My great grandfather, L. C. Gibson, manufactured Peerless Screw Worm Killer
(for livestock), Peerless Fly Killer and Peerless Liniment from his Central Drug Store in Jourdanton, Texas from about 1911 to about 1945. Family lore is that he bought the patent for Peerless Screw Worm Killer from a chemist in Maryland. I would like to know who the chemist was and how to find information on the patent transfer. I have found the following on Daniel Fahrney who may be the Maryland chemist:
"Daniel Fahrney, began marketing a teething syrup in 1872. By 1900 he was marketing a Blood Cleansing Panacea, Cathartic Tablets, Cough Syrup, Pain-Nocker, Peerless Liniment, Teething Syrup, and a Worm Syrup. The company was listed as Dr. D. Fahrney & Son in 1904. The business was sold to the Victor Remedy Company of Hagerstown, Maryland around the turn of the century."
(for livestock), Peerless Fly Killer and Peerless Liniment from his Central Drug Store in Jourdanton, Texas from about 1911 to about 1945. Family lore is that he bought the patent for Peerless Screw Worm Killer from a chemist in Maryland. I would like to know who the chemist was and how to find information on the patent transfer. I have found the following on Daniel Fahrney who may be the Maryland chemist:
"Daniel Fahrney, began marketing a teething syrup in 1872. By 1900 he was marketing a Blood Cleansing Panacea, Cathartic Tablets, Cough Syrup, Pain-Nocker, Peerless Liniment, Teething Syrup, and a Worm Syrup. The company was listed as Dr. D. Fahrney & Son in 1904. The business was sold to the Victor Remedy Company of Hagerstown, Maryland around the turn of the century."