Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Well, I'm back with another bottle--well two and a candle holder but those aren't what I'm here about. Of course, now I could really use some root beer. Shame this thing is empty. But! I have some questions.
Firstly! I'll give you the information on it. What I call panel one of four says, "HIRES / HOUSEHOLD EXTRACT" Panel two says, "FOR MAKING / ROOTBEER / AT HOME" Third panel says, "MANUFACTURED BY / THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO." and panel four, "PHILADELPHIA, PA. / U.S.A." It is exactly as I see it, every letter and piece of punctuation or lack thereof. We can tell what it is, what it's for. It's light aqua, seam goes over the lip. Three rings on the bottom, no embossing. Oddly, the seam vanishes on the body, not on the neck, which amused me--hardly touches the shoulder. I'd call the body a rounded rectangular block. It'd have been corked, from what my research tells me. But what my research doesn't tell me is my main question which we will now enter.
Item of agenda two: How old is it, does anyone know?
Part three: Why does HIRES' HOUSEHOLD EXTRACTS lack the apostrophe to place ownership on the product? It's shown only as HIRES unless that part wore away like the T in THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. I can be a grammar Nazi, so forgive me that. I try to avoid it, but it bothers me and makes me like it more.
Firstly! I'll give you the information on it. What I call panel one of four says, "HIRES / HOUSEHOLD EXTRACT" Panel two says, "FOR MAKING / ROOTBEER / AT HOME" Third panel says, "MANUFACTURED BY / THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO." and panel four, "PHILADELPHIA, PA. / U.S.A." It is exactly as I see it, every letter and piece of punctuation or lack thereof. We can tell what it is, what it's for. It's light aqua, seam goes over the lip. Three rings on the bottom, no embossing. Oddly, the seam vanishes on the body, not on the neck, which amused me--hardly touches the shoulder. I'd call the body a rounded rectangular block. It'd have been corked, from what my research tells me. But what my research doesn't tell me is my main question which we will now enter.
Item of agenda two: How old is it, does anyone know?
Part three: Why does HIRES' HOUSEHOLD EXTRACTS lack the apostrophe to place ownership on the product? It's shown only as HIRES unless that part wore away like the T in THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. I can be a grammar Nazi, so forgive me that. I try to avoid it, but it bothers me and makes me like it more.