March Stylophiles) to become the most successful safety pen of the 20th Century. Brown received almost no money from Waterman for his patent rights but was paid in job lots of unmarked Waterman pens that he could imprint and sell both in the United States and in Europe. Francis Brown’s pens were always at least interesting and often innovative. One pen in the Caw’s catalogue and one of which Brown was most proud, was called “The Limit" The owner could convert it from a safety to a normal eyedropper fountain pen. Another interesting Caw's pen is “The Easy" which was Caw’s entry into the “jointless” pen fad of the turn of the last century. “The Easy” is identical in principle to that of the slightly later Jay G. Rider pen. It fills with an eyedropper, but the pen has no section. The barrel is one piece. The nib and feed are pulled out to fill the barrel. Brown began selling more and more pens in Europe as the US market grew more Competitive and his share of the U.S. market dwindled. When found at all today, his contract pens from Waterman often come from France and the Low Countries. The chaos of World War I destroyed the last remaining markets for his fountain pens. Frank Brown left pen manufacture for good, making a living as an insurance salesman until his death on Feb 1, 1939

STONEWARE CONE INK DATING TOO EARLY 1900'S RANGE & THREE BLOWN IN MOLD LAST QUARTER OF THE 1800'S,THE ONE ON LEFT BEING THREE PART MOLD. ALL HAVE HAND FORMED POUR SPOUTS.

JOHN LAMONT PATENT BOTTLE WITH BARRETT AND CO. LONDON AS CUSTOMER,EVEN THOUGH LAMONT HAS MOST OF THE SPACE OCCUPIED!!! THESE ARE GETTING PRETTY HARD TOO COME BY,DATING TO LATER PART OF 1800'S THERE IS THE FIST HOLDING A BOTTLE ON FRONT AND A PICTURED LAMONT BOTTLE ON REVERSE WITH PATENT DOWN CENTER.

JOHN LAMONT PATENTED IN 1876 HIS INTERNAL LEDGE MOUTHED BOTTLE WITH WOOD STOPPER (LATER CHANGED TOO GLASS) THE DETAIL .OF THE INVENTION CONSISTED IN FORMING THE INTERNAL NECK WITH A NARROW FLANGE AGAINST WHAT THE RING ON STOPPER PRESSES AGAINST SEALING THE CONTENTS. THE WOODEN BULLET STOPPER WAS PATENTED IN 1888 BUT REQUIRED A SPECIAL TOOL TOO REPLACE THE RUBBER SEAL WHEN IT FAILED,A TIME CONSUMING TASK. THEY WERE VERY POPULAR PARTICUALRLY AFTER 1890 WHEN THE PATENT LAPSED AS THEY WERE CHEAP TOO PRODUCE.  LAMONT BOTTLES CONTINUED TO BE USED UNTIL 1910 RANGE. THEY HAVE BECOME VERY COLLECTABLE.

  THEN THE SCREW CAP !!!!!

A distinct feature which is an enormous advance on the preceding form of stopper, and which, from the fact of their being forced into the bottle in order to get at its contents, have been called "internal stoppers," is the patent screw stopper of Barrett and Elers, and the intermittent screw stopper of Barnett and Foster. Barrett's stoppers are made of ebonite tube, the thread being made by moulding the tube when softened by heat; the stoppering is rendered tight by an india-rubber washer. Mr. Barrett has kindly sent a variety of beverages bottled and corked according to his system, and also a variety of bottles and stoppers showing the growth of the new method of corking. We have, first, the somewhat barbarous looking "Jersey wood stopper," which, however convenient in use, can lay no claim to elegance or neatness; secondly, we have the ebonite stopper, which in turn was substituted for the glass ball stopper; lastly, we come to the screw stopper, which, although it was originally introduced for bottled beers, bids fair to supersede every other form of this kind of stopper for aerated waters. There is a great difference of opinion respecting the merits of the old and familiar method of corking, and the use of the patent stoppers. I have no hesitation in saying that the driving of the stopper into the contents of the bottle is very objectionable, it promotes a rapid evolution of gas, and what is still worse, any dust or particles of straw contained in the neck of the bottle find their wayinto the tumbler when the contents are poured out. A metal capsule would remove the last objection. This system of corking has, in spite of all that can be urged against it, been the means of developing a taste for these beverages among our artisans and the less wealthy of the middle class, and has no doubt stimulated the demand for waters where cork is used. I am indebted to Messrs. Hayward Tyler and Co. for this display of bottles, designed by Lamont, and others, for their well-known system of corking. Messrs. Barnett and Foster have also sent Codd's patent bottles. The fact that the screw stopper can be quickly replaced when a portion of the contents of the bottle has been poured out, adds very materially to its merit, the water retaining enough gas to bear opening a second time in a satisfactory state of aeration.

