Manufacturer Notes: Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works

Directories

New York City

1887 Koscherak Ignatz, fcygds. 105 Av. B
1888 Koscherak Ignatz, fcygds. 105 Av. B
1889 Koscherak Emanuel, glass, 26 Barclay, h 345 E. 72d
1889 Koscherak Ignatz, fcygds. 105 Av. B
1890 No searched
1891 Koscherak Emanuel, glass, 17 Warren, & drygoods, 1504 First av, h 338 E. 86th
1891 Koscherak Ignatz, glassware, 17 Warren, & drygoods, 1504 First av, h 338 E. 86th
1891 Koscherak Brothers, glassware, 17 Warren, & drygoods, 1504 First av
1892 Koscherak Emanuel, glass, 33 Park pl. h 338 E. 86th
1892 Koscherak Ignatz, glass, 33 Park pl. h 216 W. 104th
1892 Koscherak Bros. glass, 33 Park pl.
1893 Koscherak Emanuel, glass, 33 Park pl. h 212 W. 104th
1893 Koscherak Ignatz, glass, 33 Park pl. h 216 W. 104th
1893 Koscherak Bros. glass, 33 Park pl.
1894 Koscherak Emanuel, glassware, 33 Park pl. h 141 W. 82d
1894 Koscherak Ignatz, glassware, 33 Park pl. h 216 W. 104th
1894 Koscherak Bros. glassware, 33 Park pl.
1895 Koscherak Emanuel, glassware, 47 Murry, h 127 W. 82d
1895 Koscherak Ignatz, glassware, 47 Murry, h Stapleton, S. I.
1895 Koscherak Bros. glassware, 47 Murry
1896 Koscherak Emanuel, china, 47 Murry, h 127 W. 82d
1896 Koscherak Ignatz, china, 47 Murry, h Stapleton, S. I.
1896 Koscherak Bros. china, 47 Murry
1897 Koscherak Emanuel, glassware, 47 Murry, h 127 W. 82d
1897 Koscherak Ignatz, glassware, 47 Murry & pres. 46 W. B'way, h Stapleton, S. I.
1897 Koscherak Bros. glassware, 47 Murray
1898 Koscherak Emanuel, sec, 49 Murry, h 127 W. 82d
1898 Koscherak Ignatz, pres. 47 Murray, h Stapleton, S. I.
1898 Koscherak Bros. china, 47 Murray
1899 Koscherak Emanuel, china, 29 Park pl. h 127 W. 82d
1899 Koscherak Ignatz, stoppers, 155 Leonard
1899 Koscherak Bros. china, 29 Park pl.
1899 Koscherak & Wallach, stoppers, 155 Leonard
1900 Koscherak Emanuel, china, 29 Park pl & stoppers 155 Leonard h 127 W. 82d
1900 Koscherak Ignatz, stoppers, 155 Leonard h 22 Wright Stapleton B R
1900 Koscherak Bros china 29 Park pl.
1900 Koscherak & Wallach stoppers, 155 Leonard
1900 Koscherak Brothers (Emanuel Koscherak, only) 29 Park pl.
1901 Koscherak Emanuel glassware 31 Park pl h 127 W 82d
1901 Koscherak Ignatz stoppers, 155 Leonard h Wright Stapleton B R
1901 Koscherak Bros china 29 Park pl
1901 Koscherak & Wallach stoppers, 155 Leonard
1901 Koscherak Brothers (Emanuel Koscherak, only) 29 Park pl.
1902 Koscherak Emanuel, china 29 Park pl h 127 W 82d
1902 Koscherak Ignatz, stoppers, 241 Canal h 22 Wright Stapleton B R
1902 Koscherak Bros china 29 Park pl
1903 Not searched
1904 Not searched
1905 Koscherak Emanuel, china 29 Park pl & 6 W 22d h 127 W 82d
1905 Koscherak Ignatz, stoppers, 239 Canal h 22 Wright Stapleton B R
1905 Koscherak Bros china 29 Park pl
1906 Not searched
1907 Not searched
1908 Koscherak Emma wid Jos (sic) h 127 W 82d
1908 Koscherak Ernest B china 29 Park pl h 127 W 82d
1908 Koscherak Ignatz stoppers, 239 Canal h 22 Wright Stapleton B R
1908 Koscherak Otto L china 29 Park pl h 127 W 82d
1908 Koscherak Bros china 29 Park pl
1909 Koscherak Emma china 31 Park pl h 306 W 99th
1909 Koscherak Ernest B china 31 Park pl h 306 W 99th
1909 Koscherak Ignatz stoppers, 239 Canal h 22 Wright Stapleton B R
1909 Koscherak Otto L china 31 Park pl h 306 W 99th
1909 Koscherak Bros china 31 Park pl
1909 Koscherak Brothers (Otto L. & Ernest B. & Emma Koscherak) glassware, 31 Park pl.
1910 Koscherak Emma china 31 Park pl h 306 W99th
1910 Koscherak Ernest B china 31 Park pl h 306 W99th
1910 Koscherak Ignatz stoppers, 243 Canal h751 W End av
1910 Koscherak Otto L china 31 Park pl h 306 W99th
1910 Koscherak Bros china 31 Park pl
1911 Koscherak Emma h306 W 99th
1911 Koscherak Ernest B glassware 29 Park pl h306 W 99th
1911 Koscherak Ignatz stoppers, 243 Canal h452 Riverside drive
1911 Koscherak Otto L h306 W 99th
1911 Koscherak Bros glassware 29 Park pl
1911 Koscherak Brothers (Ernst B. Koscherak, only) glassware, 31 Park pl.
1912 Not searched
1913 Koscherak Emma wid Leopold china 29 Park pl h 306 W99th
1913 Koscherak Ernest B glassware 29 Park pl h 306 W99th
1913 Koscherak Ignatz boxes 502 E74th h452 Riverside drive
1913 Koscherak Otto L glassware 31 Park pl h306 W99th
1913 Koscherak Bros glassware 31 Park pl
1914 Koscherak Emma wid Leopold china 29 Park pl h306 W99th
1914 Koscherak Ernest B glassware 31 Park pl h306 W99th
1914 Koscherak I, Inc boxes 502 E74th
1914 Koscherak Ignatz boxes 502 E74th h296 Centl pk W
1914 Koscherak Otto L glassware 31 Park pl h306 W99th
1914 Koscherak Bros glassware 31 Park pl
1915 Koscherak Bros (Ernst B Koscherak) china 29 Park pl
1915 Koscherak Emma (wid Emanuel) h306 W99th
1915 Koscherak Ernest B (Koscherak Bros) r306 W99th
1915 Koscherak Otto L r306 W99th
1915 Koscherak Brothers (Ernst B. Koscherak, only) glassware, 120 5th av

