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Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters – Wilkes-Barre, PA

Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters – Wilkes-Barre, PA 19 December 2014 An unlisted Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania sold on eBay yesterday. Coincidently, I was in Reading, Pennsylvania yesterday, home of the H.P. Herb Wild Cherry Bitters. Mark Warne reminded me of this. The extremely rare Bloch’s … Continue reading

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He had a new variety of bitters known as Red Jacket Bitters

He had a new variety of bitters known as Red Jacket Bitters 04 January 2014 (R•051518) As a continuance to: Red Jacket Bitters – Another Chicago ‘Indian’, I add today, an interesting reference to Red Jacket Bitters being used out west, … Continue reading

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B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading

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Ghost Towns – “a shadowy semblance of a former self”

Stormy day at the Bodie Historic State Park Post inspired by Tom Doligale One can only imagine the condensed society and lifestyle in these towns that sprouted up, flourished and essentially died in the blink of an eye. The whiskey, … Continue reading

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