Daily Dose | December 2015

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Saturday, 12 December 2015

100% rain today and 100% chance of rain tomorrow. El Nino visits again.

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Really glad I was able to sit in on a lecture by Ian Simmonds held yesterday in Houston at the Museum of Fine Arts • Bayou Bend Kilroy Center on his recent research on cut glass made in New York in the mid-nineteenth century. Fascinating.

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Wednesday, 09 December 2015

Here are two cropped pictures of that dug Star Anchor Bitters. Bottle pics from Gary Egorov.

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Sunday, 06 December 2015

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Hello there, obviously this is a heartbreaker but have you ever seen another double colored mineral water? (Congress & Empire Spring Co Saratoga NY) The top is the standard teal green and the rest is a weird orange amber. Certainly a glasshouse screw up but I’m just curious if there are more of these out there. – Corey Hohnerlein

Thursday, 03 December 2015

From Bill Ham regarding an unlisted bitters currently on eBay.

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S 151 L . . . Dr. Southworth’s Stomach & Liver Bitters, H. C. Southworth, Proprietor, Leonardsville, N. Y.
DR. H.C. SOUTHWORTH’S / BLOOD AND KIDNEY REMEDY / LEONARDSVILLE, N.Y. // sp // f // sp //
8 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4
Rectangular, aqua, NSC, Tooled lip
also Pint flask, Amber

Tuesday, 01 December 2015

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Today, touring a first class convention center and host hotel in a great city planning for our FOHBC 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention. Stay tuned. Not saying where yet but here is a hint…duh.

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Dr. William Henry Conibear and his Tonic Bitters – Morton, Illinois

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Dr. William H. Conibear and his Tonic Bitters – Morton, Illinois

29 November 2015 (R•113015)

Apple-Touch-IconAJoe Gourd scouted this unlisted (we think) Tonic Bitters on eBay (see listing) and forwarded to Bill Ham. Bill asked for my assistance. We can not figure out the missing name before “Tonic Bitters” on the label. It was made by “somebody” Conibear & Son” in Morton, Illinois.

ConibearOval_rA quick search revels the following obituary below; “Death of Dr. Conibear“. This sets the stage for the story of a Dr. William Henry Conibear who was a leading practitioner of medicine in Morton, Illinois for 44 years or so. He was also a surgeon and druggist. After searching for his utopia, he retired in Lakeland, Florida and died a few short years after his arrival on October 25, 1916 at the age of 72. He is buried in Morton, Illinois. Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, known for its pumpkins and annual Pumpkin Festival and is a part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Death of Dr. Conibear – The Pantagraph, Wednesday, November 1, 1916

Dr. William H. Conibear was born on December 12, 1843, in Devon, England and was the child of Thomas Conibear and Ann Kingdon. He first married Jane Ann Sterling and they had five children together. He then married Mary Amelia Bogardus on October 29, 1885, in Tazewell County, Illinois. Conibear enlisted in the Army during the Civil War in 1862, Company B, 112 Illinois Volunteer Infantry at the rank of private. He served until July 7, 1865 when the 112th Illinois was mustered out at Chicago.

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Dr. W. H. Conibear Residence illustration, 1873

Mr. Conibear entered Eureka College in Woodford County, Illinois where he studied for one year. He then attended Rush Medical School at Chicago in 1867. He and a partner started the Conibear Drug Store in Morton, Illinois around this time. He bought out the partner in 1869. The drugstore operated for over a hundred years. William Henry Conibear, M.D. was a member of the Peoria, State of Illinois and the National Medical Societies. He was a member of the Congregational Church and the Masonic Fraternity. He was in village and township government, and served as President of the Board for four terms.

Conibear’s Drug Store 

101 West Jefferson is located at the intersection of Main and Jefferson streets, and was known as Conibear’s Drug Store for over 100 years. Originally these two streets were Tremont and Bloomington streets. Founded in 1869, the Conibear Drug Store became a staple of Morton, Illinois from the very beginning. The drug store also housed his medical practice.

Located within the drug store in 1885 was Morton’s first telephone exchange, which meant a customer would subscribe to this service in order to place and receive telephone calls. Dr. Conibear’s 9-year old son was in charge of notifying the 9 customers of their telephone calls.

During the 1890s, there was a wide variety of over 275 items produced under the Conibear name, which included concoctions, pharmaceuticals, veterinary products, soda fountain syrups, cough syrups, and many more. The tonic bitters was one of them. These products were delivered by horse-drawn buggy in a 30-mile radius of Morton.

In 1909, the Conibears also obtained a contract with Standard Oil Company of Indiana in order to sell gas and oil. William H. Conibear was quite the entrepreneur as he did all of this successfully, and even gave downtown Morton an exciting perk of having a movie screen fixed to the roof of the Drug Store for everyone to enjoy.

Throughout the years, the Conibear Drug Store was owned by three generations of Conibears. First owned by William H. Conibear, followed by his two sons John and Grant S. Conibear, and then Robert Conibear whom was Grant’s son. The business was sold in 1970 to the Bartonville Village Pharmacy, which closed in 1976 due to bankruptcy, and in 1977. 101 West Jefferson Street became Styles Limited, a women’s apparel store. The property is now Churchill Wealth Management, Inc. and John Churchill is the financial advisor there. He purchased the property in 2006, remodeled it entirely, and opened business in 2007.

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One of six Conibear’s Household Remedies horse- drawn convey wagons. A.F. Burns was the salesman in this picture.

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Conibear’s Drug Store on far corner of Main Street in Morton, Illinois

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Inside Conibear’s Drug Store. Dr. Conibear is seated.

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Conibear Drug Store, circa 1885 (note Conibear’s Compound Cough Syrup graphics)

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Conibear car parked in front of Conibear’s Drug Store

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Dr. William H. Conibear in his drug store

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Conibear’s Drug Store in 1912. Part of The Rexall Store brand.

Conibear’s Tonic Bitters

I suspect the labeled bitters at the top of this post is for Conibear’s Tonic Bitters. Dr. Conibear seemed to name his products with his last name first such as Conibear’s  Hosehold Remedies, Conibear’s Compound Cough Syrup, Conibear’s Anti Pain Liniment and Conibear’s Pheno-Oil. Let’s hear if anyone out there knows for sure. The bottom of the label most likely reads, “W. H. Conibear & Son”

The new listing by Bill Ham for the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2:

C 219.5 L . . . Dr. William H. Conibear Tonic Bitters, Conibear & Sons, Morton, Illinois.
Conibear and a partner started the Conibear Drug Store in Morton, Illinois around 1867 and then Conibear bought out the partner in 1869. Conibear Drug Store was owned by three generations of Conibears and was in business over 100 years.

