Charles Pape and Co. Early 1900s Produce Merchant in New York
Charles Pape, longtime figure in New York produce, began as Pape and Eye near Gansevoort Market. About 25 years ago the firm dissolved and Pape & Co. opened in the big market. He dealt heavily in Southern fruits and vegetables and other Northeastern products, with a strong credit and buying record.
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Charles Pape
New York
Pape & Eye
Gansevoort Maret
Charles Pape & Co
Pape
New York State
British Columbia Apples Are Moving in 1920s Era Report
Vernon B C October 2 Apples will be fairly well picked out by mid month. The crop is shorter than last year, packing houses shut briefly due to light receipts, then reopened as growers bring in fruit. Kelowna district busier with better tonnage, pens busy, wagons lined up. Penticton packing crews large, work long hours including Sundays, aiming to move the season. The orchards are praised for a strong year and high grading.
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Penticton
Pemble and Son of St Paul Declared Bankrupt
H E Pemble and Son of 584 Jackson Street St Paul receivers and wholesale egg dealers filed a bankruptcy petition in late September A St Paul trade debt around 1300 dollars is noted and a creditors meeting was scheduled for October 7.
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H. E. Pemble & Son
St. Paul, Minn
St.Paul, Minn
H.E. Pemble & Son
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Reliable Authority
Apple Exports for Week and Year to Date
Apple exports for the week ending September 26 were 100 060 barrels and 164 668 boxes, from the International Apple Shippers Association. This compares with 107 219 barrels and 125 506 boxes a year ago. Year to date totals reach 472 764 barrels and 510 398 boxes versus 313 583 barrels and 559 567 boxes last year.
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Rochester
Apple
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Orchard Prices and Produce Listings From Local Market
Readable excerpt lists fruit prices for various items including apples such as King Davids and Jonathans with prices per pound or box, bananas and pears in barrels and boxes, and a range of prices for Gravensteins Maiden Blush and related varieties. Mentions quantities like barrels and boxes and totals for multiple retailers.
Acreage Decline Expected for Imperial Valley Lettuce Planting
E Garthwaite and local farm advisers warn lettuce acreage in Imperial Valley may fall short of earlier 40 000 acre estimates due to widespread fall pea planting. Some idle land will be converted, and current planting accelerates as soaked fields dry.
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Eley
Calif
Garthwaite
Frarm
Santi
Nove
Federated Opens Branch Office in Detroit Mich
Detroit October 2 F M Bird opened a salaried branch office of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers Inc a national cooperative sales organization here Thursday Bird has been in town recently preparing the office He has prior experience with the Federated Growers in Kansas City and had connections with the Boston and Indianapolis offices.
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Detroit
Mich
F. M. Bird
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc
Grapefruit Movement Reported in Manatee County
Tampa Oct 2 Grapefruit is moving from Manatee County. J C Courtney of Courtney Brothers Palmetto says fruit was seen last week at Courtney Brothers Produce Company wholesale house in Tampa. Some cars were shipped out of the county on Friday and Saturday.
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Tampa
Fla
Manatee County
J. C. Courtney
Courtney Brothers
Palmetto
Courtney Brothers Produce Company
Dock Sale Figures Show Unsold Cargo at New Orleans Port
Local jobbers report West 2008 cargo sold at 6.75 to 7.76 money, with first 360s at 5.50 to 6.37. Seconds traded 4.37 to 5.87. Small sizes from 4.50 to 5.75. Thursday night no foreign tomatoes at the dock. 23 026 boxes unsold at New Orleans while 18 140 afloat for this port and 19 400 for New Orleans per cable advices.
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Ted
Iibic West
Sec
New Orleans
Western Fruit Jobbers Plan Big Convention in New Orleans
Plans for the Western Fruit Jobbers annual convention in New Orleans are taking shape with social events to outshine prior years. Trains will bring members from Chicago St Louis Kansas City and possibly Fort Worth. Secretary Manager William Garfitt notes an elaborate social program and limited morning business sessions. Charles Weinberger chairs the convention committee with Roosevelt hotel reservations urged.
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Chicago
Western Fruit Jobbers
Koviene
New
Ihs
Tradn
O. E. Schweger
C. A. Kerr & Co
J. R. Baldwin
St. Louis
Kirke
Kansas City
Fort Worth
William Garfitt
New Orleans
Charles Weinberger
Convention
Roosevelt
Weinberger
Burnham
Cranberries Demand Rises in New York as Weather Cools
In New York on October 2 an improved local demand for cranberries emerged due to cooler weather. Prices for Cape Cod Earth Blacks rose to 4.50 per half barrel box, signaling a firmer market despite modest gains.
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New York
Cape Cod
Rules for Florida Citrus Shipments Issued by Agriculture Chief
Tallahassee Oct 2 Nathan Mayo Florida Commissioner of Agriculture announces three required steps for citrus handling. Packers must register packing houses, note packing or transport dates, and keep citrus tax stamps on hand. Stamps sold by the department come in 5.40 4.50 0.15 and 1 percent denominations for carload and single box duties. Packers should copy and study the citrus fruit law.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Nathan Mayo
Agricultural Department
Good Prices For Stored Bartletts In Rochester Market
Rochester New York October 2 holdings of Bartlett pears in storage are not heavy and sentiment is they will clear at fairly firm prices. No. 1s two inches and up at 2.50 per bushel with some sales there. Seckers mostly at 2.25, Keifers coming forward fast. The crop will be larger than average with fruit varying in size and a very fair range. Market has not yet taken shape.
