This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
1
North Yakima August report highlights continued boom in Yakima valley fruit and potato production. Apple shipments from the valley reach major markets in New York Chicago and Boston with Winesap and Spitzenberg leading. Potato crops yield strong, with 1200 to 1500 cars shipped mainly to the west and Alaska trade proving lucrative.
A local Fort Worth fruit boom features large ranches and major dealers like Highland Realty Investment Co Fidelity Realty Co and Rist McKee all expanding orchards and land sales. J W Atkinson recently arrived from Oklahoma to sell tracts while Archibald ships potatoes and runs a large carrot business. Hol Levy a longtime fruit dealer faced criticism over delayed shipments but pledged to rectify issues and hear from shippers.
From Toppenish Washington Ritchey and Gilbert estimate this season will see about 200 carloads of apples 60 carloads of pears and 66 carloads of prunes with apples mainly Winesaps and Home Beautys. Potatoes totaled about 200 cars last year and are expected to reach 300 this year shipped mainly to the Sound country.
Kansas City Aug 19 according to railroad estimates the year’s apple movement will begin from Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma. Prominent shippers listed include Amoret Anderson Goodman Gravette Decatur Gentry Siloam Springs Westville and Rogers with car totals ranging from 3 to 200 cars and start dates mostly September 1 or September 16 as reported in The Packer Bulletin.
Fruit movement begins with small early sales as rains boost yields. Galleher estimates district peach movement to total about 650 cars from key points Port Clinton Gypsum Gypsum Fruit House Danbury Lakeside with support from Healey. Early Elberta Mt Rose St John peaches expected September 1 to 5, with quality noted as good and demand active through harvest period.
Aug 19 Fennville Michigan reports a strong fruit outlook with about 60 000 barrels of apples expected this season. No 1 stock dominates the 25 000 barrels of cider stock beside Baldwin Wagner Kings Spys and Greenings. Duchess 2000 barrels noted. Orchards well sprayed and fruit small from dry weather but conditions improving. Prices seen around 2 per barrel on trees with some contracts near 3 or more in place.
Goods receipts were very light this week and prices advanced about $1 a barrel on top grades. Large supplies of homegrown and river fruit arrive with quality varying widely. Fancy Maiden Blush Wealthy Duchess bring around $4 to $4.50 per barrel for soft eating. cooking stock from $2 to $3.50. Home Brown apples 1.0 to 1.25 per bushel. Michigan apples began arriving late in the week.
Sweet potatoes rose sharply to 3.75 to 4 per barrel for Virginia and Maryland stock. Traders expect the gain to be temporary, driven by heavy rains in a major producing area, with a return to lower prices within a few days as the market corrects.
Louisville Aug 19 The referee in the bankruptcy of Co K Sprowl & Sons Co made a final adjustment this week paying creditors less than 6 percent of their claims This was the first payment and all that creditors will ever see from the case.
Wilbur Montgomery, Griffin Melon Co salesman, writes to The Packer praising advertising results. He encloses a check for advertising and a $1 subscription renewal, thanking for continued success and noting the return on investment. The letter is dated August 16, 1909 from Griffin Ind.
Corpus Christi hosts the Southern Texas Truck Growers Association as 226 members discuss stock, salaries, and the push for pooling and packing sheds. Officials report 2,259 cars of onions and 2,447 cars total, with emphasis on central sheds, improved inspection, and New York market dynamics.
The Western Union introduces a September 1 1909 rule increasing the count from ten to five letters for non dictionary word groups in telegraph messages. The change, tied to artificial code words, raises costs for merchants and may threaten cipher code books and business use. The Postal Telegraph Co and others reportedly adopt the same change. A congressional note urges action to regulate interstate telegraph and telephone rates under the Hepburn act.
Chicago reports fruit trade focusing on apples with steady prices. Duchess, Astri, Maiden Blush, Sweet Bough and Wealthya consignments range from about 2 to 3.75 dollars per box. Michigan Baldwin purchases noted, with prices around 2.60 per barrel for large blocks. southern Illinois orchards quoted 1.50 to 3 dollars.
Nappanee Ind August 19 The town announces its first annual onion carnival set for Wednesday August 25 with an extensive prize list and plans described as one of the state’s biggest events in years.
The peach market in Cincinnati stayed steady with receipts matching demand. Prices ranged for Elberta baskets from 1.75 to 2.26 per bushel, white varieties 1.50 to 1.75, while California Elberta 15 to 30 cents, Yellow 75 to 86 cents, and Late Crawfords 60 to 72 cents per pound or basket as quality dictated.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.