Gus H. Kury Forms Chicago Produce Firm
Gus H. Kury & Co., Inc. opened a new car lot distributing firm in Chicago at Room 318 Exchange Building, 216 South Water Market. Gus Kury serves as local manager, with prior work at American Fruit Growers in Pittsburgh and FOB office in Detroit. He led fruit and vegetable departments at C. F. Smith Co. Detroit. Telephone Roosevelt 2018. He plans to relocate his family to Chicago next month.
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Chicago
Gus H. Kury & Co., Inc
Exchange Building
South Water Market
Gus Kury
Pittsburgh
American Fruit Growers Inc
Detroit
Chicago Street Notes and Produce Deal Highlights
Warley Fruit & Produce Co. representative c V Evans arrived in Chicago to oversee the Alabama tomato and celery trade. Klotz & O Keefe and Hubert Love Company executives spent time in Chicago linking with Gourley. Local golfers prep for the spring Water Market tournament at Westward Ho club. Tomato deal HQs in Produce Exchange Building Room 1013. Frost devastates fruit in Washington County with peach and apple crops failing while strawberry losses mount. tomato acreage expected to be unusually large.
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C. V. Evans
Warley Fruit & Produce Co
Mobile
Ala
Chicago
Alabama
South’ Water Market
Westward-Ho -Club
George Diettrick
J Alex Woldert Company
Tyler
Tex
Produce Exchange
Prices rise in Winnipeg on new Canadian tariff hike
May 16 Winnipeg reports sharp price increases for fruit and vegetables after the May 1 tariff hike. Mexican tomatoes hit 5.50 per log box, lettuce 5.50 per case, and various items from California, Oregon, and British Columbia show notable gains. Trade remains active with strawberries at 8 per case and multiple citrus and grape prices listed.
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Winnipeg
Canada
California
Oregon
British Columbia
Ontario
Washington
Davis
Texas
Florida
Jamaica
Old Stock Potatoes Declined at Chicago
Chicago market report for week ending May 16 shows good demand for fresh stock while prices fall 10 to 15 cents from last week. Best Wisconsin whites in the 2.65 to 2.95 range, Minnesota 2.65 to 2.75, bussets 3.25 to 3.76, and new stock Texas Triumphs 3.65 to 3.75 with higher for fancy. Alabama and Louisiana offerings quoted 3.00 to 3.90.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Southern Indiana Storage Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed with Indiana secretary of state for the Southern Indiana Storage Company Inc with principal office in Poseyville Indiana. Initial capital stock 1000 shares at 100 dollars par. Directors named J H Gwaltney P H Antle George J Waters Osborne Sharp A E Jaquess John Price John F Hull. J Trankina Co opens packing shed in Tyler Texas for Texas Belle tomatoes with Frank Trankina Carlo De Cola managing Tyler brand.
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Sweet Potato Storage
Indianapolis
Ind
Southern Indiana Storage Company, Inc
Poseyville
J. H. Gwalteny
P. H. Antle
George J. Waters
Osborne Sharp
A. E. Jaquess
John Price
John F. Hull
J. Trankina & Co
Chicago
Tyler
Tex
Texas
Frank Trankina
Carlo de Cola
Jimmie
Green vegetables market dull in Chicago with varied prices
Chicago May 16 greens market reported liberal supplies and fair demand across lines led by firmer asparagus cabbage and carrots. Prices ranged for Illinois flats and crates, with beans beets and lettuce showing moderate movement while cucumbers, eggplant, and peppers posted mixed levels and ample stock.
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Arizona
California
Texas
Louisiana
Chicago
Illinois
Alton and
Godfrey
Ottawa
Tennessee
Muscatine
Iowa
Alabama
Mississippi
Imperial Valley
Venice
Florida
Mammoth
U. S
Louisiana Grand Island
St. Louis
Missouri
Indiana
Market Report Notes Damp Demand and Quiet Trading
The demand was only fair and the market remained dull. Louisiana crates sold at 2.25 to 2.50 dollars, Hil nois bushels fancy 0.75 to 1.00, and homebrown washed tops at 1.25.
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Louisiana
National Perishable Freight Meeting Highlights Topics
National Perishable Freight Committee sets public hearing in Chicago on May 20 at 9 a m. at Union Station Building. Shippers may present views or contact the chairman. Dockets cover banana cold protection 2170 salt cost in refrigeration 2248 interstate to Virginia North Carolina 2272 detention charges 2285 extended cold service Arkansas Oklahoma 2293 citrus carloads holds 2305 reconsigned shipments 2309 change to heater service 2312 salt for fruits 2319 refrigerator car types 2322 loading station icing 2324 removing ice from banana car bunkers 2325 heaters for sweet potatoes 2326 heater lighting 2332.
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Chicago
National
Union Station Building
Ill
Virginia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Short Crop of Fruit in Goshen County
Goshen Indiana May 16 reports the 1930 fruit crop damaged by extreme cold. Damage varies by orchard location with cherries plums and peaches hit hardest while apples fared better. Killing frosts during bloom will leave some sections with little to no fruit. Overall crop expected to be under 50 percent of normal.
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Washington
Ind
Goshen
Moth Trapping Experiments Begin in Indiana Orchards
A shipment of 40 000 jars for moth trapping arrives at Vincennes station as the Bureau of Entomology enlarges its Fairground avenue quarters. Three new assistants join the staff to support the project in Knox county and Georgia counties, with the government testing the smoth traps feasibility in these areas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Knox County
Vincennes
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Fairground Avenue
Georgia
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Chicago Street Notes
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