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EP308: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer and The Man Who Played with Trains

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May 16, 2022 3:05 am

EP308: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer and The Man Who Played with Trains

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the History Guy tells us the story of the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Rudyard Kipling, and how he survived a difficult childhood to go on to become one of the most celebrated authors of his day, penning such classics as "The Jungle Book" and "Just So Stories.” Pete Coors tells the story of Coors Banquet beer and how the story began with a German immigrant living in a Colorado mining town. Bill Bryk brings us the story of the an ingenious inventor who went from inventing naval mine detonators to one of the top 5 toys of the 20th century... and all because he was unimpressed by a store's window display. 

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00:00 - Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling

25:00 - The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer

37:00 -The Man Who Played with Trains

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Kipling's parents are concerned about the health of their amiable son was nicknamed the little friend of the world. This friendly attitude and her second child, a daughter named Alan. I assume everyone called tricks with more years later, typhoid collar and other epidemics were common, partially because the causes of the disease were unknown and the Kipling's leave their children will be safer from potential illness reckoning the boardinghouse in the South of England. That seemed like the perfect place, but they apparently didn't check all the appropriate references and it was an unfortunate decision. Rudyard and tricks the family that ran the boardinghouse called Holloway's told the children that their parents are left behind in England because they had been back there never seem to be enough to eat, to recall the lady of the house, quizzing them about his daily activities and then picking the parties every answer in an effort to catch him in a lie. Always son currently beat the five euro Kipling with his fists.

The children cried every single letter from the parents that were locked in the basement for an entire day.

The word help was carved in the house as well.

But one of the children But always it was bleak and forever after, the place, the house of desolation later in life Kipling wrote a semi-biographical novel entitled Bob Bob Black sheep until the lives of the 63-year-old care of abusive family in the South of England. As readers didn't know the amount of the story is on life for when young lips of the people of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair. All the love in the world will not only take away that knowledge may turn dark eyes for a while, to the light teach faith or no faith was of a black sheep 1889 after Roger's mother came to take her children home six years later she was putting to bed and went to give a kiss good night to his hands as if to ward off an attack was then that she realized how awful the boardinghouse life had been to her children. Emotional scars and deep tricks would struggle with what might be now labeled as bipolar disorder for her entire life. Rudyard on the other hand, had intermittent periods of what he called depression and equipment.

Some historians inability to form a close relationship with his wife. Kipling said he dealt with his variable mood by working long hours, sometimes as much is 16 hours a day. I, to a friend. My head is all clear have to have it mended someday someday never seem to come to receipt his formal education at United Services College in Devon. It was another boarding school and one at which he didn't necessarily thrive on being terrified is this fellow students coming by his ankles out of the window on the fifth never particularly athletic the dreamy and bookish Kipling was described as an indifferent student, that there be certain times of the young man's life when great sorrow for sin.

All the boy in him is part of the passes it one step to the more sorrowful state management, the dream of Duncan parents 1884. But there were echoes of Kipling's earlier amiable attitude towards world when his classmates remembered him as a keeping pudgy little fellow less precocious as ever could be. When he finished his time United Services College to print a good job at a newspaper near his parents in India and Pakistan began publishing his poetry was incredibly well received by the public almost from the beginning of his career from a close relationship with American publicist in London, Inc. will conduct austere, austere and effectively died. The deceased man's sister Carrie in January 92 Rush wedding was small, with only four people in attendance.

Because London had virtually come to a standstill, was a crippling influence in the city describe the atmosphere in his biography as it was an epidemic. When the undertakers had run out of black horses and the dead to be content with brown ones and you're listening to the history tell the story of youngest winner in the history of the Nobel prize for literature. Kipling childhood suffered at the hands of my goodness monsters house of desolation story of the boardinghouse weapon and indifferent student.

You hear that a lot about really talented folks there indifferent students. They just haven't been tapped for the potential of the talent we capture that often the stories we tell here when we continue more of the remarkable life poet and writer Here on our great American stories we tell and love America like we do wasting you to become a part of the American stories family to agree that America is a good and great country. Please make a donation monthly gift of $17.76 is fast becoming a favorite option for supporters to allow American stories.com now and go to the donate button and help us keep the great American stories coming out American stories.com doing household chores can Artie be time-consuming and tedious.

