There were many medical companies that used wooden tube like cylinders along with a wooden cap. These wooded containers were a cheaper alternative to glass bottles. The medical companies would fill the wooden tubes with either small pills or powers . Then put the wooden cap on and wrap there label around the tube. This would act like a tamper proof seal. You would have to break the seal to remove the cap. Just like glass bottle they would offer different sizes of there products. Below are just a few of these examples.

Here are two different sizes of V-O PILLS / PRICE $1.00 / PILLS / COMPOUNDED BY / THEO. NOEL. CO. VITA E BUILDING CHICAGO // 125 V-O PILLS / FOR BOWEL, LIVER AND STOMACH DISORDERS. The smaller size reads. V-0 PILLS / PILLS / COMPAOUNDED BY / THEO. NOEL. CO. VITA E BUILDING CHICAGO // 25 V-0 PILL FOR BOWL, LIVER AND STOMACH DISORDERS.

FREE SAMPLE / DYSPEPLET / TRADE MARK PROTECTED / QUICKLY RELEAVE SOUR STOMACH, NAUSEA, WIND IN THE STOMACH, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA. / C. I . HOOD / LOWEL, MASS. The C. I. Hoods Company had many other products in wooden cylinders that they offered. There were Hood’s Tooth Power, Hood’s Liver Pills, Hood’s Peptiron, Hood’s Monaid and Hood’s Sarsatabs.

BLOODINE / LIVER PILLS / POSITIVELY THE ONLY REMEDY KNOW TO SCIENCE THAT HAS THE POWER OF CURING. / .25 PER BOX / THE BLOODINE CO. INC. / BOSTON, MASS.

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Frank and Frank Jr. (Wicker) Bottle Collection

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