New Chicago Egg and Butter Brokerage Opens
Bennett Howard and Co start in Chicago handling butter eggs and poultry on a brokerage basis. They have leased offices in the Northwestern Building 24 Wilt Avenue. Former Ford and Howard partner Mloward recalled after health break. Heal recovered. Bennett recently linked with Ford and Howard. Repair options noted for Craton Owosso Michigan. The Gnesso Manufacturing Co reports crates for onions apples and fruits now repairable with a patent slat method samples available.
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Chicago
Buiter
Bennett, Howard & Co
Wilt Avenue
Mloward
Ford & Howard
Bennett
Ford & Howard Co
Craton
Owosso
Mich
Ythe Gnesso Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee Hide Market Sees High Activity for Hides
Milwaukee firms attract national shippers as the Merchants Commission Co reports Milwaukee as a premier hide market. The firm handles hides extensively with careful sorting and weighing, promising fair returns. Correspondence is invited from shippers nationwide about consignments and pricing.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Miehraniz Commission Co
Unclear OCR Text on Florida Grapefruit Markets
Fragmentary data references Florida grapefruit, varieties Chivago Keb and Veerfield, plus a price note of five dollars. The legible portions are insufficient to identify a clear event, date, or entities beyond generic fruit market terms and an apparent monetary figure.
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Florida
Indiana Onion Storage Growth and Market Reach in 1909
Indiana onion storage expands with near thousand car capacity by Dec 1 1908 and rising to 821 cars by Nov 1 1909. Demand shifts across the North South East and West with traders drawing onions from Indiana to markets from San Francisco to Boston and New Orleans to Milwaukee. Prices for yellows reds and whites are discussed alongside storage and shipping patterns in the era.
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Vadiana
United States
Indiana
San Francisco
Boston
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Market Notes From St Pacl Market Istal Correspondione
In the St Pacl Market report the apples trade remains quiet amid abundant common stock and mixed car shipments. Vegetables show uneven demand with cabbage and onions cleaning up, beans strong, rabbits abundant, and seed potatoes eyed for early Ohio varieties as railcar delays ease and storage issues impact pricing.
Indianapolis Fruit Market Seeks Southern Connections
Lea Indianapolis firms outline arrangements for southern shipping links and market needs. Local buyers describe strong demand for southern fruits and vegetables, including cabbage, potatoes, onions, and berries, with several companies seeking new connections and noting market conditions such as price shifts and fresher stock.
Gibson Fruit Co Signs 100 Car Cantaloupe Contract
Gibson Fruit Co announced this week a contract with the Roberta Cantaloupe Growers Assn at Rocky Ford Colorado to handle about 100 cars of melons this season. The company plans further Colorado shipments and substantial California work, operating independently and not handling Lyons & Coggins accounts this season. About 200 cars of California cantals are signed or in prospect.
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Chicago
Gibson Fruit Co
Roberta Cantaloupe Growers’ Assn
Rocky Ford
Col
Colorado
California
Lyons & Coggins
Prospect
Moving Florida Produce Reports First Florida Tomato Load
Moving Florida Products Chicago reports the first straight car of Florida tomatoes shipped out of state this season from Miami on Monday. The H Woods Co will send more cars weekly and offers oranges grapefruit and tangerines with prices from Chicago or Orlando office. The firm also signs contracts with cantaloupe growers associations in Los Animas California Grenada and Bristol County. Estimated minimum melon load exceeds one hundred cars this season.
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Florida
Chicago
H. Woods Co
Miami
How Oh
Orlands
Pla
Ui J, Woods Co
Bent County
Vegetable trade trends and prices rise amid seasonal shift
Market reports show growing receipts and steady to firm prices for greens onions, peppers, tomatoes, and strawberries. Prices vary by region with green and white beans low and beans selling 2 to 8.50 dollars, lettuce Florida hampers 76 cents to 2.25, tomatoes Florida baskets 3 to 4 dollars, and strawberries improving for Excelsiors around 80 cents.
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Hoth Green
Wits
Texas
Lousiana
Baltimore
Florida
Couisiana
California
Chicago Producer Trade & Credit Assn Elects Board
The Chicago Pro ducer Trade & Credit Assn held its seventh annual dinner at the riggs house and elected the bar managers for the coming year. F Gallagher Wim Kist W L Low 3 Mitchell Wm J MIs and WL Owen were chosen. The board will meet to elect officers. Seventy five attended. Speakers urged unity and adherence to association rules to maintain credit stability amid external lawsuits and monopoly accusations elsewhere.
