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Procter & Gamble Co.

September 15, 2003 05:00 AM

In 1837, Cincinnati brothers-in-law William Procter and James Gamble opened Procter & Gamble Co., making soap and candles from the animal fats and wood ashes that were abundant by-products of the area's industrial and hog-slaughtering businesses.

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