September 2004 Prosit 44 pages including informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print. Feature article: Royal Bonn Steins by John Lamb Also in this issue: HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - Part 4 - John McGregor Miniature Steins - Les Paul A Giant Error - Marty Cameli One Weird Stein - Les Paul A Fair Measure - Martyn Brown Castles and Other Buildings - Charlotte Whitham The Count von Spee Stein - Richard Strom Stein of the Issue Contest It Was Like Finding a "Needle in the Haystack" - Ron Heiligenstein Paulaner, From Humble Origins to the Biggest of Munich's Big Six Breweries - William Sullivan Emperors, Orders and Awards - George Schamberger Two More Flew Home - Marty Cameli Mettlach Simplified Redesign and Price Reductions - Robert D. Wilson Mettlach PUG 715(1909), What a Rowdy Crowd! - Anthony Belpulsi News Release - The Houdini Character Stein - Pete Kroll Wildmen, Savages of Germany - Stephen L. Smith A Beer Stein Rarity Scale from 1 to 10 - Steve Smith and Norm Paratore Owen China Company & The St. Louis World's Fair - Martin Kiely My First Stein - Dr. Roy DeSelms American Porcelain Insert Steins - Jack Strand