There was a surprising announcement in Mr. Lanham’s diary today. His brother Felix, who helped run Lanham & Sons, had bought an interest with a man named Bill Birdsong in the Moss Machine Company. (This man was likely William Dorsey Birdsong, Sr.) In fact, Felix had begun working there that very day. “While we miss him and hate to see him leave the stor…
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