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Mobile as a major wholesale and retail market hub
The Mobile trade zone drives vast wholesale activity in dry goods, groceries, hardware, lumber, liquor, and produce. Key players include J Pollock & Co and Bloch & Neuberger in dry goods, numerous grocers and hardware houses, plus extensive banana shipments and a strong lumber sector. Overall annual wholesale business reaches several hundred thousand dollars, cementing Mobile as a leading Southern center.
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Ughly
Mobile
West Todies
Lumyer
J. Pollock & Co
Pollock & Co
Bloch & Neuberger Dry Goods Company
D. KR. Dunlap Mercantile Company
L. Hammel Dry Goods Co
Reiss Mercantile Co
A. M. Bright Grocery Company
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
M. Forchheimer & Co
James MacDon 1 & Co
James McPhillips Grocery
Michael & Lyons Grocery Co
Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Co
Phoenix Mercantile Co
Dumas Grocery Co
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van Antwerp Drug Co
R. P. Brady
Great Kentucky Liquor House
S. Kohlman & Co
James McPhillips Grocery Co
John D. Palmer
Richard Liquor Co
Muscat & Lott Produce Co
F. Walter & Co. Warley Fruit and Produce Co
Lott Produce Co
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobiles
South
L. Hammel Dry Goods Company
Reiss Mercantile Company
C. J. Gayfer & Co
Walter Mitchell Dry Goods Co
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Sutton Brothers
Battle House Pharmacy
Roe Drug Company
Bienville Pharmacy
Dave S. Bauer
Albright & Wood
Braswell Drug Co
Ortman Bros
Mobile County