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Interesting message about the oil, huh? So I'm assuming this individual had a lot of money?
Possibly, but not always. There were often those who invested the last dollar they had in get-rich-quick schemes and the early 1900s were ripe with promoters seeking investors promising potential fortunes in the West, especially in the mining and oil drilling industries.
This is probably the writer of the postal card, given the signature and the handwriting on the back reading Owenton, Kentucky--I can't read the postmark on the front of the postal card either:
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James William Cammack (b. 1869) — also known as James W. Cammack — of Owenton, Owen County, Ky. Born near English, Crawford County, Ind., July 15, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state senate, 1904-07; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1907-16; Kentucky state attorney general, 1927-31. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
As for the addressee, it is Intermountain Oil Company, Kemmerer, Wyoming, c/o P.J. Quealey. (I found refernces to Mr. Patrick J. Quealey as one of the initial investors in Intermountain Oil:
