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Tough Tarbell Trivia
10-08-2012, 01:30 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
She also spoke in Albion, Michigan, on "Abraham Lincoln." Is that the other one?
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10-08-2012, 01:48 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
No, Roger. The title was more specific.

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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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10-09-2012, 05:58 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Good morning, Rob. Only my wife knows how much time I have spent trying to find the other one, but I am either looking in the wrong spot or my eyes are missing it. I am now going to back out and leave this one for someone else.
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10-09-2012, 09:50 AM, (This post was last modified: 10-09-2012, 09:52 AM by Rob Wick.)
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Roger,

You did a wonderful job to get what you did. It took me 8 days to get through all 350-plus letters in that subject file, and I only saw the second title once or twice in Tarbell's letters.

The second topic was "Abraham Lincoln's Political Principles and Methods."

Good job! We're working on setting up a lecture tour for you as a prize, but some of the states won't meet your demands for all-day access to the Golf Channel, so negotiations continue.

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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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10-09-2012, 10:08 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
I may need to take a pass, Rob. I get out of breath just looking at Ida Tarbell's lecture schedules. Did she have the energy! I noticed she once spoke in Benton Harbor, Michigan. That was the next town north of where our little cabin was in St. Joe and roughly 25 miles north of Harbert.
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10-09-2012, 10:31 AM,
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You got that right, Roger. She started around the age of 60 and went through to about age 68. I saw one itinerary where she had to leave one town at around 4 in the morning to get to another town to talk later that afternoon. She got $100 per lecture, which is about $2300 in today's money, but she needed every penny because at the time she was trying to help her brother dig himself out of a massive debt. He ended up living with her until his death, because in addition to financial problems, he suffered from some mental health issues, even holding the family at gunpoint on different occasions.

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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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11-19-2012, 11:31 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Who am I?

I had occasion to meet both with Abraham Lincoln and Ida Tarbell. My father, however, was more famous for his meeting with Lincoln then me.

Who am I?

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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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11-20-2012, 12:03 AM,
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Well, I was thinking John Nicolay-as Ida Tarbell met with him, didn't she? But the "father" thing is throwing me off...
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11-20-2012, 09:56 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
I would be tempted to guess Nicolay's daughter. But, I don't think she had been born yet during Lincoln's time as president.
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11-20-2012, 10:47 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry guys, it isn't Nicolay or Nicolay's daughter.

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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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11-20-2012, 10:52 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Did Edward Everett have a son or daughter? If so, I'll guess him or her.

(I am thinking maybe you asked this on November 19th for a reason)
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11-20-2012, 10:59 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry Roger, but it's not Everett, and it has no ties to Gettysburg.

Clue #1. I was a soldier.

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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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11-20-2012, 03:22 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Clue #2.

Like Tarbell, I was from Pennsylvania, as was my father.

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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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11-20-2012, 05:03 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Donald Cameron?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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11-20-2012, 05:22 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry Gene, that's not it either.

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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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