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A Sandburg Stumper
02-18-2022, 08:38 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Roger, but that's not what I'm heading toward.

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02-19-2022, 06:51 AM,
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They never learnt to drive?
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Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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02-19-2022, 09:57 AM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
That's a clever guess Mike, but not correct.

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02-19-2022, 05:58 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
I, for one, am totally "lost" on this one, Rob. Can you give any type of clue?
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02-19-2022, 07:15 PM,
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Sorry about that Roger. I was at work today and didn't have time to put any clues up. Here's the first.

Sandburg and Tarbell didn't know each other when what I'm looking for happened.

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02-19-2022, 07:26 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
They both opposed the Spanish-American War?
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02-19-2022, 08:47 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Roger. That's a good guess, but not correct.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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02-20-2022, 02:39 AM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
I'm going to say they were both political activists.
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02-20-2022, 08:28 AM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
(02-20-2022, 02:39 AM)GustD45 Wrote: I'm going to say they were both political activists.


Good guess, but not what I was looking for.

Next clue. As far as I can tell Sandburg never had anything to do with this during the remainder of his life.

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02-20-2022, 11:54 AM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Does it have something to do with the oil business?
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02-20-2022, 01:21 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
(02-20-2022, 11:54 AM)Steve Wrote: Does it have something to do with the oil business?

Yes, and no.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
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02-20-2022, 03:02 PM,
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(02-20-2022, 01:21 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:
(02-20-2022, 11:54 AM)Steve Wrote: Does it have something to do with the oil business?

Yes, and no.

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I think the answer is Standard Oil. Tarbell wrote an exposition on Standard Oil and I believe Sandburg was a friend of John D. Rockefeller who owned and operated Standard Oil.
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02-20-2022, 03:36 PM,
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Actually, Standard Oil is only half right. Sandburg's part has nothing to do with Standard Oil.

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02-20-2022, 05:05 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
I will try a different approach. Did Tarbell and Sandburg speak at the same colleges or on the Chautauqua circuit at different times on different subjects? Maybe she spoke on Standard Oil and he read poems?
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02-20-2022, 05:17 PM,
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
A great guess Anita, but not correct.

Truth be told, I'm running out of clues. I'll let the question sit until tomorrow and if no one has the correct answer, I'll reveal the answer.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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