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on July 22, 1919. Its canned meat sold as "Council Meats." When the company was absorbed by the

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-based Acme Packing Company in 1921, it had facilities in

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;

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;

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; and

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. At the time of the sale it was controlled by New England Supply Company of

with F.P Comstock as its principal owner. Among its slogans were "A meat market on your pantry shelf" and "From the Wisconsin country to you." The Acme Meat Packing Company closed in June 1943 because of supply shortages related to

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; it did not reopen after the war. The company gave its name to the

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. The football team took its name after

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, a shipping clerk for the company, successfully asked the company's owner, Frank Peck, for money for

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s and use of the company's athletic field in 1919.

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