Tough Tarbell Trivia

[Rob Wick]

Close enough, Joe.

In the early 1920s, the daughter of Orville Hickman Browning approached the Illinois State Historical Society with the diaries of her father, who had finished out Stephen A. Douglas's Senate term after Douglas died. Harper and Brothers sent Tarbell a letter asking her if she would look over them and if she would be interested in editing them for publication. After several months negotiation, Harpers and Tarbell were unsuccessful in getting the diaries.

In the mid 1920s, Theodore C. Pease and Randall edited the diaries and published them under the State Historical Society's imprint. Both Pease and Randall edited the first volume while Randall edited the second on his own. Oh, and the clue where Randall published this and had one of his own was a clue that Randall had kept a massive (20 volumes) diary of his own.

The prize budget for Tarbell and Company has been exhausted, although the board of directors has voted you a quart of Standard Oil's finest lubricant. Just go to John D.'s gas station to pick it up.

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Rob