Twin City S M Freed Brokerage to Handle Fruits and Vegetables
Minneapolis announces a new S M Freed Brokerage Company to distribute fruits and vegetables in the Twin Cities and northwest. Founder S M Freed was long associated with Leon K Stein. Cliff Stetler also joins. Freed will attend the International Apple Association meeting in St Louis. Offices opened at 311 Gorham Building, Minneapolis. James Thwaites, 80, a retired fruit grower and dealer from Mears Michigan, dies in Grand Rapids after five weeks illness. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Twin City
S. M. Freed
International Apple Association
St. Louis
Gorham Building
James Thwaites
Grand Rapids
Mich
James*Thwaites
Mears
Twin Cities street notes on St Paul Kansas City game night
A St Paul Kansas City baseball double header drew over 1,000 tickets as the St Paul commission men led a large wholesale trade delegation. The event boosted publicity for the fruit and vegetable trade with radio coverage and a near riot in the fifth inning. Local business figures and growers from Minnesota and Washington visited the offices and markets while Osseo and California Alberta produce arrived for sale.
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St. Paul
Heavy Storms Hit Hollandale Onion Crop in July
July weather damaged the Hollandale Minnesota onion crop with officials saying maturity may reach only 66 to 70 percent of earlier predictions. The district may ship just over 1,600 cars versus 2,500 forecast, with last year about 1,900. Potatoes look strong with a normal crop if two weeks of favorable weather follow. Onions are expected to move around August 15 along with potatoes, though prices will influence harvest.
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Hollandale
Minn
Ben Pitha
Hollandale Marketing Association
Mr. Picha
Picha
Weak Onion Market Signals Slow Demand in Chicago Trade
In Chicago onions this week plentiful supply and slow inquiry led to market weakness. Iowa yellows sold in 50 pound sacks at 40 cents per hundredweight, California whites at 1 401 656, homegrown yellows at 25 65en. Officers questioned a police witness about behavior in the road, clarifying that kneeling does not prove intoxication.
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Chicago
Iowa
California
Philadelphia Bulletin
Abundant Green Vegetables On Chicago Market
Chicago July 29 abundant supply of green vegetables on the market with homegrown offerings especially liberal. beans steady with decent demand. prices: homegrown Bountifuls 76c to 1.60, wax 60c to 1.75, Kentucky Wonders 50 to 75c, Michigan Valentines 1.25 to 1.50. Tomatoes in heavy supply, movement slow.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Michigan
Ilanoia
California
Washington
Wisconsin
Tiinoia
Indiana
Maryland
Alifornia
Ohio
Idaho
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Illinois
Colorado
New York
Nancy Halla
Alabama
Triumpha
Jerseys
Louisiana
Melon Car Auction Aids St Mary’s Catholic Church
In Chicago on July 29 a car of honey dew melons from Imperial Valley California was auctioned for charity. The La Mantia Brothers Arrigo Company received the car and the Fruit Auction Sales Company conducted the sale with all handling charges waived. Proceeds benefited St Mary’s Catholic Church in El Centro California.
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Chicago
Imperial Valley
Calif
la Mantia Brothers-Arrigo Company
Fruit Auction Sales Company
LaMantia Brothers-Arrigo Company
Fruit Auction Sales
St. Mary's Catholic Church
el Centro
Detroit Street Notes Highlights Visiting Shippers and Car Arrivals
Shippers Service Company reports several first cars for the season in Detroit. First cars include Kentucky peaches North Carolina apples and Lion brand Louisiana sweet potatoes shipped by Leo Guilbeau Sunset Louisiana. Rochester NY based York State Fruit Distributors representative Glen I Blades visited Detroit. Detroit Times editor Prudence Penny visited the Detroit Union Produce Terminal. Lawrence Office El Centro CA called on local trade. Ro-H-Gaina Fruit Company’s Jerry Egan visited Detroit. D Louis Fox of Wauchula FL vegetable shipper headquartered with Shippers Service Company.
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Shippers Service Company
Detroit
Kentucky
Peaches
North Carola Boppers
Lion
Louisiana
Leo Guilbeau
Sunset
Heart Attack Fatal to H. R. Wilkin Detroit Harbor Manager
Herbert R. Wilkin 46 general manager of Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc. died Sunday from a heart attack while riding in a friend’s car in Detroit. Born in Owen Sound Ontario July 26 1891, he held key banking posts before joining Detroit Harbor Terminals in 1936. Survived by widow Greta Arm Turner, parents, two sisters and a brother. funeral Thursday at Schneider Van Deweghe Chapel.
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Detroit
Herbert R. Wilkin
Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc
Wilkin
Owen Sound
Ont
Can
Bank of Ottawa
University of Toronto
Commonwealth Federal Bank
Griswold National Bank
National Bank of Detroit
Griswold Bank
Union Guardian Trust Company
Highland Park State Bank
Guardian Detroit Union Group, Inc
Vortex Club
Birch Hills Golf Club
Schneider-Van Deweghe
East Warren Avenue
Mr. Wilkin
Greta Arm Turner
United Air Lines and Fresh Foods Company Profiles
A note outlines travel plans to Cleveland Pittsburgh Buffalo New York Boston and Maine potato regions for about a week. It also describes Fresh Foods Company as a pearlet distributor of all fruits and vegetables, operating just over a year under Mr James with steady progress and growing tonnage.
