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EXCELSIOR OIL TANK LINE

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July 28, 1889 Dubuque Sunday Herald. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald
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EXCELSIOR OIL TANK LINE. Advertising itself in 1889 as an "anti-monopoly oil company," Excelsior declared itself to be "the only house in Iowa independent of the Standard Oil Company."