Electric-Pic.

[diginit]

Can I get a price check-isle 4? H.E. Bucklan & Co. Electric laxitive
Can't find any details on this product that was probably in everybody's medicine cabinet in 1890. Help!

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[IRISH]

RE: Electric

Electric laxitive [:-] sounds painfull to me [] .

 

[David E]

RE: Electric

I find it to have a little different spelling
Electric Brand Bitters
H.E. Bucklen & Co. Chicago,
Ill.
Label "ELECTRIC" BRAND BITERS,
18% alcohol. The great Family Remedy
For all Diseases of the stomache, liver,and
kidneys. Guaranted under the Pure Food
and Drug Act of 1906.

Introduced in 1880. An 1888 advertisement states ' Mr. D.I.
Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky.,adds a testimonial saying he
would have died had it not been for "Electric Bitters" Adv.1923

Amber 8 5/8"x 2 5/16" x 2 5/16"
at least 2 sizes

 

[medbottle]

RE: Electric

Hey diginit. Is the bottle actually embossed with the word laxative? The reason I ask is because I have the Electric Bitters bottle with the box and label for the laxative. I suspect that when people were becoming wary of the patent medicines and bitters, H. E. Bucklen & Co. changed gears to sound more reputable. Not wanting to waste bottles they had already purchased, they just slapped on the laxative labels and changed the boxes. Again, this is a guess on my part.

The bitters bottle is common, worth $15-$20 without labels, etc. I've never seen one embossed "laxative". Such a bottle would definitely be more rare, but it might not have the draw that the magical word "bitters" has.