Need help ID'ing Owens Illinois bottle - SOLVED

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I have three of these small glass bottles, I bought them each for a little less than a dollar at a garage sale. Not sure if they are worth anything and I haven't had any luck searching ebay or anywhere else. Not sure if they are completely worthless or anything... no matter what they were not even a dollar each.

The bottles say "St. Joseph" on both of the small sides. On the large side is "A8021" and on the bottom is the OI logo the number on the left is always 3 and the other two vary.

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Any help ID'ing would be very much appreciated!
 

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Typically, the number on the LEFT of the diamond logo is the plant code number, the number on the RIGHT is a year date code, and the number below the logo (if present) indicates the mold number. Your “3″ was the Fairmont, WV plant (number used up to 1981, later “3” was used by Muskogee, OK).
Don......
PS: They are aspirin bottles.
 

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Thank you, I knew the numbers were the factory it was made, the year it was made, and the mold number but I could not remember off the top of my head. I did not know they were aspirin bottles though.

Thanks again!

I was able to find out some more about them knowing that they were aspirin bottles.
 

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Yes, definitely Aspirin.
 

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Cool little bottle! :occasion14:
 

Thank you! After Mackaydon mentioned it being an aspirin bottle I found one similar to that one online! I haven't marked it as solved yet though, that isn't an option in the thread tools thing for some reason. I already contacted a mod though.
 

I didn't mind editing to change title to add "Solved" to it. It is not an option here, but is on the thread "What Is It?".
 

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