Vegetable movement slower in Chicago market report
Vegetable receipts and demand in Chicago were uneven with overall activity easing from the prior week. Readily sold items included cucumbers, green cucumbers, and string beans with solid prices for fancy beans, while tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers showed softer demand and mixed quality, yet a fair to good supply remained on hand across major markets.
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Louisiana
Morida
Texas
Minois
California
South
Florida
Little Change in the Chicago Apple Deal
Chicago April 28 report shows steady apple market with moderate arrivals and ample supply. Prices mostly hold near prior levels with quality affecting movement, discolored or repacked stock selling slowly to discount buyers. Barrel price range cited around 1.50 to 2.25 per barrel.
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Chicago
Ais
RT Eeei
Unsure OCR snippet lists payments to two individuals
Fragmentary OCR text shows amounts paid to Russell and Ben Davis with dates. It mentions 2.50 and 1.75 and a partial date 2.7.73. No clear event or full names beyond Russell and Ben Davis.
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Bury Russell
Ben Davis
Finished With Sweet Potato Deal
Detroit April 28 Purse Brothers run a large Eastern Market fruit and produce business. They own a 50 car warehouse in Seaford Delaware and shipped or stored about 25 cars for others this season. They handle hot house products and are a major lettuce tomato and cucumber dealer. They plan to expand with carrots onions cabbage and new potatoes from the South.
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Detroit
Mich
Delaware
Seaford
Del
Grant Candle Wall Stand Enhances New Model Line
Chicago users adopt the Grant Manufacturing Company wall stand for candlers in Kokomo Indiana. The swivel wall design tucks the candler away during busy packing periods. Chicago concerns reportedly place orders nationwide as the Grant Bee candle line expands from huckster wagons to packing plants. The company offers a booklet titled The Tale of an Bee detailing models and features.
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Chicago
Grant Manufsehiring
Kokomo
Ill
McCauley
Grant
McCaules
Grant Candlers
Grant Concern
Grant Manufacturing Company
Ktkomo
Ind
Chicago Dealers Unable To Clean Up Berries
Chicago reports weak strawberry market as cool wet weather and poor berry quality keep dealers from clean up sales. Over the week 46 shipments arrived mainly from Louisiana Mississippi Texas with many berries soft green or discolored. Prices for pints ranged 50 to 1.25 dollars, quarts from Mississippi at 1.50 to 2.25, Texas stock 2.25 to 2.75.
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Chicago
Lou
Mississippi
Texas
Technessee
Louisiana
Butter sales at Elgin board meet in Illinois
Creamery ex tras in butter sold at 33 34c at the meeting of the butter board here last Saturday. Nine lots were offered on the call totaling 329 tubs. three lots amounting to 65 tubs sold at 34c and two lots totaling 80 tubs at 33c.
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Elgin
Potatoes Firm Promises Best Service for Chicago Shipments
A long standing potato supplier touts twenty five years of specialization and a proven track record to ensure top quality service for shipments to Chicago. The firm emphasizes experience and reliability to secure repeat business.
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Chicago
Texas Onions Steady In Chicago Market
Chicago April 28 Texas Onions remained steady with lighter receipts and many cars on track. Yellows scarce wax modest demand. yellows $1.65 per crate. wax $1.75. Porto Rico pines arrive well, Porto Rico Pine Apples distributed by M. Lapidus & Sons. Pine stock sound and wrapped in labeled crates from Porto Rico Fruit Exchange.
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Chicago
Texas
Lapidus
Porto Rico
M. Lapidus & Sons
Porto Rico Fruit Exchange
Kansas City Fruit Auction Sales Listed for Week
The Kansas City Fruit Auction Company sold this week one car of California lemons three cars of Florida grapefruit four cars of California oranges three cars of Missouri apples one car of Louisiana cabbage 12 boxes of California cherries and a lot of Louisiana vegetables in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Fruit Auction Company
California
Florida
Missouri
Louisiana
Detroit Market Sees Broad Trade Rise and Stable Prices
Detroit reports generally satisfactory trade with volume up 50 to 60 percent over last year. Markets show active exchange and firm prices. storage butter demand expected as season opens higher. Poultry, apples, oranges, grapefruits steady. first California cherries sold at Alford Rush & Sons for 32.50, with ongoing strawberry arrivals and steady stock quality.
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Porto
Purier
Egex
Detroit
Mich
Alford Rush & Sons
Alabama
Louisiana
Orange Market Firm In Chicago Grapefruit and Oranges
The Chicago market for citrus showed demand for oranges and grapefruit with Californias predominant. Small Navels sold around 3 to 3.10 per box, large stock 1.85 to 2.60. Florida Valencias arrived and brought 3.75 to 4.50. Trade was fair and stock ample with good quality noted.
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Chicago
Florida
Wisconsin Cheese Market Report From Sheboygan Area
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on April 28 the cheese market showed little change over the past weeks with a general decline of about a half cent across styles. Macada Board traded Daisies at 16 three percent? 15? The Spring Green and Muscoda boards held Monday sales with Daisies at 16 cents and Plymouth board Tuesday recorded Twins at 15 cents and Daisies at 16 to 16 cents plus Longhorns and other varieties sold at 15 to 16 cents.
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Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wis
Macada
Muscoda Board
Plymouth Call Board
Steel Tool Maker Moves to Larger Quarters in Chicago
J. F. Duffy, Jr, manufacturer of crate openers hammers and other steel tools for fruit and produce houses, has moved to larger quarters at 563 Fulton Street, Chicago. He cites rapid business growth and the need for a bigger plant to handle orders.
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Chicago
J. F. Duffy, Jr
Fulton Street
Piowaty & Sons Bring First Texas Potatoes to Chicago
Piowaty and Sons will offer the first out of Texas potatoes in Chicago on Monday. The shipment arrived f. o. b. via a local jobber from the Brownsville region, where the firm holds a large contract. The company plans to ship freely after next week.
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Fiowaty
Texas
Chicago
M. Piowaty & Sons
Brownsville
Piowaty & Son
Position Wanted by Experienced Loader of Fruits and Vegetables
Experienced loader of fruits and vegetables seeks steady work with a reliable firm. Specializes in carrots and inventory handling, willing to travel. References and full experience furnished on application. Address Box 32, Genoa, Wisconsin.
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Genoa Tet
Wisc
California Asparagus Deal Winds Down
Chicago reports the California asparagus deal winding up with prices holding steady from last week. Demand stayed good despite cool weather and overall quality remained desirable. Prices ranged from 2.75 to 3.25 dollars per box, while receipts from other regions were not abundant due to cooler conditions delaying shipping. Illinois grass fetched about 1.50 to 2 per box.
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California
Chicago
Cabbage Prices Steady Amid Adequate Supplies in Chicago
Market notes report cabbage sales steady in Chicago with prices holding steady from prior week. Adequate southern stock offered and quality described as mainly good, with large solid cabbage selling well in Mobile.
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Chicago
Crates From States Hit Market Prices
Crates brought in at $2.50, with Louisiana at $2.50 and $2.75. California cabbage shipments, offered but near completion, quoted at $2.25 to $2.60 per crate.
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Louisian
California
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