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04-15-2023, 09:07 AM
Post: #616
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Gene,

I guess that's why you make the big money.

Roger, it is Rosenwald. He was connected to Tarbell by asking her to write his biography and to Lincoln by being born in Springfield just a few blocks away from Lincoln's home. In fact, the NPS has put Rosenwald's birthplace in the Lincoln park area.

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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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04-15-2023, 11:58 AM (This post was last modified: 04-15-2023 11:59 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #617
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(04-15-2023 09:00 AM)Gene C Wrote:  
(04-15-2023 07:35 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Sorry Bill, but it's not Carnegie.
I'm running out of clues so I think I will lift the Google restriction.

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Rob

Rob, a friendly suggestion,
I think you might have better results if your clues and questions matched up better with our answers.
Gene - I love this advice. It's outstanding logical and ubiquitously applicable.
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06-21-2023, 03:22 PM (This post was last modified: 06-21-2023 03:22 PM by Rob Wick.)
Post: #618
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
You may Google to your heart's content, because I don't think it will help.

After her death on January 6, 1944, Ida Tarbell was the subject of many editorials and tributes. However, there is one tribute that really stands out and, in my mind, doesn't make a lot of sense.

What am I talking about?

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06-22-2023, 07:37 AM
Post: #619
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Clue: It was only around for around two years.

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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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06-22-2023, 08:40 AM
Post: #620
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
(06-22-2023 07:37 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Clue: It was only around for around two years.

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Rob, are you referring to a newspaper or magazine?
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06-22-2023, 09:04 AM
Post: #621
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Roger,

No, it has absolutely nothing to do with a magazine or newspaper. It is a physical item.

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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

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06-22-2023, 10:37 AM (This post was last modified: 06-22-2023 10:39 AM by Gene C.)
Post: #622
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
A historical/commemorative marker?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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06-22-2023, 12:14 PM (This post was last modified: 06-22-2023 12:15 PM by Rob Wick.)
Post: #623
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Very logical guess, Gene, but that's not it. The first historical marker to Tarbell was in 1941 in Pennsylvania, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania put one up in the early 1950s.

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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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06-22-2023, 04:44 PM
Post: #624
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Clue: Think REALLY outside the box.

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06-22-2023, 05:05 PM
Post: #625
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How about a play about Ida Tarbell's life that was not well-attended and shut down after a couple of years?
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06-22-2023, 07:59 PM
Post: #626
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An oil well?
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06-22-2023, 08:01 PM
Post: #627
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Sorry, but neither guess is correct.

Clue: Tarbell wasn't the only person honored this way. In fact, several hundred were.

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--Ida M. Tarbell

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06-23-2023, 04:08 AM
Post: #628
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
How about the SS Ida M. Tarbell?
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06-23-2023, 05:18 AM
Post: #629
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Postage stamp?

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06-23-2023, 06:18 AM
Post: #630
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Wheaties cereal box.
An Ida Tarbel muck "Rake"

A fashion line of "Ida Tarbel Hats" - https://photos.com/featured/ida-tarbell-...etal-print
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ida-ta...97214.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbel...704019.jpg
http://www.newulmartcollection.org/fj-99...#iLightbox[gallery903]/0
http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/im...00151v.jpg

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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