Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Hold Great Chicago Meeting
The American Fruits and Vegetable Shippers Association opened its eighth annual meeting in Chicago with strong attendance, praise for progress, and plans culminating in new officers and an executive committee. President Frank E. Neilis welcomed members as charts showed record net membership and notable financial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis
New York
D. R. Waters
Onley
I. Nagel
Sacramento
Calif
Walter Farley
Chicago
Steinhardt
C. Bewley
Macon
BE. P. Miller
H. Bawden
St. Louis
R. Cummings
M. W. Lorch
Briggs
E. P. Miller
Co. B. Virdén
San Francisco
John Denny
A. A. Chanay
Frank E. Nella
Walter Fairey
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Waters
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Business session opens at eighth annual convention
Crowds gathered Sunday afternoon and Monday morning saw heavy registration as delegates arrived from across the country. President Wrank Nellis welcomed members and non members in the Louis XVI room, noting the gathering’s focus on business over formality and stressing organization as the foundation of achievement.
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Potuia
Wrank
Nellis
St Louis Special to Jobbers Convention Train
St Louis to join a special Western Fruit Jobbers convention train to New Orleans January 12 to 15. The seven car roster includes four Pullmans two from Peoria and one from Des Moines with dining and parlor space. Delegates from St Louis include Milks Balsanio Tony Cammearate and Jamga Lopiccolo among many fruit trade names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jan
Western Fruit Jobbers
New Orleans
M’ Nois Central
Peoria
Ill
Des Moines
Mike Barry
Barry ‘Commission Company
Rocco Florite
Joseph Genovese
National Fruit Company
Bellmeyer
H. PrINCE _ Company
Is” Distributing Company
George Dearborn
Pacific Fruit Express
Harry Hartman
Gus Hartman
Hartman Fruit & Produce Company
Co. T. More
Louis “Vowel
M. Lessen
Len: Produce Company
D. O. Wil
D. O. Williams & Co
M. H. Biederman
Biederman Brothers Produce Company
A. M. Macheen
A. M., Machecea & Co
I. H. Friedman
A. B. Friedman&Co
Louis Ciardi
Chard. Brothers
Mrs. Schopp
The
Conrad Schopp Fruit Company
Ben Sarasen
John R. Fiorita
Ed. Medart
National Nut Company
Viorita
Scabre-Gwan-Fiorita Fruit Company
Charles Pdlazzalo
New Market Produce Company
A. L. Rechman
Krogers Paking and Grocery Company
William Pahl
John P. Keyes
John P. Keyes &Bon
Packer
Mike Demma of Scottdale Declares Bankruptcy
Pittsburgh news report states Mike Demma, a Scottdale fruit and vegetable thief, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. He allegedly carried out thefts from Pittsburgh produce yards for years and his indebtedness is estimated above $5,000.
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Pittsburgh
United States District Court
Mike Demma
Scottdale
Demma
The Produce Packer weekly market news sample offer
The Produce Packer is printed alongside The Packer and focuses on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruits vegetables eggs poultry butter hides wool furs and similar goods. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Brokers Division meeting reviews ethics and reforms
The Brokers division of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association met in Chicago to re elect H Bawden as chairman and discuss a code of ethics, broker charges, and conflicts over direct shipper pricing. A committee was set to study arbitration, contracts, and inspection, with plans for a special bulletin and expanded member committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipper
Bagter
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers’ Association
C. R. Winslow
Minneapolis
B. M. Knobel
Washington, D.C
W. A. White
Broker
L. A. Bocksahler
Ed Miller
W. ©. Walker
Fragmentary Social Directory Mentions Across Many Cities
A garbled OCR list includes numerous names and places such as Grand Rapids, Chicago, Fort Wayne, Green Bay, and Minneapolis. The fragmentary text names individuals like J. Taylor, H. Komenunow, Abe Schwartz, Morris Posnick, and others, connected to various midwestern locales.
