Chero-Cola Research

[Tony14]

Hey spencer...stumbled across this one on ebay...check her out
http://cgi.ebay.com/1928-Chero-Cola-Neenah-Wisconsin-qt-soda-water-bottle_W0QQitemZ230199133023QQihZ013QQcategoryZ13915QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[capsoda]

Hey Tony, Great find. A slug plate Chero Cola has got to be a rare find.

 

[Tony14]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1926-Chero-Cola-fancy-sodawater-bottle-Neenah-Wisconsin_W0QQitemZ230200736849QQihZ013QQcategoryZ13915QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
heres another wisconsin one!

 

[rick L.]

hi! i'm brand-new to the list & have a question about Chero-Cola bottles: do you know WHY they say "This bottle never sold" at the bottom?

rick

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Because they wanted their bottles back.

 

[pyshodoodle]

Hi Rick,
Welcome to the forum. Years ago, it was standard practice to return your bottles so they could be washed & reused. This ended sometime in the 1990s, I believe. [8|]

 

[morbious_fod]

A quick review, you only wanted Chero-Cola bottles on this list not pyramid soda water bottles. Now that I have done much more research in the area, I think I can give you a fairly good list of the bottlers in my area.

Princeton, W VA. No straight sides known yet.

 

[morbious_fod]

Pocahontas, VA no swirl type bottle found yet; however, one of their ads pictures one of them so I'm sure they exist.

 

[morbious_fod]

Cleveland, VA no swirl bottles found; however, a 1927 reciept lists Chero-Cola along with Melo-Orange and Melo-Grape, and two Nehi flavors.

 

[morbious_fod]

Coeburn, VA only a pyramid bottle found so far; however, they started in 1922 so there should be a swirl bottle out there somewhere.