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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - RJNorton - 04-13-2023
Was he associated with Standard Oil?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-13-2023
No, Roger, he wasn't.
Next clue.
Tarbell was asked to consider writing a biography of him, but in the end did not.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - RJNorton - 04-13-2023
"This gentleman had a connection to both Tarbell and Lincoln."
Rob, are you referring to Abraham or Robert?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-13-2023
Roger,
The connection, which is not a direct one, is to Abraham.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-13-2023
Next clue.
You would be hard-pressed to find one of the places of business that he operated today.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - AussieMick - 04-13-2023
Did he run opium dens/facilities ?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-13-2023
Mike,
I've got to admit that you threw me with that answer, but I can assure you it isn't anything like that. His business was a boring old retail establishment.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Gene C - 04-13-2023
Issac & Roland Diller of Diller's Drug Store ?
Isn't he the "source" in Ida Tarbell's "He Knew Lincoln and Other Billy Brown Stories" ?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - RJNorton - 04-14-2023
I grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, and on the corner of Marion and Lake there was a Montgomery Wards during the 1950s. As far as I know, that store is long gone. For a young man growing up the store was very boring, and I never liked going there with my mother. So I will guess Montgomery Ward.
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-14-2023
Sorry gentlemen, but neither guess is correct. However, Roger you are on the right track.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-14-2023
Next clue.
This person had over 5,000 schools that he funded named after him.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Wild Bill - 04-15-2023
Andrew Carnegie
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 04-15-2023
Sorry Bill, but it's not Carnegie.
I'm running out of clues so I think I will lift the Google restriction.
Best
Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - RJNorton - 04-15-2023
Julius Rosenwald
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Gene C - 04-15-2023
(04-15-2023, 08:35 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: Sorry Bill, but it's not Carnegie.
I'm running out of clues so I think I will lift the Google restriction.
Best
Rob
Rob, a friendly suggestion,
I think you might have better results if your clues and questions matched up better with our answers.