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Chicago
W. D. Beck
H. J. Champaigner
Scranton
G. H.lankey
Schiodton
Wis
W. E. Riley
Green Bay
Two Special Trains From Chicago to New Orleans
Two special trains will run from Chicago to New Orleans for the Western Bull Jobber Association convention. Receipts and reservations through Wednesday February 7 required splitting the train into two sections, due to demand.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange Opens New Quarters
The Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange held its first annual meeting in its new quarters, praised as the best ever with a grand Dome room. Francis V. Mead was elected president, succeeding Joseph L. Rankin, continuing a multi generation family leadership in the exchange.
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Boston
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Rome
Athens
Dome
Francies V. Mead
Joseph L. Rankin
Mr. Mead
William A. Doe
Ralph L. Gustin
Roger J. Mills
Don BE. Hicks
Clarence A. Russell
Edward W. Esterbrook
George A. Mann
Stacey L. Hall
Elliott Wadsworth
the Treasury
Quincy’s
Byrd
Erle
Citizens’ National Bank
Potato Men Form Special Division of Shippers Association
At the American Corn and Vegetable Shippers Association annual meeting in Chicago a new potato division was formed. E. P. Miller chaired the initial meeting in the Sherman Hotel to vote on establishing the division, aiming to standardize inspections grades and credits, and to combat market evils through closer cooperation and cash sales where credit is lacking. The group named W. Tidwell and others as officers and planned a broader membership drive with regional chairmen across the country.
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Chicago
Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
American Fruits& Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Fruit and Vegetable Fraternity
Sherman Hotel
Association
American Oornt and Vegetable ‘Shippers Association
Tempporary
E. P. Miller
Eexchange
Onley
Virginia
F. Pe. Hirst
Michigan Potato Growers, Exchange
Cadillacr
E. Prater
Wolverine Fruit & Produce Exchange
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Leslie Welter
Moorhead
Minnesota
J. W. Green
California Vegetable Union
Los Angeles
California
W. D. Tidwell
Fort-Tidwell Co
Denver
J. JH. Woolf
J. Rothchild Produce Co
Greeley
Colorado
J. W. Davis
New York City
Charles F. Murphey
O. Birkholm
Morrell
Nebraska
W. M.S. Dunlap
Simon ‘& Dunlap
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
J. L. Hillyard
J. L. Hillyard & Co
Fremont
Hyatt C
Miller
Eb.’ Prater
T. H. Cochrane
Hom
Caenat
Prater
Waters
H.L. ‘Robinson
Southwest
Rn Oth
Unclear OCR fragment on shipper association plan
Fragmentary text references the American Fruit Del Shippers Association and community divisions. It mentions signed applications for membership, association headquarters, and consult and services, but the garbled passage yields no clear event, date, or outcome.
Joseph Boss Files Petition in Bankruptcy
Notice records indicate Joseph Boss filed a petition in bankruptcy. Details are fragmentary but show an address on a street referenced as Jacob Boss Street. The filing denotes standard proceedings with no additional debtors or co petitioners explicitly listed in the readable text.
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Joseph Boss
Jacou Boss
Heart of America Special to Carry Delegates to Convention
A large eight car Heart of America Special train will run from Kansas City to New Orleans to transport delegates to the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention January 12 to 16. W S Kirke heads the organizing committee. the trip departs January 10 at 8 p.m. from Kansas City. Delegates from Missouri to Minnesota will join in, with hospitality plans in Hot Springs, and numerous KC area residents listed among travelers.
