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Est. 1855.
The company was was established in Saint Louis in 1855 (according to company advertising) by Milton George Harter, Samuel K. Harter and Thomas W. Boyer, believed to be from Ohio. Dr. M G Harter died around 1890. In 1895, the business had relocated to Dayton, OH and by the end of the century had been taken over by the San Antonio Drug Company.
The company's products included Dr. Harter's Fever and Ague Specific, Dr .Harter's Fever and Ague Pills, Dr. Harter's Pile Ointment, Dr. Harter's Little Liver Pills - Do not Gripe or Sicken, Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic, Dr. Harter's Lung Balm , Dr. Harter's Soothing Drops, Dr. Harter's Liniment, Dr. DuChoine's Nerve Pills, Dr. DuChoine's Female Regulating Pills, Dr. Harter's German Vermifuge Candy, and the famous Dr. Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters.
Dr. Harter's daughter, Mary Jayne Harter Coleman, married William Hayner of Hayner Distillery fame in 1891. Business name timeline:
M G & S K Harter & Co. (1855-1872), The Dr. Harter's Medicine Co. (1873-?)
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1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
St. Louis directory
notes:
W = Wine & Liquor Dealers, Wholesale, D = distilleries (1881), V-R = Wine & Liquor Dealers, Retail (1889). Directories for 1870-1874, 1878, 1880-1885, 1895, and 1901 came in the form of type-written transcriptions rather than photocopies.
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