should I shoot my old Parker or hang it up

[John Yancey]

Originally Posted by John Campbell

Hmmmm.
You might want to do a little digging if it's a DHE. It could be connected to this man and his family:


Here's a start;

The company's founder was Colonel Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and Union Army veteran of the American Civil War.[4] Col. Lilly served as the company president until his death in 1898.[5] A stylized version of his signature still appears in the company's red logo.[4] After he mustered out of the Union army, Lilly briefly became a cotton planter in Mississippi, but the venture failed and he returned to the Midwest, where he was a partner in a Paris, Illinois, drugstore.[6] Lilly began formulating plans to create a medical wholesale company while working in partnership at the Binford and Lilly drug store in Illinois.

I have exhausted my ability at trying to find the "Lilly" who owned the Parker I inherited from my Grandfather. I am going to order the original factory slip if one exists and hopefully that may shed some light on the matter. Thanks for the info in your remarks it has got me on a treasure hunt to solve the big mystery.

John