Bottles from capsoda(warren)

[tristian bottle]

Had these bottles sent to me a few years back from a very nice man named warren, and never really did bother to dig up some in fo on them so i figured its better late then never, i know they may no be the most rare or or worth the most but they mean alot to to me[] Any info guys?

Here they are From left to right: Mellins food BIM with tooled finish, Flechers Castoria BIM tooled finish, St. Joseph's castor oil, Bluthenthal & Bickart Fine Old Whiskey BIM tooled finish, Debossed dr Pepper, 10-2-4 bottle, Jacob Lipp hutch soda tooled blob.

Thanks guys and a very big thanks again to you warren, i even used your pic[]

 

[epackage]

Great for you Tristian and a big WAY TO GO to Cappy, do you collect a certain type of bottle, I may have a few here to send you for your collection.....thanx again Warren

Jim

 

[tristian bottle]

Thats nice of you jim and no i dont really prefer a certain type, i can go for just about anything, since i am only 14 i dont really have enough bottles to actually pick and choose, so i take what comes to me , ACL`s are nice though, i love the colors of the labels.[]

 

[glass man]

ORIGINAL: tristian bottle

Had these bottles sent to me a few years back from a very nice man named warren, and never really did bother to dig up some in fo on them so i figured its better late then never, i know they may no be the most rare or or worth the most but they mean alot to to me[]   Any info guys?

Here they are From left to right: Mellins food BIM with tooled finish, Flechers Castoria BIM tooled finish, St. Joseph's castor oil, Bluthenthal & Bickart Fine Old Whiskey BIM tooled finish, Debossed dr Pepper, 10-2-4 bottle, Jacob Lipp hutch soda tooled blob.

Thanks guys and a very big thanks again to you warren, i even used your pic[]

THE MELLINS WAS BABY FOOD. FLECHERS IS CASTOR OIL [POOR KID MOM'S USED TO POOR THIS DOWN A KID"S THROAT FOR WHATEVER AILED IT! MY DAD SAID HE WOULD TRY NOT TO LET ANY ONE KNOW HE WAS SICK CAUSE THIS SUFF TASTED ALWFUL AND KEPT YOU IN THE OUT HOUSE A LOT! ,] ST. JOSEPH'S OF COURSE IS CASTOR OIL AGAIN [POOR CHILD OR CHILDREN] THINK IT IS MADE BY THE SAME FOLKS THAT MADE ST. JOSHEPS ASPERIN. THAT IS CAP FOR YOU! SO COOL! JAMIE

 

[cyberdigger]

Hey! I had no idea Cappy did nice things... you learn something every day!! []

 

[tristian bottle]

ya he sent me them about 3 years ago, any info guys?

 

[surfaceone]

Hello Kristian,

Here's some information on your Mellin's:
"[1874] MELLIN'S FOOD & NESTLE'S MILK/United Kingdom & United States
"The exhibits of Mellin's food in the Mechanics and Instituted exhibitions now in progress have attracted the attention of thousands of visitors, and the people are beginning to examine and discuss the suggestive topic which the displays suggest. Time and experience have put this food to a successful test, and its important bearing upon the rising and future generations cannot be oversetimated. Its history proves again that it is almost invariably the case that a really good article is slow in making its way into the favor of the public, but, when finally its excellences are known, its success is assured and the rapidity of its introduction marvellous. This is notably the case with the article which is known as Mellin's food, and which is now being so generally received into public favor. For years it has been a deplorable but acknowldged fact, that an alarming percentage of children die before reaching the age of five years. In England, the number of children that die under one year old is in the ratio of one to every twelve births...Liebig's food,...came the nearest to a practical solution of the difficult problem, but it was unsuitable for distribuion and exportation, and much trouble and ascrifice of time were entailed by its daily preparation. G. Mellin of London, following Liebig's suggestions, produced an article which is portable, easy of preparation, and which gives entire satisfaction. Mellin's food, requires neither boiling nor strianing, that having already been done, but is almost instantly prepared for use by dissolving a certain quantity in hot water and then adding cold milk. Analysis of the food after mixing shows it to contain a large proportion of grape sugar, which enters so largely into the composition of mother's milk, together with a large amount of protein and soluble phosphates, indicating flesh and bone forming nutrients of the highest type...Thus sucenc e finally conquered all difficulties, and produced a food that all mothers will hail with delight. Not until 1874 did it make its appearance in this country, and then through the enterprises of Theodore Metcalf & Co., who, in response to the growing demand, obtained the North American agency. In order to supply the greatly increased demand in Europe and America for this food the proprietor was obliged to erect larger works, and since 1877 the food has been regularly supplied....The best medical men in the coutnry now ackhowldege its merits and prescribe it in cases where formerly they were almost helpless."
---"A Public Benefactor: An Exhibit at the Fair--Mellin's Food for Infants...", Boston Daily Globe, November 6, 1881 (p. 5)

