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Tough Tarbell Trivia
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08-12-2013, 06:49 PM
Post: #196
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
This gentleman was very important to a younger Ida M. Tarbell. Who is he?
![[Image: 01gu.jpg]](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/01gu.jpg/) Best Rob 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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08-13-2013, 04:47 AM
Post: #197
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Horace Greeley in old age?
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08-13-2013, 07:13 AM
Post: #198
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Good guess, Roger but it's not Greeley.
First clue: This photo was taken around the time Tarbell knew him. Bonus clue: He wrote letters of introduction for Tarbell, including one to John Hay. Best Rob 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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08-13-2013, 01:10 PM
Post: #199
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Third clue:
He was from Massachusetts and belonged to the Free-Soil Party. Best Rob 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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08-13-2013, 01:30 PM
Post: #200
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
George Frisbie Hoar.
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08-13-2013, 04:27 PM
Post: #201
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
You got it Roger. My next clue was going to be you could play with his middle name but should stay far away from his last name.
 If I can find my old Frisbee, that will be your prize. I think it's on a roof somewhere. Best Rob 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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12-27-2018, 04:47 PM
Post: #202
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
It's been a long time since I've contributed a trivia question regarding Ida Tarbell, but since I'm on a small hiatus from writing about her (which will end this weekend) I thought I might contribute one for old times sake.
What subject of Tarbell once remarked to her "I did not think I could be quite so interesting." Best Rob 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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12-28-2018, 05:00 AM
Post: #203
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Robert Lincoln?
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12-28-2018, 06:57 AM
Post: #204
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
John D Rockefeller?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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12-28-2018, 08:50 AM
Post: #205
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Both are certainly logical guesses, but not correct. In fact, Tarbell never spoke to Rockefeller in her life.
First clue. The person in question was a woman. Best Rob 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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12-28-2018, 09:04 AM
Post: #206
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Helen Keller?
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12-28-2018, 10:23 AM
Post: #207
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Good guess Roger, but it's not her..
Best Rob 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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12-28-2018, 11:15 AM
Post: #208
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Jane Addams?
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12-28-2018, 11:46 AM
Post: #209
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
I'm going to take a shot in the dark - Eleanor Roosevelt?
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12-28-2018, 12:29 PM
Post: #210
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(08-13-2013 04:27 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: You got it Roger. My next clue was going to be you could play with his middle name but should stay far away from his last name. I taught with a female English teacher with the last name of "Hoar." Boy, did our middle schoolers have a field day... |
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