Select Listings:

1843: Dr. William H Conibear was born on December 12, 1843, in Barnstable, Devon, England to Ann Kingdon, age 22, and Thomas Conibear, age 27.
1851: William H. Conibear lived in Shirwell, Devon, in 1851. Age: 6; Relation to Head of House: Son, 1851 • Shirwell, Devon, England. Arrived in United States. – England Census
1862: William Conibear, Private, Company: B, Unit: 112th Illinois Infantry, Height: 5′ 8, Hair: Brown, Eyes: Grey, Complexion: Dark, Marital Status: Single, Occupation: Farmer, Birth Date: Abt 1844, Birth Place: England, War: Civil War, War Years:1861-1865, Service Entry Age: 18, Service Entry Date: 12 Aug 1862, Service Entry Place: Bradford, IL, Joined By Whom: J B DOYLE, Period: 3 YRS, Muster In Date: 20 Sep 1862, Muster In Place: Peoria, IL, Muster Out Date: 20 Jun 1865, Muster Out Place: Greensboro, NC, Muster Out By Whom: CPT SMITH, Residence Place: Macon, Bureau CO, IL – Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
1867: William Conibear graduated Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1867
1869: Conibear’s Drug Store established in Morton, Illinois.
1877: Miller & Conibear making and selling cider vinegar – The Pantagraph, Saturday, November 17, 1877
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Miller & Conibear making and selling cider vinegar – The Pantagraph, Saturday, November 17, 1877

1880: William Conibear, Physician, Surgeon, Age: 36, Birth Year: abt 1844, Birthplace: England, Home in 1880: Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, Married Jane Conibear, Father’s Birthplace: England, Mother’s Birthplace: England, Household Members: William Conibear 36, Jane Conibear 36, Cornelia Conibear 9, Charles Conibear 8, John Conibear 7, Eri Conibear 4, Grant Conibear 9m – United States Federal Census
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Conibear Family Portrait – circa 1880

1916: Death of Dr. Conibear (see above) – The Pantagraph, Wednesday, November 1, 1916
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Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines

Posted on 27 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines

Botanic Druggist, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

27 November 2015 (R•113015) (R•072319-GWA Example)

Apple-Touch-IconAWorking in my “A’s” today trying to see if any unlisted bitters are parked in my “to do” folders. Here is a neat medical catalog that lists four Atkinson Bitters, two listed and two not. Thought it might be a good idea to sort this out for Bill Ham who is working on Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

The products are from Dr. Asher Atkinson, who was a Botanic Druggist located at No. 230 Greenwich St between Barclay and Robinson Streets in New York. The piece is dated 1858.

Dr. Asher Atkinson was born in 1796 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey. He died on July 11, 1865 in Claremount, New Jersey. One obituary said you get to the funeral: “The dummy railroad cars pass near the house, and leave the ferry every hour. The plank-road horse cars go within half a mile of the house.”

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Medical Catalog Cover: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

Medical Catalog Cover: Note reference to the following bitters:

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Atkinson’s Anti Dyspeptic Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. Not listed.

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Atkinson’s Anti Dropsical Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. Not listed.

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Medicines intended particularly for Diseases Incident to Females, Atkinson’s Emmenagogue Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. Bitters Bottles Supplement, A 106.2

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Medical Catalog Page 2: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Medical Catalog Page 3: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Medical Catalog Page 4: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

Medical Catalog Page 4: Note reference to the following bitters:

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Atkinson’s Anti Dyspeptic Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. A Remedy for Every Form of Dyspepsia or Indigestion Not listed.

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Atkinson’s Anti-Dropsical Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. A wonderful medicine in all dropsical cases and some Rheumatism. Not listed.

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Medical Catalog Page 5: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Medical Catalog Page 6: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Medical Catalog Page 7: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Medical Catalog Page 8: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

Medical Catalog Page 8: Note reference to the following bitters:

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Medicines intended particularly for Diseases Incident to Females, Atkinson’s Emmenagogue Bitters, Price $1.00 per bottle. Bitters Bottles Supplement, A 106.2

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Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters (Page 1): Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters (Page 1): Note reference to the following bitters:

Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters or Herb0-Tonic Elixir, Bitters Bottles Supplement, A 106.1

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Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters (Page 2): Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters (Page 3): Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

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Atkinson’s Chirayta Bitters (Page 4): Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York

A.D. ATKINSON – CHIRAYTA BITTERS / OR / NERVO TONIC ELIXIR – NEW YORK”, (Ring/Ham, A-106.1), (Odell, pg. 9), New York, ca. 1840 – 1860, aqua, 8 7/8”h, open pontil has a minor in-making chip, applied mouth. Perfect condition, good glass whittle. Extremely rare having only one auction listing. Ex. Dr. Greer Collection. Sidney Genius Collection. Chirayta or Chirayata, (the correct spelling), is an herb found mostly in the higher elevations of India. Like many other herbal remedies of that time it was supposed to cure various ailments. Many American proprietors took advantage of this using these claims to promote their ‘medicines’. This is one of a number of early pontiled medicine bottles with an ‘herb’ embossing. For the collectors of this type bottle, or for those who think they would like to be, this would a good start! – Glass Works Auctions | Auction #132

The new listing by Bill Ham for the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2:

A 106.13 Atkinson’s Anti Dropsical Bitters, Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Price $1.00 per bottle.
A 106.16 Atkinson’s Anti Dyspeptic Bitters, Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines,, Price $1.00 per bottle
A 106.2 Atkinson’s Emmenagogue Bitters, Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York, Catalogue of Medicines, Medicines intended particularly for Diseases Incident to Females, Price $1.00 per bottle. (correction of Emmenagogue spelling in Supplement A 106.2)

Select Listings:

1796: Asher Atkinson was born in 1796 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey.
1821: Birth of Son: His son Asher Dingee Atkinson was born in 1821 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Asher Dingee Atkinson (1821–1909)
1848: Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Balsam of Horehound advertisement – The John-donkey, Volume 1, 1848 (see below)

