Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 1 | January – February 2018 | No. 235 (Mailed 12 December 2017)
Features: Snowflake Whiskey: What’s in a Name? Steve Abbott 14 Jamaica Champagne Beer Eric McGuire 24 On the Trail of the Elusive L.R. Comstock, A Third Swing Tod von Mechow 32 Vaseline Glass Goes to War Jack Sullivan 58
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Getting Ready for the Cleveland National 38 FOHBC 2018 Cleveland National Info Packet 39 Lost & Found 60 Virtual Museum News 63 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2016-2018 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC 2018-2020 Candidates | Elections 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 2 | March – April 2018 | No. 236 (Mailed 15 February 2018)
Features: Rufus Webb Was Master of Louisiana ‘Gators and Whiskey Jack Sullivan 14 Monumental Mistake Due to a Grave Error Jack Klotz 22 The Bottles and Advertising of George Benz Steve Ketcham 28 The Revenue Stamps that saved the United States from Bankruptcy Allan T. Pollard 38
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Lost & Found 60 Virtual Museum News 63 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2016-2018 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 3 | May – June 2018 | No. 237 (Mailed 16 April 2018)
Features: Soyer’s Perfect Sauce Alan DeMaison 16 The Five F’s of Privy Digging and why Digging Teams Sometimes Fail Jeff Mihalik 22 George W. Meredith – Orphan Boy to Whiskey Millionaire Jack Sullivan 29 Alphons Dryfoos’ Wald Koenig Bitters and an amazing bottle design patent Ferdinand Meyer V 38 Jacobs Cabin Tonic Bitters Tom Haunton 49 The South Pittsburg Bottling Company Charles D. Head 54
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Dave Maryo Tribute 10 By the numbers: Nearly 20,000 Hutchinson bottles recorded Bill Baab 12 Tom Haunton’s New Book Bill Baab 48 Lost & Found 58 Virtual Museum News 63 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2016-2018 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 4 | July – August 2018 | No. 238 (Mailed 14 June 2018)
Features: The Arcade Hotel Shoofly Steve Abbott 16 The Rat Steve Abbott 18 A Look Into Cleveland Elizabeth Lacy 22 From Goldheim’s Bitters to Phillip Lobe & Son, Three Generations of a Jewish family in the Liquor Business Susan Helen Adler 28 Digging in Ohio Eric McGuire 38 Zack Baer Interview Jeff Mihalik 43 History of Killing Worms: McLane Zack Baer 43 Obsessed with Arkansas Saloons James Childers 50
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Review: New Mexico soda bottler’s life is detailed in historical book Bill Baab 10 Review: New Mexico Hutchinsons not just another book Bill Baab 11 Review: Collectors won’t believe numbers of ‘Show Me’ State’s bottles, jugs Bill Baab 12 Augusta Brewing Company’s Flagship Beers: Belles of Georgia, Carolina, Florida Bill Baab 13 Sealed with a Kiss British bottle Reviewb 42 Lost & Found 60 Virtual Museum News 63 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2016-2018 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 5 | September – October 2018 | No. 239 (Mailed 16 August 2018)
Features: When a Digging Permission becomes a Golf Outing Jeff Mihalik 16 No Fizz Less Bizz! Ken Previtali 22 W.C. Peacock: The Whiskey Man who made Waikiki Jack Sullivan 28 Walter Smith was bitten early by the collecting bug Bill Baab 32 Prized Midwestern Flasks Mark Vuono 38 Ebner Brothers Steve Abbott 50
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Washington-Taylor Flasks from River Bridge Paul Vincent 10 Holey Holey Hoely Bill Baab 12 Lost & Found 60 Virtual Museum News 63 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 29 No. 6 | November – December 2018 | No. 240 (Mailed 17 October 2018)
Features: Hon. Stephen Buhrer, Self-Made in Cleveland Jack Sullivan 16 Pontiled Privies – We Digum! Peter Jablonski 22 Michael Cronan – A Lad from the Old Sod Steve Abbott 26 The FOHBC Rocks and Rolls into Cleveland Matt Lacy 38 Warner Labels Michael Seeliger & Michael Craig 54
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Here’s a huge Coke collection located in a small Georgia city Bill Baab 10 Virtual Museum News Richard Siri 12 Jim Healy 2018 Cleveland National stoneware jug creation 19 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 Membership Directory 67 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Application 72
