Info on 1920s Flapper 9 oz amber bottle

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I found this bottle while morel mushroom hunting in upstate N.Y. (Chili N.Y.) it was in the a small dump near the RR tracks. The embossing on bottle Reads
"Drink Flapper" "it's a snappy drink" with "Union bottling works Beaumont ,Texas" with flapper girl dancing with bottle.
Is bottle good? Info on bottle and kind of drink it was?
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Hezezilla

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Wow, that's a fantastic bottle! Probably the most iconically 1920s bottle I've ever seen. That's a great find, and very unusual to have found it in upstate NY when it's a Texas soda. I suspect this one is going to be a pretty desirable bottle considering the subject matter, the incredible graphics, and the fact that there aren't many results for this one on Google despite its obvious appeal.

Here's one odd thing I found for it, the brand was featured in one of the manuals for the 1980s role playing game Call of Cthulhu: https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2012/06/29/cthulhu-1920-le-manuel-de-l-investigateur/preview/page/10/
 

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Wow, that's a fantastic bottle! Probably the most iconically 1920s bottle I've ever seen. That's a great find, and very unusual to have found it in upstate NY when it's a Texas soda. I suspect this one is going to be a pretty desirable bottle considering the subject matter, the incredible graphics, and the fact that there aren't many results for this one on Google despite its obvious appeal.

Here's one odd thing I found for it, the brand was featured in one of the manuals for the 1980s role playing game Call of Cthulhu: https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2012/06/29/cthulhu-1920-le-manuel-de-l-investigateur/preview/page/10/
Of course it Did thanks for the information. One thing I do know is that there was a lot of Hobo activity in this one area too. I keep finding small camp sute/dump sites in area. A local woman said the train hopping was frequent in the area.
 

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The 29 S on the bottom of the bottle could indicate that the bottle was made in 1929 by the American Bottle Company. They used N and S to represent the glass plant that produced the bottles, N for Newark, Ohio, and S for Streator, Illinois.
 

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Very cool bottle...not super scarce but always a favorite with collectors. They started using this trademark in 1927. If only it could talk...that's a long trip from Beaumont!
 

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It’s a very nice looking bottle. I would say that it was made in 1929 based on the ”S 29” on the bottom. There is a rare Flapper from Wyandotte Michigan.
 

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