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1858: Publication of Dr. Asher Atkinson’s Universal Family Medicines, Principal Depot, No. 230 Greenwich St., New York (see above)
1855: Asher Atkinson, Physician, Birth Year: abt 1797, Age: 58, Residence: New York City, Ward 9, New York, New York, District: E.D. 3, Household Members: Asher Atkinson 58, Mary Jane Atkinson 60, Sarah Gillespie, 27, Anabella Westergreen 16 – New York, State Census
1860: Asher Atkinson, Physician, Age: 60, Birth Year: abt 1800, Birth Place: New Jersey, Home in 1860: New York Ward 9, District 4, New York, New York – United States Federal Census
1865: DIED. ATKINSON. — On Tuesday, July 11, DR. ASHER ATKINSON, aged 70 years. The funeral will take place this day, (Wednesday,) at 3 o’clock P.M., from his late residence, in Clark St., near Myrtle-av., Claremont, N.J., 2 1/2 miles below Jersey City Ferry. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. The dummy railroad cars pass near the house, and leave the ferry every hour. The plank-road horse cars go within half a mile of the house. – July 12, 1865, New York Times
1909: OBITUARIES: ATKINSON – At New Brunswick. N. J. June 26, 1909. Dr. Asher D. Atkinson, aged 88 years. He graduated in medicine in 1840 but has not practised for many years. He was one of the founders of the American Numismatic Society.
OBITUARY—Asher D. Atkinson. Mr. Asher D. Atkinson, the last survivor of the Founders of The American Numismatic Society, died on Saturday night, June 26, at his home in New Brunswick, N. J., in his eighty-eighth year. He was the son of Dr. Asher Atkinson and Mary J. Forsyth Kempston, and was born in Philadelphia, September 30, 1821. When a youth he attended the Friends’ School in that city, with his cousin Thomas Dunn English, who was also one of the Founders of The American Numismatic Society. We are told by his sister that his teacher was the “master so cruel and grim” of “Ben Bolt.” The family later removed to New York City, where he studied medicine, but never engaged in practice, devoting his time to business, and after 1863 was a successful operator in developing oil wells. At one time he had a very fine collection of cents which, after passing through various hands, finally came into the possession of the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He was for many years a member of the Long Island Historical Society.
Mr. Atkinson married Miss Emma J. Barnsdall, April 22, 1853, and they celebrated their golden wedding in 1903. Six children survive him, one of whom, Asher Atkinson, C. E., by a singular coincidence, was employed professionally in the construction of The American Numismatic Society’s new building. The funeral took place from his late residence on June 28. – The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Those Interested in Coins, Medals, and Paper Money, Volumes 21-22
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Beach’s Stomachive Bitters – New Orleans

Posted on 26 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Beach’s Stomachive Bitters – New Orleans

Dr. Erasmus Darwin Beach

26 November 2015

Apple-Touch-IconAYou may have noticed more of a push here at Peachridge Glass and with other bitters collectors to purge their files of potential unlisted bitters. You see, the word is out that Bill Ham is getting closer with his draft for the much-anticipated Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. As a matter of fact, the latest draft is with me for redlines. This will be the 908th bitters post on PRG and I have many other folders with references of bitters to explore. For example the Beach’s Stomachive Bitters from E. D. Beach in New Orleans, Louisiana. James Viguerie sent the clipping below which matches work in my “To Do” folder. I wonder if this is a typo and “Stomachive” should be “Stomachic” which is a medicine or tonic that promotes the appetite or assists digestion.

Ferd,

Here is another unlisted bitters that I have not had a chance to research. I saw your posting for a Dr. Beach’s Restorative Wine Bitters and thought at first that it must be the same guy. The ads are from the same time period too. However, the one you posted on was a Dr. Wooster Beach from New York. The one in my ad is a Dr. E. D. Beach, a chemist and apothecary located at Charters and Customhouse streets in New Orleans. My bet is that these two men are some how related. Unfortunately, I failed to save what newspaper I found this ad in, I suspect it was one from New Orleans in the 1840’s.

James Viguerie

Read: Dr. Beach’s Restorative Wine Bitters

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Advertisement: Beach’s Stomachive Bitters, E.D. Beach, New Orleans, circa 1850 newspaper (prob The Times Picayune)

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Advertisement: Beach’s Anti-Cathartic Mixture, E.D. Beach, New Orleans, circa 1850 newspaper – The Times Picayune, Thursday, November 6, 1851

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Dr. Erasmus Darwin Beach was one of the best known and longest practicing physicians in New Orleans. Dr. Beach was born on September 11, 1815, in Hamilton County, Ohio which is near Cincinnati. His father was named Solomon Serrin Beach (1783-1850) and his mother was Sarah Patterson Terry (1790-1827). Dr. Beach would marry his first wife, Jane Catherine Beach (Ustick) (1816-1864) in 1839 when he was 24 years old and then graduate from the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati in 1842. He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1846 where he quickly set up shop as as druggist and physician. It was during this time that he would advertise his Beach’s Anti-Cathartic Mixture and Beach’s Stomachive Bitters.

In 1856, he would serve two terms as the elected City Coroner during which he framed and succeeded in passing an ordinance that tended to prevent steamboat explosions and other accidents by which such heavy losses of life occurred at New Orleans and on the lower Mississippi River. He was a member of the local Medical Society and identified with it since its organization. Dr. Beach would die August 6, 1902 and is burried in New Orleans.

Select Listings:

