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Tough Tarbell Trivia
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04-13-2023, 03:51 AM
Post: #601
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Was he associated with Standard Oil?
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04-13-2023, 07:45 AM
Post: #602
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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. 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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04-13-2023, 08:42 AM
Post: #603
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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, 09:40 AM
Post: #604
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Roger,
The connection, which is not a direct one, is to Abraham. 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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04-13-2023, 02:08 PM
Post: #605
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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. 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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04-13-2023, 05:33 PM
Post: #606
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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, 07:32 PM
Post: #607
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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. 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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04-13-2023, 08:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2023 08:56 PM by Gene C.)
Post: #608
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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, 03:48 AM
Post: #609
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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, 07:17 AM
Post: #610
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry gentlemen, but neither guess is correct. However, Roger you are on the right track.
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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04-14-2023, 08:41 AM
Post: #611
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Next clue.
This person had over 5,000 schools that he funded named after him. 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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04-15-2023, 07:18 AM
Post: #612
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Andrew Carnegie
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04-15-2023, 07:35 AM
Post: #613
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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. 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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04-15-2023, 07:52 AM
Post: #614
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Julius Rosenwald
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04-15-2023, 09:00 AM
Post: #615
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(04-15-2023 07:35 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: Sorry Bill, but it's not Carnegie. 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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