improvement over the old style cork screw it has few equals. It is a perfect pocket piece, made of

steel, nickel plated, and works with

such ease that a woman or child can

pull

corks

which

require

the

strength of a pugilist to extract with

the old style screw. Several styles of

screws are made by the company,

but the ‘Davis’ is the most complete.

With it you can cut the wire on the

neck of a bottle, extract the cork

with little exertion, and sharpen

pencils with a strong steel knife

blade

attached.

The

screw

is

illustrated in the company's ‘ad’ in

this Issue. A second screw, without

knife, is a handy little device, also.

The company are now supplying

this style to the Welch Grape Juice

Co., Greenway Bottling Co., Pabst

Brewing Co. and other large bottlers, who have their trade mark stamped on them, and give them

away as advertisements. For such purposes they are cheap and very desirable. Many large orders

are being received from jobbers. The Columbus Power Corkscrew, the Straight Shank Cut Worm

Screws, Greely's Cork Extracter and the Puddefoot Power Screws are also made by the company.

They have an exhibition of their goods at the World's Fair and at the home works are turning them

out by the hundreds. Retail druggists would do well to bear in mind these useful articles, and place

an order for them at the earliest opportunity. Mention the ERA when writing.

Of course, we have seen many other bottlers, brewers, manufacturers, and establishments who

saw the advantage of utilizing the Davis and later Puddefoot’s 1894 corkscrew patent, number

522,672, which is marked on the neckstand THE DETROIT, PAT’D JULY 10 94, as a vehicle for

their advertising. And, in the 1894 patent, we see a similarity to Davis’ Improved neckstand, but

with a narrower design.

Perhaps Puddefoot’s 1894 patent is the OTHER PATS PNDG that we

find on the Davis Improved

.

As mentioned in the

Pharmaceutical Era

issue, there were several bottlers advertising on the

Davis, these included Welch Grape Juice Co., Greenway Bottling Co., and Pabst Brewing Co. And,

while the list below is by no means complete, the following are the advertisements on the plain

Davis and The Detroit corkscrews in the collections of John Morris, Barry Taylor, and my own.

The Welch Grape Juice Co.,

Greenway Brew’g Co. Syracuse, NY,

Pabst Brewing Co, Milwaukee,

Minneapolis Brewing Co. “Export Wiener”

Minneapolis Brewing Co. “Gilt Edge”

Gerke Brewing Co. Cincinnati

Brotherhood Wine Co. New York

Chas. Pick & Co., Chicago

As mentioned in the Pharmaceutical Era article, here we have the Detroit

advertising Greenway, the rare boat handle Detroit advertising Welch

Grape Juice, and the Davis knife and corkscrew with advertising for Pabst.