When a Craigslist ad featuring a blurry
picture of a cobalt medicine showed up, I had to see what the fuss
was about. After paying more money that I should have at the time, I
came home with a Frank L. Powell Pharmacist Newport, RI in
cobalt! The only listed cobalt Powells say Chemist, so this was a
totally new bottle!
Also speaking of Newport, I traded for
a Charles M. Cole Newport, RI medicine. At 5-1/2”, it was
an unlisted size.
I was pretty sure I had pinned down
most of the Casey bottles, but a beer bottle shaped F.P. Casey
North Smithfield, RI proved me wrong.
I had almost literally overlooked an
ABM P. Faerber & Sons Co.
Newport, RI soda.
The one I had says Contents 8 Fl. Oz., and this one lacked the
contents embossing.
An antiquing run paid off with the
discovery of a nice early Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer.
It has a double collar lip, while most examples have a plain square
collar top. As a bonus the apostrophe in Arnold,s was a comma!
