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New Fruit Jar Show & Get-Together June 13, 2015 Cambridge City Indiana
There's a new Fruit Jar collector event coming up in June!Central Indiana Early Summer Fruit Jar Get Together/ShowSaturday, June 13, 20159:00am - 3:00pmHuddleston Farm House Inn Museum838 National...
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Dr. E.L. Welbourn: A Hustler of Wide Experience ~ Medicine Bottles History...
Dr. E. L. Welbourn: A Hustler of Wide ExperiencebyJoe Clevenger[Article text is an image - click to enlarge.] Union City Times-Gazette, Wednesday, November 12, 1947Welbourn Rites Are Held Today At Los...
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2016 Fruit Jar Annual Price Guide Now Available for Jar Collectors
2016 Fruit Jar Annual by Jerry McCannThe all-new reference book is now available for immediate shipment to customers of North American Glass.Softbound, spiral bound with 392 easy-to-read pages, with...
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Sad News - Condolences to Club Member Kevin Keller
Sadly, long time club member Kevin Keller lost his son, Jecoa Keller, recently. The club sends our sincere condolences to the Keller family at this difficult time.Obituary: Jeconiah "Jecoa" Daniel...
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Sad News: RIP Shirlee MacDonald, Longtime Findlay Bottle Club Member
Shirlee MacDonald in 2007.Shirlee MacDonald in 2005, at a club meeting.It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Shirlee MacDonald's passing. The club sends it sincerest condolences to...
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Sale of McFadden Milk Bottle Collection - Photo Preview - August 15, 2015
Lou and Sue McFaddenAnnouncing the first sale of the Lou McFadden and Sue McFadden Milk Bottle Collection.Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015Time: 9am to 1pm -- No Early Admission/SalesLocation: 719 East...
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Labor Day History: The Tragic Significance of Cheap Bottles ~ Antique Bottle...
Bottle Boys: 1909 [Photo from http://www.shorpy.com/node/12783][Photo source: http://libraryexhibits.utad.utoledo.edu/WTX/artgall_pics.html]"The automated glass bottle making machine is said to have...
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Ohio's Historic Coca Cola Bottlers Bottling Works
Joe Clevenger takes a look at the history of Coca Cola bottlers and bottling works in Ohio, and describes many of their bottles.Read the article here.(Screen shot of one page.)Vintage bottle from The...
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Ball Jaarrrs, Matey! Talk Like A Pirate Day
"AARR, MATEY! AYE, EVEN PIRATES LOVE JAARRRS!"Avast, mateys, it be that time again, t'practice t'twist yer tongue and change yer common tune to that lingo o' days o' yore, when wild men sailed the...
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Findlay's Grocery Store History: WP Snow, Clover Farm Stores, David Kirk Sons
Clover and SnowCame across this W.P. SNOW / 325 NORTH MAIN ST. trade token that was listed as being from Findlay, Ohio. Couldn't find out anything about Mr. W.P.Snow, other than to confirm that he did...
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We're on TV! Watch This TV44/Lima Ohio Video Segment About Our Bottle Show
(Screen shots)A BIG THANK YOU to the kind folks at Lima's TV44 for promoting our bottle show on the latest episode of their FAITH AND FRIENDS chat show. Jennifer Keat-Beck generously put this...
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Trap Your Caps in a Map! Vintage Beer Cap 50 State Display Map Board
.Lots of bottle collectors also enjoy collecting ''go-withs'', including colorful vintage bottle caps, also called CROWNS.Here's a neat way to display your collection, from our friends at UNCOMMON...
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Sad News: Club Member Dan Mompher Has Passed
We are sad to hear that our friend Dan Mompher, a fellow club member, passed away on Thursday November 27, 2015. Our sincerest condolences go out to Dan's wife Virginia and their family at this sad...
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Hopalong Cassidy on Many Ohio Dairy Milk Bottles
Famous Cowboy actor William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, was born in Ohio. He licensed his character name to many products, including the dairy industry. Ohio dairies historian Joe Clevenger...
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You Got Mustard in My Peanut Butter! Battleship Brand Dayton Ohio
Author Joe Clevenger shares his article about the Dayton, Ohio Canby Co.'s BATTLESHIP brand, and their peanut butter and mustard containers.PDF embedded below, or use this link.Above, a couple of...
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Santa Sells Billy Baxter's Red Raven Splits Advertising, Bottles
Red Raven Splits for the Morning After Christmas -- or after those wild New Year's Eve parties!Billy Baxter's RED RAVEN SPLITS... for the morning after So, let's "Ask the Man"... what is a Red Raven...
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JARS-uary 2016 ~ Fruit Jar Show / Muncie IN / Big Collectors Multi-Day Event...
It's that time of year again: JARS-UARY!The Winter Muncie Fruit Jar Show Collectors Event is Almost Here! January 7, 8, 9, & 10, 2016 in Muncie, IndianaThe January Muncie event, with the infamous...
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Elephants and Doves for Dinner: Jumbo Peanut Butter and Dove Brand Spices
Contributing writer Joe Clevenger gives us his latest article on Cincinnati, Ohio's Frank Tea & Spice Co.'s JUMBO PEANUT BUTTER.(If the scrolling pdf viewer box doesn't load, click to read it...
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How To Read an Antique Bottle - Bill Lindsey Explains It All
Shared on our Facebook page:Great long interview with expert Bill Lindsey, about evaluating antique bottles, over on The Collectors Weekly site -- LINK..You can learn so much about bottles on Bill...
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Antique Trader Publisher Promotes Bottle Collecting
Shared on our Facebook page:Antique bottles featured in Antique Trader - link - always love it when the antique trade papers give our beloved bottles the spotlight. Antique Trader features bottles...
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