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The Pharmaceutical Era

reported on July 1, 1893:

“Detroit Corkscrew Co., Detroit, Mich. - If this firm manufactured strictly ‘straight’ goods there

would be no exhibition of Corkscrews in the north-east section of the Manufactures [sic]

Building. As it is, they have quite an attractive show-case full of their extracting specialties,

which includes in addition to the ordinary cut

worm screws, their Puddefoot Power Screw

and the Davis Combined Pocket Knife, Wire

Cutter and Lever Corkscrew. Every druggist

should see this exhibit and satisfy himself that

a corkscrew will bring out a cork every time is

actual existence.” (Examples of Puddefoot

shown above and example of Davis with knife

blade shown right).

David W. Davis of Detroit, Michigan applied for his Waiter's Friend patent on February 15,

1890. His corkscrews are well marked with “The Davis Cork Screw Pat'd July 14, 1891” (No.

455,826). The example shown here is a souvenir of the fair with the wording “Columbian

Exposition, Chicago U. S. A. 1893.”

Davis’s pocket waiter’s friend corkscrew

without the knife.