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Rochester
N. Y
Carrots Market Tight in Rochester This Fall
Western New York carrots show slow movement with the late crop nearly ready for digging. Bushels trade at 56a and some sacked lots offer at 18 dollars a ton, but dealers have not yet committed to ahead purchases.
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Rochester
N. Y
The Produce Packer Free Sample Offer Explains Trade Focus
The Produce Packer is a weekly publication alongside The Packer, covering market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool furs and more. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Produce Men Popular In Macon Primary
Thomas H. Halliburton of Roughton Halliburton Company led Macon city primary voting with 3,474 votes, earning the mayor pro tem role during the mayor’s absence. Wallace Miller had 2,795 votes, while Arthur F. Newton, another produce dealer on the same ticket, secured 2,977 votes as the third highest.
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Macon
Thomas H. Halliburton
Roughton-Halliburton Company
Halliburton
Wallace Miller
Miller
Arthur F. Newton
Meeting of Florida Citrus Exchange Managers
Florida citrus managers in Orlando estimate this season will fall short of the government forecast of 19,000,000 boxes and not exceed 16,000,000. George Williams spoke at the closing session reporting relief measures for refrigerator cars on the East coast and noting stabilization, advertising, and restricted production promise a strong season for merchanting the crop.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
George Williams
Florida Citrus Exchange
Association
E. L. Wirt
Exchange
J. H. Ross
Winter Haven
Good Demand for Heavy Grapes in New York Auction
New York October 2 reports heavy California grape arrivals with solid demand. Auction prices vary by variety and container type including Malagasy Tokays Cornichans Alicantes Zin fandels Petit Shrah and Matero priced per crate or lug within current market ranges.
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New York
California
J S Neill Company Incorporates In Rochester
Rochester October 24 The J S Neill Company distributors of fruits and vegetables has filed incorporation papers in Albany with capital stock of 10000 The incorporators are J S Neill and G H Neill.
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Rochester
J. S. Neill Company
Albany
Ins
G.H. Neill
Potatoes Market Report Shows Slower Trade and Prices
Traders report dull trading as shipments shrink. Twin City dealers quoted Red River Ohio sacked at 1.90 per cwt fob. Red River Cobblers priced 1.65 to 1.70, Sandland Round Whites 1.70. Supplies scarce. market weak amid reduced shipments.
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Twin City
Red River Valley
Red River
Sandland
New York Cabbage Market Sees Slow Trade
New York cabbage markets move slowly with western New York stock weak. Receivers anticipate better conditions within a week. Western New York shippers quote 9 dollars per ton f o b for kraut stock and 11 for table stock, Danish at 15 16, New York yards trading slowly with prices around 20 to 25 per ton.
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New York
New York State
Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against Joseph Dicterow
New York Oct 2 An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed Tuesday against Joseph Dicterow a Brooklyn vegetable dealer of 985 Dumont Avenue by creditors Atlantic Commission Company 82 Nathan Lieblich 110 August Lemkau 188 A Rosenblum Son 15 and Alfred A Saisselin 102. The firm owes about 2000 in the trade and creditors are unsatisfied with the offered settlement.
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New York
Joseph Dicterow
Dumont Avenue
Brooklyn
Atlantic Commission Company
Nathan Lieblich
August Lemkau
A. Rosenblum
Rains Bring Ground-Breaking Start To Georgia Farmers
Generous weeklong rains in Southern Georgia allow farmers in Macon to break ground for late fall truck and garden crops. They hope for mild weather to finish planting and meet local markets while considering possible shipments after the longest drought on record.
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Macon
Georgia
Southwest Georgia Weather Scrutiny After Drought Peanuts
Albany Ga Oct 2 Showers have been quite general over Southwest Georgia during the week. During the drought farmers were able to gather peanuts.
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Albany
Georgia
Banks Will Aid Farmers In Cover Crop Plan
Sparta Ga Oct 2 The Hancock National Bank promises financial aid to farmers who follow the policy of the State College of Agriculture by planting cover crops forage crops and all grain crops during the fall months.
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Sparta
Hancock National Bank
State ‘College of Agriculture
Trial ends abruptly as judge rules letters privileged
In the Court of King’s Bench, Judge dismissed the action against Sapiro and ordered costs to the defendant. The Passonneau letters were deemed published on a privileged occasion with no proven malice. Sapiro left the court saying he likely would not appear again.
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Court of
King' S Bench
Fish Lordship
Sapiro
Regina Leader
Saskatoon Star
Saskatoon Phoenix
Joseph ‘Passonneau
Atwater, Minn
Markets For
Colorado
Dark Tobacco Association
Passonneau
Burley Tobacco Association
Chicago
Walter IF. Lynch
W. B. Caswell
Saskatoon
Mr. Sapiro
Mr. Sa
Lima Beans From Cuba Entering States After Permit Restoration
New York dated Oct 2 reports that after embargo concerns on Cuban Lima beans over the bean pod borer, the Horticultural Board revalidated permits for importers. The National League manager R S French noted the Board may exclude shipments showing disease traces at American ports.
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New York
Cuba
Internal Revenue ‘Department
French
National League
Washington, D .C
Horticultural Board
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British Columbia
Imperial ‘Valley
Federated
Detroit, Mich
Fila
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Cranberries
Ingte
Ydaho
Oregon
Meeting of
Florida Citrus Exchange Managers
J. S. Neill Co. Incolérates
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