Grant Manufacturing expands by extensive advertising push
Kokomo Indiana June 29 Grant Manufacturing Company withdrew most road men to focus on advertising. President J R Grant says early season was mail order, now wired orders drive growth as merchants stock Grant Da-Lite Candlers to clear unsuitable stock. Lower cherry prices in Chicago July 6 due to heavy offerings with Michigan sour at 1 76 per 16 quart case and 2 75 for Illinois Indiana 24s. Michigan black sweet at 3 3 25 per case with whites and reds at 1 75.
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Kokomo
Ind
Grant Manufacturing Company
J. R. Grant
Chicago
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Quiet vegetable trade in Chicago shows uneven demand
Market offerings were generally quiet with steady overall tone. Illinois fancy tomato stock moved slowly at reduced prices while head lettuce and cucumbers sold steadily, and outside peas remained mostly dry and weak in price.
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Tulinois
Tennessee
Illinois
Baltimore
Mississippi
California
Kentucky
St. Louis
Michigan Celery
Gale
Bean Maggot Damage Exaggerated in Michigan
W. H. Church of the U S Department of Agriculture reports after an investigation in northern Michigan that bean maggot damage is greatly exaggerated. He says current bean acreage is not primarily harmed by the pest and spring conditions kept beans from a favorable start. Predictions are premature. Prices and market notes follow with general trends in eggs, poultry, and butter.
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Traverse City
Mich
H. Church
United States Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Indianapolis
Slater Son Arrives in France. Michigan Ties Highlight
Ellis D Slater arrives in France with a Michigan University hospital unit. His father J Ellis Slater of the J Ellis Slater Company reports the news from Chicago July 6. The unit arrived Monday night and includes university graduates. F Kern With Office joins Traverse City market office. Grand Traverse Fruit and Produce Exchange to pause cooperative selling this summer after three years of operation.
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Ellis D. Slater
France
Chicago
J. Ellis Slater
Youne
Slater
Michigan University
F. Kern
Traverse ‘City
Mich
Kern
Grand Traverse
Cold wet weather hurts Grand Traverse cherry crop
Traverse City July 6 Two weeks ago growers expected an average crop but now less than half remains on the trees. Cold and wet weather loosened stems causing heavy drop. Warm weather may save the rest. Caners are contracting at 35 per 100 pounds for sour cherries and about one third of the crop is spoken for. Labor is in short supply with men shipped from Chicago Cincinnati and Toledo and women and girls to harvest more than before.
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Grand Traverse
Chicago
Cincinnati
Toledo
Wisconsin Cheese Advances This Week in Market Report
Wisconsin dairy market shows another gain with heavy June receipts. Twink product holds steady as operators report robust activity in Sheboygan and surrounding areas amid ongoing cheese trade trends.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Jd Bart
Copmeret
Banana rate ruling noted in June trading report
The report cites modest export trading and steady demand for Twins and Daisies at similar figures, with June cheese buying by Southern jobbers rising despite higher asks. It covers Plymouth Sheboygan and Appleton Call Boards sales, plus a federal ruling dismissing a bananas rate complaint from La Crosse against Illinois Central, deeming New Orleans to La Crosse carload rates not unreasonable.
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Plymouth
Sheboygan
Appleton
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
la Crosse
Wis
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
John c. Burns
Illinois Central
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Iowa
No. Dakota
So. Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Soe
Canada
Minnesota
Ilinois
First and Security Bank
Duns and Bradstreets
the Packer
AXE
Elgin Butter Board
Elgin
Skallerup Bros
Clark St
Coyne Bros
Chigaco
Wisconsin
John W. Low
J.C. Millerstadt RS
Headley Wayne & Low, Inc. Fruit and Produce Co
W. S. Water St
Corn Exchange Nail Bank
National Produce Bank
James Flood CO
W. Randolph
First Nat. Bank
Ball
Springfield
G. C. Emerson & CO
ST. Paul, Minn
C.H. Weaver & Co
South Water St
Nat’l Bank
Packer
Lepman & Heggie
Weare Buyern
Jesse M. Lepman
V. Pres
S. Pres. & Treas
A. BH
Rohol Mér
Butter Dept
Horace L. Lepman, Set'y
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FORD
Geo. E. Ford
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Nee Mater St
Gallagher Bros
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Shippers
Carlots
W.A. Murphy
Paul, Minn
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