Detroit Produce Trade in 19th Century Decline and Openings
Detroit merchants recall the city’s golden produce era with large shipments, crates of cabbage and bushels of apples. The piece notes a shift to up-to-date methods, warns of poor packing, and highlights Milwaukee style competition and the Murphy Storage & Ice Co. success as a model for modernizing supplies and distribution in Michigan markets.
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Lake ‘Superior
E. B. Ward
North
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Inquirer
Utah
Aru
Progressive methods urged to revive Detroit produce trade
Northville Plymouth Wayne and Oakland Macomb counties report good crops and solid prices as Detroit produce fairs well. Traders note profits lag behind former days when Detroit was the Queen City of the West and urge up to date business practices to avert a market tumble and curb dry rot.
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Detroit
United States
Oakland
Macomb
Michigan
Wayne County
Toledo
Livingston
Washtenaw
Monroe
Port Huron
Thumb
Jackson
Murphy Storage &Ice Co
Far West
York State
Los Angeles
Northville
Plymouth
Wayne
Ponac
Oakland County
WANTS LINE ON STORAGE STOCKS
C J Eldredge returns from extended outing in northern Wisconsin and reports recovery from hay fever. His Merrill & Hidredge firm sees nice demand for storage eggs and butter. they buy and sell constantly and seek holders to sell or buyers to contact without delay.
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C.J. Eldredge
Wisconsia
Chicago
C. J. Eldredge
Merrill & Hidredge
Wisconsin
Hackley
Wis
Mr. Eldredge
Eldredge
Ek&s
Apples Shipments Boost Walla Walla Market
Walla Walla residents report a new bulk apple shipment trend this season with promising results. Some fruit has reached Chicago while local sellers note higher activity though many ears still exit the area at current prices.
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Walla
Wash
Chicago
Mushroom deal boosts stock shipments and orders in Chicago
Radtke and Co plan heavy mushroom shipments across the country with a liberal stock supply and options for large or small dealers in one or two pound packages. Radtke emphasizes 15 years of experience and reasonable prices as Lepman & Hegie report profits from eggs and meat trade with strong storage demand and about 2,000 tubs moved in ten days.
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Chicago
R. C. Radtke & Co
Séfton
Lepman
Bernie
Frank Heggle
Lepman & ‘Megeie
Fom
Iran
Lepman & Hégeie
Los Angeles Retailers Charged With Dishonest Tricks
An LA Produce Exchange meeting prompted retailers to return within 24 hours any unsatisfactory goods. Dealers cited schemes to defraud by mixing lots and recalled sellers pressuring acceptance. A key dealer urged strict adherence to the new resolution to protect jobbers from rapid produce deterioration losses.
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Los Angeles
Produce Exchange
Apteas
Angeles
Exchanes
Fertile Idaho Reclaimed Lands Offer Big Farming Prospects
The Interior Department outlines lucrative payette and hoise valley lands in southwestern Idaho. With government irrigation expanding to nearly 400000 acres, land costs range 35 to 600 dollars per acre plus a water right. Wheat yields high profits from fruits and alfalfa. railroads and a sugar beet plant boost markets.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Idaho
Payette
Hoise
Oregon Short Line
Boise
Nampa
Payette-Boise Water
Edw Hurd Leaves Chicago for Centerville venture
Edward Hurd closes his Chicago business and travels to Centerville Indiana to start handling butter eggs and poultry in the shipping trade. He has prior eggs experience and many friends wish him luck. A Michigan bulletin on corn seed selection storage curing and testing was issued by Michigan State Agriculture College in Hast Lansing on Oct 9.
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Hurd
Chicago
Edward Hurd
Centerville
Hast Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Agricultural College
Honey Shortage Hits California Harvest This Year
San Diego October 3 Beamen reports a honey shortage across the California district including San Diego Ventura and Monterey counties. Unfavorable early weather with extreme heat followed by cold reduced production and lowered quality below the state standard.
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San Diego
Cal
Beamen
California
Ventura
Monterey
Thompson Fruit Co Ships Apples to Teing Tau China
Apples firm Thompson Fruit Co shipped one hundred boxes of apples from North Yakima Washington to Teing Tau China on October 7. The move shows ongoing export activity from the region with a focus on international shipments and trade connections. The enterprise underscores Washington’s role in fruit trade with Asia and highlights early brisk business in the autumn shipping window.
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Chins North Yakima, Wash
Thei Thompson Fruit Co
Wenatchee Fruit Grower Ships 36 Carloads to Australia
K Wagner, a leading Chelan county fruit grower, ships thirty six carloads of apples to Australia and New Zealand aboard the steamship Dean of Ruthven. Part unloads at Auckland, then Wagner proceeds to Australia to dispose of the rest. He has made similar shipments before and owns a large Chelan ranch with a new irrigation pipeline at considerable expense.
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Wenatchee
Wash
K. Wagner
Australia
New Zealand
Seattle
Dean of
Chelan County
Hasler Busy Selling Apples and Potatoes From Fremont
Hasler Co. of Chicago reports brisk demand for cranberries and apples, selling several cars this week and filling fob orders from Cape Cod. They will handle jobbing orders under carloads from Chicago. Mr Hasler notes strong apple demand and ongoing stock searches. Fremont, Mich. sees expected 200 carloads of potatoes shipped this fall.
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Ocu .v
Is. Hasler Co
Cape Cod
Hasler
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