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"Roxoleum" The Roxana Petroleum Company Magazine from October 1918

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“"Roxoleum" The Roxana Petroleum Company Magazine from October 1918,” Madison Historical, accessed December 24, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/805.

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This issue, “The End of the Line,” Volume I No. X, was published in October 1918. “Roxoleum”, the company publication of Roxana Petroleum Corporation, was a series of magazines published over the course of three years, starting during WWI as a link between the company and service members. This monthly magazine was named “Dawn” and underwent a name change in 1918. The magazine features poems, cartoons, short stories, company information, letters from soldiers, photos, celebrations, pictorials of employees who are service members, and much more. The information was largely contributed by employees and staff members. In the last issue of the magazine the President van der Gracht stated, “We have been feeling, of late, that ‘Roxoleum,’ which was created as a special periodical for times of unusual disturbance, and as a tie between the staff at home and our boys at the battle front or in the training camps, has now fulfilled its purpose and that we can lay it to rest with this issue.”

Subjects

  • Wood River
  • military
  • industry
  • Wood River Refinery

Date

October 1918

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Language

English

Type

  • Book or portion of book

Format

  • Book Viewer
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Wood River, Illinois
  • October 1918

Identifier

  • WRRHM-B-0003
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