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Kansas City
Heart of America
New Orleans
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
W.S. Kirke
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Colorado
Nebraska
Arkansas
Minnesota
R. Warry Jones
BR. W. G Gees
Guy Robertson
Royal Order of the Gobbler
Chamber of Commeres
Hot Springs
Atk
R. W. Gees
W. L. Black
R. Harry Jones
Herb Ziegler
Ralph ‘Wilkerson
Henry
Eaepare
Hamilton
The
Blanar
R. Carpenter
Canon City
Colo
Omaha
Neb
P. Cc. Hyson
C.G. Trimble
Grand Inland
F. J. Coates
Pittsburgh
Kan
L. F. Fadler
W. H. Whitescarver
Wichita
William Brinker
Hutchinson
BR. Hambric
van ‘Buren
Ark
H.rouw
J. We “Myers
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western
Heart, of
America
New York Branch League All Set for Big Convention
Preparations underway for the New York Branch League convention with 2 506 attendees. Events include receptions, fashion show, entertainment, and business sessions from Tuesday to Thursday at Astor and hotel venues amid social events for ladies and guests.
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New York
Biltmore
Tusday
Laxidles
Grand Ball Room
Astor Galley
Hoae
Alm Ordam
Ps Astor Gallery
Astor Gallery
Peasion
Hotel Biltmore
Cascade
Notice for Ladies' AssemblyRegistration at Sanctuary
Sunday event at 9 30 with entertainment coupons and instructions. Attendees urged to register, obtain booklets, and follow included guidance throughout the convention.
Roosevelt Hotel Convention Date Noted for January Program
A clipped notice lists a Roosevelt Hotel convention event spanning January 2 with unclear year and location details. It references the National League of Commission Merchants and a Waldorf Astoria element, suggesting a merchants gathering or fair in New York with distant scheduling and incomplete venue specifics.
Bockelmann and Warnecke Case Returns to Fore
Chicago Jan 3 A Federal Commissioner again reviewed the unsettled affairs of the insolvent firm Bockelmann and Warnecke. James R Glass refused action until the firm is adjudicated bankrupt and a trustee appointed. Fred Bockelmann defended. Otto Warnecke remains missing. Witnesses traced purchases of butter and secured advances to cover butter with plans to buy apples for further advances. A total of 26000 was wired to Warnecke in St Louis.
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Chicago
Bockelmann & Warnecke
James R. Glass
Glass
Hagery
A. Parkin
Fred Bockelmann
Otto Warnecke
Wutter
Bockelsmmann
Bockelmann
St. Louis
Warnecke
Stockton Potato Market Is Better
Stockton Calif Jan 8 The state market has been looking at 33 50 a sack on the bank The cane are fast cleaning up Track holding have been quite heavy here the week although shipments are daily and better The onion market remains the whites are selling from 2 76 to the cars Browns are and yellows at 1 50 years Shipments on where we eke on on icng have Average
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Stockton
Calif
Cain
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Fruit & Vegetable Shippers
Retary
Brige
Frank E. Neilis
Charlies Viraen
B. P. Miller
Joseph’ DiGiorgio
Crutchfield
Robert “W. Nix
J. Ta. Nagle
Ximer Steg
Frank H. Buck
Ben Well
Maine
Powers
Maryland
A. Fava
Massachusetts
Dan Aweeney
Granger
North Carolina
Andrews
Pretery S
Wraw
Gerrard
Garvin
W. Dd
Mawell
Florida
J. C. Chase
G. A. Boott
W.H. Mouser
Robison
DL McNatt
Fostner Butner
J.B. Cancelmo
Ralph. Clayberger
Chester “Franzell
Texas
Roy Campbell
Jarratt
R. Waters
Washingtour
Currie
R. Cumming
J. M. Wade
Fred Eberle
Hight
Garry“ing
Phil Erb
Erb Fruit Company
Springfield
Gabe Weil
Well-Brockman Company
Cincinnati
del Gourley
Gourley Company
Gilbert Peterson
Payette
Idaho
David I. Peterson
F. Gillardi
Sparta
W. H. Grupe
Lagomarcino- Grupe Company
Burlington
Mra
W. Coe
Spritfetd
Ton, Ing
Scottdale, Pa
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Walker
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