Sweet Potato Industry Gains Attention Nationwide
Kansas City reports growers and distributors are expanding the sweet potato sector each year. Government forecasts rise from 70.9 million bushels in 1916 to 100.3 million in 1919 as curing and drying advances boost yields and broaden production across Alabama Georgia Mississippi and other states.
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Kansas City
United States
Agricultural Department
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas
Florida
New Jersey
Vermont
Tennessee
Maryland
Oklahoma
Kentucky
California
Illinois
Delaware
Missouri
Goring
Paat
America
Veddon
Ewise
Final Hearing on Perishable Freight Tariff Opens
The final hearing in Perishable Freight Tariff No. 1 opened at the Congress Hotel before Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner C. R. Marshall. Fruit, vegetable, dairy and meat interests were represented by the Joint Council and the Railroad Administration by E. H. Westlake and A. Sternhagen. The key issue: uniform charging for Official Classification Territory with per car rates for fruits and vegetables and per ton rates for dairy, meat and fish. The dairy group opposed per car rates. The session will continue for several days with briefs due by November 1 and an oral argument planned in Washington on November 6 and 7.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Examiner
St Mission
Washington
Chicago Raises Big Apple Advertising Fund
Chicago adopts plan to fund a box apple advertising campaign. A Boosted Club meeting organized subscriptions totaling 1,000 from several firms as push to stimulate demand. with Northwestern shippers pledging matching support, the fund may reach 50,000 for Chicago territory advertising.
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Chicago
F. E. Nellis
F. E. Nellis & Co
Denney & Co
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
Crutchfield, Woolfolk & Clore
Associated Fruit Company
Northwestern
Frui t and Produce News Index Highlights and Regions
A sprawling index summary lists state rulings on fruit and vegetables, shipping updates, market notes from New York to California, cider and wine developments, berry ranch sales, and orchard ventures. It notes notable deaths, grand jury actions, and various regional crop reports across Washington, Oregon, California, New York, Ohio, and beyond with multiple page references.
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Washington
Calif
New York
David C. Rudman
Irondequoit
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
Ocean To Lake Steamship Line
Syracuse
New
Los Angeles Market News
Turlock District News
Sonoma County
Columbus
Turner
Yakima Valley
Northwest
California
Portland
N. W
Sacramento Valley News
Special Train to Cleveland for National Poultry Convention
Chicago poultry, butter and egg trade organizes a convention special train to Cleveland for the National Poultry Butter and Egg Association event. Chairman Frank Heilman and committee members W. G. Howard and Horace Lipman coordinate, with reservations via 229 North Wells Street. Train departs La Salle Street at 10 25 Sunday October 12 and reaches Cleveland by 7 p.m. via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.
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Chicago
Cleveland
National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association
Cleveand
Frank ‘Heilman
W. G. Howard
Horace Lipman
North Wells Street
Howarrd
la Salle Street
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Balsamo Reported in Columbia as Ottawa Warrants Seek Him
Reports to The Packer say Vincent Balsamo, wanted in Winnipeg for unpaid bills totaling 8000 to 10000 dollars, may be in Columbia Missouri in the fruit and produce trade. Winnipeg case connects to a 19 on charge of embezzlement. description lists about five feet nine inches, pockmarked face, broken nose, weight around 200 pounds.
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Kansas City
Packer
Vincent Balsamo
Winnipeg
Canada
Columbia
Ourahs
Biggest box apple campaign sweeps Northwest fruit trade
The Biggest Growers and Shippers of Oregon Washington and Idaho join distributors of New York Chicago and other cities in a nationwide movement to advertise boxed apples. For the first time the campaign will promote apples by the box rather than by individual fruit with costs funded by leading growers and shippers.
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Oregon
Washington
Beia
New York
Chicago
Idaho
Advertising campaign funds aim to boost apple sales nationwide
The article notes the need to spread consumption of apples from a glut to a steady season, promoting early consumption and education about quality and medicinal value. By midweek nearly $50,000 of a $100,000 goal has been raised by major growers shippers and distributors in Illinois, Chicago, New York and other cities, to fund daily newspaper advertising space.
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Butis
Inj
Chicago
New York
Daily News
Fragmentary notice at 204 Franklin Street hints at local business push
A fragmented text piece mentions 204 Franklin Street and a local business push. It references eating and neighborhood commerce but provides no clear event, date, or named entities beyond the street address. The readable fragments suggest a promotional or community notice without verifiable specifics.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Name Change Delayed
Chicago Board of Trade planned to change its corporate name to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on September 29 but the move was postponed after Springfield authorities flagged name similarity with the Chicago Mercantile Company millinery firm. S. E. Davis, secretary, traveled to Springfield and argued to secure the delay.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Bo
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Springfield
Iil
Chicago Mercantile Company
S. E.davis
Northwest Apple Advertising Campaign Planned for Two Weeks
A nationwide push will start in about two weeks with miniature ads and placards distributed to jobbers and retailers. Boxed Northwest apples, promoted with the slogan Delight in Every Bite, will be publicly signed by box distributors in home papers. About 22,000 cars of boxed fruit are to be sold, with reports of possible crop damage from Yakima and Wenatchee. Two treasurers, Frank E. Wagner and Dwight L. Woodruff, were named to receive contributions.
