Circus Showdown at Mahogany Hall Ends in Standstill
In Chicago at Mahogany hall on Clark and South Waller streets Circus Solly the faded red held up broker Decker with a black jack whip for about half an hour. Circus used a phone to summon police and was escorted downstairs by officers amid a crowd’s cheers. Show promoters sniffed profit with tentative plans for a tentwent-thirt vaudeville bit if the episode is properly staged.
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Chicago
Mahogany Hall
Clark and
South Waller Streets
Baiies
Decker
Bavnes
Baylies
Circus
Baines
Cir~ Wus
New York
Rt Trd Jrn
Gotham
A& Commission
Jeaf
Terra Firma
Seri Ice
Asgoctattan
Packer Correspondence from Georgia and Alabama Fruit Growers
May reports from Will Have Fine Dibertan in Alabama and Lindale Georgia note expectations of a 15 curs Elbertus crop and possible shipments around late July. Other messages list local growers including J. W. Watkin B. L. Fitch Dr J. N. Cheney James Mathia and Wm Mathis with Rome mail and Verge Wood and W. G. Dunehoo as contacts.
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Wiadsden
Ala
Packer
Alabama
Georgia
W. Ewing
Lindale
Williamson
Express
Josiah Wood
J.T. Cochran
Akin
Movement Stir Heavy in Ash Grove May 1907
A note from Ash Grove Missouri dated May 1907 reports movement being heavier than typical for the season. The writer mentions subscription payment of one year and notes prices and packing activities, including eggs and poultry handling.
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Ash Grove
Eigen
Western Fruit Jobbers Plan December Convention Date
The Western Fruit Jobbers Association votes by mail on the time for its next annual convention in Chicago. Two proposed dates are December 4 5 and 6 and December 26 27. Most favor the earlier slot to avoid Christmas travel and to boost nearby business. A Kansas City event is recalled as a benchmark, with plans for robust proceedings and a strong gathering in Chicago. Local entertainment details are being arranged and hotel accommodations are under study.
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Chicago
Western Fruit
Alan
Chilenzo
Kansas City
Baltz and Diederichs take over Otto Diederichs firm
Chicago reports a new sign at 73 South Water street announcing Baltz and Diederichs as the successor to Otto Diederichs a cheese and dairy outfit. Rumors persist of Robt A N Baits Sr involvement and internal tensions as a Wisconsin Dairy Farms concern forms behind the scenes. The piece outlines board disputes and suspicions about control while noting continued profits and questions about the enterprise’s future.
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Chicago
South Water Street
Baltz & Diederichs
Otto Diederichs
Alse
Robt. A. N. Baits, Sr
Chicago Cheese Co
Dieuderichs
Babe
Baltz
Wisconsin Dairy Farms ,Co
State Street
Dairy Farms
Chicago Butter & Egg Board
Butter & Egg Board
Balle
Diederiche
Diederichs
sBatts- & -Dietsriches
Rock Island Promised New Sale Plan for Damaged Goods
Kansas City May 18 Dealers here welcomed a Rock Island official’s proposal to post bids for wrecked and damaged shipments and sell to the highest bidder. The plan aims to obtain full market prices and curb private sales by junk dealers, urging railroads to adopt a uniform disposal method nationwide.
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Kansas City
Smith
Rock Island
Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Co
Lereafter
IF. R. Hurst
Mr. Smith
Texas
Potatoes and Produce Markets See Mixed Move in West
Prices for new potatoes slip while carlot demand remains steady. Supply tightens as Colorado crop falters and Minnesota Wisconsin stocks feed most purchases. Carrots Burbanks and rurals move around 9c, with white stock at 10c. Eggs remain plentiful as cooling weather supports quality. Florida produce appears in limited amounts. Olive onions rise modestly. trade in Crystal Wax onions and Bermudas continues. Farm markets in Kansas City report steady to higher cabbage outlook and planned shipments from Muldrow Oklahoma to Fort Smith Arkansas in June.
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Vance
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
California
Texas
Kansas City
Crystal Springs
Miss
Mobile
Picnic at Excelsior Springs Draws Dealers and Fans
The Kansas City event on May 18 featured a large turnout from the Produce Exchange with a special train leaving Union Depot at 10:30. A main attraction was a ball game between a dealer team and a railroad-office team, the former winning charity style 2 to 0. attendees enjoyed dancing and other amusements, with the winning team earning a free dinner at the Benton hotel before returning home on the 8:30 train.
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Kansas, City
Midland
Pgo
Produce Exchange
Kansas City
Fruit & Produce Exchange
iEexceletur
Springs
Union Depot
Wexcelsior Springs
Vayious Tailroade
Rallroid Boys
Benton Hotel
Excelsior Springs
Potatoes and fruit crops near Pittsburg East Texas 1907
A 1907 report notes Pittsburg as the East Texas potato belt facing a likely light crop due to drought and cold. Digging begins about May 20 for roughly two weeks, with buyers on hand paying cash. Regions like Hallett and Tyler report peaches, strawberries, and cabbage moving, with packing plans for Elberta peaches by Southern Orchard Co and Woldert Co handling shipments from Horatio and Tyler.
