Hawkeye State meeting discusses egg and dairy pricing
At Cedar Rapids Iowa the Iowa Wholesale Lut te Deators Assn held a meeting amid price worries for store packed rugs and eggs. The session covered Senate Bill 175, proposed dairy inspections, and possible reciprocity to ease rising costs while noting limited trading activity and viewer interest from northern shippers.
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Maines
Med
Iowa
Chicago
Ary
Eljet
Stite
Youyteen Sa
Desare Tue
Senate
Sansis City
Lay Wansis
Nebraska
Thomas Mettesa
Tawi
Wis
Commission
Anc Te Dhe Qericultural Department
Ohington
Deepsiel Products Sa
Jo. Gafford
Jaws Grain & Troi Co
Burlington
Gafford
Wity
Vonelision
Toahar
Hoohynshy
Pella
Chaat Treridvat
Arkansas
Givitnson
Cedar Hits
Chamber of Couter
Fruit markets and shipments across states in flux
Interstate trade details from New York to Texas feature precooling, citrus auctions, berry and cantaloupe movements, and packing house concerns. Reports cite decay in California oranges, Michigan fruit growers, and Missouri packing trends, with storage costs, railroad delays, and auction activity shaping the season's market dynamics.
Woods vs Stoerk and others in municipal case
Fragmented detail notes a municipal suit involving Hy Woods Co and August Stoerk on the West Side over peaches and contract obligations. The court action centers on meeting obligations amid unsettled contracts and potential insolvency, with John Nix & Co cited in related talks.
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Acainet Hy Woods Co
August Stoerk
Josh Ak
Staork
Patire
Woods
John Nix & Co
York
Merida Tititato
UES
Reich
Steven
Day Letter Rate and Telegram Service Change
Western Union officials announced new day letter and telegraph rate changes. The plan halves some rates and sets a window for delivery with messages prioritized by time, aiming to cut costs and speed service.
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P Hake
Western Union Offickers Res
Unclear Rutter Content on Wilting Goods and Stock
Fragmentary notes dated February 24 discuss Watson area receipts and creamery extras priced at 24c. Mentions 8,000 pack, fresh goods, packing stock, and 1,000 pounds of No. 4 stock sold at a given rate. Details are garbled with quotation marks and misspellings, obscuring full meaning.
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Watson
Ide
Werthy
Favors Sane Egg Prices Amid Chicago Trade Confusion
Chicago reports show a steady egg market with prices holding near earlier highs despite storage concerns. Buyers and sellers across Chicago and Rayastas City weigh April pack orders, storage costs, and possible shifts as sentiment leans conservative amid large year-end storage stock.
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Chicago
eiGe
Ide
Rayastas City
Storia
Bipsis Especiilly
Corte
Speculatoy
Venus
Right to Pre-Cool Confirmed for Fruit Shippers
Interstate Commerce Commission rules California Fruit Growers' Exchange may pre cool its own fruit and assume in transit damage responsibility. Railroads’ refrigeration rates cut to 7.50 a car where pre cooling is used, but shippers must accept liability for transit damages. The decision follows a dispute between Arlington Heights Fruit Exchange and railroads over excessive refrigeration charges.
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Interstate
Commerce — Commission
Washington, Peb
Interstate Commerce Conmission
Califonia Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Arlington Heights Fruit Exchange
Arlington
Theo
Persett
Poultry Market Shows Strength Amidsteadier Prices
Live poultry traders report a stronger market with price gains across varieties. Spring chicks and hens rise while roosters hold at low levels, ducks steady, and turkeys jump. Freight and express loads are light. dressed stock gains on firmer mood, while overall trade remains cautious as demand is fair and receipts moderate.
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Neo
Herve
Tite
AVRO
New Poultry Market Changes for Jewish Holidays in New York
New poultry arrivals this week include fresh live stock and improving demand as the market anticipates Jewish holidays. Prices quoted per unit show owls 164e chickens Wwe and turkeys 20e. Michigan Egg Meeting set for Detroit February 25 to 26 at Griswold House with sessions at 2 PM and a banquet, free to members.
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New York
Michigan Egg Meeting
Netroit
Michigan Curload Tsutter, Hye & Poultry Association
Detroit
Griswold
Press rites and market notes from Pittsburg Boston and Baltimore
General market conditions in Pittsburg Baltimore and Boston with brief bulletins from G W Simpson & Co. Notes mention two days handling and scattered street Bulletin items from Boston. The text includes fragmentary phrases about strawberries and press rites.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Boston
G. W. Simpson & Co
New York Market Report Highlights Weekly Meat Prices
The vast week saw ongoing movement in meat markets with prices easing and firmness varying by item. Receipts were heavy across categories with several shifts in firsts and seconds and a cautious outlook for next week as buyers and sellers adjust to current wholesale levels.
