Cocoa Exchange Opening Auction Brings $1025 First Cocoa Bag
The Cocoa Exchange opened in New York City and E. J. Lewis auctioned the first bag of cocoa for hospital funds, selling for 1025 dollars and changing hands three times.
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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
2
The Cocoa Exchange opened in New York City and E. J. Lewis auctioned the first bag of cocoa for hospital funds, selling for 1025 dollars and changing hands three times.
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