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Chicago
Chicago Producer Trade & Credit Assn
Riggs House
F. Gallagher
Wim
Kist
W. Low
Mitchell
Wm. J. Mls
WL. Owen
Prof
Hagan
Ayers
M.H. Elchengreeg
Gallagher
Wm. L. Wagner
Mr. Wagner
New York
Apple Orchards Neglected Said to Tarnish Michigan Industry
Kalamazoo Michigan February 10 Ten million apple trees in Michigan seven million neglected Prof O K White Michigan Agricultural College told farmers at a farmers institute he cited losses from old workshops and urged better care of the state’s main fruit crop in related notes from other towns including Minnesota and Mississippi crops and packing practices.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Mich
O. K. White
Michigan Agricultural College
White
Fire destroys potato warehouse in Manton, Michigan
Traverse City report says the Charles Jeffries Co potato warehouse at Manton burned Tuesday destroying twenty thousand bushels of potatoes. The building and its contents were insured.
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Traverse City
Mich
Charles Jefferies Co
Manton
Middendorf Heads to California for Recuperation
Mr Middendorf leaves Chicago for annual California trip with Mrs Middendorf to recuperate. He will be away about four months or six weeks. The company’s extensive business will be conducted as usual by the regular force in his absence.
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Chicago
Geo. Middendorf
California
Mrz. Middendorf
Louisiana cabbage moves as market demand grows in New Orleans
Fair quantities of produce from farmers in the area are moving through the local market. Demand from northern and eastern markets remains strong as handlers reship nearly all they can. Cabbage arrives in sharp competition with western stock, with prices quoted from four to forty five dollars per ton. Potatoes ease slightly while onions rise. seed potato demand stays healthy and oil stock is being planted in large quantities. growers may plant more acreage than last year though Louisiana onion crop this season may be smaller than prior year.
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Baldwins
Greene
Pete
Tris
Jacky
Alzo
Twin
Aix-Ty
Jy Strong
Javier
Ohio
Reds
Weing
Ely
Wind & Jtwehs
J. M. Vinel & Co
It. B. Jones
George Mueller & Co
Joseph Mascati & Co
W. Tk, Roberts & Co
Helnvare Street
Airedt
Aasual
Whlers &Wetz
Katterhenry & Quack
Albert AG. Quack
Albert Quack Canl
Best
Indianapolis Fruit Auction Co
Florida
New Orleans
Louisiana
Dealers campaign to change postal rules on mailed circulars
Cincinnati dealers push to amend postal law to allow mailing of magazines and circulars without stamps. Current statute fixes a minimum of 2,000 pieces. organizers aim to reduce to 500. Local National League branch plans to draft a bill and present it at the current session.
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Cincinnati
Ren
Congress
National League
Price notes on fruits and vegetables in Nashville
Florida oranges stay low as packers rush to unload frosted stock. Retail prices run 1.00 to 2.00 dollars. Grapefruit remains in strong demand at 1.75 to 4.50 per box. Lemon values have fallen about 60 to 1e per box.
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Nashville
Tenn
Florida
Seed Irish potatoes dominate local produce trade
Seed Irish potatoes headline the market as warehouses stay stocked and shipments begin. Prices to retailers run 66c per bushel for Burbanks, 6c for Early Rose, and 1.50 for Triumphs, with onions steady at 31.90 per hundred pounds. Onion sets move freely at 1.00, 1.70 and 5 per bag for yellow, red and white respectively.
Bartlett Tennessee Berry Crop Update
Bartlett Tennessee February 10 There are about two acres in strawberries here compared with fifteen last season Klondykes and Lady Thompsons are the principal varieties Shipping will begin about April 15 to 25 Of the total acreage personally have 15 acres Other growers and shippers are Avery Warner John Edwards of this point and Randall at Bondy Tennessee Brockner
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Bartlett
Tenn
Avery Warner
John Edwarde
Oe Randall
Bondy, Tenn
Largest Bean Holder Revealed in Michigan
At a Michigan Bean Jobbers Association meeting in Detroit on February 10 a canvass of jobbers and elevator men showed P. F. E. Lewellyn of Shelby Michigan as the largest holder of Med Kidney beans with more beans than all other Michigan elevator men combined.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Bean Jobbers Assn
Ile
United State
FP. E. Lewellyn
Shelby
Michigan
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