Warner Arrests in Frisco Mail Fraud Case in Missouri
Frank B. Warner a reputed con man was arrested in Poplar Bluff Missouri on charges of using the mails to defraud in a scheme involving forged bills of lading and drafts tied to the Mountain View Produce Co Willow Springs Daniels Commission Co and the Frisco railroad. Also in custody were Marion W Rose a Frisco conductor and M W Rose. authorities say the trio000s alleged actions spanned several states with connections to multiple firms and shady letterheads.
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Oplar Bluff
Frank Ne
Frank Sandford
Frink B. Wayne
Nvught
Secret Service
Frisco Railroad
United States
Memphis
Newport
Ark
Inc
Warner
Post Office
Rose
Smith
Frisco
Ile
Cape Girardeau
Marshall Whitforth
Wilsow Springs
New York
Chicago
Willow Springs
Cape Girdardeau
Frank B. Warner
Poplar Bluff
W. A. Rose
St. Louis
W. T. Griffin
Daniels Commission Co
Willow Springs Co
Mountain View Produce Co
Marion W. Rose
C. F. Danielz
Commission
Grit Pere
Bondee Ae
Grand Jor
Springfield
Iweek
F. B. Warner
Frisco Railroad Co
Mountain View
M. W. Rose
Frisco Railway
Kansas City
Packer
Csks
Willow ‘Rings
Lading
Chis
Tha Tme
New York Commission
Asuinst
Louis
Daniels Produce Co
Claud F. Daniels
Daniel Zzaya
Arner
Daniels
Daniels Company
Eastern Produce
Daniels Concern
Willow Springs Bank
John B. Thomas
Thomas
Chicago Green Fruit Auction Co Selects Present Location
Chicago Oct 10 The Chicago Green Fruit Auction Co announced it will hold citrus fruit sales at its current location on the Northwestern line tracks after deciding to heat the fruit rooms for winter. The Illinoia Central railway proposal was declined, making the Northwestern rooms the preferred site for winter citrus trading.
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Chicago Green Fruit Auction Co
Chicago
Illinoia Central Railway
Miinels Central Fruit House
Robert Hewitt Dead at 73 in Ardsley
New York Oct 10 Robert Hewitt originator of the present system of cold storage and organizer of the Manhattan Refrigerator Co died at his home in Ardsley Monday at age 73 after a prolonged illness He was a leading New York business figure and chairman of the Manhattan directors He leaves a wife five daughters and a noted collection of Lincoln medals now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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New York
Robert Hewitt
Manhattan Refrigerator Co
Ardsley
Hewitt
Manhattan
Lincoln
Lew
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walked Into The Trap Taken Into Custody On Mail Fraud
James A. McGuire, alias F A Goss and others, held in Kansas City awaiting trial on federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Police link him to H C Woodward of Fort Worth, suspected of bilking produce shippers in Texas. McGuire’s scheme began August with a claim to be an express messenger for Rock Island and an offer to handle shipments for poultry butter and eggs.
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Kansas City
James A. McGuire
McGuyer
Oklahoma City
McGuire
F. A. Goss
B. C. Pittinger
H. C. Woodward
Fort Worth
Tex
Rock Island
Goss
Detectives Struggle to Solve Missing Case at Local Store
Detectives report a stalled investigation into a vanished former manager and unclear leads. Quarters of the store show signs of activity but vital clues remain missing as investigators press for information from the area near the R to the west.
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Coutant
Oi Earth
Make & West
Incomplete OCR Note On Poultry Trade Timeline
Fragmentary text references years ago and the past year concerning live poultry. Mentions Nov and Baltimore but lacks clear subjects, actions, or entities to define a full card. Unable to determine a concrete person, organization, or event from the snippet.
Postal scam nets man posing as Goss in Enid scheme
A man identified as F A Goss or H Woodward, posing as a mail contractor, used a fictitious Denver contact to lure poultry sellers into a questionable shipment and postal fraud. McGuire, a Texas painter, was arrested after mail routing anomalies traced to Enid and Denver, with investigators linking him to the Grief News Agency and a Fort Worth associate.
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Gossadima
McGuire
J. D. Crockett
Bronx
I Oshed
Grand Avenue
W. F. Crockett
Barnett, Mo
J. A. McGuire
Twelfth
Jefferson
Okla
Sharon
Enid
F. A. Goss
Grief News Agency
Rock Island
H. Woodward
McGuire and
Goss
Fort Worth
Texas
Longview
Public apology ends slander suit over produce chatter
New York solicitor Bowker agreed to apologize publicly after a yearlong fight over claims he told Carroll’s shippers untruths to gain shipments. Carroll’s suit sought 25000 dollars, alleging perjury and damaging affidavits from shippers. The case highlights aggressive tactics in the produce trade.
