H.B. Watts & Co
Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  H.B. Watts & Co, 92 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1881)
  Almond & Watts, 804 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1885)
Notes:
I couldn't find much information about this short-lived drugstore.
I think the proprietor was
Hubert Bruce Watts (1857-1916)2
who was a resident in Lynchburg who had various occupations over the years.
The 1881 Lynchburg City Directory had an entry in the "Changes & Removals"
section, that said "H.B. Watts & Co" were the successors to the
George P. Craighill druggists at 92 Main.
That is the only entry I could find in the Lynchburg city directories for
that name. 1
The 1885 directory listed a drugstore named "Almond & Watts",
but it did not list "H.B. Watts" in the residential section, so I couldn't
confirm that it refers to the same "Watts" who's name is embossed on the bottle
below. 1
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This is a clear 6.2" bottle embossed: horizontal: H.B.WATTS & CO / (mortar & pestle with "HBW" logo) / DRUGGISTS / LYNCHBURG / VA |