Jeffy Johns Becomes Oil Magnate in Miles City Tale
The article profiles Thomas Jefferson Johns editor of the Miles City American who becomes an oil magnate after investing in the 56 Petroleum company. He earned about 50 percent monthly dividends, profits from stock sales, and helped finance the venture through advertising and job work. The piece details Joe Baker’s land deal, fundraising among railroad workers, and the 56 Petroleum’s growing production and planned drilling.
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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
66 Petroleum Treasury
New Pipeline Opens June 1 Near Winnett
A six inch independent pipeline built by Colgrove interests reaches Winnett with 10 miles connected and rapid progress toward full operation by June 1. 125 men lay pipe as 50 000 barrel storage tanks and loading racks rise south of Ten Spot well. Eastern capitalists planned a $600000 project to move oil from Cat Creek field to Elk Basin lines.
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Cat Creek
Colgrove
Minneapolis
Winnett
Elk Basin
Minneapols
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Ad
Advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and ointments for baby rashes with hot baths and gentle applications. Mentions Cuticura Talcum as finishing touch and price of 25 cents each.
Polish Upper Silesia bid blocked by Secretary Hughes
Secretary of State Hughes has refused to aid Poland in its effort to seize Upper Silesia. The move ends any immediate U S support for the Polish claim amid growing tension in Europe.
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Washington
Hughes
Poland
Upper Silesia
Formal notification bars US recognition while Americans held in Russia
Washington states that no form of recognition will be extended to the Soviet government while Americans remain prisoners in Russia. The formal notification underscores the administration’s stance linking prisoner cases to diplomatic recognition policy.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
State Department
Russia
United States
Belgrade to Gold Creek Purchase Sparks Panicked Markets
An 1880s account chronicles Henry Villard’s push to finance and complete the Northern Pacific. European investors, led by Nemesis in Belgrade, drive bonds and stock through New York panic before the line reaches Montana and Washington. General Grant attends the gold spike ceremony at Gold Creek.
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Belgrade
Montana
Northern Pacific
T. B. Quaw
Quaw
Boxeman
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
Willard
U. S. Grant
Miles City
Bozeman
Helena
Grant
Blue Danube
T. B. Quan
West
Townsend
New York Stock Exchange
William Lindsay Leaves Montana for California Ranch
William M. Lindsay a longtime Montana political figure moves to a large Southern California ranch after five decades in the state. He rose from Dawson county representative to senator and chaired the Republican state central committee. He lost the 1880s gubernatorial race, served on the tax commission, and made a fortune selling eastern Montana NP lands at high prices before his relocation for health reasons.
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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
Senator Lindsay
Northern Pacific
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Jeffy Johns
Little Oil Company
By G. E. LaFollette
Postum Cereal Company
Tries
Ceretana
Montana Flour Mills Co
Harlowton
Lewistown
Great Falls
William Lindsay
Thomas H. Carter
F. G. Ostland - “Company
Winnett, Mont
Coset
Herman
Peo ‘Durab
Vun
Herman Rusaer
Munson
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Republic Army
Rt Tlovis
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the Oil Fields Bulletin
Lewistown, Montana
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