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    Every member new and old reply to this post

    4 = NUMBER OF DOGS WE OWN. TELL ME AGAIN WHY WE ARE DOING THIS?
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    help with identity

    Sorry to pry....of course everyone has a different reason for choosing the little names we use...urosepsis??...I can't help but wonder how you chose that. With all respect, Mabel.
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    Beebs, Yes, that's an old one. I have one like it. But are we sure it is the same Phillips family? No surprise that milk of magnesia proved more popular than fish emulsion. Mabel
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    cartoon dog on base pic

    One needs to be of a certain age to remember Sky King. We named our tall black hound Sky King -- he is a noble beast. Mabel
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    NE Bottle show 4/1 plus some dug pics

    Those of us in Nebraska suffer heart palpitations from extreme excitement when we see "NE bottle show". (Our state abbreviation is NE). Then the letdown....oh shucks! Mabel
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    MoM bottles .......which on is older

    These bottles aren't worth much, newfounddump. They sell for maybe $5 on ebay, but many receive zero bids. The problem is, the color of the glass is so pretty, it's hard not to keep at least one. (I have many). mabel
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    MoM bottles .......which on is older

    I agree with Jim. The use of the term "genuine" is found on the more recent bottles. Mabel
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    Tom, yes, it looks like they put the smaller flip-top on the larger bottle and vice-versa. I'm not sure about the white stuff, maybe glue. Oh well, they did manage to entice me into buying. I wonder where they got the flip-tops? mabel
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    Warren, I think you are right about the hospital use of Milk of Magnesia. When I was an intern on call almost every patient had an order for MOM as needed, often in hopes of avoiding an unnecessary call from the nurse in the middle of the night, so I'm sure they used tons of it. Yes...
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    These are my oldest Phillips bottles that still have labels. The tall one is the older, but despite the label listing nine thousand conditions Milk of Magnesia will fix (headaches, crabbiness, etc) I cannot find a date. The bottle has no embossing anywhere. The label on the 7 inch bottle has...
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    This is probably my oldest, as it says New York and is clear. The bottles appear to have been clear initially, then over time were blue, then the familiar cobalt blue.
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    Here is a better picture of the blue one.
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    Here are my 3 oldest Phillips bottles. The one on the left has the same mold as Guntherhess' except his has the dates peened out. It is an ice blue. The middle aqua bottle and the faint purple one on the right both say NewYork, so I imagine they are earlier although they too carry the 1873 date.
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    evolution of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia?

    This is great!! You are talking about my area of interest. I collect Phillips Milk of Magnesia bottles. I am probably the only person to be interested in these common bottles. I have tried to find the oldest examples that were made. I have 3 bottles with a date of 1873. One clear bottle and...
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    Big Brown Bottle

    The earliest milk of magnesia bottles were clear, then cornflower blue, then cobalt -- at least for Phillips milk of magnesia bottles. However, there was still a lot of variation in the later bottles, probably depending on where they were made. I hope you do post a photo of your milk of...
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    Blue bottles

    Dear Cereberus, I collect those bottles. Sounds like a good one. Care to sell? I'd love to see a picture of it. Mabel
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    Dead forum?

    Thanks, Roger. I've been curious what went wrong with that site. Thank heavens the Admin here puts us with novices like myself. And I promise not to use the word "dead" in the threads title again -- it seems to set off mental associations: interesting but odd. Mabel
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    Dead forum?

    When I began searching for bottle web sites a few years ago there was a very active site called Worldwide Antique Bottle Collectors. Now it very rarely has a new posting. Does anyone know why nobody is posting there anymore?
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    irregular Blue bottle

    Thanks, everyone, for all the information. I believe I bought the bottle in a flurry of confusion, thinking it was one of the earliest Phillips Milk of Magnesia bottles (which I collect). It's good to have the bottle identified, even if it's not as exotic as I imagined. I'm pleased to find...
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    irregular Blue bottle

    Another photo.

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