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Now this is the law of the jungle, was the stop will keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must.as the creeper the girls a tree trunk back. The strength of the pack in the strength is the second jungle book 1895 in 1896. Prior to the couple's second child.

Daughter named Elsie so quickly followed in 1897 the name John began telling his oldest daughter Josephine, whom he called his. Now, beloved, just so stories children every night before bed.

He said there were stories with you to sleep.

You're not allowed to alter those by one single word just so he would wake up and put back the missing sentence. Last they came to be like Charles 03. The whale tail Timoteo in the justice stories are measured.

Stories about her and will begin to look and act the way they do in nature with titles detail each story. Hallowell got his throat. Somehow the temple is top popularity of the story speaks to the loving care with which Kipling wrote them for his children.

Six honest serving the names or what and where, when, why and the elephants child 1902. The Kipling's existence in the United States, and it went to a public run in with Terry's brother Alister struggled with addiction to alcohol and money troubles are probably threatening to blow off Kipling's head. Boster was arrested in the trial followed which drew quite a lot of attention from the press because of its popularity as an author for his part to mourn the loss of his privacy and we back to English in an effort to reclaim it were all islands telling lies to each of the seas of misunderstanding like the failed 91 he suffered one of the largest losses of his life. The Kipling's eldest daughter Josephine made six succumb to pneumonia. March 6, 1899 the same time. At first the family feared that they would lose about Kipling survived to discover his daughter had not.

The world is very low is doesn't care about your life or anything else like the failed 91 when the justice stories for children was first published in 1902 destroys himself the timing of the publication of the loss of Joseph.

It was poignant lost forever after change. The author according to those close to him once been described as a friend of the world smiled and laughed a little less often sister tricks that he became center and harder man received the prize for literature in 1907 museums person ever to teaming up*ready to be fading imperialistic political ideas encourage country's policies, white man's burden in an effort to encourage United States take more active role pick up the white man's burden. The best you bring your sons to exile to serve your captives need white man's burden 1899 is also supported the great war encouraged his son John serve the conflict. First John filled medical examination to draw the wrong maybe because of his weak eyesight to list two more times. It was rejected both times using his father's connections. Kipling joined the I regards the part of the largest process of 15 to 18 was assumed been blown apart Michelle's no piece of this course is ever recovered 2015, with great commission and is located the great remains buried in the cemetery? We.because our fathers test for 1918.

The second lesson, Kipling is working currently hard and also Jane Austen to his wife and daughter over and over again effort to shake the grief he felt at John's death would later become the Commonwealth war Graves commission in honor of his lost son suggested versus the commission put on the stones of the work that little history of the Irish guards, which was published in 23 has been considered by some to be one of the best examples of history.

There were too many children of whom no record worldly with the constantly the span of life respect the Irish guards in the great war 23 is less children children's health began a steady decline suffered from source which is believed to live at age 70 brother's ashes are interred Westminster Abbey's poet's corner this river to the remains of Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens was only surviving child, Elsie married George Bambrick to diplomat in 1924. Never had a children's she died on the 24th 1976 by some celebrities today.

Death was reported ahead of its time reading about it in a magazine.

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I just read that I die, don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers. Many of his political viewpoints notably about imperialism no longer held sway in the international world received much criticism for that George Orwell described him as a imperialist who was morally insensitive and a patriot is a clearheaded New York wise but then seemed to stagnate and he often spoke to friends about the foibles of early fame like his idyllic use of Empire in many ways. Roger Kipling seemed to become history. Before his days are past, especially in the way that the loss of his children affected him was left of Roger Kipling when everything else is turned to dust his writings by perhaps his most famous poem, if in the 1995, which seems to represent his tragic life, but exhorts us all to be the best that we can be. Even in the face of terrible loss. If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss loops at your beginnings and never say one word about your loss.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone and so long when there is nothing in you except the will to tells him all if you could talk a crowd to keep your virtue with King lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you if all men, but not too much if you can fill the segment with 60 seconds distance one uses the earth and everything that and what's more, you met my son, and great job as always by Greg Kang will bring us the story.

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Interesting story about double the capacity of his group is doing quite well and growing.

