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Tough Tarbell Trivia
08-12-2013, 07:49 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
This gentleman was very important to a younger Ida M. Tarbell. Who is he?

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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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08-13-2013, 05:47 AM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Horace Greeley in old age?
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08-13-2013, 08:13 AM,
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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.

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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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08-13-2013, 02:10 PM,
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Third clue:

He was from Massachusetts and belonged to the Free-Soil Party.

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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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08-13-2013, 02:30 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
George Frisbie Hoar.
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08-13-2013, 05:27 PM,
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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. Smile

If I can find my old Frisbee, that will be your prize. I think it's on a roof somewhere.

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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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12-27-2018, 05:47 PM,
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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."

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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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12-28-2018, 06:00 AM,
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Robert Lincoln?
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12-28-2018, 07:57 AM,
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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, 09:50 AM,
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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.

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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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12-28-2018, 10:04 AM,
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Helen Keller?
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12-28-2018, 11:23 AM,
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Good guess Roger, but it's not her..

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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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12-28-2018, 12:15 PM,
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Jane Addams?
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12-28-2018, 12:46 PM,
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I'm going to take a shot in the dark - Eleanor Roosevelt?
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12-28-2018, 01:29 PM,
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(08-13-2013, 05:27 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. Smile

If I can find my old Frisbee, that will be your prize. I think it's on a roof somewhere.

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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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