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BUSINESSES 9
The existence of the "Darrtown Med. Co." is documented by the following 1902 newspaper advertisement.
This is what we don't know about the German Med. Co.:
> What skill set was required of "boozers, chasers, knockers, liars and thieves" ... and why would the business seek to employ them?
> What kind of service or product did this business provide?
> What the abbreviation "Med" mean?
> What stamps were to be saved and what was the $8 limit?
> Who was the owner and/or manager of the business?
From the advertisement, we know this about the German Med. Co.:
> It had a manager
> It had a mailing address of "Darrtown, Ohio."
> It wanted "all 'round performers."
> It sought "boozers, chasers, knockers, liars and thieves."
Our research department turned up additional information that suggests the Darrtown Med. Co. may have been in the entertainment business. Click the link at right to see more about the newspaper that published the advertisement.
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BUSINESSES 2. The Hitching Post (plus, links to Darrtown/Milford township tavern history).
1924 News Article Identified Herman Teckman as Darrtown's Barber
Entries in the 1921 and 1924 diaries of Darrtown resident, L.A. Miller, refer to a village barber. Unfortunately, Mr. Miller did not name the barber.
The identity of the Darrtown barber remained unknown ... until the 2024 discovery of a 1924 newspaper item that reported the death of Herman Teckman. The article reported that Herman Teckman was engaged in the business of barbering for "many years," in Darrtown.
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Two quotations from L. A. Miller diaries: ["1921-Dec.17: At home. I attended to chores this AM and then went to barber shop."] [1924-Jul. 31: … A neighbor, D__y Teckman, the village barber, is quite sick.] WEBMASTER NOTES: (Mr. Miller lived at the south end of Darrtown; thus, we may infer that Herman Teckman's barber shop was also located in the southern part of the village.) (At this time, we cannot reconcile Mr. Miller's use of the "D__y" name with Mr. Teckman's given name - Herman.)
Hamilton Evening Journal, Thursday, July 31, 1924, page 5 Herman Teckman died Thursday Herman Teckman, well-known Darrtown man, passed away at Mercy Hospital at 4:50 AM today aged 63 years. He was a barber and was engaged in that business in Darrtown for many years. He was very popular and enjoyed a large circle of friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. He leaves to mourn his loss, two brothers, Edward and William Teckman, three sisters, Mrs. Lewis Haulway of Indianapolis, Mrs. Taylor of Darrtown, and Miss Clara Teckman. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 PM standard time, with interment in the Darrtown cemetery.
A notice of Herman Teckman's death appeared in an August 1, 1924 newspaper. Click the link at the right to see the news item and notice that it reports that Herman Teckman was a barber in Darrtown for 40 years.
BUSINESSES 1. Reeb's store; Bufler's grocery, another Bufler store; Stevens' grocery, Francis' gas station, Wyckoff's grocery; Dees grocery and gas station; Glardon's grocery; and Don's Carry-Out.