The Ground Hog Dug It Up

[WannaDig3687]

Every night this week, I have been collecting rocks and bricks out of the cellar hole to use on two other projects.

There are several ground hog holes and I check them every night with the metal detector and eyeball. There always seems to be fresh digging going on.

I kid you not, last night there was a bottle tossed out of the hole.

Look at the lower left corner.

I eyeballed around and, at first glance, I thought this was critter poop. Upon closer examination, it appears to be a heel from a child's shoe. I could see the nails in it. It pretty much disintegrated when I picked it up for the pic.

The bottle is a Styron and Beggs.

I found a little bit of information on the company. But, if you will notice, the bottle does not have "Great Seal" on it. I am not sure, but could this be an earlier bottle before the company incorporated?

Styron, Beggs & Company


Styron, Beggs & Company was a Newark, Ohio manufacturing company specializing in grocers? drugs, flavoring extracts, ammonia, bluing and home remedies. These products were sold under the Great Seal brand name. The company was founded in 1895 and, in 1909, employed between sixty and seventy people, not including approximately 12 traveling salesmen.

While some sources cite the beginning of The Styron Beggs Company being 1893, the first mention of the business in the Newark City Directory is in the 1895-1896 edition and places the offices at 201-3 North 4th Street in downtown Newark. In 1897, the Secretary of State certified the incorporation of the Central Ohio Chemical Company of Newark. Listed as incorporators are Frank L. Beggs, John L. Styron, Harry Swisher, John H. Swisher and Edward W. Crayton.

In December of 1909, Frank L. Beggs, one of the founders and president of the company at the time, was fined $5 for misbranding of lemon flavor by the Food and Drug Administration. The label of the Manhattan Compound Lemon product claimed that it contained 1.25% lemon oil; however, analysis of the product showed ?only a mere trace of lemon oil? was present.

In January of 1916, Frank L. Beggs, who had quite the political career and reputation for philanthropy, announced that The Styron Beggs Company would be moving into the former Swisher Building at 39 South 4th Street in Newark. This building was demolished in 2003 to make room for a new Newark Police Department.

Thanks for looking!

WannaDig

 

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[Rookster]

Don’t work um too hard WD

 

[Steve in PA]

I always check the ground hog holes. Had one dig up a large cent for me once.

 

[pepperj]

Employing/exploiting critters to do your digging work is totally acceptable in these parts.
I'm thinking you should be just bringing a little treat over to the GroundHog for a thank you for the bottle dig.
Now to be even kinder you should supply a little set of gloves so it won't cut it's paws up doing your dirty work for you.

NICE SCORE ON THE BOTTLE!

 

[WannaDig3687]

I always check the ground hog holes. Had one dig up a large cent for me once.

That's pretty cool!

I was hoping it has happened to someone else.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Don’t work um too hard WD

Employing/exploiting critters to do your digging work is totally acceptable in these parts.
I'm thinking you should be just bringing a little treat over to the GroundHog for a thank you for the bottle dig.
Now to be even kinder you should supply a little set of gloves so it won't cut it's paws up doing your dirty work for you.

NICE SCORE ON THE BOTTLE!

LOL! I almost titled the thread, "Ground Hog Finally Paid it's Rent!"

 

[NJKLAGT]

There's more...

Awesome post! Thanks for sharing,


NJ

 

[Lenrac2]

Our groundhogs need to step up their game. Nothing but dirt! Congrats on a nice bottle!!

 

[CreakyDigger]

 

[releventchair]

Here's another non Great Seal.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363077284856

 

[releventchair]

An ammonia bottle from Styron& Beccs (Beggs) shows a seal on the label , Explaining what it (the seal) means.

 

[releventchair]

Uh oh.
I'm going down a rabbit (not groundhog) hole here...
https://dornberghouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/1560-richmond-avenue-styron-house.html

 

[Steve in PA]

That's pretty cool!

I was hoping it has happened to someone else.

Here is my Groundhog assisted find
Got a Big Assist from Mr. Ground Hog!! (treasurenet.com)

 

[port ewen ace]

I always check the ground hog holes. Had one dig up a large cent for me once.

a mole tunnel at the high school field along the canopied sidewalk gifted me an 1818 Large------

"ANIMALS ARE GREAT"--------credits to Greg Gutfeld

 

[WannaDig3687]

There's more...

Awesome post! Thanks for sharing,


NJ

Thanks, NJ. I know there is more. Trying to formulate a plan on how an old lady with a bum knee can dig it up. Slowly. One Day at a time.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Our groundhogs need to step up their game. Nothing but dirt! Congrats on a nice bottle!!

Thank youLenrac.
Ok I ma going to tell you my secret (not really a secret). After I have inspected the piles, I brush/kick (depends on how brave or stupid I am that day) some back in the hole. Thus, the critter cleans it back out.

 

[WannaDig3687]

ROFL! I remember that scene!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Here's another non Great Seal.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363077284856

That's the one, RC. I originally thought it said "Beccs." all I could find was Styron and Beggs. So I looked closer at my bottle and I think I can see little lines that make them Gs and not Cs.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Uh oh.
I'm going down a rabbit (not groundhog) hole here...
https://dornberghouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/1560-richmond-avenue-styron-house.html

LOL! I got that, too. Just made a pdf and saved it to the file actually. LOL You love to research!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Here is my Groundhog assisted find
Got a Big Assist from Mr. Ground Hog!! (treasurenet.com)

Hey! I have one of those gnarly looking lightening rod tips, too! Those things are wicked! I had it for 5 years before someone told me what it was. This was prior to me finding Tnet of course.

I hope you find more goodies from the ground hogs!