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Amie Dagen
Issye
Iso
Isyer St
Wey
Texas
Goo Dressed Poultry Market Report Feb 24 1912
Fresh killed poultry market in New York shows lighter demand and steady up turn in prices. Barrels around 16 cents, boxes near 15 to 16 cents, capons up to 19 cents. Few fresh chickens arriving selling 8 to 9 cents, frozen poultry demand weak. Frost reports from Florida and Georgia indicate heavy losses to beans lettuce cucumbers and peaches, with some crop damage but most prospects considered safe. Missouri Carlot and Poultry Shippers Convention scheduled for March 6-7 at Planters Hotel, St. Louis.
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New York
Florida
Palmetto
Catherine
Gainesville
Georgia
M. Fleming
Munager
Missouri Key
St. Louis
Missouri Carlot [Bet and Poultry Shippers
Planters Hotel
Frost Damage Reports Across Georgia and Arkansas
Reports from Georgia and southern peach regions indicate 10 to 25 percent frost damage, with celery crops 40 percent short in the Manistee district. Independent growers note variable losses across states, including Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, as cold weather threatens fruit and vegetable yields while shipments continue through spring.
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Howie
Tex
D. A. Youre
Bowie Distri Cincioneti
Georgia
Mantes
Manuiee
Josiah Varn
Freeze Destroys Bean Crop Across Louisiana Coast
Cold spell ends bean crops across the state with total destruction reported from Kenner Ponchatoula Bertrandville Jesuit Bend Point Lahache and lower coast towns as far as Happy Jack. Okra and potatoes show heavy damage while general vegetables suffer minimal loss and frost is forecast coastward. Mississippi areas report broad vegetable and fruit damage including young orange trees in Gulfport and Long Beach.
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New Orleans
Tla
Okra
Kenner
Ponchatouli
Bertrand Ville
Jesuits Bend
Point Lahachie
Mississippi
Gulfport
Long Bevel
Freeze at Sanford Florida Sparking Crop Damage
In Sanford Florida this midweek cold snapped below the air point with expectations of similar low temperatures tonight. The freeze severely damaged beans cucumbers and potatoes with likely impact on celery lettuce and citrus crops. Movements last week show lower fruit shipments likely affecting local markets.
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Sanford
Fla
California Distrib Authors Shake Up in Fruit Trade
Eastern financiers move to control California deciduous and citrus deals. Di Giorgio, Atlantic Fruit Co president, aligns with Connelly and Fanning to form dominant New York auctions, challenging established players. United Fruit trust seen backing Carriage to consolidate power amid lawsuits and rapid growth in banana and citrus imports.
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New York
California
Packer
Los Angele
Sacramento
Joseph di Giorgio
Baltimore
Karl Fenit Co
Fanning
Ast
Connollynetian Co
Connelly
Mas Fanning
Vilrsiitte
di Giorgio i
He Gerber
Bard Fruit Co
United Rrait Co. Komwn
Hanna Trust
Citar Seveenel
Wits
Ily Jemans
United
di Giorgia
di Giorgio
Freres
Tothiv
Sicily
Atlantic Fruit’ Co
Atkantic
New Orleans
Erin
Atlantic Fruit Co
Atlantic
United I
The
Plantic Fruit Co
Trust
Hugh FE. Connolly
Tames
Pittsburgh
Brawn & Ehutda
Treawn
Pynans
New York Man Has Warrant For Preston Arrest
Sam Blick Greenwich street butter and egg merchant holds civil suit papers and a criminal libel warrant for Preston the editor of the pink sheet. An officer has sought Preston for over a week at his office and Bensonhurst home without success. Blick’s lawyer Myron Krieger says Preston cannot stay hidden forever and will be arrested when he appears. Warrant issued by Magistrate Herbert on suggestion of ADA Rice.
