THE CIN-CO-LERY CO & C.F.HAGAN

Hagan & Wood Manufacturing Druggists, ( Charles F. Hagan and Jonathan Logan Wood), located at 515 Cumberland St. in Bristol,VA. had its beginnings in 1888. In time, C.F.Hagan withdrew from the company and formed the Cin-Co-Lery Company, continuing to manufacture "Patent Medicines."

There is but one bottle known bearing only paper labels and put out by C.F.Hagan...Cin-Co-Lery Compound after he discontinued his partnership with J.Logan Wood. This may be in the early 1890's as he is ordering his own medicinal supplies by 1893. Some years later,(1904), he was listed as in the Coal & Coke Supply business. Then in 1909, he is somehow associated with The Casper Whiskey Co. of Roanoke, VA.

As early as 1909, Hagan is listed as the Treasurer of The Bristol Distributing Co., a wholesale whiskey and beer establishment. I believe this also explains his affiliation with the Casper Whiskey Co. noted above. And, as per one source, Hagan's business venture's beginnings with the Bristol Distributing Company , (servicing area saloons), dates back to at least 1905.

The same source gave me Hagan's formula for the Cin-Co-Lery Compound:

Cinchona 1/2 oz

Num vom 1/4 oz

Coca 1/2 oz

Damiana 1 oz

Chamomile 1/4 oz

Celery Seed 1/4 oz

Phosphorous qr 1/8

added to alcohol and simple syrup.

In 1893-98, the chemicals were ordered from Shoemaker & Busch, wholesale duggists in Philadelphia, then in 1898 & 1899 from Allaire Woodward & Co., in Peoria Illinois. In 1900 Hagan received a quote from Davies ,Rose ,& Company in Boston for a new batch. Hagan evidently mixed the ingredients locally. Hagan additionally made orders & statements for the purchase of bottles, cases, and engraved labels.

(Cr: Tim Buchanan)

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Sources - Bibliography

i) Library of King College, Bristol,Tenn. - Newspaper Microfilms

ii) Bristol,TN-VA Public Library - Newspaper Microfilms & City Directories

iii) 1904 Bristol Herald Industrial Supplement

iv) Bristol-Goodson Industry & Resources in 1885 -W.F.Henry/Reporter

v) Witness To An Epoch - Chas.J. Harkrader

vi) Double Destiny - Robert Loving

vii) Historic Sites of Sullivan County - Muriel Spoden

viii) Bristol Tennessee-Virginia : A History - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

ix) Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol, Tenn.-Va. - Charlie Barnette

x) The Passing Years - Bristol Historical Association

xi) City of Bristol @ 1915

xii) A Pictorial History - Bristol Historical Association

xiii) Whiskey, An American Pictorial History - Oscar Getz

xiv) Prohibition, 13 Years That Changed America - Edward Behr

xv) The Shadow Of The Bottle - Review & Herald Publishing Co.

xvi) Historic Sullivan - Oliver Taylor

xvii) One Year At A Time - Bristol - 1907 - Lonnie & Kim Blevins

xviii) Honoring Our Heritage: Faces & Places From The Past -

Lonnie & Kim Blevins and Roy & Carolyn Williams

xvix) Between the States: Bristol Tennessee - Virginia During the Civil War - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xx) Pioneers in Paradise - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xxi) A Good Place to Live - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

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