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In 1960 a branch plant was operated in Green, Iowa. Representatives of the company were located in Monticello, Maquoketa, Dumont, Iowa Falls, Charles City, Dyersville, Clear Lake, and Waterloo, Iowa. Others were located in Cuba City and Bloomington, Wisconsin. (1) | In 1960 a branch plant was operated in Green, Iowa. Representatives of the company were located in Monticello, Maquoketa, Dumont, Iowa Falls, Charles City, Dyersville, Clear Lake, and Waterloo, Iowa. Others were located in Cuba City and Bloomington, Wisconsin. (1) | ||
In 1965 the company located along Sageville Road was closed by Iowa authorities. Orest Deligiannis plead guilty to six of twelve counts of interstate transportation of uninspected meat. He was sentenced to two years in jail and fined $15,000 for shipping the meat from Iowa an Wisconsin to food merchants in Chicago. The twelve counts were fort shipping nearly 39 tons of "4-D" (dead, dying, diseased or disabled animals) meat to Chicago from Dubuque and from farms in Wisconsin between September 10, 1964 and May 5, 1965. Three of the counts were for shipping the uninspected meat from the Frith Rendering Works in Dubuque and the other nine counts were for buying it directly from farms in Wisconsin. Deligiannis told farmers that he raised mink and that the meat would be used for animal feed. Instead it was taken to Chicago where it was sold to restaurants and grocery stores. A charge of feeling raw garbage to swine was filed after state officials found the Frith firm was feeding raw meat from dead animals to a dozen hogs at the rendering works. (2) | |||
The Deligiannis-Frith case has been cited as one of the major causes for a meat inspection bill passed in the United States Senate in 1967. (3) | |||
The 1916-1917 ''White's Dubuque County Directory'' listed north of the city as the address. | The 1916-1917 ''White's Dubuque County Directory'' listed north of the city as the address. | ||
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"Frith Rendering Company Established Here in 1859," (advertisement) ''Telegraph Herald'', July 25, 1960, p. 8 | 1. "Frith Rendering Company Established Here in 1859," (advertisement) ''Telegraph Herald'', July 25, 1960, p. 8 | ||
2. "Dubuque Case Played Part," ''Telegraph Herald'', November 29, 1967, p. 16 | |||
3. Ibid. | |||
Revision as of 01:12, 23 June 2015
FRITH RENDERING WORKS. The Frith Rendering Works (also known as the Frith Fertilizer Works) was established at EAGLE POINT in 1859 by E. E. Frith. In 1960 it had been in operation at the same site for 101 years.
In 1960 a branch plant was operated in Green, Iowa. Representatives of the company were located in Monticello, Maquoketa, Dumont, Iowa Falls, Charles City, Dyersville, Clear Lake, and Waterloo, Iowa. Others were located in Cuba City and Bloomington, Wisconsin. (1)
In 1965 the company located along Sageville Road was closed by Iowa authorities. Orest Deligiannis plead guilty to six of twelve counts of interstate transportation of uninspected meat. He was sentenced to two years in jail and fined $15,000 for shipping the meat from Iowa an Wisconsin to food merchants in Chicago. The twelve counts were fort shipping nearly 39 tons of "4-D" (dead, dying, diseased or disabled animals) meat to Chicago from Dubuque and from farms in Wisconsin between September 10, 1964 and May 5, 1965. Three of the counts were for shipping the uninspected meat from the Frith Rendering Works in Dubuque and the other nine counts were for buying it directly from farms in Wisconsin. Deligiannis told farmers that he raised mink and that the meat would be used for animal feed. Instead it was taken to Chicago where it was sold to restaurants and grocery stores. A charge of feeling raw garbage to swine was filed after state officials found the Frith firm was feeding raw meat from dead animals to a dozen hogs at the rendering works. (2)
The Deligiannis-Frith case has been cited as one of the major causes for a meat inspection bill passed in the United States Senate in 1967. (3)
The 1916-1917 White's Dubuque County Directory listed north of the city as the address.
The 1953 and 1962 city directory listed Sageville Road R. 1 as the address for Frith Rendering Service.
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1. "Frith Rendering Company Established Here in 1859," (advertisement) Telegraph Herald, July 25, 1960, p. 8
2. "Dubuque Case Played Part," Telegraph Herald, November 29, 1967, p. 16
3. Ibid.