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Rail roaders Oil venture touts gas field and lime profits
To citizens of Corydon and Southern Indiana the ad claims a geologist identified a rich undeveloped gas field east of the Mississippi. It details pipeline, fires, sabotage, and the Lime Company venture with 300,000 shares, a 10 percent dividend, and plans to produce high grade lime at low cost for carload sales.
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Railroaders’ Oil Company
Mississippi River
Tobacco Landing
Corydon
Railroaders’ Lime Company
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
New Albany
Louisville
St. Paul
Chicago
United States
Harrison County
New Middletown
Dogwood
Laconia