Struggling with dating this Howdy soda bottle made by Reed

[ajaj]

I've been racking my brains out trying to research the date code from this Reed Howdy soda bottle. The base states, "STARK SPGS W. MILAN, NH A 873 1". Is it 1931 or 1941? Thanks.

aj

 

[SD51]

Guessing 1931 from this article...

The Howdy Company | Collectors Weekly

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[ajaj]

Thank you for this article. For some reason, it didn't pop up during my research. I guess I was focused on the Reed bottling company.

aj

 

[SD51]

I see that your bottle shows, "Stark Springs W Milan NH" embossed on the bottom, not St Louis, MO like the article indicates.

Stark Springs is a water bottling company out of W Milan, New Hampshire.

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How does a Howdy bottle have this embossed on the bottom?

There might be some information in this book...

Soft Drink Bottlers of the United... book by Christopher A Weide