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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
2
Alpine and his attorneys warn creditors that Duggan faces bankruptcy if actions continue. They propose a one year extension to settle claims, noting assets of 1324 dollars and debts, with exemptions and a note payable in one year upon creditor consent.
A. R. Duncan Jr. Company moved into its new six floor fire proof quarters in Cleveland C with a fully modern building. The Phoenix Ice Machine Company praised for installing the refrigeration plant and supplying the ice machine. The Packer will keep you posted on fruit vegetables butter eggs and poultry.
Chicago dispatch notes a quiet vegetable market due to warm rainy weather and weak demand. Florida bean shipments fell after a freeze, Louisiana supplies were light and low quality, and cucumbers were easy with hot house stock at $1 per dozen.
D E Lewis Kansas State Agricultural College advises on pit and cave storage for fruits and vegetables. Ventilation via three roof openings with tile, boards to shed rain, floor openings to outer air, and a constant 33 degree Fahrenheit temperature optimize storage. Location should be well drained with northeast or east exposure. Do not mix roots, potatoes, and fruit in the same pit. Dig four to thirteen inches deep for even temperature. A trench around the pit drains surface water. Use straw or grass as insulation and slough grass or cane fodder to shed water if filled early. A two inch pine vent runs from outside to the pit bottom and should be installed before placing fruit.
An annual session of Michigan fruit culturists covered fruit marketing, spraying, and farm practices. Highlights included talks by Horticulture officials, farmer experiences, and a large potato meeting with discussions on organized effort, county agent work, and marketing the potato crop.
A Sebastopol Apple Growers Union report shows total packing across four houses at 10,422 boxes, with 59,209 Gravenstein boxes. Total is about 40,000 boxes under normal market conditions as many good apples were stored or dried due to low prices. Onion markets rise with 10,000 snacks sent East via the Panama Canal. Hood River notes L F Schmitten to handle district exchange after years in Wenatchee Valley fruit trade.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions names and places in a partial caption style. The legible bits hint at local items or events but provide no clear action, dates, or outcomes to confirm. The readable words suggest a minor news item or notice from a community page.
Seattle's monthly horticultural report shows California sent 79 659 packages of fruit and 1 301 packages of vegetables to the market. The figures are part of the year’s tally reported by F N Rhodes district horticultural officer. Nebraska State Horticultural Society announces its annual Apple Show to be held January 18 to 22 1915 in Lincoln Auditorium.
Legeblade Powers Company Incorp tes With $10 000 Capital in Omaha. I H Powers and B W Tage form a brokerage and wholesale firm for citrus and produce. Powers joins with Heggblade a known figure in local business. The venture partners with Banana Distributing New Orleans and Mutual Orange Distributors Redlands to begin operations.
Despite rough weather in the Ohio Valley, heavy rabbit shipments move by river gateways with Kentucky, southern Ohio and Indiana supplying stock. Open season for all game extended to December 15 in Ohio, boosting local rabbit kills while selective packing and eastern shipments continue. Prices on early markets run from $1 to $1.50 per dozen.
Coyne Brothers of Chicago erect a long banner across South Water street urging box and barrel apples. The colorful banner touts this season's apples and uses the slogan health's best way eat apples every day. D J Coyne proposes more banners downtown to promote fruit purchases.
Chicago December 4. Warm weather and ample supply kept the sweet potato market easy with quiet trade. Jersey hampers quoted at 1.40, Maryland stock decaying and selling at 1.15, Illinois barrels at 3.50, No 1 hampers at 1, and No 28 at 0.60.
Amherst Mass station issues Bulletin No. 1 Oct 1914 on inspection of Commercial Feed Stuffs with a tabulated list of wholesale costs for ten items. Wooster Ohio bulletin No 266 covers Labor Cost of Producing Corn in Ohio and Bulletin No 268 discusses Substitutes for Corn in Rations for Fattening Swine. Circular No 146 deals with Locos Soils of Southwestern Ohio and Circu ree 141 pertains to Co operative Marketing in Ohio 1913.
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