Plumbata
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Whelp, I was back in Peoria for my sister's wedding (husband is a good dude) and managed a few short digs. I got plenty of common stuff, sodas milks etc. which aren't pictured but did bring back to WY the nice portable smalls which are pictured. Got 2 more of the BIM 1920s "Best and Jordan Peoria, ILL" druggists (in business from 1921-1937) which I always enjoy pulling from this dump though these are pretty sickly, a sample size ABM Hind's Honey and Almond Cream (nothing special but I like how heavily embossed they are), a nice Peptenzyme pocket bottle, and the undisputed gem of the dig, a BIM "Worner's Rattler Oil Phoenix Ariz." likely from the early 1910s.
A 2 ouncer, other Best and Jordan is a 1/2 oz.
The Rattler Oil was actually a genuine snake oil (though the remaining contents smell like petroleum, so they probably diluted the rattlesnake oil with cheap stuff). Check this interesting ad from the Pittston Gazette (PA), 10 Nov 1911:
I saw that one without a label sold for 60.00 several months ago, which is pretty darn good for meds from the 1910s. Regarding Wyoming bottle hunting... it sucks lol, but I did scrape out an earlier applied-lip Davis' Vegetable Pain killer a few days ago, almost certainly from the Territorial days. I did find a few marginally promising spots but will have to wait for the river to recede before I can see if anything decent is to be had. I miss my Peoria dumps. [] Happy hunting people!