- Page 2: LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINO
- Page 7: THE HOUSE OF MORRELL BY LAWRENCE OA
- Page 11 and 12: on the Missouri. Three other railro
- Page 13 and 14: The great Morrell plant at Sioux Fa
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- Page 18 and 19: Dedicated to all those whose effort
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- Page 25 and 26: 1837 4^ ia46 (^\i^ The partnership,
- Page 27 and 28: He was deeply impressed by the kind
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- Page 40 and 41: farm was a festive occasion. Many o
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eferences to such an operation in n
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North American shores. Foster, in h
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: Castlecomcr; had worked in the cu
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Foster to his parents and it seems
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delusion. Everything I laid hands t
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Lincoln Park and a Catholic cemeter
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cured for hogs and cattle delivered
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eprcsentatixc of John Morrell & Co.
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were elected directors on October i
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— Now It is hereby agreed as foll
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when the Company shall allot the sa
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8.—The said parties hereto of the
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ever to take ice from the Des Moine
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I838-I893 CHAIRMAN, 1881-1890
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efore. He was told to make another
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which gives a good insight to the c
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fice. George Morrell, grandson of t
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of meats, that would do credit to a
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father gave all their love and devo
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Kill and Cut; A. R. Brown, Zell Zim
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1887* 18d6 y^l.'Trrtn*. In 1887 the
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subject to any such conditions and
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founded in 1878 with T. D. Foster a
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twenty to twenty-five different cut
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^^^^J^T^uuuIJ 1845-1905 CHAIRMAN, 1
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eceiving messages. Contracts for ho
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ernments the healthfulness of Ameri
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: Agents of European countries whic
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First, he told about an Englishman
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expect no better fate along our pre
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cattle being very cheap but this T
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might have been given by the direct
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them right but hardly looked for su
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the ruins of his phint — Si fract
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placed in complete charge of the bo
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launched with a membership of 300.
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is forced by the pump, which is not
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the jobbing trade when we were out.
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trusting to our quality to overcome
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Junior Director shall only have one
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valuable outlet for the company's p
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and the cream was separated by hand
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a visit. Hormel accepted the invita
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around Ottumwa for thousands of acr
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M. T. McClelland had been placed in
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While not strictly an advertising p
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viously been outside the law. It pu
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Following completion of negotiation
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1873- MANAGER, SIOUX FALLS PLANT, 1
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"With the growing demands of the pa
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Burnham of Kittery, Me., met at Kit
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I864-I92I PRESIDENT, JOHN MORRELL &
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11. If this iVgreement shall not be
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suitable resolutions expressive of
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it looked as if the plant would act
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Liverpool directors, apparently in
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1865-1924 CHAIRMAN, JOHN MORRELL &
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the methods for producing hog chole
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expanded exports. Therefore there w
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efore. The Sioux Falls mark was fir
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uncertainties of every kind, have a
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troubles of private ownership and p
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ments based on our position in the
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we do not stand accused nor as far
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effort but rather the result of a c
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MANAGER, SIOUX FALLS PLANT, 1909-19
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sent to Sioux Falls to head stock b
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started operations on August 29, 19
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eport for the period ended March 31
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in wages or any increase in the eig
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ness in this southern California ci
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Falls; George Willging, who was sen
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eceived vacations that first year,
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"Having in mind that we are one big
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portance and finally omitted entire
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true facts pertaining to the foundi
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President Foster then concluded the
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involved in this action was a new o
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Falls, South Dakota, covering appro
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charged out of earnings and is cons
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the changing of the date of annual
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een approved increasing the number
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forgotten levels and the market pri
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hearty response on the part of the
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destroyed, while the heavier pigs a
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How this tax affected the price of
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He just didn't like to be the goat.
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uary 22. Later this temporary arran
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and wrappings used by that plant. T
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one the association of the two Iowa
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partment was able to handle a maxim
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Street branch and from nearby sales
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and John H. Morrell. He continued i
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and was succeeded by G. M. LaFollet
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William Regan resigned and was succ
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ger, with E. F. Paxson, manager at
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yon Bill was introduced into Congre
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facturers at each year's show. Ther
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19 3 7 ^iHpEr jBTf V ^93^' Actual w
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y-laws were again amended, increasi
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W. Mock, assistant secretary. Other
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y^- ^yU^. czzZ-Zr^ZiAZ 1887- PRESID
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at many times during World War II,
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dry salt fat backs and lard for suc
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for meat cuts; increased wages also
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age resulting from the drought and
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to decontrol by the O. P. A., incre
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ell research laboratories, and afte
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During that same year an extension
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Des Moines branch ceased operations
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A. T. Dennis resigned as Sioux Fall
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fet^^t/" Z r=Ar^Ziyi^ 1908- MANAGER
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Austrian & Piatt was employed to ha
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603. On May 12, 1938, another elect
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29. A retirement income plan for em
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First killing gang — Ottuniwa —
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I Another new building at Ottumwa,
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An artist's conception of the Chas.
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*~ The O t tu m w a plant packing r
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A. C. iMORRELL Director, Vice Presi
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•^ T h e office of the Ottumwa pl
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Freezers, Ottum- ^~ Ottumwa beef co
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Bg^2x»|^-} An early Mmrcll rcl rlj
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INDEX Aberdeen, S. D., branch opene
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Crawford, Theodore, 274 Cataract
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; corporation, 249; vice president,
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Garretson, R. L., 240 Garrod, G. W.
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Manchester Market, 34 Mo(fitt, Mike
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ness, 17-19; forms partnership with
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I934i 221-222; plant purchased in T
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; Post-war planning, 277-27S Powell
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ernment, 221; plant purchased in, 2