Blooming ton Notes on Farmers and Trade in Bloomington
Bloomington notes highlight Jacob Tick visiting as a major poultry dresser and predicting higher butter supply due to education methods that urge farmers to extract all cream. The Bloomington Produce Co. ships turkeys and capons well while M J Welch of Welch Commission Co. recalls early baseball fame. Chas Bora will handle early consignments of strawberries and vegetables. B I Hoopes & Co. maintains a large shipping trade as a longstanding Bloomington firm. Henry Riese extols The Packer as the country’s most valuable paper and seeds trade expands in central Illinois.
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Bloomington
Jacob Tick
Halnois
Chas
Bora
North Main Street
Lis
B. I. Hoopes & Co
Henry Riese
Packer
Illinois
Grimm Seeks More Out of Town Buying Accounts
Chicago February 3 Geo J Grimm 141 South Water street says he will add specials to attract more out of town jobbers seeking fresh fruits and vegetables. He is compiling a schedule for daily twice weekly and thrice weekly deliveries and invites prompt correspondence for improved service.
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Chicago
Geo. J. Grimm
South Water Street
Can't Do Without It Packer Subscription Note Dongola
Letter from C. L. Cruse in Dongola Illinois dated January 1911 enclosed a $1 check to pay for a year's subscription to The Packer stating he cannot do without it.
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Dongola
Jan
Packer
Reheck
C. L. Cruse
New Orleans Trade Goods and Fruit Prices Report
New Orleans reports a week of trade improvement across lines with lower potato and cabbage prices and steady onion and citrus markets. Prices cover potatoes, seed potatoes, cabbage, onions, celery, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, pineapples, cantaloupes, apples, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and strawberries with various regional lots and shipment notes.
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New Orleans
New York
Holland
Louisiana
California
Cuba
Canada
Florida
Sicily
Ben Davis
Bellefleurs
York Imperials
Elgin Market Steady Amid Weaker Prices Report
Elgin Illinois February 2 dealers nationwide expected price cuts to lift demand but the market shows little improvement. Traders say lower prices have not boosted consumption and activity is likely to rise gradually. No change in quotations this week, with output remaining steady from last week.
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Elgin
Mar
Readers cheer The Packer and praise fruit trade news
The letter collection from Ozark Illinois and Minnesota praises The Packer for fruit industry updates. John J. Grove of Ozark recalls past connections while renewing by mail. A donor notes good prospects for next year and early peach buds swelling despite dormancy.
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Ozark
Packer
Tre
A. D. Gingrich
Poultry and Eggs Market Weakness and Prices Report
The New Orleans market shows stronger demand for oilers under one pound and medium weight young chicks, while larger sizes lag. Chick prices range from 27 to 6 cents per pound for 1 pound stock, springs 21 to 28 cents, large springs 16 to 19 cents, hens steady at 15 to 16 cents, turkeys fair at 17 to 19 cents, ducks at 11/4? with geese $7 to $8 per dozen. Eggs remain plentiful with a further decline to about 9? per dozen repacked, tea bits scarce due to unseasonable weather and few shipments.
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New Orleans
In Search of a Profitable Market in Winnsboro
In Winnsboro Louisiana January 51 1911 a letter to The Packer notes failure to find a market for beans and truck crops. The writer M W McDuff mentions potential sweet potatoes and shipping carrots, references a former truck growers association disbanded, and lists T H Lowery S L Brasher and Wm Welch as growers.
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Winnsboro
the. Packer
T. H. Lowery
L. Brasher
Wm. Welch
M. W. McDuff
New Orleans Fruit and Vegetable Market Sees Rising Demand
Quality improves as favorable weather boosts homegrown vegetables in New Orleans. Prices hold steady with carrots and express shipments moving to the country. outlook remains abundant with some items, like lettuce and endive, improving but not yet fancy stock. Prices vary by item, with beets, mustard, turnips, kohlrabi, and leeks showing steady to slightly softer levels as supplies grow.
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New Orleans
Apple Trade Normal in Columbus Market
Columbus Feb 2. Produce market shows little change with some strength in a few items. Apples and onions are features, potatoes slow, sweet potatoes firm but movement is slow, strawberries scarce, eggs consumption up, poultry steady with undertone of strength, butter unsettled, undergrades slow, and dairy butter selling lower than usual. Buckmaster leaves for Florida to represent John Amicon Bro Co, dinner at Bryden Row hosted by Charles Amicon.
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Chicano
Railroad Classification Committee
Acme Steel Goods Co
Acme
Aucme Steel Goods Co
Archer Avenue
Chicago
Florida
Lodlanipolis
Indianapolis
Ind
Isc
Polis
Louisians
Hampton
New York
Columbus
Walster
Acti
Ohio
Michigan
California
South
F. F. Buckmaster
John Amicon
Bro. & Co
Buckmaster
Charles Amicon
John Amicon, Bro. & Co
Bryden Row
B. F. Pearce
Wnh
Pacific
Royal Commission
Pearce
C. Day
Evans & Turner
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Coyne Brothers
S. Water ST
Albert Hillerd
Hicago Potatoes
Clettuce
M. Piowaty & Sons
Uyefe
A. E. Barker & Coppers
Peter Fox Sons CO
Sigmund Bros. Company
Randolph Street
National Produce Bank
Reuss State Bank
Lrst National Bank
Naperville
Naperville, IL
Water St Gallagher Bros
Produce Commission
Wease
General Commission
Storch Bros. & Co
Water
Commercial Nat'l Bank Chicago
the Packer
Hind & Fuchs
L. Cohen & CO
T. So
Water St
Fox River
Aurora
Wabash
The
Pac
Edmund Peycke Co
Los Angeles
Adv
Texas
Ous
Pete
Benue
Indiana
Charles
Har- Nuss
Harhess
Goa Valley
Arizona
Dante
Safford
Ariz
Grahams County
Gila Valley
Louisville
Harshfield Bros
Louisville, Ky
John J. Grove
Apple Trade Normal
United State
Klondyke
Climax
Chesapeake
Superior
Steven
J. A. Jones & CO
Salisbury
Maryland
Iretational Bank
Sarcoxie
P. W. Burden
Bollwinkle Seed Company
J. G. Peppard
West Sth
Kansas City
2Ut
Rocky Ford Seed Growers’ Assn
Rocky Ford, Cole
H. D. Clute
Sec'y
John Lightfoot
E. Chattanooga
Tennessee
Cumberland
Kansas
Gregg
J.T. Wallace
Neoga, Ill
Alabama
J. T. Mahoney
Mathis
H. van Buskirk
Rocky Ford Cole
Gate City Seed CO
Keokuk
Iowa
Steckler
Gravien
Richard Frotscher
Landreths
Landreth Seed CO
Bristol, Pent
Earl Bros
Water Street
ONION
Leonard Seed CO
B. H. Kathe & Son
Chillicothe, Ohio
A. A.berry
Clarinda, Iowa
van Deursen Bros
Hardin
Hamilton & Lew
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