I did not know that...is it possible?

One of the half dozen or so books I am either reading or ristening to is Almost America (From the Colonists to Clinton: a "What if" History of the US by Steve Tally. In it there is something I learned that will no doubt work its way into class that was surprising to me:From P 187"In the late 1800s, American business was caught up in a frenzy of mergers. Across the country, small local businesses