1815: Birth Erasmus D. Beach, September 11, 1815, born near Cincinatti, Ohio
1842: Erasmus D. Beach, M.D. Graduated Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1842 – JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 39, By American Medical Association, HighWire Press page 441
1846: Dr. Erasmus D. Beach moves to New Orleans, Louisiana – Medical Record, Volume 62
1850: E D Beach, Druggist, Age: 35, Birth Year: abt 1815, Birthplace: Ohio, Home in 1850: Representative District 3, Orleans, Louisiana, USA, E D Beach 35, Beach 30, John Beach 10, Eliza Beach 8, Anna Beach 5 – United States Federal Census
1856: Erasmus D. Beach, elected coroner of New Orleans in 1856 and served two terms – JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 39, By American Medical Association, HighWire Press page 441
1860: E. D. Beach, Doctor, Age: 45, Birth: abt 1815, Birth Place: Ohio, Home in 1860: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana, Household Members: E D Beach 45, Clara Beach 44, John Beach 20, Elvira Beach 18, Anna Beach 15, Mary Beach 10, Horace Beach 5, Charles Beach 2, Ellen Maglone, 27 – United States Federal Census
1861: E. D. Beach, Physician (coroner), 8 Baronne – New Orleans Louisiana, City Directory
1867-1868: E. D. Beach, Dr., 395 Canal – New Orleans Louisiana, City Directory
1871: E. D. Beach, Physician, ss Clairborne, nr. Canal – New Orleans Louisiana, City Directory
1874: E. D. Beach, Physician, 16 South Clairborne – New Orleans Louisiana, City Directory
1880: Erasmus D. Beach, Physician, Age: 65, Birth Year: abt 1815, Birthplace: Ohio, Home in 1880: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Marital Status: Widower, Father’s Birthplace: Ohio, Mother’s Birthplace: Ohio, Household Members: Erasmus D. Beach 65, Horace W. Beach, 24, Lulu E. Beach, 18 – United States Federal Census
1900: Erasmas D Beach, Doctor, Age: 84, Birth Date: Sep 1815, Birthplace: Ohio, Home in 1900: New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana, Marital Status: Widowed, Marriage Year: 1867, Years Married: 33, Father’s Birthplace: New Jersey, Mother’s Birthplace: South Carolina – United States Federal Census
1902: Erasmus D. Beach, Death August 6, 1902 – Find A Grave
DIED–On August 6, 1902, Dr. Erasmus Darwin Beach died at his home in Baronne street. Dr. Beach was one of the best known physicians in New Orleans and in many ways identified himself with professional work. He was a member of the local Medical Society and identified with it since its organization. The deceased leaves a number of children and many grandchildren with whose bereavement the Journal warmly sympathizes. – The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 55
Erasmus D. Beach, M.D. Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1842, the oldest physician in New Orleans, died in that City, August 5, aged 87. He was the elected coroner of New Orleans in 1856 and served two terms, during which he framed and succeeded in passing an ordinance that tended to prevent steamboat explosions and other accidents by which such heavy losses of life occurred at New Orleans and on the lower Mississippi River.” – JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 39, By American Medical Association, HighWire Press page 441
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Wild Cherry and Iron Bitters – J.M. Abeles, Leavenworth, Kansas

Posted on 24 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Joseph M. Abeles, Druggist, Leavenworth, Kansas

24 November 2015 (R•091919)

Apple-Touch-IconAHere is an incoming email from super-sleuth, James Viguerie, as he finds yet another unlisted bitters reference, that being for the Wild Cherry and Iron Bitters prepared by J. M. Abeles, druggist, corner 3rd & Cherokee Streets in Leavenworth, Kansas. The label comes from a St. Louis Label Works press proof sheet. Pretty cool eh?

Ferd,

I came across a label for a bitters that was in a sample book for the St. Louis Label Works. A druggist named Jos. M. Abeles existed at the address shown on the label, so I think it was an actual product. Also, note on the full sheet that there are several Texas medicines.

James Viguerie

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Joseph M. Abeles

Joseph M. Abeles was a life-long druggist who ran an established drug store in Leavenworth, Kansas at the corner or 3rd and Cherokee Streets in what was called the Abeles Building. This substantial brick structure, the first in Leavenworth of its kind, was built in 1860 and was first occupied by Simon Abeles. Simon was Joseph’s father who was an exporter and trader in the west, making shipments as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, trading with overland freighters and Indians. The building was remodeled in 1870 and was the first home of the German bank which was one of Leavenworths most prosperous banks. The bank president was Simon Abeles. Joseph M. Abeles would take it over for his drug store after the bank merged with another bank and relocated around 1890. He eventually would do a substantial renovation of the building and his drug store in 1916.

As far as advertising for the Wild Cherry and Iron Bitters, I can find none, nor can I find a bottle at this writing. One would have to think that this was a limited run, labeled bitters.

The new listing by Bill Ham for the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2:

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W 113.5 WILD CHERRY AND IRON BITTERS, A Pleasant Medicinal Tonic and Nerve Stimulant, Cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Nervousness. General Debility Etc. Etc.
Prepared by J. M. Abeles, Druggist, Cor. 3d. & Cherokee Strs. Leavenworth, Kans. Label example from the St. Louis Label Works catalog. St. Louis, Missouri.
Joseph M. Abeles, drugs, 300 Cherokee, Leavenworth, Kansas City Directory, 1892

Select Listings:

1866: Joseph M. Abeles born, December 1866 in Leavenworth, Kansas, Parents: Simon Abeles and Emeline Amelia Miriam.
1870: Joseph Abeles, Age 3, Birth abt 1867, Birthplace: Kansas, Home in 1870: Leavenworth Ward 2, Kansas, Household Members: Simon Abeles 52, Emeline Abeles 42, Emma Abeles 17, Laura Abeles 16, Edward Abeles 14, Morris Abeles 13, Julius Abeles 11, Massildo Abeles 9, Ida Abeles 5, Joseph Abeles 3, Nellie Kever 17 – United States Federal Census
1871: Simon Abeles, President, German Savings Bank, corner Cherokee and Third, Leavenworth, Kansas – The Leavenworth Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1871
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Simon Abele, President, German Savings Bank, corner Cherokee and Third, Leavenworth, Kansas – The Leavenworth Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1871

1872: More grandiose was the 1872 Simon Abeles House, which formerly stood on South Fourth Street and featured a three-story tower capped by a mansard roof. – National Register of Historic Places
1873: Broadsheet (see below) advertising a “Grand Gift Concert! Will be given at the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, On Wednesday, the 31st Day of December, 1873, For the Purpose of Erecting a Juvenile Reform School” 2p. 25″x9-1/2″, signed in type at bottom “SIMON ABELES, Leavenworth, Kansas” with testimonial from “Leading Citizens” who state “Mr. Simon Abeles, the proprietor of the ‘Gift Concert’ for the benefit of a ‘Juvenile Reform School,’ near the City of Leavenworth, is one of our most reliable and trustworthy citizens, and we cheerfully recommend him to the confidence of the public.” with the “FIRST GRAND PRIZE” being worth $100,000 and “Consisting of the superb palatial residence of SIMON ABELES, Esq., unsurpassed as a private dwelling in the United States, being only a few blocks from the Court House, surrounded by magnificent grounds, orchards, gardens, and vineyards.” Followed by a nice biography of Abeles’ business ventures in Leavenworth. Small loss at fold, else VG. – Raynors 2008 Auction
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Broadsheet advertising a “Grand Gift Concert! Will be given at the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, On Wednesday, the 31st Day of December, 1873, For the Purpose of Erecting a Juvenile Reform School” – Raynors 2008 Auction

