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Thursday, April 1, 2010
April 3: David Kenney, "Father of the Vacuum Cleaner Industry"
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Note: Great Lives is honored to present our first guest blogger, Mary Robinson Sive, who contributed this life story to the Great Lives blog...
Friday, February 26, 2010
February 26: John Harvey Kellogg, Crown Prince of Cereal
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Very likely most Americans recognize the name – it’s seen every time one visits the breakfast cereal section of the grocery store. But the m...
Sunday, August 9, 2009
August 10: Jay Cooke, Financier of the Civil War
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His early work career involved one failure after another, yet he persevered and became known as the financier of the American Civil War – an...
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Monday, June 15, 2009
June 15: "...I found I could do anything I turned my hand to..."
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Do you know who this is? -He is known as “Chicago’s Founder”. -He successfully managed a lumber mill when he was sixteen. -He was Chicago’s ...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Feb. 17: “Satisfaction or your money back”
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Do you know who this is? -Was the originator of mail-order sales in the United States -His first business inventory was destroyed by the Gre...
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