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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1911
Page
1
Readable fragments describe berry readiness in March with notes on vines, trellising, and shipments. Mentions Brewers and Crom Lene as possible suppliers and northern markets. Indicates quality expectations, prices, and potential demand for fresh berries.
A dense compilation from various cities outlines trade in potatoes berries vegetables and citrus. It notes shipments to Kansas City dealers, California fruit firms, Florida citrus, and New York trade activities with multiple firms and associations, including weather impact and market outlooks.
A scattered OCR fragment mentions trade items and places including New York Pittsburg Asbury Providence Caney valley and Jacksonville. References to apples fruits vegetables and distant markets hint at a broad trade note with unclear details and detached names.
The Chicago wholesale egg market shows declines across multiple days as receipts rise. Reports indicate steady to lower prices for fresh firsts with weekly totals around 4,500 cases per day and buyers cautious about upcoming deliveries.
Trade in butter shows little activity with many operators awaiting lower prices to spur demand. Public stockpiles and private boxes total around 140000 tubs, holdings three times last year, while fresh creamery output sells slowly at 2 to 4 cents for creamery firsts. Market observers speculate relief may come if prices drop to about 20 cents, though actual sales remain weak and supplies remain ample.
A sharp drop in egg prices Wednesday sent shock waves through traders with a chaotic selloff. About 29 sales totaled 3 170 cases. Sales included 2 000 cases of Lisour India, Tennes see and other regions with declines to 21?4 to 22 4 cents per dozen for various grades.
Fragmented notes from Page 14 and Market Quotations Page II describe damage concerns to citens fruits in Texas. Mentions relate to crops near Louisville and various markets including Baltimore and New Orleans. References to potatoes, berries, poultry and seeds appear amid scattered regional trade notes.
Market reports show a decline through Tuesday with fresh stock swelling to about 66,000 cases, down from 107,000 a year ago and 68,990 in earlier weeks. West and interior shipments, including Kansas and Tennessee firsts, sold slowly with prices around 22 to 24 cents, reflecting heavy offerings and uncertain demand.
Dairy trading remained largely unchanged in Chicago this week with slight steadiness in butter prices. Receipts totaled 8 507 packages with no changes in creamery extras, while packing stock and bids showed limited firmness.
Chicago buyers reported a steady poultry market with low receipts of live stock and dressed poultry. Best grades sold well while inferior stock moved slowly. Tuesday dressed capons priced 15 cents lower, other poultry steady. Dressed chickens 11 to 12 cents, fryers 26 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese 11 cents. live fowls 12.5 cents, turkeys 15 cents, ducks 14 cents, geese 10 to 11 cents.
A Kansas City committee led by B J McNamara organized a Saturday dinner at the Baltimore hotel to entertain Western Fruit Jobbers Assn delegates en route to Sacramento for the February 10 convention. Tickets sold well, with railcar travel details, a boulevard luncheon, music and vaudeville planned, and expectations of 50 to 60 dollars in attendance.
A garbled market note from Elgin reports creamery butter prices fluctuating with quotes showing modest supplies and liberal offerings in some periods. Demand appears varied with changes in packing and Wednesday sales affecting overall pricing and bidding dynamics.
The Hadley Poultry Company, once led by Nettie Hadley and Frank Hadley, faced liabilities totaling about 80 000 dollars tied to deteriorated assets and unpaid notes. Creditors include Brawn & Son, Kiskera & Co, and the National Bank, with secure notes and a note stitch involving local shippers. The firm’s collapse follows a prior five year period and marked the end of Hadley & Co trading in poultry and eggs.
Kansas City market notes show weak demand for fresh eggs amid widespread surplus from storage and old product sales. Beef and poultry receipts fluctuated with prices slipping as reports of long storage drive cautious buying and dealers struggle to move surplus goods.
A questionable report claimed a California New York shipping association existed with independent shippers and a club, but sources say the rumor is incorrect. The only new note is that two independent companies reportedly plan to ship weekly to New York markets, with names and dates forming the basis of the claim.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled item mentioning Pine Ville and a dredge operation. It references a welder, a committee building, and possible public works duties but specifics and names are unclear. The readable elements suggest municipal maintenance and local construction activity without coherent details.
A historical market brief notes price movements in dairy fruit and vegetables. Dairy stock adjusted midweek with reduced refrigerator stocks and steady wholesale prices. Fresh stock arrival from the east and sparse receipts influence pricing. oranges and wax beans show mixed demand while southern vegetables sell briskly with small lot orders.
Growers from the Pacific Northwest regions including Yakima Hood River Wenatchee Milton Wilkes NW area meet in Portland to form a three state cooperative selling agency to control distribution for the apple crop. A. C. Atwell of Est Grove Oregon elected president with Frank W. Power of Portland as secretary as a fifteen member committee begins work on a corporate charter and selling arrangements.
Protests erupt at Jefferson City as a Missouri bill to keep food products in cold storage up to 120 days is introduced. Dealers, growers, and shippers urge lawmakers to attend a Wealth Committee meeting to oppose the bill claiming it would harm butter poultry apples and other stored goods.
Pittsburg reports focus on Latbury joining George Coggins Co to push seed potatoes. Article details company growth, organizational changes, and planned conventions with growers in the Red River valley and Northern Pacific display.
Poultry markets in Tianwu City show quiet activity with light supplies and steady quotes. Hens sold around 12 to 12.5 cents, roosters about 10 to 11 cents, geese near 9 to 12 cents, with limited bids and unchanged prices from prior days.
A warehouse fire in Albany halted a shipment bound for Vanderbuilt Yard. The blaze damaged about 2,007 boxes and forced a temporary suspension for loading. Officials expect about 22,000 units to be shipped once the yard resumes operations, with traders hoping the disruption will yield higher returns in the near term.
The piece notes lower fowl prices due to shoddy quality and soft demand for turkeys while hens and chicks appear steadier. Barrels and boxes prices vary, with poultry overall described as in a quieter market and ducks and geese selling at low figures as turkeys remain in stronger supply.
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