Baden's First 100 Years

David Anderson, appointed April 1, 1852; John Nichols, July 29, 1861; Charles Brown, February 25, 1863; John Y. Marks, February 17, 1864; Isaac Grim, October 5, 1870; Leonard I. berry, december 9, 1870 (in september, 1892, Mr. Berry was killed by the fall of a bank near the post office, and until the appointment of his successor, Dr. G. Y. Boal, his first bondsman, was acting postmaster); George S. Bazier, October 7, 1892; Henry A. Bryan, December 22, 1896; George S. Blazier, November 5, 1900; Matthias L. Strock, September 11, 1901; Bertha Strock Patterson, December 10, 1910; Lois Hill Mattauch, July 15,1920; Daniel Scobie, February 6, 1935. Tena Neely, our present postmistress, received her appointment August 9, 1937. Mrs. Mattauch served this community the longest of all our Baden postmasters.

The first Rural Free Delivery Route out of Baden was operated by Mr. Louis Hartsough in 1906. The present Rural Carrier is Arthur E. Wagner, who has served ten years. The length of his route is 31 miles. The number of boxes is 160 and people served is 750. The Baden Post Office is locatd in a small brick building on State Street.

For years services for a physician in early Baden were seldom required for "Boneset Cordial" from the Economite's vats was the standard remedy for all illnesses. However, beginning around 1867, the physician to the Economites for more than 30 years, was Dr. G.Y. Boal of Baden, who drove a horse and buggy over the Big Road to administer to the ills of these famous people. Quoting from John Duss "Dr. Boal was a preacher, a clever doctor, and knew how to keep his mouth shut."

Too, the famous cookies, for which Economy alone had the recipe, were sold to out-of-town folks.

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