 MY COLLECTION OF VAPO~CRESOLINE STUFF, THE AQUA BOTTLE WITH NO BUMPS IS FROM 1880S AND VERY RARE.

POISONING BY VAPOCRESOLENE.

BY S. S. ADAMS, M.D.                           Washington, D. C.,

These cases are reported because vapo-cresolene is to be found in a great many houses in which there is a child with a cough. It is sometimes introduced and recommended by the physician. I have seen two cases of carbolic acid poisoning directly attributable to the inhalation of the fumes from a vapocresolene lamp. In one case I was called to see a patient who was said to be dying and the family and physician did not know what was the matter. I found the child, aged one year, in coma, and in a cold, clammy sweat. There was marked pulmonary edema. When I asked what had been done with carbolic acid, I was told that the child had been shut up for twenty-four hours in a small room inhaling the fumes from a vapo-cresolene lamp. I asked the mother: " How long has this child been passing black urine?" and she said it had passed black urine, but had passed no urine for twenty-four hours. The child was taken out in the open air, given water to drink and it recovered.

I was called to see an infant aged six months dying, it was said, from pneumonia. The child had stridulous respiration, mucous rales over both lungs, a cold, clammy sweat, and dilated pupils. The temperature was only a little over one hundred degrees in the rectum, and had been even lower. As I went out of the room I saw a vapo-cresolene lamp burning. Somebody had recommended using the vapo-cresolene lamp and the mother had put it beside the crib at bed-time. At twelve o'clock the child refused its food. At four o'clock the mother was awakened by a peculiar noise the child was making, and it was after this that I was called. This patient did not pass smoky urine. The child was taken into another room, and given plenty of water. The odor of carbolic acid was very perceptible. Usually physicians have attributed no harm to the vapo-cresolene lamp, but I ask for your experiences. Whether the pulmonary edema was due to the congestion of the kidneys or not I am unable to say. This second case also recovered. The pulse and temperature soon became normal and the physician in attendance then said he thought it was a case of " suffocative catarrh." But I do not think there is any doubt about the diagnosis of poisoning by vapo-cresolene.

 HERE IS A SEMI SCARCE. DOUGLAS EGYPTIAN LINIMENT, DOUGLAS & CO. NAPANEE ONT.CANADA. 1880S BLOWN IN MOLD  1880S RANGE TRIANGULAR POISON ABOUT 3 .5 INCHES TALL AND A 1870-80S RANGE CALMITOL BOTTLE THAT IS ABOUT 5+ INCHES AND PRETTY SCARCE. IT WAS A SKIN MEDICINE.

