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Paunee Bill Mail Order Scheme Exposed In St Louis
A St Louis doctor sent samples to a tie firm and was asked to return the neckties, charging $2.50 to leave the office. The Paunee Bill Mail Order House, linked to Ernest Howell and Jacob Karchmer, spurred storage charges on unsolicited packages. A St Louis Herald note warns readers to avoid peddlers posing as sailors selling rugs and seals, urging buying from trusted sources and to beware being labeled suckers.
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the Herald
Neckties
Spressberger
Paunee Bill
Rosenblum
F. Perry
L. J.B. Rathan
Hl. T. V. Perry
Ernest Howell
Necktie Tyler
Mississippi Valley Knitting Mills
Tips Washington Avenue
St. Louis
Jacob Karchmer
Knitting Mall
American Legion
Better Business Bureau
Studebaker
Ohio
Merchant Marine Service
Merchant Marine
Joseph Gluck & Co
Farriers of
New York
United States