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Tough Tarbell Trivia
04-13-2023, 04:51 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Was he associated with Standard Oil?
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04-13-2023, 08:45 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
No, Roger, he wasn't.

Next clue.

Tarbell was asked to consider writing a biography of him, but in the end did not.

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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

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04-13-2023, 09:42 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
"This gentleman had a connection to both Tarbell and Lincoln."

Rob, are you referring to Abraham or Robert?
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04-13-2023, 10:40 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Roger,
The connection, which is not a direct one, is to Abraham.

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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.
--Carl Sandburg
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04-13-2023, 03:08 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Next clue.

You would be hard-pressed to find one of the places of business that he operated today.

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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.
--Carl Sandburg
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04-13-2023, 06:33 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Did he run opium dens/facilities ?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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04-13-2023, 08:32 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
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.

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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

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--Carl Sandburg
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04-13-2023, 09:44 PM, (This post was last modified: 04-13-2023, 09:56 PM by Gene C.)
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
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" ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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04-14-2023, 04:48 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
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.
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04-14-2023, 08:17 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry gentlemen, but neither guess is correct. However, Roger you are on the right track.

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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.
--Carl Sandburg
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04-14-2023, 09:41 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Next clue.

This person had over 5,000 schools that he funded named after him.

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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.
--Carl Sandburg
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04-15-2023, 08:18 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Andrew Carnegie
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04-15-2023, 08:35 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry Bill, but it's not Carnegie.

I'm running out of clues so I think I will lift the Google restriction.

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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.
--Carl Sandburg
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04-15-2023, 08:52 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Julius Rosenwald
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04-15-2023, 10:00 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(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.

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Rob, a friendly suggestion,
I think you might have better results if your clues and questions matched up better with our answers.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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