"The Duty of Every Mother and espeially those who are charged with the delicate and great responsibility of rearing hand-fed children, is to investigate the merits of the best artificial food for the preservation of infant life. The universal testimony of our most skillful physicians, and of thousands of mothers who have practially tested it, demonstrated beyond a doubt that Mellin's Food for Infants is the best, and contains exactly the ingredients necessary to insure the life and health of the little ones to develop them in body and mind, and secure robust health in childhood, manhood and womanhood."
---display ad, Theodore Metcalf & Co., 39 Tremont St., Boston Mass., "Sole agents for the United States and British America," Boston Daily Globe, April 11, 1880 (p. 30) [NOTE: this ad contains physican testimonials.]

"By the 1890s the most popular by far of the powders to be added to milk was Mellin's Food, developed in England and manufactured in Boston, whose advertisements claimed that it was "the genuine Liebig's Food," The best known of the dried-milk products was another European import, Nestle's Milk Food, which was manufactured and distributed under license by a New York City firm. Advertisements for various proprietary infant foods because well-nigh ubiquitious by the 1890s....Nestle's ("Best for Babies") said it was better for babies than milk, for "impure milk in hot weather is one of the chief causes of sickness among babies."...A favorite promotional technique was to offer free samples by mail to the readers of middle-class magazines. Perhaps the most effective with middle-class mothers...were the free handbooks on infant care feeding distributed by the companies. Mellin's with its own press, was especially active in this field. The handbooks explained the chemistry of milk and feeding in clear but relatively sophisticated language, adding an aura of science to the food they were promoting. Not only did they prove effective in convincing mothers of the efficacy of proprietary infant foods, they convinced many doctors as well...Thus, by the 1980s a number of sources spread the growing impression that artificial feeding was both scientific and modern."
---Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet, Harvey Levenstein [Oxford University Press:New York] 1988 (p.124)
[NOTE: This book contains much more information on this topic. If you need more details ask your librarian can help you obtain a copy.


Our survey of historic American newspapers reveals the Boston-based firm Dolibar, Goodale & Co. [41 Central Warf] was a distribtor for Mellin's in 1884. Articles and advertisements confirm Doliber continued to distribute Mellin's food at least until 1906." from the Food Timeline.

"Mellin's Food in its distinctively shaped bottle was extensively marketed in the late 1880's and early 1900's as a rich source of nourishment for infants and toddlers. The advert taken from the publication mentioned in the beginning bears testimony to its German origins. Click for early advertisment." Courtesy of this New Zealand site.

As a young digger/collector, I gotta tell you that sometimes the hunt for information can be almost as much fun as discovering the bottle in it's ashy resting place. I would suggest you begin to hone your researching skills. Googleville is a good place to start.

That sure was nice of Capsoda to send you those beauties. Let's see what you can dig up about them.

 

[tristian bottle]

Thanks for the info guys