1884: Joseph Abeles, student, r cor 5th & Poplar, Leavenworth, Kansas – Green’s Leavenworth Directory
1887: Joseph Abeles, r se cor 5th & Poplar, Leavenworth, Kansas – Leavenworth, Kansas, City, Directory
1890: Illinois College of Pharmacy. There was assembled, July 24, at the Grand Opera House, a large audience to witness the graduating exercises of the summer course of this college. An interesting selection of music punctuated the changes in the program. The address of the occasion was delivered by Rev. Dr. F. M. Bristol, of Trinity Methodist Church. The list of graduates is as follows – Joseph M. Abeles, Leavenworth, Kan. ; Gustave H. Adamick, La Salle, Ill. ; Nicholas B. Bartz, Lemont, Ill.; Nelson M. Black, Valley City, N. D… – Pharmaceutical Record, Volume 10
1891-1892: J. M. Abeles, Retail Druggist, 300 Cherokee – Leavenworth, Kansas, City, Directory
1898-1915: Jos. M. Abeles, drugs, 300 Cherokee – Leavenworth, Kansas, City, Directory
1910: Lab. No. 4693, Insp. No. 2829. “Tr. of Rhubarb.” J. M. Abeles, Leavenworth. Found to contain 35.1 per cent alcohol. – Pharmacy Bulletin 6
1916: Modern Front for the J. M. Abeles Drug Store – The Leavenworth Times, Wednesday, July 26, 1916 (see below)
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Modern Front for the J. M. Abeles Drug Store – The Leavenworth Times, Wednesday, July 26, 1916

1917: Advertisement for Abeles Drug Store (below) – The Leavenworth Times, Sunday, July 29, 1917
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Advertisement for Abeles Drug Store – The Leavenworth Times, Sunday, July 29, 1917

1926: Death of Joseph M. Abeles: 01 August 1926 in Leavenworth, Kansas
2009: The Farewell to Abeles Field event will include a reading of a short history of the athletic stadium and recognition of winning teams and various leaders of the past. A video featuring photographs of the field from 1926 to 2009 will be screened. – The Leavenworth Times
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Alphons Dryfoos’ Wald Koenig Bitters and an amazing bottle design patent

Posted on 23 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Alphons Dryfoos’ Wald Koenig Bitters

And an amazing bottle design patent

23 November 2015 (R•120315)

Apple-Touch-IconAHere is a pretty cool bottle design that never happened. If it did, it would probably be the coolest bitters bottle ever, surpassing the figural indian queens, ear of corns and pigs. This post was inspired by James Viguerie.

Ferd,

While looking through all my patent research I came across a bitters reference and an amazing bottle design patent. I’m not sure if a bottle was ever made, or if it was for the Wald Koenig Bitters. I didn’t think the Landsberg Sphinx Bitters bottle existed until I saw the pictures! All I have right now are two patents and a 1904 ad selling Wald Koenig Bitters for $1 a bottle, or $7.50 a dozen. Hopefully you can find out a little more on Mr. Dryfoos’ bottles. And maybe someone out there has one of the bottles patented in 1895.

Oh, and as an added bonus, take a look at the 1904 price list. It looks like the maker of Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters also made a Ginger Bitters! I do not see that one in the books.

Take care,
James

Read: Ladies and Gentlemen… the Landsberg Sphinx Bottles

Design for a Bottle Patent for Alphons Dryfoos, July 23 1895 – United States Patent Office

Design A. Dryfoos Bottle, July 23 1895 – United States Patent Office

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1880 Trade Mark registration for Wald Koenig Bitters by Alphons Dryfoos, New York, New York

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Alphons Dryfoos (& wife) 1889 Passport Application – U.S. Passport Applications

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Alphons Dryfoos patent application for Composite Bottle, May 8, 1894 – United States Patent Office

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Wald Koenig Bitters listing – 1904, The Pharmaceutical Era, Volume 31

Alphons Dryfoos

Alphons Dryfoos was a life-long liquor man and bottle dreamer it appears, who was born in Niederhochstadt Rheinfalz, Dei Landau, Germany in October 1849. He emigrated to United States in May 1865 arriving in New York City from Havre, France on the ship Goshen. He married Gussie Dryfoos in 1879. Both of his parents were born in Germany.

We can find many listings, and a number of bottle design patent applications for Mr. Dryfoos at various locations in New York City throughout his long life. In 1880, he applied for a Trade Mark registration for Wald Koenig Bitters. In 1895, he sought a patent on the wild bottle design pictured in this post. As far as if there is a bottle out there? …. let’s cross our fingers and wait and see.

The new listing by Bill Ham for the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2:

K 67.5  WALD KOENIG BITTERS
Very fancy bottle shown in patent drawing
Two patents by Alphons Dryfoos, New York, N. Y., July 23, 1895, and a 1904 advertisement.
No example of the bottle known to collectors

Select Listings:

1875: Alphons Dryfoos, liquors, 737 Second Avenue, h 312 E 43rd – Goulding’s Manual of New York and General Statistical Guide
1876: Alphons Dryfoos, liquors, 737 Second Avenue, h 12 Beekman Pl – Goulding’s New York City Directory
1878: Alphons Dryfoos, liquors, 737 Second Avenue & 135 W 33rd, h 408 E 51st – New York City Directory
1880: Trade Mark registration for Wald Koenig Bitters by Alphons Dryfoos, New York, New York (see above)
1882: Alphons Dryfoos, liquors, 737 Second Avenue, h 404 E 51st – New York City Directory
1886: Alphons Dryfoos, liquors, 654 Second Avenue, h 417 E 5oth – New York City Directory
1892: Alphons Dryfoos & Co. (Alphons Dryfoos), Wines, 150 Chambers and 654 2nd Avenue – New York City Directory
1894: Alphons Dryfoos patent application (see above) for Composite Bottle, May 8, 1894 – United States Patent Office
1895: Design for a Bottle Patent for Alphons Dryfoos, July 23 1895 – United States Patent Office (see above)
1900: Alphons Dryfoos, age: 52, Merchant, Birth Date: Oct 1847, Birthplace: Germany, Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, Marital Status: Married, Marriage Year: 1879, Spouse’s Name: Gussie Dryfoos, age 41, Years Married: 21, Father’s Birthplace: Germany, Mother’s Birthplace: Germany – United States Federal Census
1904: Wald Koenig Bitters listing – The Pharmaceutical Era, Volume 31 (see above)
1910: Alphons Dryfoos, age 62, Wine & Liquor Merchant, Birth Year: abt 1848, Birthplace: Austria [Germany] Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 19, New York, New York, Immigration Year: 1867, Spouse’s Name: Gussie Dryfoos, age 51, Father’s Birthplace: Germany, Mother’s Birthplace: Germany – United States Federal Census
1917 – 1920: Dryfoos, Blum & Co. (Alphons Dryfoos and Eugene Blum, Eugene Bascho), wholesale liquors, 42 W. Broadway – New York City Directory
1929: Death on January 3 (or 4th), 1929. Alphons Dryfoos at his residence in New York City
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Dr. Bishop’s Wa-hoo Bitters | New Haven, Connecticut

