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From a 1910 printing of A History of Cleveland, Ohio: Biographical by Samuel Peter Orth:

"In 1873, associated with his son, Albert R. Teachout, he established the present business now conducted under the name of The A. Teachout Company. They make a specialty of doors, sash and glass and the enterprise has been developed to mammoth proportions. Mr. Teachout of this review is the president of the company and his son is the vice president and treasurer. Their main plant is on Prospect street and they do a business amounting to nearly a million dollars annually. They also have a branch establishment at Columbus, Ohio, conducted under the name of The Teachout Door & Sash Company, doing a business of about five hundred thousand dollars each year. The enterprise was established along safe and conservative lines and has been maintained in accordance with the strictest ideas of commercial integrity. A progressive business policy has also been followed and the success of the undertaking indicates the sound judgment and keen business discernment of the men who are at its head. Extending his efforts into other fields of labor Mr. Teachout organized the Teachout Realty Company, capitalized for sixty thousand dollars. This was organized on a cooperative basis, his purpose being to give his nieces a safe and permanent investment, and the stock of the company is nearly all held by them. This company erected a business house at Columbus which is rented to The Teachout Company and which pays six percent on the investment. Questions relating to his business operations have been readily and correctly solved by Mr. Teachout, who thoroughly understands every work which he undertakes and by persistent and earnest effort reaches the goal which he sets out to attain."

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