Unique Banquet for Refrigeration Congress Delegates
Foreign delegates to the third International Refrigeration Congress in Chicago will dine on only foods and beverages that have been refrigerated. The event features a $10,000 ice box exhibit and souvenir menus detailing each food’s history, with USDA-staged frozen goods shipped from Washington. Numerous associations from poultry to ice dealers plan meetings during the congress.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
International Amphitheatre
National Poultry, Butter and
Egs Assa
American Meat Packers’ Assn
American Assn. of Refrigeration
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
National Ice Assn
Eastern Ice Assn
Western Ice Manufacturers' Assn
Southern Ice Assn
Southwest Ice Manufacturers’ Assn
Iinois Ice Dealers’ Assn
Indiana Ice Dealers’ Assn
Louisiana Ice Manufacturers' Assn
Western Fruit
New Yorkee
Agen
American Warehousemen's Assn
Minnesota
Eye and Poultry Assn
Iowa
American Refrigerator’ Manufacturers’ Assn
American Railway Perishable Freight Assn
National League of Commission Merchants
Missouri Assn
American Society of Brewing Technology
American §So-ciety of Mechanical Engineers
The
Towa Ice Dealers’ Assn
Moving Palisade Peaches and Michigan Grapes This Week
Peaches from Palisade begin shipments this week from western Colorado while Carlots grapes from Michigan’s View county districts move under the North American Fruit Exchange. The exchange, via its St. Joseph office, handles sales for all organized shipping interests loading at eleven stations. Moore's Early, Champion and Concord varieties are noted with Concords after Sept. 10. Special offices support Nauvoo grapes marketing from Montrose Iowa.
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Mich
Carlote
Chigano
Colorado
North American Fruit Exchange
Western Slope Fruit Growers
Agsn
Nauvoo Grape Growers Assn
Porte American
Has New Spud Conveyor
Chicago patent news reports Albert Miller and Company filing patents for a practical potato conveyor and screening machine. Inventor Herman Gunderson collaborated with Miller to develop a device that loads screens sacks and conveys sacks into cars, aiming to screen all potatoes handled and reduce labor with a small gasoline engine.
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Chicago
Albert Miller & Co
Big Chica
Miller & Co
Herman Gunderson
Miller Concern
Costs Mitle but worth much The Pocket dollar a year
The notice highlights a nominal annual cost of one dollar, underscoring the value of the Pocket item amid rising expenses. It emphasizes practical benefit and sustained availability, inviting readers to consider the minimal fee for ongoing access.
Chicago Man a Mard. Worker. Chicago Sept 2
Chicago man Leonard Adam shows how hard work and fair methods build a strong commission business on South Water street in under a year. Former New Orleans produce trader with many southern friends and northern shippers. He reports a good apple business and a gratifying cantaloupe season from Indiana.
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Chicago
Leonard Adam
South Water Street
Adam
New Orleans
Indiana
Apples Short in Illinois Reported From Flora Area
Reports from apple men across the region indicate a crop that is substantially below normal in this part of Illinois. The short yield affects Jasper, Richland, Clay, Merion, Washington and Wayne counties with apples notably undersized, especially the Davis variety. Growers have begun selling best orchards to dealers, some on tree or per barrel basis, at prices seen as satisfactory despite concerns over size and quality.
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Jasper
Richland
Clay
Merion
Washington
Wayne Counties
Davis
Ben Davis
Jonathans
Gimes Golden
Ganos
Neoga
Minnesota Supreme Court to Hear Carriage Case on Transport Laws
A pivotal Minnesota case questions a state law allowing local courts to hear transportation disputes involving nonresident carriers. Callender-Vanderhoof Co. v St. Louis & San Francisco and Milwaukee roads centers on a peach shipment lost four years ago due to misbilling and misrouting. The Hennepin County verdict favored the shipper, with appeals to the state supreme court.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota — Supreme Court
Minnesota
Sale Transportation Company
Callender-Vanderhoof Co
St. Louis
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Frisco
Dubuque
In. S
Hennipin County
Supreme Court
Ben Davis Apples At 2 25 A Barrel In New Burnside
In New Burnside Illinois on September 5 the apple crop has nearly been harvested. Prices averaged about 3 265 per barrel for orchard run Ben Davis and Missouri Pippin. Some growers sold their entire crop at that price. Jonathan Grimes and Winesap were sold earlier at 3 resulting in losses. The drought worsens and the crop outlook is poor with Winesaps nearly a failure.
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New Burnside
Ben Davis
Missouri
Jonathan
Grimes
Feilchenfeld & Aaron Incorporate in Chicago Firm
Feilchenfeld and Aaron, operators of nursery, eggs, and poultry on Went South Water Street, announced this week that their firm has been incorporated. Founders named include Theo Feilchenfeld and A. Fullchenfella. the full capital and partners to be announced.
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Feilchenfeld
Oleo Suits in Chicago Ties To Grand Jury Probe
Attorney Wilkerson files suits against three Chicago oleo makers seeking about 710000 in unpaid taxes tied to a grand jury investigation of oleo tax cases. Claims target Mossey Hammond Co Friedman Mfg Co Capital City Day Co and Ohio manufacturers. Cases involve estimated 10 cent per pound taxes on colored oleo and follow other actions planned against Armour Co and United States Butterine Co.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
Grand Apy
MacVeagh
Bt William “J
Theapital City Day Co
Columbus
Ohio Battering Co
Cincinnati
Retorney Wilkerson
Aulits
Landis
Openy Grand Jury
Armour & Co
United States Butterine Co
Apple packing train to tour southern Iowa
An apple packing demonstration train will tour southern Iowa from Sept 8 to 20, showcasing sorting grading and packing methods. Five Ames extension and experiment station experts will lead talks on picking packing storage marketing and apple law standards.
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Ames
Aaia
Iowa
State College
U.S
New Town
Chicago Street Notes Show Poultry Trade Gossip and Weddings
Geo Rae and Rae Hatfield of New York visited the city’s trade as out of town buyers came from Iowa and New York for butter and eggs. Notables included J B Schneider’s wedding to Eunice Evans and sympathy for John Thompson after his wife’s passsing. Coyne Brothers reported Washington blackberries sales and praise for quality.
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Geo. Rae
Rae & Hatfield
New York
A. C. Collyer
Waterloo
Iowa
C. S. Pond
Keokuk
Chris Kahn
J. D. Benton
Scranton
Harvey Brown
H. I. Brown & Co
Mr. Brown
Geo. Middendorf
Geo. Middendorf Co
Europe
Mr. Middendorf
John Thompson
Feilchenfeld & Aaron
Poultry” Board
J. B. Schneider
C. E. McNeill & Co
Coyne Brothers
Washington
Tolls rule 27 causes dissatisfaction among commission men
Waterloo Iowa Sept 5 there to 5 great amount of dissatisfaction among commission men in larger cities of tolls state owning to strict enforcement of rule 27 of the Iowa classification which provides that in 41 cent shipments each article parcel.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Marking Melons: Inaccurate Rules Spark Shipping Dispute
The piece notes the impracticality and cost of marking watermelons with consignee addresses, citing decay when marked on the fruit and an 11.4 cent per melon cost. It argues rule 27 favors large shipping points, as inspectors from the Western Trunk Lines AGI station only at major centers, leaving smaller towns to ship unmarked melons. This raises concerns of discrimination and enforcement disparity.
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Assi
Smalier
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