THREE VARIATIONS OF BIXBYS INKS, THE ONE ON FAR RIGHT  HAS A CRUDE LIP NOT AS COMMON AS OTHER LIP FINISHES ~ PATENT 1883

 BIXBY INK CO. VARIANTS  ~ 1880'S      LARKIN SOAP CO. BUFFALO,NEW YORK 

The Larkin Soap Company was founded in Buffalo in 1875. Among the principals were John D. Larkin, Elbert Hubbard, and Darwin D. Martin. By the early years of the twentieth century, the company expanded beyond soap manufacturing into groceries, dry goods, china, and furniture. Larkin became a pioneering, national mail-order house with branch stores in Buffalo, New York City and Chicago. At the time it commissioned its headquarters, Larkin was prosperous and the high price for a well-designed, innovative building was not a barrier. The company, known for its generous corporate culture, also commissioned Wright to design row houses for its workers, which were never built   The Larkin Building was designed in 1904 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906 for the Larkin Soap Company of Buffalo, New York, at 680 Seneca Street. It was demolished in 1950. The five story dark red brick building used pink tinted mortar and utilized steel frame construction. It was noted for many innovations, including air conditioning, stained glass windows, built-in desk furniture, and suspended toilet bowls (hung from the walls, not supported by the floor). Sculptor Richard Bock provided ornamentation for the building.[1] Exterior details were executed in red sandstone; the entrance doors, windows, and skylights were of glass. Floors, desktops, and cabinet tops were covered with magnesite for sound absorption. For floors, magnesite was mixed with excelsior and poured, and troweled like cement, over a layer of felt to impart it's resiliency. Magnesite was also used for sculptural decoration on the piers surrounding the light court and for panels and beams around the executive offices at the south end of the main floor. Frank Lloyd Wright designed much of the furniture. The interior walls were made of semi-vitreous, hard, cream colored brick. The building's approximate dimensions were 200 feet long by 134 feet wide. The light court was located in the center of the building, and was 76 feet tall. It provided plenty of natural light to all of the floors. In the light court, between the piers on the sides of the court, there appeared fourteen sets of three inspiration words each, such as: GENEROSITY ALTRUISM SACRIFICE, INTEGRITY LOYALTY FIDELITY, IMAGINATION JUDGEMENT INITIATIVE, INTELLIGENCE ENTHUSIASM CONTROL, CO-OPERATION ECONOMY INDUSTRY.

NOT A RARE BOTTLE BUT ALWAYS ENJOY DIGGING THEM,I AM KEEPING THIS ONE AND WOULD LIKE A LABELED EXAMPLE.

 Dana's Sarsaparilla, Kilgore and Wilson, Belfast, 1888 

A year after this trademark was registered, G.C. Kilgore and others organized the Dana Sarsaparilla Company. By 1891 they had built a five-floor factory for $17,000, each floor measuring 26,600 square feet; and were employing 35 people. It was said that Dana's Sarsaparilla "wrought many wonderful cures."

CASES OF INSANITY From the Effects of "LA GRIPPE" Arc Alarmingly Prevalent. S U I C I D E S From the SAME CAUSE Are announced in every paper. Would you bo rid of the awful effect* of La Grippe? There is BUT ONE SURE REMEDY that NEVER FAILS, VIZ. Dana's  Sarsaparilla. We Guarantee to CUBE you or REFUND your money. COULD WE DO MORE? Isn't it worth a trial?

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 I HAD PUT TOGETHER 17 DIAMOND AND LATTICE POISONS (SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE) AND THEN DECIDED TOO GO INTO BLOBS AND INKS AND TRADED OFF FOR THOSE. I DID HAVE TO KEEP A COUPLE THOUGH.

The Whitall Tatum Company  In 1806, a man named James Lee opened a glassworks factory in Millville, New Jersey. This glassworks, located on Buck Street in the town of Millville, was later owned by the Whitall Tatum Company. Whitall Tatum would have fourteen owners over the first seventy-five years of its existence.Whitall Tatum, was the first glass factory in America. It operated from the early 1800s through 1938, located in Millville, NJ. The location was ideal for making glass because silica-based sand is plentiful in southern New Jersey, the Maurice River flowing through Millville provided a source of water, and plentiful forests provided energy for industrial processes. The Millville glass works was started in 1806 by James Lee and went through several changes of ownership. In 1838, John M Whitall became a partner in the business. He lived in Philadelphia and worked at the company's headquarters there. In 1845 after his brother Israel Franklin Whitall joined, the firm became Whitall, Brother & Company. Later, Edward Tatum also joined the partnership and in 1857 the name was again changed to Whitall Tatum & Company 

 WHITALL TATUM COMPANY
LETTERED PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES Handsome lettering adds greatly to the brilliancy and general appearance of a wellmade Prescription Bottle.It shows the public that the druggist whose name is blown in the glass has a prescription business important enough to warrant him in having bottles made especially for himself, and in considerable quantities.It is a proof of the dispenser's confidence and pride in his work, and gives the impression of care and thoroughness in every detail. WHITALL TATUM COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF DRUGGISTS', CHEMISTS' AND PERFUMERS' GLASSWARE Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers of DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES 

