Enterprising Troy Merchants Boost Local Growth
A reporter visits Troy Alabama to profile T K Brantley & Sons department store and the Brantley Fertilizer Company. The piece highlights Troy as a thriving city with a top normal college, modern school buildings, strong banks, and a robust wholesale and retail trade centered on hardware, farm supplies, and fertilizers. The Brantleys are praised for expanding business, creating significant local employment, and investing in a large fertilizer plant costing up to 400000 dollars with annual output around 80000 tons.
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Pike County
Normal Colleges
Normal College
Troy
Arma
Troyle
Dia
T K Stantley & Sone
Brantley & Copeland
Brantley & Sona
T K. Brantley
W OH
Brantley
Three Notch Street
C A Simpson & Co
Messrs Brantley & Song
Aouth
Fox Henderson
J C Henderson
L EH Howles
Do C Wiley
Wise
Banking Intelligence Highlights Troy Bank as Southern Leader
A period brief praises the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Troy Alabama as among the strongest and most ably managed in the region. It notes its 1903 conversion to a national institution, capital growth, large deposits, steady dividends, high surplus, and long-tenured staff, plus a modern marble lined interior and safes. It mentions Hanover National Bank and National Park Bank as New York correspondents.
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Istely
Troy
Farmers and
Fox Henderson
J Henderson
LM Baghingiy
C HH Cowart
Trendersoen Sr
Cowart
New York
Hanover National Bank
National Park
People’s Bank of Troy Builds Local Prosperity
The People’s Bank of Troy Alabama has anchored the city’s industrial growth since 1894. Led by president and founder W B Folmar, the bank supports farmers and the local economy while Folmar also heads life and general insurance, a livestock business, and serves as mayor, shaping Troy’s civic and financial development.
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Ala
People's Bank
W B Folmar
Ite
Gona
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Emory Folmar
Peoples Band
Foimar
Franklin Life Insurance Co
Springield
Jemez L Gilmore
M B Folmar
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Alty
South Alabama Land and Improvement Co Offers Town and Farm Lots
In Troy Alabama CS Tutwiler secretary of the South Alabama Land and Improvement Co invites capitalists and young men to invest. He promises bargains in city and rural properties across premier farming areas and offers mailed information if you cannot visit Troy. He is highly esteemed by local residents in the middle district of Alabama.
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Arcunt
Troy
Ala
Iburet Mma
CS Tutwiler
South ‘Alabama Land and Improvement Company
Tutwiler
United States
Miiddle
Alabama
Standard Chemical and Oil Company at Troy Rise in Industry
The Standard Chemical and Oil Company operates two large cotton seed plants near Troy, established since 1882, promoting fair cash prices, accurate weights, and cotton seed meal and hulls as stock feed. The firm drives local development through its cotton oil mill operations and allied facilities.
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Troy
Ale
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Standard Chemical and
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Troy Wholesale Grocery Trade Elevates Alabama Town
In Troy Alabama a flourishing wholesale grocery trade supports the town alongside manufacturing and banking. The Troy Grocery Company, dating to 1890, expanded in a large brick building near the depot and now operates under B M Talbot Co with six partner firms. The enterprise serves a 26 mile radius with two traveling agents, led by Talbot and Lamar Jernigan, and Talbot is highly esteemed in the community.
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Tate
Alabama
Troy Tt
Charles Henderson Grocery Company
Troy, Grocery Company
Atock
B M Talbot Co
Conelat
Taloot
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Busi
McAsoo Elected President of Southern Society
William G McAsoo, president of the Madeon and Manhattan Rail Road Company, unanimously chosen as president of the Southern Society. A Tennessee native, he has been active in the society since arriving in New York and has long been identified with developing New York suburban transportation facilities.
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Southern Society
New York
William G McAsoo
Madeon and Manhatten Railroad Company
Meadoo
Tennessee
Mules on Retired List in Isthmian Canal Work
Washington reports a rush to purchase fifty mules for the Isthmian Canal project as many animals are retired. Officials explain nearly half the current mules were bought before September 1905 and have logged over five years of work. Public works officials say the replacements are needed to sustain ongoing construction efforts.
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Washington
United States
Noesein
May Become Senator in Alabama Seat Vacancy
Montgomery March Special report says the Marshall county senate seat vacancy created by John Lusk's resignation may be filled by Leone McCord, a secretary of the supreme court and county resident. The rumor suggests McCord would win the election, with broad support and a large network of friends in the area.
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Senate
Marshall County
John Lusk
Railroad Commission
Leone McCord
Supreme Court
McCord
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Bleeding timber process eyed in resin rich south
Bleeding or bleeding like treatment of pine species such as Pinus palustris and Pinus heterophyllia is discussed as potentially muting timber durability and strength. The practice has been feared by architects and railway companies who exclude ble d timber in specifications. Resin utilization supports a major southern industry. investigations analyze mechanical and chemical effects on affected wood.
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South
Saine
United States
Forest Service Reaulite
Eye injury at Washington restaurant ends with loss of vision
Dr Lonnie Robson of Charleston attended the inauguration trip when a dispute with a waiter led to his eye being damaged. A glass lens was forced into his left eye and his injured eyeball later removed. The right eye remains at risk due to nerve complications. the assailant, described as a Negro waiter, fled and was not arrested. The controversial text from James L. Ford accompanies the piece.
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Lonnie Robson
Charleston
Fusileer Company
South Carolina
Robson
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