Posted on 23 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Dr. Bishop’s Wa-hoo Bitters

New Haven, Connecticut

23 November 2015

Wahoo Bitter Co., 285 State, up stairs

Apple-Touch-IconAI put up a post the other day on Pinkerton’s Wahoo Bitters that fit in nicely with some other “Wahoo” bitters in my collection. I realized that I had not previously posted about Dr. Bishop’s Wa-Hoo Bitters from New Haven, Connecticut. The Bishop’s Wa-hoo Bitters is a cool, semi-cabin, figural bottle that comes in two sizes. Wahoo is a fictitious name used to represent the Indian population. Chief Wahoo is the logo for the Cleveland Indians. Let’s not go there.

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Read: The great indian beverage XXX E. Dexter Loveridge Wahoo Bitters

Read: The extremely rare, triangular Wahoo Chamomile Bitters

Read: Dr. Shepard’s Compound Wahoo Bitters – Grand Rapids

Read: Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters

Read: C. K. Wilson’s Original Compound Wa-Hoo Bitters

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

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B 103  DR. BISHOP’S WA-HOO BITTERS
// s // DR. BISHOP’S ( au ) / WA-HOO / BITTERS // f // f // f // // sp // WAHOO BITTER CO // f // NEW HAVEN CONN //
10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/8 ( 6 1/2) 1/2
Rectangular, Amber, Yellow amber, NCS, Applied mouth, Scarce
Front panel elaborate and unlettered.
Note: Semi-cabin bitters which is one of two variants, the other a fair amount smaller and extremely rare (see B 104).

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B 104  DR. BISHOP’S WA-HOO BITTERS
// s // DR. BISHOP’S ( au ) // WA-HOO / BITTERS // f // f //// sp // WAHOO BITTERS CO // f // NEW HAVEN CONN //
7 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 (5) 1/4
Rectangular, Amber and Yellow, NSC, Applied mouth, Extremely rare
Front panel elaborate and unlettered.

Here are examples of the two sizes from my collection. Love the applied ring mouths!

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B 103: Dr. Bishop’s Wa-Hoo Bitters semi-cabin (10 1/2″ tall) – Meyer Collection

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B 103: Dr. Bishop’s Wa-Hoo Bitters semi-cabin (10 1/8″ tall) – American Glass gallery | Auction #6

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B 104: (ABA description) Dr. Bishop’s Wa-Hoo Bitters semi-cabin (8″ tall) Applied top. Amazing color. Loads of crudity and overall this would qualify as a perfect and pristine bitters. Ex: Bryan Grapentine – Meyer Collection

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A copper colored circular metal advertising clock, with a glass door front that opens for winding and speed adjustment. The face is painted in black “Dr. Bishops/ Wahoo Bitters”. The reverse reads “Manufactured For/ The Wa-hoo Bitters Company/ New Haven / Conn./ Patent Applied For.” Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1890-1900, Metal, glass, paper, 3 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. diameter – New York Historical Society, Museum & Library (see below)

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A copper colored circular metal advertising clock, with a glass door front that opens for winding and speed adjustment. The face is painted in black “Dr. Bishops/ Wahoo Bitters”. The reverse reads “Manufactured For/ The Wa-hoo Bitters Company/ New Haven / Conn./ Patent Applied For.” Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1890-1900, Metal, glass, paper, 3 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. diameter – New York Historical Society, Museum & Library

I suspect that whoever was making Dr. Bishop’s Wa-hoo Bitters in 1877 (only) was related to Reeds Bitters. Both proprietors were located on State Street in New Haven, Connecticut within doors of each other. The Wa-Hoo Bitter Company was located at 285 State (up stairs) while George W. M Reed & Co. was located at 298 State Street. I like that “up stairs” notation from the directory. These guys weren’t too big or around too long. I can not find any advertising and hope that this post will lead me to a labeled example.

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Advertisement for Reed’s Bitters by George W. M. Reed & Company – 1877 New Haven, Connecticut, City Directory

So where did the name “Dr. Bishop” come from? Looking at the same 1877 city directory from New Haven, I see a number of “Bishops” living on State Street. I even see a listing for “Bishops Block” at 485 State Street. But no Dr. Bishop. I’ll keep looking though.

Read: Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic Clocks

Read: Bishops Oppose Bitters – The Hydra-Headed Monster Drink

Select Listings:

1877: Wahoo Bitter Co., 285 State, up stairs – New Haven, Connecticut, City Directory

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Bishops Oppose Bitters – The Hydra-Headed Monster Drink

Posted on 22 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Bishops Oppose Bitters.

HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER DRINK

22 November 2015
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Heracles killing a lobster-bodied hydra, 1565 engraving

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Apple-Touch-IconAWhile patrolling the internet looking for information on Bishop’s Wahoo Bitters, I pulled up the following article from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) in 1890. With the Temperance Movement in full swing in United States, I thought it quite interesting that someone would “create” such a one-sided piece against bitters while standing behind the Catholic Church. I also think that this might be the earliest reference to “Monster Drink”.

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Temperance societies seem to have started in England and were inspired by a Belfast professor of theology, and Presbyterian Church of Ireland Minister Rev. John Edgar, who poured his stock of whiskey out of his window in 1829. He mainly concentrated his fire on the elimination of spirits rather than wine and beer. On 14 August 1829, he wrote a letter in the Belfast Telegraph publicizing his views on temperance. He also formed the Ulster Temperance Movement with other Presbyterian clergy, initially enduring ridicule from members of his community.

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Read More: Did Carrie Nation ever smile?

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Bishops Oppose Bitters – The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, April 27, 1890

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Thomas Croke, Bishop of Auckland (1870-1875) and Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (1875-1902)

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The article references the Archbishop of Cashel a few times which is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still used by the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838 and united with other sees. Thomas Croke held this title during the time period referenced.Like I said, this article was probably fabricated to support the Utah temperance society.

Thomas Croke, Bishop of Auckland (1870-1875) and Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (1875-1902)

Thomas Croke was Professor of Rhetoric at Carlow College, 1847-1849.