1920 Koscherak Bros (Ernst B Koscherak) china 129 5th av
1920 Koscherak Emma Mrs h317 W99th
1920 Koscherak Ernest B (Koscherak Bros) h317 W99th
1920 Koscherak Otto L h2170 Bway

1922 Koscherak Bottlers Equipment Co Inc (N Y) glass bottles 120 E41st
1922 Koscherak Bros (Ernst B Koscherak) glassware 129 5th av
1922 Koscherak Ernest B (Koscherak Bros) 129 5th av
1922 Koscherak Holding Co Inc (N Y) Otto L Koscherak pres Ernest B Koscherak sec see reality 128 Bway R1201
1922 Koscherak Otto L pres & treas Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks r White Plains N Y
1922 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks (N J) Otto L Koscherak pres-treas Alfred Schneider sec Bottlers supplies 120 E41st

1925 Koscherak Bottlers Equipment Co Inc (N Y) Otto L Koscherak pres-treaas Alf Schneider sec 120 E41st
1925 Koscherak Bros (Ernst B Koscherak) glassware 129 5th av
1925 Koscherak Ernest B (Koscherak Bros) 129 5th av
1925 Koscherak Holding Co Inc (N Y) Otto L Koscherak pres Ernest B Koscherak sec reality 128 Bway R1205
1925 Koscherak Otto L pres & treas Bottlers Equipt Co h White Plains N Y
1925 Koscherak Otto L & Co (Otto L Koscherak Alf S Waltz) exporters 120 E 41st
1925 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks (N J) Otto L Koscherak pres-treas Antone Waltx (sic) v-p Alfred Schneider sec 120 E41st

Hoboken

1915 Koscherak Otto L prop Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h N Y C
1915 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works Otto L Koscherak prop 1318 Park av
1915 BOTTLE DEALERS HOBOKEN Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks 1318-20 Park av

