Tacoma Grocery Company
Named in 4 stories. Back to all names
- Apr 10, 1895The Grocery Company That Cooked Its Own BooksTacoma Grocery Company’s president is accused of falsifying minute books and hiding assets from the receiver, creditors and stockholders.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 17, 1895The Missing Ledger: Tacoma Grocery's Books Vanish Before ReceivershipA court examiner presses Charles E. Hale about account books that disappeared just before a receiver took over the Tacoma Grocery Company.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 20, 1895The Ledger Went Into the FurnaceA Tacoma courtroom heard how 94 company books were burned on orders from the assignee—while stockholders testified that minutes were falsified and $42,000 had vanished.Tacoma, WA
- May 7, 1909Grand Jury Investigates Grocery CartelTacoma grocers and commissioners face scrutiny over allegations of price-fixing and shady contracts.Tacoma, WA