      Referring to a report from Germany, where a Mr. Fulde has cured foul brood by means of a new disinfectant, lysol. Dr. C. D. Miller asked in Gleanings, page88. "What's lysol? and will It work as well in the English language as in the German?" The editor remarks thereon: "I should be interested, also. In knowing whether the disease stayed away. Perhaps Mr. Uravenhorst will answer the question."Yes, I will answer the question according to the best Information I can get. I have not tried lysol, because I did not know of It before September of last year. The new disinfectant has been manufactured for a few years by Schiilke & Mayr, at Hamburg, Germany. They produced it from coaltar. It has a brown color, and smells like tar. In Germany It is to be had In every drugstore, and perhaps in America also. Mr. Fulde purchased a bottle of lysol for 2j£ cents, and therewith cured his bees, which were badly infected with foul brood. He took ten pounds of sugarsyrup, boiled and skimmed it, and mixed it up with 24 drops of lysol and 4 drops of carbolic acid. He gave a colony a soup-plate full of this food. After three days he found the sick larvae dry in their cells, and In a lapse of three weeks not a trace of foul brood was to be found In his colonies. They were sound, and did swarm. Later he has fed lysol in the same way, particularly In the spring, to protect his bees against foul brood. He never saw a trace of it again. That's all I know about lysol. I hope some of the German and American bee-keepers will try the new disinfectant. It would be a great benefit to bee-keeping if lysol should prove to be a remedy for such a rapidly spreading disease as foul brood. Then it would be a trifle for every one to cure the malady himself. However, I confess that I do not have such confidence in lysol as Mr. Fulde has. Experienced bee-keepers in Germany, and I myself, too, are of the oplpion that the disease will disappear, oftentimes, without any cure other than a good honey-flow, when good sound honey is coming in, and that most of the remedies tried in such cases did not cure foul brood at all. The good honey-flow only, did it, nothing more. Hundreds of remedies have been recommended, but, when tried, they would not work as was claimed. May be that, in one or the other case, the remedy was not used as 11 should have been; but I think most of the recommended remedies are worthless, and rest upon illusion. On account of the importance of the matter, it may not be out of the way to report concernIng a disinfectant that I have used nearly twenty years, with such results, that, for my part, I hold the foul brood question as fully solved. I have had to fight hard against foul brood, as I resided In Brunswick, and, later,, here in Wilsnack; but I have never lost one colony by It. I had to guard my apiaries against neighboring bees infected with foul brood, in apiaries only a thousand paces, or less than half a mile, distant. Well, it was a very bad position for myself; but I have fought it out. In a few cases, where the neighboring apiaries were lost by foul brood, I have found iu some of my hives slight traces of the disease. However, they disappeared swiftly by my treatment. I used, and have used till to-day, although I have not at present any apiaries near by that are Infected with foul brood, carbolic acid—not the refined article you get at the drugstore Iu the shape of white crystals, but black and unrefined carbolic acid, which Is intermingled with coal-tar, and mostly used as paint. Refined carbolic acid is too strong, and the sanative power of the tar Is absent In it. I am of the opinion that just the tar, in connection with the carbolic acid, has much to do In the cure of foul brood, as Dr. Preuss said. He was the first bee-keeper who studied foul brood.

PRETTY SCARCE GERMAN IRREGULAR HEX LYSOL POISON WITH PORCELIN STOPPER,I LUCKED INTO 20 YRS.AGO YOU DO NOT SEE THESE COME UP VERY OFTEN AND ALMOST NEVER WITH ANY OF THE STOPPER PARTS. I HAVE BOUGHT,TRADED AND SOLD ALOT OF POISON BOTTLES OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS ONE I ALWAYS KEEP.