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J. A. Bowker
New York
J. Pratt Carroll
New York Commission
J. A.owker
Bowker
Carroll
Florida
New York State
Cutehorne
Long Island
Rochester
Towker
The Foreign Apple Market Declines in Exports
Exports of apples from all U S ports for the week ending last Saturday totaled 61 999 barrels, down from 125 680 the prior year. London and Glasgow reports show firm prices on greenings baldwins and york imperials with various barrel prices from 4 to 9 dollars. Markets abroad remained firm on good fruit as figures vary by variety and port.
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London
Glasgow
New York
Apple
Liverpool
Kings
York Imperials
London Cables
Kieffer Pears
Sbartletts
Glasgow Cables
Baldwins
Greenings
Ben Davis
Butter and Egg Stocks From 46 Warehouses Issued This Week
New York reports from the National Warehousemen's Assn showing butter in 46 cold storage houses as of Oct 1, 1913 at 67,818,000 lbs, up 5,862,000 from the prior year. Eggs tally 2,462,000 cases as of Oct 1, 1914, down 702,000 from last year’s corresponding day.
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New York
National Warehousemen's Assn
Southern Poultry and Egg Shippers Convention Opens in Nashville
Over 100 southern egg and poultry packers and northern buyers attended the third annual Southern Poultry and Egg Shippers’ Association convention in Nashville Tennessee. The program featured the president’s address on industry growth and calls for federal aid, plus plans to establish a field station and a rooster removal campaign to cut losses from bad eggs.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Egg and Poultry Packers
Southern Poultry and Egg Shipers
Assahere
O. B. Perry
Wm. Holebrook
J. J. Naive
A. M. Cochran
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Samuel Cristol
T. G. Settle
State Department of Agriculture
Samuel Cristal
Bowling Green
H. Grinstead
Louisville
L. G. Smith
Shelbyville
G. P. Davidson
Glasgow
O. P. Berry
Alexandria
F. Holcomb
Hollow Rock
A. D. Harbon
Fayetteville
O. P. Barry
A. M.cochran
Norman I. ‘Taylor
Rathskiller
Hermitage Hotel
Allen R. Carter
Tharry
Carter
National
Cartot Live Poultry Shippers’ Assn
New York
Page
Missolres Poultry Drop Shows Mixed Missouri Turkeys
A Kansas City report surveys Missouri poultry, noting variable turkey crops across counties. Some towns like Martinsburg, Laddonia, and Adrian expect near normal or smaller outputs, while others such as Purdy and Iantha anticipate very limited shipments. Egg production remains uneven with weekly case totals ranging from near normal to significant shortfalls.
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Martinsburg, Andrain Co
COSBY
Andrew Co
Langdon, Atchison Co
Eer
Laddonia Poultry Outlook
Laddonia
Audrain Co
Purdy
Barry Co
Kenoma
Barton Co
Liberal
Adrian, Bates Co
Braymer
Caldwell
Bosworth, Carroll Co
Kearney
Kearney, Clay Co
Eldorado Springs
Cedar Co
Ford City
Gentry Co
Forest City
Holt Co
Jasper Co
Montrose
Henry Co
Pierce City
Lawrence Co
Onion trade mixed as prices hold firm in Chicago market
Onions stayed firm in Chicago with dealers unable to close many sales at asked quotes. Out of town demand was slow yet stock levels remained high, keeping a firm market tone. Quotations ranged from 1 75 to 2 dollars per hundred weight f o b Indiana and Michigan. In California Hanford buyers Guggenheim and Co purchased the county honey crop at 5% cents per pound, about 120 tons overall, two thirds of normal.
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Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Hanford
Cal
Guggenheim & Co
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Fb. Warner
Iivian W. Rose
Washington, D. C
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Jerse’ ‘Conner
Pennsylvania
Elaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virgin
Ohio
Tilmota
Chigan
Minnesota
Town
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Idaho
Washington
California
Sabensens
Dail
Inger
Acce Weth
Ltry
Ece Association
Os Feat Tenn
Bennett
Emerson
International Auction Co
Metheny
Mr. Bennett
Fruit Auction Co
Pitt
Southern Produce
the News
Nashville, Tenn
A. B. Warner
Southern
Courant
Illinois
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Germany
Peters Bros
Eldredge
Wuco
Dallas
Laredo
Houston
East Texas
Corpus Christi
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Street
Florida News
Congress
Baltimore Street
Isle of Pines
White City
A. Waterman
Dakotas
Missolre's Poultry
Kentucky’s
Turkey
Erie
Ruhlman & Co
Oregon
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Iowa
Boston
Walla
Santa Fe
Charles Gerber
Indianapolis
S. P. McAllister
Minneapolis
Cleveland
York State
Lewis
Columbus
M. O. Baker
Portland
Onion Trade Limited
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