1918 Heller Chas v-p Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h W Hbkn
1918 Koscherak Otto L pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h N Y C
1918 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works Otto L Koscherak pres, Chas Heller v-p, Alf Schneider sec 1318 Park av
1918 Schneider Alf sec h 116 Morgan

1922 Heller Chas v-pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works 1318 Park av
1922 Koscherak Otto L pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h White Plains N Y
1922 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works O L Koscherak pres, Chas Heller v-p, Alf Schneider sec 1318 Park av
1922 Schneider Alf sec Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h Morsemere N J

1925 Carp Jno polisher Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h Carlstadt
1925 Coppriccio Tony packer Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h 560 Smith
1925 Forni Antonio caster Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h Brooklyn N Y
1925 Heller Chas pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h 204 Paterson Pl rd Jersey City
1925 Kirsehberg Randolph asmblr Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h W Hoboken N J
1925 Koscherak Otto L (Justine B) pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h White Plains N Y
1925 Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works O L Koscherak pres, Chas Heller A F Waltz vice-prests, Alf Schneider sec 1318-20 Park av
1925 Schneider Alf (Rose) sec Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works h Montclair N J
1925 Waltz A F (Irma) v-pres Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks h Brooklyn N Y
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Census

1900 New York City New York

127 W 82nd St
11 38 Koscherak Emanuel Head W M June 1851 48 M 23 Austria 1888 12 Na Importer Glassware
11 38 Koscherak Emma Wife W F Dec. 1856 43 4 3 M 23 Austria 1888 12
11 38 Koscherak Ferdinand Son W M June 1880 20 S Austria 1888 12 Student
11 38 Koscherak Otto Son W M Sept 1883 16 S Austria 1888 12 Salesman Glassware
11 38 Koscherak Ernst Son W M June 1884 15 S Austria 1888 12 at School
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1905 New York City New York

127 Koscherak Emanuel Head W M 53 Bohemia 18 Cit Importer China
127 Koscherak Emma Wife W F 47 Bohemia 18 Cit Housekeeper
127 Koscherak Otto Son W M 23 United States Cit Clerk China
127 Koscherak Ernst Son W M 21 United States Cit Clerk China

1920 New York City New York

2178 Broadway
37 Koscherak Otto L Head M W 37 M 1890 Na Austria German Merchant Bottles
37 Koscherak Justine Wife F W 33 M x Al New York Housework

317 West 99th
480 Koscherak Emma Head F W 62 Wd 1887 Na Austria German None
480 Koscherak Ernst B Son M W 34 S 1887 Na Austria German Importer Glassware

1930 White Plains New York

Murcinson Place
44 Koscherak Otto L Head 0 100,000 M W 47 M 31 Czechoslovakia 1887 Na Pres bottle stoppers
44 Koscherak Justine Wife F W 42 M 28 New York None
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Draft Registration Cards

World War I

Ernest B Koscherak 317 W 99 st, NY, NY
Age: 34 Born: June 5, 1884
Occupation: Importer Employer: Koscherak Bros 129 5th Ave NYC

Otto Ludwig Koscherak 2178 B'way, NY, NY
Age: 35 Born: September 29, 1882
Occupation: Managing Executive Employer: Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works
Otto L Koscherak Pres & Treas Hoboken, NJ

Word War II

ERNST B KOSCHERAK 75 Central Park West, New York, NY
Age: 57 Born: June 5, 1884 At: Vienna, Austria
Employer: Koscherak Bros Inc 129 5th Ave NYC

OTTO L KOSCHERAK 20 SEYMOUR PL., WHITE PLAINS, WESTCH, NY
Age: 59 Born: September 29, 1882 At: Austria
Employer: Otto L Koscherak 155 East 44th St, New York City, NY, NY
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Patents & Trademarks

55,369 Glass Bottles And Siphons Trademark Registered May 22, 1906
934,819 Siphon Head September Patented 21, 1909
984,936 Non-Breakable Siphon Bottle Tube Patented February 21, 1911
126,306 Seal-again Trademark Registered August 19, 1919
1,324,256 Bottle Stopper Patented December 9, 1919
1,808,330 Terminal Connector Patented June 29, 1925 (filed)
2,157,937 Bottle Cap Patented May 9, 1939
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Passport Application

Name: Otto L Koscherak
No: 28732
Issued: June 25 1900
Born: September 20, 1881 at Schuetzerdorf Austria
Emigrated: September 15, 1887
Occupation: Merchant
Go abroad: 6 months
Age: 17 years 9 months
Stature: 5 feet, 4 inches, Eng.
Eyes: brown wear eye glasses
Nose: prominent
Mouth: medium
Chin: medium
Hair: light brown
Complexion: sallow
Face: oval
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Trade Marks

55.369. GLASS BOTTLES AND SIPHONS. C. Stolzle's Sohne, Actiengesellschaft Fur Glasfabrikation, Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
Filed November 28, 1905. Serial No. 15,045. PUBLISHED MAY 22, 1906.