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THIS A VERY SCARCE BOTTLE FROM S.SMITH,GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR EAST GEORGIA VERMONT.NOT A MILLION DOLLAR BOTTLE BUT 1870,S RANGE STANDING 8 INCHES AND CRUDE.   NECROSAN BUG KILLER FOR BODIES  & SANFRANSICO GAS AND LIGHT CO. AMMONIA FROM THIRD QUARTER OF 1800S.

San Francisco Gas Light Co.. San Francisco.  President, Joseph B. Crockett.  Secretary, Wm. G. Barrett. Treasurer, " Superintendent, J. B. Crockett.  Price of Gas per 1000 feet, $2.00. Number of Public Gas Lamps, 5,100. Price Received for Public Lamps, 14£ cents per night. Approximate Annual Output, Process of Manufacture, Coal.

THE PRICE CUTTING PROBLEM.,(Green Mountain Renovator)

St. Albans, Vt., June ix. 1902. Editor of Printers' Ink;

Your issue of April 23rd contains a very interesting article from the pen of Pert M. Moses of the Omega Chemical Company. His letter to you says: "What I have written will perhaps stimulate some discussion and lead to an eventual solution of the price cutting problem. We don't sell to retailers. We sell only to jobbers."The methods employed in marketing Smith's Green Mountain Renovator are directly opposite to those outlined by Mr. Moses, and as our scheme was inaugurated purely and simply to stop the cutting of prices, it occurs to me that some of your readers may find a short dissertation upon it of interest. If you agree with me. I should appreciate your giving it space in your medium. Yours truly, St. Albans Remedy Co., Farrand S. Stranahan. Mgr.Vinol and Smith's Green Mountain Renovator are the only dollar remedies extensively advertised upon the special agency plan. The company which I replesent began business by introducing the Renovator on the open market. The inevitable cutting of prices and substitution followed, with the result that after an experience of two years, our preparation was taken off from the open market and is now sold only to one druggist in each city and town. This special agent is under guarantee, in writing, to maintain the price of $1.00 per bottle for the Renovator; is privileged to sell other druggists in his city at the same price as formerly asked by the jobber, providing that a druggist so buying signs a similar contraot to that of our agent, i. e., guaranteeing to maintain the price of $ 1.00 per bottle for the Renovator; is privihged to sell other druggists in his city at the same price as formerly asked by the jobber, providing that a druggist so buying signs a similar contract to that of our agent, i e., guaranteeing to maintain the price. Every package of goods which leaves this factory is so marked that it is absolutely impossible for an agent or other drugfist to alter it so that we can not trace rom whom it was obtained. By contract a heavy fine is levied on an agent violating any part of the agreement. This, in outline, is the method under which Smith's Green Mountain Renovator is sold to the trade.It is my opinion that Vinol and ourselves are pioneers in a method which will be generally followed within ten >ears, providing some solution of the price cutting problem is not evolved. The whole matter- rests, it seems to me, with the manufacturers. If they can put up their goods and mark them in such a way as will enable them, under all circumstances, to trace them, and then if they obtain from the jobber a written agreement not to supply the goods, either directly or indirectly, to any party who will not maintain the full purchase price, I think the problem would be solved.There are some articles which are undoubtedly more difficult than others to number or mark with some special sign. I can only speak for the Renovator, but this I again assert: no one, unless thtyabsolutely destroy our package, can obliterate our tracer.To stop the cutting of prices I suggest these four methods:1st. The manufacturer must mark each package of his goods so that it can be traced.2nd- The jobber must contract in writing not to supply any person who is not a legitimate dealer and who will not maintain the purchase price of the article.3rd. The retailer when purchasing from the jobber must guarantee in writing to maintain the price and not supply the cutter.4th. For any violation on the part of the wholesaler or retailer of their agreements, the manufacturers having adopted this method shall black list such wholesaler or retailer and refuse thereafter to supply them with their products, and not allow other wholesalers or retailers to supply them.This scheme, though roughly sketched, I believe is the key to the situation.  IT WAS DESERVED.
The Edcell Company.
13th and Hamilton streets.
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 THESE ARE FROM THE 1860S AND ARE SOME I DUG AT THE AGE OF 14 IN UPSTATE NY,I HAVE QUITE A FEW AND GRAB MORE WHEN I CAN. I THINK THEY HAVE ALOT OF CLASS. EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT EVEN IN THE SAME VARIANT LINES

Thomas McMullen & Co., against the decision of the collector of customs at New York, X. Y., as to the rate and amount of duties chargeable on certain merchandise, imported per the vessels and entered on the dates specified in the schedule. Opinion by Somerville, General Appraiser.