He was born at Castlecor in the parish of Ballyclough, Co. Cork; baptised on 6 January 1823, the son of William Croke and Isabella Plummer. Thomas Croke completed his ecclesiastical studies at Irish College, Paris and Gregorian University, Rome and was ordained in 1847. His first appointment was to Carlow College and afterwards he taught at Irish College, Paris for a short period. Later, he served as curate at Charleville, Midleton and Mallow and was the founding President of St Colman’s College, Fermoy. In 1866, Thomas Croke was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Cloyne and parish priest, Doneraile. In 1870 he was nominated as Bishop of Auckland and in 1875 became Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.

He involved himself in tenant rights, the Land War and Home Rule movement and was the leading nationalist among the Irish hierarchy. He became a patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) when it was founded in 1884 and encouraged the spread of hurling and football. Today the headquarters of the GAA, Croke Park, is named in his memory. Archbishop Croke died on 22 July 1902.

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Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters

Posted on 21 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters

21 November 2015 (R•020116)

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Apple-Touch-IconAHave you ever used the celebrated Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters better known by the cabalistic letters “I.M. O. K. — 1864– Y!  Y!” This phrase is repeated in various period advertising and is quite interesting. This post was inspired by Frank Wicker who sent me an email stating:

“Hi Ferdinand. I have a question about one of the bottles I won from American Bottle Auctions. It is lot 98, Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters. Jeff says it has a tooled top. The Ring and Ham Bitters Bottles books only list an applied top. I was wondering if it is an unlisted variant? I was also wanting to know if your examples have applied or have a tooled top? I am checking with Lou Holis also, as he has an example. Thanks, Frank”

Frank, my example has an applied mouth. It seems that Jacob Pinkerton in Syracuse, New York, first announced his Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters in 1864. Prior to this date he was running an ale depot, bowling saloon and liquor establishment. His business was called Jacob Pinkerton & Company. He was selling just about everything with alcohol along with cigars and a few other vices.

Read: The great indian beverage XXX E. Dexter Loveridge Wahoo Bitters

Read: The extremely rare, triangular Wahoo Chamomile Bitters

Read: Dr. Shepard’s Compound Wahoo Bitters – Grand Rapids

Read: C. K. Wilson’s Original Compound Wa-Hoo Bitters

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The Pinkerton Saloon and Brewster’s Ale Depot advertisement – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, Friday, February 26, 1858

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Pinkerton’s Central City Ale Depot – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, Wednesday, October 5, 1864

His Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters contained twenty different barks and roots and a lot of pure old bourbon whiskey. He sold it from his liquor store and saloon noted above. He also marketed the brand extensively in the northeast and south. This would obviously be the applied top variant. Pinkerton would then take some years off, visit South America and then work as a soap manufacturer. He was also an alderman, worked for a brass foundry, a railroad company, ran a billiard parlor and then reappear again as a liquor merchant in the late 1880s. I suspect he kept his bottle mold and again sold his most famous product, this time with a tooled top. It is odd though, as there is no mention of these bitters after 1867.

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JACOB PINKERTON WAHOO & CALISIYA BITTERS. With tooled top, it is listed as W-3. Here’s a very popular bitters with a myriad of initials and various interesting mold characteristics. There are initials including “OK” around the shoulder with a series of arrows, really just a little bit of everything. Although these do come with applied tops, this one appears to be tooled. This is possibly one of the later examples made since Pinkerton started his business as early as 1852, he owned a liquor store in 1859 and began to advertise this product in 1864. There is no mention of these bitters after 1867, very strange. Grades a 9.5 – American Bottle Auctions

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Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters from Jacob Pinkerton, applied mouth – Meyer Collection

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Lot: 112 “Jacob Pinkerton / Wahoo / & / Calisaya / Bitters” Figural Bottle, America, 1860-1880. Square modified cabin form with column corners and four roof panels, brilliant golden amber, applied sloping collared mouth – smooth base, ht. 9 7/8 inches. R/H #W-3 A fine example in great condition, strong embossing and good color. The sloping collared mouth has a dip at the top where the lipping tool did not completely fill the void. It is not damage. – Norman C. Heckler Auctions

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

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W 3 – Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters – Bitters Bottles

W 3  WAHOO & CALISAYA BITTERS
WAHOO / & / CALISAYA / BITTERS // JACOB PINKERTON // f // JACOB PINKERTON // // s // s // Y!! / O.K. // I.M. // Y!!! //
14 & 16 James Street, Syracuse, New York
9 5/8 x 3 x 1 5/8 (6 7/8)
Square, Amber and Yellow, ARM and LTC, Applied mouth, 2 sp, Columned edges, Very Scarce
Label: I.M. O.K. 1864 Y!! Y!!! Try me and I’ll do you good. They contain the active principles of both the Wahoo and Calisaya besides some 20 different barks and roots in pure old bourbon whiskey distilled in Bourbon Creek, Kentucky in 1852.

Advertising

I can find advertising for Pinkerton’s Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters in many newspapers including the Syracuse Daily Courier And Union and Pittsburgh Gazette from February 1864 to February 1865.

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Advertisement: Pinkerton’s Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, Saturday, August 13, 1864

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Full Page Advertisement: Jacob Pinkerton, Sole Manufacturer of Pinkerton’s Celebrated Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters – 1864 Oswego New York, City Directory

Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters Sold Everywhere

As I mentioned above, I can find advertisements throughout the northeast and south where various merchants were representing the Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters.

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P. C. Kerrigan in South Carolina has 100 cases of the Celebrated Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters – The Charleston Daily News, Monday, July 30, 1866

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Mr. W. H. Warner, working with Jacob Pinkerton will be selling Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters in Memphis, Tennessee – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, Fridaty, June 16, 1865

Digging a Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters

“Mike started screaming Wahoo! Wahoo!” No really, it’s a Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters! See The Memphis Diggers. Note that the advertisement above says that Mr. W. H. Warner, working with Jacob Pinkerton will be selling Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters – Fictional Writing Award

Gary Beatty, FOHBC Treasurer, was even the FOHBC Best Author and won First Place in 2014 with the Best Fictional Story “Case of the Missing Case” published in the Swirl and BOTTLES and EXTRAS. Read Here. He used my example on the second page. Become a FOHBC member and get BOTTLES and EXTRAS.