The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (Washington, District of Columbia) August 7, 1906
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KOSCHERAK,-On Monday, March 18, 1907, Emanuel Koscherak, beloved husband of Emma Koscherak and beloved father of Ferdinand E., Otto L., and Ernst Koscherak, at his residence, 127 West 82d St., New York City, in the 56th year of his age.

New York Times (New York, New York) March 19, 1907
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Our representative was especially interested in the fact, as shown by Mr. Otto L. Koscherak, that His firm commenced doing business with Carl H. Schultz in 1889. This certainly speaks very well for the merits of Koscherak Bros.' siphons, the output of their glass works in Bohemia, Austria. Any one familiar with the rigid tests to which siphon bottles are put by the firm of Carl H. Schultz will readily appreciate what it means for any one house to serve Carl H. Schultz year after year. It is further interesting to note that this firm was one of the first to adopt the "Collar Ring Siphon," the latest patent of Koscherak Bros, and the advantages of this siphon over the Standard bottle prompted them to place their order for the "Collar Ring Siphon" in very large quantities.
The "Collar Ring Siphon" is far beyond its experimental stage, and it can be readily understood why Koscherak Bros.' report an unprecedented volume of business for 1908.

Ad pages 96 and 97

GLASS WORKS IN BOHEMIA-AUSTRIA.

Patented May 22, 1906

KOSCHERAK BROS.
29-31-33 PARK PLACE
NEW YORK

American Bottler (New York, New York) January 15, 1908
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What You Ought to Know About The Koscherak Siphon

The Glass Bottle:-

Our Glass Works in Bohemia, Austria, introduced the Bohemian Siphon into this country in 1887. They came as they now come from the only Glass Works devoted exclusively to making siphon bottles. We know how our bottles are blown, selected and tested so that we can guarantee every one of them. Bohemian Glass to-day is not essentially good glass, any more than all the Ginger Ale made in Belfast is all of the same quality that made Belfast famous. Would it be fair to judge any product by the country of its origin? Get the point?

The Siphon Head:-

Manufacturers whose only way of gaining your attention is a cheap price, find no end of opportunities of making good for themselves by substituting some cheap and inferior metal for Pure Block Tin. What proof have you? Have you ever stopped to test the composition? IŁ there is any difference in our price and any other, you can look for the reason right there. Established since 1887, the Koscherak Siphon to-day is made by the oldest and largest Siphon Supply House in America. Are you going to let that count for something?

The Complete Siphon:

The combined output of our Glass Works in Bohemia, Austria, and of the largest, best organized and managed plant in America, where the methods of manufacture have been brought to a point of positive perfection. The best possible proof for this is that our customers are the leading and largest bottlers in every section of the country.

Our Guarantee :=

The Koscherak Siphon is always sold at a price that is
right, fair and honest. You can count on prompt service, fair and liberal treatment.
Why take the risk of buying of an unknown or irresponsible house?

Koscherak Brothers
The Oldest and Largest Siphon Supply House in America
1318-1320 Park Avenue
Hoboken, N. J.

The American Bottler (New York, New York) June 1910
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Max Strensch, with Koscherak Brothers, will return Monday from his vacation. O. L. Koscherak, of Koscherak Brothers, has gone on a visit to the trade in New England and Canada.

The Pottery & Glass Salesman (New York, New York) 1910
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The Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works Company, Hoboken, has been chartered in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey with $100,000 authorized capital stock, and with Charles A. Riegemann, Herman Engel and Otto L. Koscherak as incorporators. The company will manufacture siphons and siphon heads

The American Bottler (New York, New York) 1913
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Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works vs. Albert

The Daily Record (Baltimore, Maryland) March 5, 1915
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(T. D. 34643.)
Drawback on siphon bottles and parts.
Drawback on siphon bottles, etched or sandblasted bottles, and capped siphon tubes manufactured by the Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works, of Hoboken, N. J., with the use of imported glass bottles and tubes.