The merchandise covered by the protests consists of ale bottles of common colored glass, holding not more than one pint and bearing the inscription "Thos. McMullen & Co.'s White Label." This inscription is shown by the testimony to be produced by the impulsion of sand, through machine power, against the surface of the bottles, the process being known as sand blasting. This process was held by the Board in re Witteman (G. A. 4054) to be different from the processes of etching, engraving, and cutting. The testimony in this case satisfactorily sustains that finding of fact.

These bottles were classified and assessed for duty by the collector at the rate of 11 cents per pound, under paragraph 99 of the tariff act of 1897, as "plain green or colored, molded or pressed, * * * glass bottles, * * * holding not more than one pint and not less than one-fourth of a pint." They are claimed by the importers to be subject to duty at 45 per cent ad valorem, under paragraph 112, as manufactures of glass, or under paragraph 100, which, so far as it pertains to the question under consideration, reads as follows:

100. Glass bottles, decanters, or other vessels or articles of glass, cut, engraved, painted, colored, stained, silvered, gilded, etched, frosted, printed in any manner or otherwise ornamented, decorated, or ground (except snch grinding as is necessary for fitting stoppers), * * * sixty per centum ad valorem.  December 22, 1899.

I DUG THIS DECORATED 1 GALLON N.Y. STONEWARE JUG OUT BEHIND MY HOUSE ABOUT AN 1/8 MILE IN, VERY COOL FIND. 

HERE IS ACOOL  CANDY CONTAINER I DUG A WHILE AGO.

 N.Y. STONEWARE CO. FORT EDWARD N.Y. The manufacture of stoneware was a major industry in Fort Edward beginning in 1858. Otto Lewis was the first potter to locate here with many firms being formed soon after. George Satterlee opened the Fort Edward Pottery Co. in 1859. Michael Mory joined the firm in 1861 to form Satterlee and Mory. J. A. & C. W. Underwood ran a pottery firm, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1867. Haxstun, Ottman & Co. ran it from 1867 to 1872 on the site of the former Underwood Pottery. In 1872, Haxstun withdrew from Ottman and the firm became known as Ottman Brothers.

In 1875, a pottery opened on the corner of Broadway and Argyle Street under the ownership of Haxstun and Company. Later it was purchased by the Tilford Brothers, who were succeeded by George S. Guy. The Fort Edward Stoneware Association was formed in February of 1883 by a group of pottery manufacturers. In 1892, the Hilfinger Brothers purchased the Guy Pottery, which was to remain in operation until 1941. Unlike the former stoneware manufactures, the Hilfinger produced earthenware pottery from native clay

 Fort Edward stoneware was produced by several local firms from 1858 until the 1940s. The large glazed crocks, jugs, flowerpots and other vessels often featuring cobalt decoration and a brown glazed interior are highly sought after collector's items today  

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VERY CRUDE 1850S WHISKEY I DUG AT AGE 14 AND STILL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES

I ALWAYS GRAB THESE WHEN I GET THE CHANCE, THIS ONE IS AGOOD AS THEY COME WITH NO RUST AND CLEAN GLASS. 

 "Ebenezer A. Pearl's / Tincture of Life if aqua, rectangular, and 7 3/4 inches tall. I have been told that the label includes a picture of flowers and that the origin is Oriskany Falls, NY. The product was advertised for coughs, colds, sore throats, etc. in the Boonville Herald (NY) February 16, 1888."

 FREE SAMPLE OF BLOOD WINE ~1870'S, I  DUG THIS WITH LID AND POT! FIRST ONE I EVER DUG.  "ROGER & GALLET CREME DE SAVON" MY VERY COOL STROHS BEER BOTTLE TOPPER.

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