Unusual Pharmacy Story

[barberman]

I am Barber in Osage City, Kansas pop. 3500. I'm 51 years old and have heard a hand full of stories. Recently I became interested in bottle digging and mentioned it to an older retired man who worked for the city. He remembers helping a downtown pharmacy move to a new location and he and another city employee were using a city truck to haul off a bunch of old medicine bottles. This was in 1955 or so. He said the bottles were old and had glass stoppers in them. He said there were enough to fill a back end of a pickup. He said the took them down to a city owned site and used a backhoe, dug a hole and pushed all the bottles in. He remembers where the hole is and said it was dug as deep as the backhoe could reach. The pharmacy that was moving dates back to 1885 (sanborn). I am interested in digging those bottles up. What a story......... Comments appreciated.

 

[woody]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I'd say go for it and remember to post what you find.[]

 

[cyberdigger]

Welcome to the forum, Rick! I wish I was in Kansas right now!!!!

 

[tigue710]

Id dig, but use another back hoe! Really a strange story... I wonder why they did that instead of just chucking them...

 

[cyberdigger]

Remember one thing.. some of those bottles could have original contents, which might be a reason why they disposed of them this way.. some of it could be dangerous or controlled substances..but that would not stop me!

 

[Oldtimer]

Wild badgers on LSD couldn't stop me from rototilling that place all to heII.