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Apple
New York
Northwest
Packerman
Yakima
Wenatchee
Frank E. Wagner
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
Chicago
Dwight L. Woodruff
Hood ‘River
Chicago Butter and Egg Board Rebrands to Mercantile Exchange
On and after October 6 the Chicago Butter and Egg Board will be known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Chicago Mercantile Company remains in the millinery business, fielding inquiries about the corporate name change and ensuring non infringement concerns.
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Chicago Mercantile Company
Chicago Mercantile. Exchange
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Trading Rules Expected to Improve Trade Practices
Chicago Oct 3 The Standard Trading Rules adopted by the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association and endorsed by the National League Western Fruit Jobbers and International Apple Shippers are seen as a major improvement for trade practices. The rules aim to eliminate disputes by clarifying terms of deals, especially in wire transactions, and bring fruit and produce commerce in line with other trades. Desk copies of the rules are available from the American association at 139 N Clark St Chicago.
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Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
National League
Western Fruit Jobbers
International Apple Shippers
International Apple Shippers’ Associations
Clark Street
Apple Trade Faces Uncertainty Amid Government Talks
New York Oct 3 Apple dealers report uncertain market due to high prices, reports on government storage controls, and English strike risk. Letters to The Packer cite pending justice department actions and the Lever Food Control Bill. Dealers expect to profit despite bottlenecks from strike and British price controls.
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England
New York
Department of Justice
Packer
Palmer
Washington, D. C
Iit
C. B. Ames
Co-Operative Farmia
uRreaacrofite
Washington
New York State
J H Killough of New York Dies at 60 in Brooklyn
James H Killough head of J H Killough & Co and longtime fruit and vegetable receiver in the New York market died after an appendix operation. Funeral at 2 p m from his Brooklyn home 513 Fourth St. He is survived by his son Walter. He was a member of the Council of Farms and Markets and held several directorships.
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New York
James H. Killough
J. H. Killough & Co
Brooklyn
Fourth Street
Walter
Fidelity Trust Company
Irving Sayings Institution
Montauk Club
Riding and Driving Club
Merchants’ Association of New York
Gansevoort Bank
Hoe
Damage liability shifted to shippers by RR administration
Fruit and vegetable warehousemen in Western New York protest a United States Railroad Administration side-track use agreement that shifts most fire and liability costs to shippers. The clause frees the railroad from fire liability, imposes joint negligence risks, and contests licensee injuries, prompting firms to warn of higher costs and potential damages for noncompliance.
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Sodus
N. Y
Lake Ontario
New York
United States Railroad Administration
Ifs
Lfe
Industcy
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Big Apple Advertising Fund
Fruite
Imperial Valley Crop News
Eberleen
Yakima Apples
Seattle
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Puyallup Berry Ranch
Benz Bros
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Canon City
Jonathang
Ine
Ohio
In-Mixnm
Ottawa County
Memphis
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Martinsburg
H. Kelly
Chico
Parsons
Atlantic City
New Orleans
Louisville
Kansas
Albert Lowe
General Northwestern News
Dallas Trade News
Houston
Alex <Woldert
Went
Colo
H. Robbins
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C .W. Spencer
American Fruit Growers, Inc
Contin
Nebraska
Hood River
St.Louis
Dunlap
Winfield House
Columbia, Mo
BOX Apple OF Northwest
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New Or
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Revober
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Ange
Oman
Rome
J. H. Killough
Chicago Board
Indiana Grand
Goldish
B. E. Connery & Co
Indiana
Pennington
Agri
Gotley
Associated Fruit
Dr. Turney
Watertown
Charles Wray
Hull
Eng
Fruit Distributors Service Co
J. D. Chalk
G. C. Spangler
Sgobel & Day
Baltimore
Bert. Butts
Brandt & McDaniels
York State
American Fruit 1 and Vegetable Shippers’ Assn
Terre Haute
G. R. Stevenson
Detroit
Consumers League
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
New Western
St. Paul Street
Oestgen
Atlanta
G. C. Smith
West
Industrial ‘Transportation Co
Seling Atack
Big N. Y
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R. S. French
Albert Miller
Boston
Boston Street
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Satta Azzarello
Midland
Walter Overstreet
Charles Andrews
James Wilson
Mrs. Free
Norfolk Truck Belt News
Florida Crop News
Fair Price Ust
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Bristol
Russo
Greece
National Capital
Garland
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Association In
Fresno
Shepers
M. D. Lewis
Imperial Valley News
Eges
Tacoma
Dan Wuille
Vancouver
Northwast
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