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Select Timeline

1829: Jacob Pinkerton birth

1857: The Pinkerton Saloon and Brewster’s Ale Depot advertisement (see above) – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, December 25, 1857 (also 1858)

1859: Jacob Pinkerton, John Pinkerton (Syracuse) – New York City Directory

1859: Passage: Towards the close of the year the community was congratulated on the excellent business outlook, the building of the First Baptist church, a new block on the site of the old Yellow Buildings, and a new building on the site of the old “Conical Mills” by ex-Mayor Stevens, all of which sites had been recently burned over; a new brewery by Jacob Pinkerton on Fayette street; the engine hook and ladder house rear the City Hall. Preparations were made for the erection of the Kirk block, which was soon finished, and for other structures. – Memorial History of Syracuse New York

1860: Jacob Pinkerton, Age: 31, Birth Year: abt 1829, Birth Place: New York, Home in 1860: Syracuse Ward 5, Onondaga, New York, Post Office: Syracuse, Household Members: Jacob Pinkerton, 31, Caroline Pinkerton, 30, Caroline Pinkerton, 10, Mary Pinkerton, 5, Mary Ryan 20 – United States Federal Census

1862: Pinkerton & Lacy (see below) (Jacob Pinkerton & Martin Lacy), Liquor Dealers, 40 E. Water, Syracuse, New York, City Directory

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1862: Jacob Pinkerton, Saloon, E. Geneese corner Warren, and Pinkerton & Lacy, h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1863: Jacob Pinkerton, Liquor Dealer, New York, Age 43 – U.S., Civil War Draft Registration Records

1864: Advertisement: Pinkerton’s Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters (see above) – Syracuse Daily Courier And Union, Saturday, August 13, 1864

1864: Advertisement: Pinkerton & Reynolds’ Saloon (Jacob Pinkerton & Simeon Reynolds) – Oswego, New York, City Directory

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1865: Wahoo and Calisaya bitters, Jacob Pinkerton, Syracuse S. S. Med. – Proceedings of the Annual Meeting – New York State Agricultural Society

1865: J Pinkerton, Arrival Date: 11 Dec 1865, Birth Date: abt 1828, Age: 37, Port of Departure: Greytown, Nicaragua, Destination: United States of America, Port of Arrival: New York, New York, Ship Name: Santiago de Cuba – New York Passenger List

1865: Advertisement (see below): Have you ever used the celebrated Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters better known by the cabalistic letters “I.M. O. K. — 1864– Y!  Y!” – The Vermont Transcript, Friday, February 3, 1865.

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1865: Pinkerton’s liquor store and Wahoo Bitters manufactory destroyed by fire – New York Daily Reformer (Watertown, N.Y.), Thursday Evening, October 5, 1865 (added by Corey Stock)

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1866: PINKERTON & CO., (Jacob Pinkerton, J. B. Tucker, W. H. Warner), wines, liquors & cigars, 14 & 16 James – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1866: Notice: Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters Prices – The New Berne Times (North Carolina), Monday, February 5, 1866 (see below)

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1868: S1,748.- ALONZO B. CALDWELL, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor to himself and JACOB PINKERTON, same place. – Journal Box – September 1, 1868. – Hooks and shoulders, constituting part of the bronze metal frame, hold the cast-iron shell which is cast around the frame; the latter is provided with arms which have flanges across their ends which ‘port the soft metal and prevent it from being crushed. etc… – Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, 1870

1868: Jacob Pinkerton, soaps, 14 N. Washington, h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1869: Jacob Pinkerton, soap manufacturer, W. Washington also billiard room, 10 S. Salina, h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York City City Directory

1870: Jacob Pinkerton, brass foundry, W. Fayette, h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York City City Directory

1871: Jacob Pinkerton, Brower Metal Co., h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1874: Jacob Pinkerton, alderman 5th Ward, also treasurer, Brower Metal Co., h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1871 – 1878: Example Listing: Fifth Ward Railroad Company: Names And Residences of Officers of The Company. Director P. B. BRAYTON Syracuse, JOHN P. GRAY Syracuse, O. C. POTTER Syracuse, T. B. FITCH Syracuse, Le ROY MORTON Syracuse, D.P. PHELPS Syracuse, JACOB PINKERTON Syracuse – Annual Report on the Railroads of the State of New York

1874: Jacob Pinkerton, treasurer, Brower Metal Co., h 134 S. West – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1884: Pinkerton & Sloan (Jacob Pinkerton 7 Elmendorf Sloan), brass foundry, 210 w. Fayette – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1890: Jacob Pinkerton, liquor dealer, 210 E. Water, h 165 Holland – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1898 – 1904: Jacob Pinkerton, h 165 Holland – Syracuse, New York, City Directory

1900: Jacob Pinkerton, Retired, Age: 70, Birth Date: Aug 1829, Birthplace: New York, Home in 1900: Syracuse Ward 12, Onondaga, New York, Marital Status: Widowed, Father’s Birthplace: New York, Mother’s Birthplace: New York, Household Members: Jacob Pinkerton, 70, Carrie E Pinkerton, 48, Mary E Phelphs, 43, George L Phelphs, 21 – United States Federal Census

1904: Jacob Pinkerton death on January 23, 1904, Cause of death: paralysis, Spouse:, Caroline E. Wilcox Pinkerton (1831 – 1899) Children: Carrie E. Pinkerton (1850 – 1909)*, Mary E. Pinkerton Phelps (1855 – 1915)* *Calculated relationship, Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Syracuse Onondaga County, New York, USA, Plot: Sect 25 plot 45 – Find A Grave

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Keeping an eye out for H.P Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace

Posted on 19 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Keeping an eye out for H.P. Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace

19 November 2015

Apple-Touch-IconAI spent the past few days in Reading, Pennsylvania for business. Much of it in the downtown historic district. I could not help wondering how many H.P. Herb Bitters and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters were buried beneath the many decades of buildings that had either disappeared, survived or been renovated. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit Hopewell Furnace which is a National Historic Site. I again kept wondering. Here are a few of my pictures from this gray day. I certainly recommend a visit. The ironwork on the stoves was impressive to say the least.

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Three H.P Herb Bitters from Reading, Pennsylvania

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Pair of Barto’s Great Gun Bitters – Reading, Pennsylvania

Hopewell Furnace

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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural “iron plantation”. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster’s house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith’s shop, a company store and several worker’s houses.

Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird, Son of William Bird, for whom Birdsboro was named. The site’s most prosperous time was during the 1820–1840 period with a brief boom in production during the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.

Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is located in the Hopewell Big Woods and surrounded by French Creek State Park on three sides and the State Game Lands to the south which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources. [Wikipedia]

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