Treasury Department, July 15, 1914

Sir: Drawback is hereby allowed under paragraph O of section 4 of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, and the drawback regulations (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on siphon bottles, etched or sandblasted bottles, and capped siphon tubes, manufactured by the Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works, of Hoboken, N. J., with the use of imported glass bottles and tubing.
The allowance shall not exceed the number of imported parts used in the manufacture of the exported articles, as shown by the sworn statement of the manufacturers, dated June 6, 1914, which is transmitted herewith for filing in your office.
Respectfully, Charles S. Hamlin,
(102120.) Assistant Secretary.
Collector Of Customs, New York.

McAdoo W. G.; Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws Volume 27 July-December 1914 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1915)
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The Koscherak Siphon Bottling Works, of Hoboken, N. J., filed suit through their attorney, P. D. Maddin, against Henry Loveman and Sol Loveman, doing business as the Banner Brand Bottling company, Joseph Sanderson, Deputy Sheriffs B. R. Crigger and J. H. Linebaugh. It is sought to recover a debt of $1,014.28, less credits thereon amounting to $625. This debt is secured by a mortgage on a number of bottling supplies and fixtures.
It is claimed in the bill that Joseph Sanderson secured an attachment against the property named in the mortgage, and that Deputy Sheriffs B. R. Crigger and J. H. Linebaugh proceeded to levy on the same.
The Koscherak Siphon company seeks to have this property taken away from the officers and sold under the mortgage to satisfy their debt.

The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) January 19, 1916
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SATISFIED JUDGEMENTS,
Manhattan

Myer, Julius-Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works: Jan. 10 1916....... 902.56

The Sun (New York, New York) March 31, 1916
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14TH St and Park Ave: s w corner, 40x66.22; James S Herman et ux to Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works.... $5,500

Jersey Journal (Jersey City, New Jersey) June 8, 1918
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The Beverage Exposition

Other Exhibitors

Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works, Hoboken, N. J. Seal-Again bottle stopper and bottle capping machine.

The Western Brewer (Chicago, Illinois) November 1919
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HOBOKEN COMPANY
SUES LIEBERMAN

The Koscherak Siphon Bottle Company, of Hoboken, has begun suit for $746.96 on book account against Louis Lieberman, of 153 Jefferson Street, this city.

Passaic Daily News (Passaic, New Jersey) January 12, 1922
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in 120 East Forty-first street space to the Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works

The New York Herald (New York) April 21, 1922
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Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works, bottlers supplies, 50 (number of employees)

Van Winkle, Daniel; History of the Municipalities of Hudson County New Jersey 1630-1923 (New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1924)
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WALTZ, Anton F. (J '23), 2d V. P., Charge Mfg., Koscherak Siphon Bottle Wks., 1318 Park Ave., Hoboken, N. J., and for mail, 935 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Year Book 1926 (New York, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1925)
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WALTZ, Anton F. (J '23), V. P., Charge Mfg., Koscherak Bottlers Equip. Co., 1318 Park Ave., Hoboken, N. J., and for mail, 28 Argyle Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Membership List 1928 (New York, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1928)
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VISITORS' REGISTER
.....
Mr. Otto L. Koscherak, Seal-Again Bottle Stopper Co., manufacturers of "Seal-Again" bottle stoppers, New York City.

National Bottlers Gazette (New York, New York) November 1930
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Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works 1318 Park Ave, Hoboken, N. J.

Mechanical Engineers Catalog and Product Directory 1930
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126,306. SEAL-AGAIN, BOTTLE-STOPPERS, BOTTLE-CAPS, AND JAR-CLOSURES. Registered August 19, 1919. KOSCHERAK SIPHON BOTTLE WORKS, Hoboken, N. J. Renewed August 19, 1939, to Otto L. Koscherak, doing business as Seal-Again Bottle Stopper Co., New York, N. Y. successor.

Official Gazette United States Patent Office May & June 1939 Vols. 502 & 503
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Notes:

Although the phrase "The Koscherak Siphon" appears in 1910, before the founding of the Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works was founded in 1913, the fact that the country of origin appears indicates that the were made after the laws were enacted to require this marking.  This appears to indicate that bottles marked "Bohemia" were manufactured by the Hoboken company.

It appears that the Koscherak Siphon Bottle Works bottles were manufactured by C. Stolzle's Sons glass works in Bohemia.  The related patent date on their 1908 advertisement and that this works was the only siphon manufacturer in Bohemia at the time.

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