California citrus market trends and shipments update
The report notes Valencia orange prices around 3.75 to 4.25 per box with active demand and lighter than last week. Northern Navels have begun shipping, with heavier orange shipments expected the week of November 24. Lemons remain weak though expected to improve. California crop sizes are small and picking is uniform, with total orange cars 780 and lemon 154 since November 1.
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Tos Angeles
California
Valencia
New York
Potatoes Onions and Cabbage in Louisville Seed Potatoes Moving
Potatoes onions and cabbage in Louisville Kentucky report heavy cabbage growth this year but insufficient supply. Danish cabbage from New York and other districts arrives while early week quotes put cabbage at 40 dollars a ton. Wisconsin Northern potatoes arrive fairly well at 2.85 per cwt and onions from several states sell around 4.50 to 4.75 over one hundredweight. Second crop Cobbler potatoes are being dug as weather delays harvest of early plantings affect Kentucky seed movement.
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Louisville
Kentucky
New York State
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Illnois
New York
It Is Advertising Maniacs A Big Business Out Of A Smallon
A fragmentary note describes advertising as a large enterprise evolving from small ventures, highlighting how promotion has grown into a major industry. The text hints at broader economic trends without detailing specifics.
Light movement of turkeys from Texas
Dallas November 14. Texas dressed turkeys for Thanksgiving show weak activity as producers refuse to sell at prevailing prices. Live bids at plants range 22 to 26 cents with the lowest in South Central Texas due to higher freight to Eastern markets. Some sales at 35 cents fob exist but are rare. Overproduction fears loom as plants near overtaxing dressing capacity with deadlines looming for shipments to Eastern markets by November 15 and November 20 by express.
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Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Express
Potato Men to Meet in Milwaukee During December Week
The Potato Association of America will hold its national convention in Milwaukee with the Wisconsin State Potato Growers Association annual meeting. The Wisconsin Potato Shippers and Wisconsin Implement Dealers associations will also meet the same week in various halls of the Auditorium. The program promises entertainment and a larger attendance as farmers and operators from across the country attend.
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Potato Association of America
Wisconsin Growers O and Shippeta Associations
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin State Potato Growers’ Association
Wisconsin Potato Shippers’ Association
Wisconsin Implement Dealers’ Association
Wisconsin Potato Growers'Association
Topeka dealer Joe A. Newman skips town after poultry swindle
Joe H. Newman, a Topeka dealer, operated in October and offered inflated poultry prices. After The Packer exposed the scam, shippers sent more than $1,000 in produce before Newman departed, likely avoiding larger losses. He is about 42, 170 pounds, with light hair and a mustache.
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Topeka
Kan
Joe H. Newman
Packer
Newman
Kansas
Oklahoma
New York
Co. O. d
Florida Truck Crops Begin Moving As November Outlook Brightens
Jacksonville Fla Nov 14 To date green vegetable shipments from Florida total 22 cars of mixed truck seven cars of lettuce and one car of tomatoes Weather conditions this week favor crops though there is no large single movement The state ships beans peppers lettuce eggplants and tomatoes from scattered points including Florahome East Beach Pahokee Okeechobee Moore Haven and others Express movement dominates on the East Coast from Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach with about 11 cars moving out of state Palmetto partly contributes Half the October crop suffered from dry heat but later plantings fill the gaps and end November should see heavy early winter shipments
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Jacksonville
Pia
Florida
Florahome
Putnam County
Express
Everglades
East Beach
Pahokee
Okelanta
South Bay
Hillsboro
Torrey Island
Moore Haven
Okeechobee
Fort Lauderdale
West Palm Beach
Upper Glades
Florida East Coast Railroad
Wauchula
Fort Myers
Palmetto
Movement of sweet potatoes shows more active movement
Cincinnati reports sweet potato shipments moving more briskly from Gulf State sections through Ohio River gateways to Northern markets. Hampers carry Nancy Hall Porto Rican stock and some Triumphs Dooleys, with prices around 1.25 to 1.40 per bushel for hampers and 1 to 1.25 per package for Porto Ricos. Virginia Jersey stock brings 4.25 to 4.50 in burlap topped barrels.
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Cincinnati
Gulf
Tennessee
Ohio River
Cors
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nancy Hall
Virginia
Jersey
Ohio Valley
Ohio Territory
Porto Rico
Triumph
Middle West
Nancy Halls
Delaware Jersey
Fair Market on Onions in Chicago
Chicago November 14 onion market shows fairly good condition but local prices sit lower than shippers demand when freight is counted. Indirect strength comes from car shortages and outside demand. Indiana reds and pellawa quoted around 4.35 to 4.50 per cartload F.O.B shipping points as movement may rise in ten days.
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Chicago
F. O
Indiana
Storere
Pellawa
Northwest suspect linked to George W Brice and aliases
Street dealers in Seattle believe George W Brice, named in The Packer as duping Grand Rapids shippers of about 7000 dollars, is the same man who earlier posed as A G Brown in Seattle and G W Shaw in Oakland. Descriptions match except for a mustache. Brice/Shaw/Brown faced a Seattle fake advertising charge, bailed, and evaded an angry Creswell crowd.
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Seattle
George W. Brice
Packer
Grand Rapids
Wis
A. G. Brown
Oakland
G. W. Shaw
Brice
Shaw
Brown
Creswell
Ore
Bake and Son hearing continues in New York
New York November 14 The investigation into the failure of B baff and Son proceeds before Commissioner Gilchrist. Miss Goldie Lowenstein testifies identifying check book stubs as Harry Baff and Irving Baff are examined. Irving cites October 14 entry into the dive poultry venture and a $10,000 bank balance supplied by his father in law, who drew it from a vault at the Bank of Long Island. He notes his marriage on June 15 and his wife’s $6,000 while he had $2,000 of his own before marriage. Hausenhatz claims Baff owes him $422.54.
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New York
B. Baff & Son
Gilchrist
Goldie Lowenstein
Harry Baff
Irving Baff
Commercial Trust Company
Bank of
Long Island
Agpin m
Yakima Apples Move by Box Cars Under Messenger Supervision
Yakima Washington November 14 apples roll in box cars as refrigerator cars are scarce. W J Urquhart general manager of the Yakima Valley Traffic and Credit Association says 141 cars were on the road last week with four box cars loaded with pears also en route to market. Messengers accompanied all cars with some cars diverted to Edmonton while most head to mid West markets.
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Yakima
Wash
W. J. Urquhart
Yakima Valley
Pfabe Case Postponed in Pfabe Embezzlement Trial
Walter W. Pfabe former manager of the Ohio Valley Creamery Co. Pittsburgh arrested in Houston returned for trial on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy. Trial set for Tuesday but postponed to another term of court.
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Pfabe
Pittsburgh
Walter W. Pfabe
Ohio Valley Creamery Co
Houston
Tex
Movement of Citrus Fruit Increasing Through Ohio River Gates
Cincinnati November 14 movement of oranges and grapefruit from Florida through Ohio River gateways is rising with many cars billed to markets in the Middle West. Inspection shows oranges tarrying and shrinkage due to weather, with expected improvement as cooler ship trade reduces poor carrying districts. Demand for quality fruit remains good.
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Cincinnati
Florida
Ohio River
Middle West
Columbus Trade Can't Locate Somberg
Columbus Ohio November 14. Effort is under way to locate Sam Somberg who left Columbus a week ago and owes local trades several thousand dollars for goods. A Cleveland creditor was called to identify a man thought to be Somberg, but the man detained was not him. Special investigators are trying to locate Somberg with no trace yet found.
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Columbus
Somberg
Sam Somberg
Cleveland
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