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The Champion Cork Retainer Company of Chicago, Illinois advertised Sands' invention

and showed the removal of the bottle stopper retainer with the point of a corkscrew.

The advertisement suggests

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To extract retainer place point of cork screw under the

arch (not in the slot) and press gently downward.

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The Champion Cork advertisement was included in

David Graci's 2003 book

Soda and Beer Bottle Closures 1850-1910

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