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Oil fields boom as Illinois becomes an oil state
The article traces Illinois oil growth from a 200 to 500 barrel daily output in Montgomery county before 1915 to surged production across Clark Cumberland Crawford and nearby counties by 1906 07. It notes Indiana oil connections and the rise of pipelines and value, plus the role of Standard Oil and potential gas wealth. It also covers a Chicago obituary for Clara Eleanor Kays, detailing birth and death, family, and funeral.
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Illinois
Montgomery County
Clark
Cumberland
Crawford
United States
Casey
Clark County
Mattoon
Indiana
Itaola
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Vincennes
I Ilinois Geological Survey
Mlinois
Standard Oil Company
Chicago Tribune
Clara Eleanor Kays
Marcus and
Katherine Kays
Strawn
Putnam County
Chicago
40Th Street
Tonica
C. J. Bishop
Yang
Ida
Tonici Cemetery
C. W. Ayling
Minonk
Putnam
County
Kays