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Blick
New York
Sam Blick
Greenwich Street
Preston
Bensonhurst
Myron Kreiger
Broadway
Herbert
Rice
Bad Storage Bill Faces Defeat In Albany
New York February 24 The New York Mercantile Exchange and Poultry and Game Trade Assn with other trades are pressing to defeat Brenen cold storage legislation introduced in Albany weeks ago It seeks six months storage limit with six month extension by health commissioner It requires dating goods on arrival marks rate of storage outside state and bars restorage The bill has been favorably reported to the assembly and trade members and friends are urging letters to state senators and assemblymen to stop it Eye poultry and fish dealers are urged to contact their representatives at Albany to defeat the measure
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New York
New York Merantile Exchange and Poultry and Game Trade Assn
Albany
Commissioner of Public Health
Assembly
Eye
Zucca's Trial Scheduled In Federal Court In New York
United States Court in New York fixed a Thursday trial date for Antonio Zucca of Zucca & Co. on charges of undervaluing foreign cheese to dodge full duties. Zucca, a leading foreign fruit merchant and treasurer of the New York Fruit Exchange, faces the case.
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United States Court
New York
Antonio Zucca
Zucca & Co
Federal Grand Jury
Olt
Zucca
New York Fruit Exchange
Teague Quit After Failing to Pay Creditors
Philadelphia broker T G Teague formerly of 3040 Market Street has left the address and owes several creditors. He came from Chester and worked for various houses before entering business. There were complaints about his method of doing business.
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Philadelphia
T. G Teague
Market Street
Teague
Chester
Butter Markets Show Weak Close as Creamery Prices Fall
New York on Friday notes a weak butter closing with creamery specials down 1 cent for the week. Firsts and extras quoted 7 to 8 1 2 cents, undergrades dull, held specials near 7 1 2 to 7 0 1?0 cents. Elgin reports no change in creamery extras and price set at 26 1 2 cents, with Calder weather and light snowfalls affecting the region.
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New York
Elgin
Momlay
Calder
Did Not Pit Williamson N Y Farmer Session Trouble
In Palmyra New York Leigh J Sessions, son of a respected produce dealer, faced disputes over unpaid produce after last season. The case involves Wertinized in this section and a claim that Sessions did not settle the account.
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Williamson
N. V
Leigh J. Sessions
Sessions
Palmyra
N.Y
New York Manager Neubold Marries Louise Mickeller
James Ek Neubold of New York, manager for Chiuse and Jacksonville, wed Miss Louise Mickeller last Saturday in New York. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. George YP Meknin of St. Pauls Methodist Church. The groom received many congratulations from friends this past week.
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Mr. Neubold
New York
James Ek
Neubold
Chiuse
Jacksonville
Louise
Mickeller
Charleston
George YP. Mekniin
St. Pauls
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Faw
Kevioraclty
Cedar Rapids
Packer TH
Cyona
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I, Woods Co
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Mr. Neubuld
Prin Chiesa
Jissiun al Gruwese
Ems
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Lewisville
W. D.tliwell
Emerson-Muarfees
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Louisiana
Orleans
Fruiit Growers
Douglas
Mianaser Uy Barth
Bagh
Gilbaugh
Metphis
Peiuty
Labamie
West Virginia
Andrew Wood Creamery Co
Pacific Coast
Axsa
Julios
Angeles
Pacific Coast Fruit. Auction. Co
Kansas
California’ Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Kosten
O Citrus
Cincinnati
Mercantile Exchange
Bahrenburgs
Renan
Ciubman
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Buffalo
Washington
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Columbia
S.C
Ieat
Miami
Flo
General Florida News
St Louis
Storch Bros
J. A. Polson
Perry Fruit
Kansas City
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Nix & Co
H. Foods Co
Colorado
Arkansas River
Austin
Rockdale
Hiarkrider-Keith-Cagke Co
Ft. Worth
Carthage
Cameron, T
Lowisiana
Miome
Nance
Monard Letcher
Grand Junction Fruit Irawers’ Assn
St. Louls
St. Louis Street
B. McNamah
Detruit Street
Chandler Brokerage Co
Ohio
Gadspelnd Tenn
Independence
Yerry
Bertrandville
Casticherrs
Ala
Nashville
Axnuxville
Micaasas
California Exchange
Georgi
Bell Hornarope
Flao
Chase & "Co
Wigas City
Tiimmers' Assa
Uo Springs
Stroud
Ark
Elbertis
Hettonville
Ark—Chna
Lincoln Miyettevilly
Art
Init N.C
Hane Tian & Crume
and Pears
Gentry, Ronton Co
O. W. Petterson
Secreuury
Buren
J. J. Rei ‘Tyler
Woldart Grove
Kaunvitin
C.D
Fila
Earl Fruit CO
Banana Trust
Connolly
Big
Earl
Pioneer
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Almeria
Hoth Connolly
Inde
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