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Moulton
Henry Krause
Pittsbury
Lox
Pittsburg
East Texas
C. D. Willams
W. P. Elliott
Horatio
Ark
Southern Orchard Co
Enfield strawberry outlook from Greenfield growers
Greenfield Fruit Growers' Assn reports weather damage to strawberries in Enfield Tennessee area. Only about five cars shipped so far. last of month berries doubtful. beans likely fail. tomatoes and blackberries look OK. total shipments perhaps 20 cars, cantaloupes to be planted as warmth arrives. prices expected strong despite poor yields. W. B. Barton, secretary and manager.
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Tyler
Tex
Weidert Grocery
Vler
Woldert
Greenfield
Venn
Packer
Herries
W. B. Barton
Greenfield Fruit Growers
Agsn
Tomatoes Promise a Fine Season at Crystal Springs
Crop reports from Crystal Springs Mississippi and nearby locales note a favorable tomato crop with 15 to 50 carloads daily, prices from 2.95 to 2.50 per pony crate, carlot shipments beginning May 23, and 0,000 cars expected unless disaster strikes. Beans damaged by rain, lettuce nearly gone, and scarce tree fruit.
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Crystal Springs
Miss
F. A
J. Wy
Canton
Packer
George S. Teasley
Jabez Galt
E. W. Coleman
Mr. Teasley
Mr. Galt
J. B. Cloud
Jas
Jefferson Bell
Scott & Worley
W. Keith
W. F. Ponder
Anderson Martin
John Moore
John Bet
P. P. DePre
J. Mc Pueh
J. BE. Lathem
A. Scott
Edge Off the Egg Market Lowers Prices in Chicago
Chicago May 17 The egg market cooled with a half cent decline after last week. Monday offerings weakened with firsts at 17 1/2c and several storage firsts around 16c to 17 1/2c, bids sparse. Receipts totaled 19 075 cages as market stayed unsettled through Tuesday and Wednesday with prices sliding further and limited bidding.
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Lic
Litsc
Lite
Missouri
Vie
Kansas
Lee
Mee
Ise
Tie
Séige
Titgc
Ife
W3tec
Iesday
Am Ie Ith
Iepid
Real Estate Attachments in Herd & Co Case Rise in Cincinnati
Three more Juliadiments were filed against Herd & Co in Cincinnati this week with Peter Brooks named in two. A. D. Alexander, a produce shipper, seeks $173.30 for eggs and poultry losses, alleging Brooks possesses Herd property not exempt from execution. Minor & Dixon and East & Co. also attach for about $170 each citing Brooks. A. Herd property on Free-Man avenue faces liens and a potential sale value around $5,000. several small creditors may join to pursue claims. Peter Brooks, a lemon dealer turned poultry and eggs seller, previously claimed the firm’s worth $200,000.
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Cincinnati
Herd & Co
Peter Brooks
D. A. Alexander
Everal
Alexander
Anderson J. Herd
L. S. Herd
Minor & Dixon
Peter Brooky
Herbert Jackson
East & Co
Baltimore
Court of Common Pleas
Bloom
Anderson ‘T.herd
Free- Man Avenue
Front
Sixth Streets
Baptist Church
Pierson
Anderson ‘Tl Herd
Ailippers
Hearing May 24 on Berry Freight Rates in Q and C case
Cincinnati May 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission has assigned a hearing for the Q and C railroad’s rates and service on Chattanooga area strawberries. Secretary Moseley ratified parties and a panel of examiners will hear testimony on eleven hour service versus higher charges, with potential commission presence.
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Berry Bates
Martin S,.decker
P._ J. Farrell
John H. Marble
Luther MM. Walter
Chattanooga
Ling
Ohio
Ohio River
John D. Cunningham
American Fruit Union
Express
New York Lemon Auction Plot Report From Fruit Trade
A fragment from a New York lemon auction tale alleges ring manipulation and price boosting by unnamed insiders. It cites a 50 year pattern of boosting schemes and calls for fair dealing, with other items noting pea shipments and Elberta peach sales in Montgomery Alabama and Tennessee fruit letters from Stanton and Acworth.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Stijl
New York
Sears
California
Temong Land
Pruit Jobber
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Fruitland, Fruit & Truck Growers’ Son
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Farmers Education and Co-Operative Union of America
Theodore
Lawrence
Ind
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Tle
C. MM. Rogers
Flick
South
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Champion Ice & Coll Storage Co
Covington
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Stanton,Tenn
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Geo. Serlyner
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Acworth
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Mobile Peach
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Fruit Dispatch
Crutchfield
Crutchfield & Woolfolk
Louis Lepman
Lepman & Hegele
Southwest
Uleaga Commercll Assn
N.G. Gioson
Crutchfield, Woolfolk & Gibson
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Atkinson
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Gee
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