Liberal Vegetables At Chicago Market Face Oversupply
Chicago June 29 Nineteen market reports show homegrown stock coming in this week along with increased southern offerings. Fancy string beans sold well while others were coarse. Illinois green beans reached $3 per hamper and cotton-ties baskets moved. Lettuce and tomatoes varied by origin with homegrown stock firm U.S. prices. Peppers, peppers, and New Orleans corn showed mixed demand. butter and cheese markets noted stable to improving conditions despite ample supply.
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Illinois
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Kankakee
Godfrey
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Indiana
St. Louis
Kentucky
California
Florida
New Orleans
Wisconsin Cheese Market Shows Slight Advance in Prices
Wisconsin cheese markets posted a small rise on country boards with Twins and Cheddars offered at 21.5 cents on the Apateton Call Board and sales in Plymouth for Longhorns and Young Americas. Export demand revived with Eastern buyers active though price hesitation continues. Domestic trade remains steady with round lots for storage emerging as the season peaks.
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Sheboygan
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Apateton
Plymouth
Joe
Dillon Boys Win Medals As World Potato Champions
Carter Edinger and Hugh Dart of Dillon Montana won a solid gold medal for the best potatoes and a solid silver medal for the second best at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. They grew the championship potatoes at the Edinger farm near Dillon at age 15. The event was reported from Dillon with other agricultural notes from Chicago and Cranmoor Wisconsin.
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Dillon
Mont
Carter Edinger
Hugh Dart
San Francisco
Edinger
Drought Hits Texas Melon Crop and Market Lows
Hempstead June 29 drought hampers Texas watermelons with shipments light at about 26 cars daily. Prices ranged 200 to 400 dollars per car for various 20 to 30 pound averages. demand brisk and market strong, some cars sold for high prices. Navasota and Hempstead see cantaloupes and melons moving through brokers and buyers from Muskogee and Wichita firms listed.
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Hempstead
Tom Watsons
Navasota
W.A. Saunders
Saunders
Muskogee
Okla
G. F. Butler
I. Carter
W. C. Stitzel
Boyle Company
Wichita
Kan
W. B. Straughn
Hempsted
Stitzel
Eagle Lake
U. S
Reparation Claims Rise Over Icing Charges
Chicago reports filed petitions with the Interstate Commerce Commission demanding reparations for icing charges paid since March 20, 1915. Complainants include members from major exchanges and various states, led by M Hartman, attorney for the National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association, as chair.
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Chicago
M. ‘Ss. Hartman
Transportation Committee
National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
I Dee
City boosts Grant light candlers price on July 10
Grant company announces a one dollar price increase on all models effective July 10. President J R Grant cites exhausted supplies of sheet metal, castings and electrical components after securing SAE events and ample stock last fall. He notes market prices are much higher now than eighty months ago due to increased material costs.
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Grant Lght Candler
J. R. Grant
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