Casper Center of Oil Development in Wyoming Boom
Casper rapid oil growth draws Montana investors led by Thomas Arthur of Billings. Big refineries owned by Standard and Midwest fuel a 30,000 barrel daily output and state royalties reach 240000 last year. Casper's boom spurs new hotels and a projected 25000 population as Denver money pours in.
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Wyoming
Casper
Wyomings
United States
Standard
Midwest Company
Colorado
West
Ohio Company
Texas and Producers’ Company
Monte Christo
Drafted Canadian Patriotism Test in Great Walls
A Canadian-born man debates a doctor in a Great Walls street scene over enlistment. Despite one eye and light weight, Dr Longeway certifies him fit, joking Germans won t notice the blind eye and bayonet stabs. He recalls Maple Leaf Forever and Loyalist signs, finding patriotism elusive.
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Longeway
Army Commissary
France
Bron
Canada
United Empire Loyalists
Iron Boost Claim Promises Strength At Any Age
An ad extols Nuxated Iron as a miracle for vitality, claiming a 50 year old man improved to youthful vigor after two weeks of tablets. It touts iron as essential, warns against weak forms, and offers a money back double-strength guarantee through druggists.
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New York
N. Y
E. Sauer
Iran
Wyoming oil boom reaches national finance interest
Financed in Colorado the industry has grown to a $20 million company with two refineries and wells across multiple fields. New York financial centers are eyeing Wyoming oil as a land bill from Senator Walsh moves through Congress. Elk Basin emerges near the Montana border, with many wells straddling the boundary and rapid development spreading north toward Montana.
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Ball Creek
Elk Basin
Grass Creek
Greybull
Midwest Company
Byron
Northwest Refining Company
Cowley
Thermopo
Colorado
New York
Wyoming
Walsh
Congress
Montana
High Cost Memories From Alaska Miner In Butte
I B Hopkins recalls old Virginia City prices 18 dollars per day or an ounce of gold dust and 2 50 for baking powder before railroads. He notes harsh overland travel and big risks in early placer camps while visiting Butte.
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I. B. Hopkins
Alaska
Virginia City
Butte
Mr. Hopkins
Denver
Senator Clark settles street car strike in Butte
Former Montana senator William A. Clark, famed for wealth from mining, personally settled the Butte Street Railway strike. He gathered the strikers, spoke with them by first names, and ensured resumption of service before a Glacier Park family outing. His interests center on United Verde copper mine at Jerome, Arizona, whose value is hinted at by a French engineers estimate of five hundred million dollars in ore on sight.
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Conrad
A. R. Boone
Lewistown
New Rockford
Wolf Point
Citizens National Bank
Fortune Post Office
Helena
Malta
O. E. McDowell
Plymouth
Ind
Brockton
Havre
William Williams
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Billings
Waco Dry Land District
Tewistown
Plentywood
Anderson
Fort Peck
Thomas J. Canty
Phillips County
Red Cross
Mable Earle Root
William Root
Wavre
Forestry Department
State Board of Hail Insurance Commissioners
Greenan
Cascade
Flathead
Wibaux
Custer
Madison
Dawson
Billings Livestock Exchange
Chicago
Shriver
Carbon County
Hendrik Hansen
Gow Lee
Charles Russell
First National Bank
Butte
Trades and Labor Assembly
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
William A. Clark
America
Bannack
Central City
Colorado
Senator Clark
Butte Street Railway Company
Glacier Park
Jerome
Arizona
Clark
French stance blocks ore sale to nation in move tied to investment
A French engineer explains France will not permit large-scale ore sales abroad. even if paid in value on the spot the sum could reach about half a billion dollars, blocking the foreign investment transfer.
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France
Rise in Silver Boosts Montana Prospects and Mining
A surge in silver above 90 cents boosts Montana which mines more silver than any state. Many silver rich mines will resume operations as silver bullions rise, with historic highs noted from 1873, 1890 and the Sherman act era. Prices collapsed after 1893 due to mint closures and repeal.
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Montana
Union
Treasury
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Intana
Casper Center OF Oil Development
Lis
Lander
Stock Exchange
Goldfield
Cripple Creek
Cheyenne
DR. Longeway
Yesus
Wye
E. Broadway, Butte
Agent
United Verde
Pytiay
Ronn Gare
Hush
Delco Ignition
Bubl Motor Company
Bush Temple
Illinois
White Sulphur Springs
Fontana
Photos
Gibson Studio
Yaat Fale
Winder. Cor
Ave
Great Falls
Harry HH. McCole
Greast Falls
Montesa
S. C. Huseth
Boulder Hot Springs
J. M. Reynolds
Yapaper
Houston
Spokane
Washington
Herman Page
D. C
Jas Henderson
Pire
LLEGE
Owsley Block
Montana Motor CO
Haynes Automobiles
Ninth St. N
Haynes
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