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Doris Todd irons dress pants for a customer at Country Cleaners.

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Just what you needed:  A good, clean business story
December 19, 2018 1:03 p.m.

Just what you needed: A good, clean business story

With its roots dating back to the ancient Greek and Roman times, dry cleaning as an industry has seen its share of changes. Grease-absorbing clays and sands were believed to be used by the Mycenaeans as long as 2,000 years ago for laundering garments.