The Mexico (Mo.) Fire-Brick Works are advertised to be sold under foreclosure of mortgage. Chicago capitalists are said to have lost $80,000 in the venture. (Brick and Clay Record, Windsor & Kenfield Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, July 1897, Volume VII, Number 7, Page 18)
The Mexico Brick & Fire Clay Co., Mexico, Mo., write that they are “behind in their orders, and are selling more brick than ever before.” (Brick and Clay Record, Kenfield-Leach Company, Chicago, IL, July 1908, Volume XXIX, Number 1, Page 324)
The Mexico (Mo.) Brick & Fire Clay Mfg. Co. has received a fine order from the United States Steel Co., which will take one-third of the plant’s output for the next 12 months. (Brick and Clay Record, Kenfield-Leach Company, Chicago, IL, March 1910, Volume XXXII, Number 3, Page 183)