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Harry Ford SinclairHarry Ford Sinclair was a failure as a druggist, but was a huge success in the oil business. He founded Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation on May 1, 1916, and it was the largest independent oil company in the country by World War I.
MentholatumMentholatum was invented by former real estate mogul A.A. Hyde in Wichita, Kansas, in 1894. An instant success locally, , the medicinal ointment enjoyed nationwide popularity by 1903, and had become a worlwide product by 1913.
Arthur Hoyt ValentineArthur Hoyt Valentine founded a chain of diners housed in small, prefabricated buildings, and then founded his own line of portable, prefabricated buildings known as Valentine Diners, which came with everything necessary to start a restaurant -- the kitchen, counter, stools, lighting and plumbing fixtures, and even a bathroom.
William Coffin ColemanWilliam Coffin Coleman was selling typewriters when he came across a gasoline-fueled lamp that gave off such a bright glow he could actually read by it. He subsequently bought the company that made the lamp, and the Coleman Company is now a world leader in portable camping and other recreational equipment.
Henry FordHenry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908. Initially sold for $850 each, he was able to reduce the price to $290 by 1915. By the time the last Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1927, some 15 million of them had been sold.
Industrial Workers of the WorldThe Industrial Workers of the World was organized in Chicago on June 27, 1905, by opponents of the moderate policies in the labor movement. It wanted to bring all workers of each industry into one industrial union, and sought to overturn the capitalist system and set up a socialist government.
Gustavus Franklin SwiftGustavus Franklin Swift began his meat packing and shipping business by purchasing a heifer for $19, butchering and selling it, and then using his $10 profit to repeat the process.
Russell Stover CandiesRussell Stover Candies began with an investment interest in the Eskimo Pie which led to the opening of the first Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies store in 1923. By mid-1940s Russell Stover Candies was a multi-million dollar enterprise. Today it is the largest producer of hand-dipped chocolates in the world.
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