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United Air Lines
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
New York City
Boston
Maine
Fresh Foods Company
James
Chicago Watermelon Market Steady Amid Arrivals Fluctuation
Chicago July 29 The watermelon market held a steady tone as arrivals were heavy early week and lightened later with fair demand. Arkansas and Texas Toni Watsons ranged 60 to 66 cents, 26 to 28 pounds at 30 to 36 cents, Mississippi Cuban Queens 28 to 80 pounds at 33 to 36 cents, 20 pounds at 28 cents, 24 pounds at 7 to 8 cents, 22 pounds 42 cents, 18 to 20 pounds 20 cents, Missouri 24 to 26 pounds 25 to 30 cents. The Golf Club held a semi monthly tournament at Oak Hills despite rain with 20 players. next event August 6 at Medinah.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Texas
Toni Watsons
Mississippi
Missouri
South Water Market
Picnic at Oak Knoll Grounds by Gridley Maxon Co
The annual Gridley Maxon Co picnic for employees and families drew over 200 attendees at Oak Knoll picnic grounds two miles west of Downers Grove Illinois. Activities included golf, a 26 to 21 softball game, sack races, egg tossing and prize drawings with a grand silver chest as the top award.
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Chicago
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Oak Knoll
Downer Grove
Ill
Downers Grove
Egg Toss Comedy Stunt Widens Gap Between Pairs
A comical stunt pairs contestants to toss an egg that must be caught without breaking. With each toss the thrower steps back, increasing the distance between partners. The event continued until about 8 Dm.
Peach Market Firm as Movement Remains Active in Chicago
Peach market ruled firm in Chicago this week with moderate spec price ranges and active movement. Georgia Elbertons moved around 31.08 to 2.50 per bushel. Elbertas 82.40 to 2.60. Tennessee Elbertas 1.60 to 2.16. Hales 2.76 to 3. Illinois Elbertas 12.35. Kentucky Elbertas 2 to 2.20. Hales 2.00 to 2.75.
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Chicago
Georgia
Hales
Kentucky
Elbertas
Heavy cabbage arrivals in Chicago market July 29
Arrivals remained heavy as Plovida red cabbage trades at $1 per 1.5 bushels hampers, homegrown white cabbage at 25 to 65 cents per crate, Savoy at 30 to 50 cents, red cabbage at 35 to 50 cents per crate. Demand was generally slow while the market showed ease.
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Chicago
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C.H. Weaver & CO
South Water ‘Market
Mississippi-Arkansas—Missouri
Rubin Produce CO
M. H. Rosenthal
ROSEY
Vincent Hotel
Benton Harbor
Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc
Gordon Tyrrell CO
South Water Market Commission
ASO
Nebraska
Kansas
Ompmenin
EDW. H. Anderson & .Co
Monroe
Smith-Cordes CO
Chandler-Allen Co. T
Becker
S. H
South Water Market Sportsmen's Club
Hnickerbocker Hotel
Amphion Athletic Club
Amphion
Lemoyne
LaVergne Avenues
Twin Cities
Advertisementa
Arthur Bernier
Archie Plack
Bernier & Sons, ,Inc
Don Swartz
Des Moines
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Mr. Swartz
Harry Goldman
C. C. Taft Company
Thomas Murphy
Tampa, Fla
Win City
John Bouchier
Albert Miller & Co
Dayton Baldwin
Moorhead, Minn
Puyallup Valley
C. H. Robinson Company
R. D. Bodle Company
Seattle
Washington Packers, Inc
Sumner
Alberta
Jim Fraser
Wenatchee-Beebe
Wenatchee, Wash
State Inspection Department
Man
United States
Chicago Packer
Chicago, Ill
Dallas
Woodstock
Carlots
Ebenezers
Russel Produce Co
Naseel H. Luts
Water Market
RPCO
Minneapolis, Minn
Cliff Stetler
Northwest
Detroit Street
Glen I
Blades of the
York State Fruit: Distributors, Inc
Rochester
N. Y
Prudence Penny
The
Detroit Times
Detroit Union Produce Terminal
Lawrence
Jerry Egan
Ro-H-Gaina Fruit Company
Clermont
Fla
D. Louis Fox
Wauchula
H. R. Wilkin
Detroit Harbor Terminal
O’connell Brokerage CO
M. Fink & CO
S. B. Davis
Grand Rapids, Mich
McFaddin Distributing CO
APPLE
Larry McFaddin
R. G. James
East
Geo. Hitz&Co
Indianapolis, Ind
H. J. Riebe
Indianapolis
Ind
Schwartz Brothers
Peach Market Firm
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