Jeffy Johns Now an Oil Magnate in Miles City
Veteran Montana editor Thomas Jefferson Johns now publishes the Miles City American and has become an oil magnate. He invested $625 in 56 Petroleum, earning around $300 monthly in dividends. Johns boosted the firm's fortunes via advertising and job work, taking stock, and steering local financiers into the deal.
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Thomas Jefferson Johns
Montana
Miles City American
56 Petroleum Company
Motion Picture Trust
Jeffy
Johns
Joe Baker
Fortune
Miles City
Bill Ferguson
Cat Creek
Joe
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
56 Petroleum
56 Petroleum Treasury
New Pipe Line Opens on June 1
A new pipeline launches June 1 with huge storage tanks and a pumping plant. About 125 men are laying the line as eastern capitalists prepare to attend the opening ceremony.
Independent pipeline to Cat Creek field nears operation
Skepticism in remote areas fades as 125 workers lay six inch line toward Winnett and restock to a planned five mile underground trench. A 50 000 barrel tank south of Ten Spot well and a Winnett tank commence, with loading racks for 30 cars and worker housing rising. Eastern capitalists funded about 600 000 dollars, with contracts for thousands of barrels daily expected upon start.
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G. E. LaFollette
Cat Creek
Colgrove
Minneapolis
Winnett
Elk Basin
Cuticura Featured for Baby Rash Relief
Advertisement touts Cuticura products to soothe baby rashes. Hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment, plus Cuticura Talcum dusted on at finish. Claims purity and fragrance, price 25 cents each everywhere.
Poland Seeks Upper Silesia. U S Secretary Declines Aid
Washington Secretary of State Hughes declines to aid Poland in its attempt to seize control of Upper Silesia, signaling a shift in diplomacy and regional power dynamics. The move affects Polish ambitions and draws attention from European allies amid ongoing territorial tensions.
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Washington
Hughes
Poland
Upper Silesia
Washington warns on Russia recognition until prisoners freed
Formal notification from the state department states that no recognition of the Soviet government by the United States is possible while Americans are held prisoners in Russia. The stance confirms that prisoner cases block any diplomatic acceptance or ties with Moscow.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
State Department
Russia
United States
Northern Pacific Pioneer History and Belgrade's Naming
A Montana tale recounts Henry Villard securing European funding for the Northern Pacific, the Belgrade name after Serbia's capital, the golden spike celebration at Gold Creek, and a later stock panic as investors rushed to sell. General Grant attended events with Villard and T. B. Quan hosted at Bozeman.
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Belgrade
Montana
Northern Pacific
T. B. Quaw
Quaw
Bozeman
Henry Villard
San Francisco
Great Northwest
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Villard
New York
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Idaho
Washington
Minnesota
Gold Creek
Mont
U. S. Grant
Miles City
Helena
Grant
Villary
Blue Danube
T. B. Quan
Townsend
New York Stock Exchange
Coun
William Lindsay Leaves Montana for California Ranch
William M. Lindsay, a former Dawson county representative and senator, prominent in Montana politics, has bought a large ranch in Southern California and will move south for health reasons after half a century in the state. He once chaired the Republican state central committee and served on the state tax commission. Lindsay profited from eastern Montana grazing and NP land sales, amassing wealth before his retirement.
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William M. Lindsay
Thomas Carter
California
Lindsay
Dawson County
Dawson
Montana
United States
Highline
Great Northern
Republican State Central Committee
Joseph T. Toole
Stewart
State Tax Commission
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Jeffy Johns
Little Oil Company
Postum Cereal Company
Line Battle Creek
Michigan
Ceretana
Montana Flour Mills Co
Harlowton
Lewistown
Great Falls
William Lindsay
Thomas H. Carter
Army Goods
Joel Yolo
Ad Eaeleckrs
Herman Officera
Polit Durable
Munson Last
Army Unionalls
M-l
Army
C. D. Woot
Iaaly
Cat
Strong
F. G. Ostland Company
Winnett, Mont
Dept. D
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the Oil Fields Bulletin
Lewistown, Montana
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