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All but never bought another dime that was not perceived the company money until about the late 80s growing national capital to expand the Brewers while the world in the 60s and 70s when the company was going so fast. 11 states. The simple answer is time that the company is pastors in the mid-70s. One competition from these particular West expand our care used to say it has something to do with quality. 11 states control quality is become competitive with you guys and keep them from their rest is history funny stories. After prohibition back in those days the banquet was a big deal, have fast foods, restaurants, people on going out to clubs banquet.

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I don't know. Special thanks to Monty and Alex storytelling story together so beautifully. Special thanks to Pete Coors story had to tell about Adolph Moore's born in Germany he became an apprentice and even talked about indentured ships inspecting young people work for room and board. That was it. My goodness. By 1873, having come to America, moved all the way out to the West and learned not by formal education by practical education that is experience fortune formed a company that was incorporated in 1873 34 Colorado was even a state all these years later.

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They seem less important for trains share the marginalization of their prototypes, perhaps a decade after World War II technical, managerial, and promotional genius Joshua Lionel: founder of corporation made his toy trains a solid part of American middle-class in 1952 long. Lionel produced 622,209 engines and 2,460,764 freight and passenger cars.

Juan Hollander's delightful, lavishly illustrated biography of Cohen and his company. All aboard states that Lionel's 1952 production eclipsed the nation's railroads, which had a mere 43,000 locomotives and 1.8 million cars in service. Joshua Lionel: was born on Henry Street in Manhattan's Lori side on August 25, 1877 he preferred playing ball, bicycling, hiking, and tinkering with mechanical toys to formal education and soon became fascinated with electricity transmission and its storage and batteries in the labs at Peter Cooper Institute, he built what may have been for what he claimed was: had no false modesty first electric doorbell in 1899 patented a device for uniting photographers/powder by using dry cell batteries wire you call and then parlay this into a defense contract to equip 24,080 minds with detonators is ignorance of Parliament manufactured nonstop use mercuric fulminate a sensitive and powerful explosive suppliers delivery men told him the company said you should always keep a good deal around. It's better to be dead than me in 1900 $12,000 in profits.

He began manufacturing electrical novelty 24 Murray St. in lower Manhattan.

As the line factoring company was 23 years old business was slow, battery-powered electric said it was the most beautiful thing you ever saw. It ran like a dream and it had only one thing wrong. You could stand a foot away from the thing and not feeling well walking on Cortland Street a few blocks south of his offices stopped before Robert Ingersoll's choice to: was intrigued by store display windows. The most boring and Ingersoll's was no exception.

It was full of cast-iron fire engines balancing clones and elephants on wheels, windup boats and 10 locomotive on a pull string all sitting lifeless: thought the constant motion of an electric toy might draw a crowd to the window, looked at the locomotive again. Then he entered the store and sold Ingersoll on the idea that had just come to him on the sidewalk. He soon returned with the first Lionel train electric express. It looked like an open wooden cigar box on wheels: later said I sold my first railroad car, not a toy, but as the first animated advertisement New York outside of sandwich men and live demonstrators. I sold it for four dollars. The next day he was back for another first customer who sought the advertisement instead of the goods Ingersoll ordered half a dozen more stores were to: had found his niche in 1902 he produced his first electric trolley car sold as a set with 30 feet of steel track cost seven dollars. This was not cheap but industrial workers wages for a six-day week than average $9.42 in 1906 he began using three rail track which radically simplified electrical transmission now. An operator could build an elaborate track layout with turnouts and reversing loops without complicated wiring your after that is catalog listed trolleys, steam and electric locomotives, passenger cars and freight cars all brightly painted unlettered for the New York central Pennsylvania Lakeshore and other real cool did not like competition because he produced a reliable product with an expanding line of accessories and was annoyed Decius promoter selling his toys is educational because he knew parents need a rationalization for their purchase. Knowledge of electricity is valuable not only as a profession, but as an education whether one is an electrical engineer or bill.

The kids couldn't care less. By 1912: had 150 employees.

World War I stop the import of German toy trains and serious domestic competition. Lionel became the dominant market player with large lavishly illustrated color catalogs bring the message to million by the late 30's Collins models euros great locomotives, New York central to Hudson Milwaukee Rhodes Gila in the Jersey Central blue, started accelerated slowed and stopped in response to pushbutton remote control: endless cascade of boxcars, hopper cars, 10 cars and passenger cars in 1929: and build the transcontinental Limited which stretched 9 feet cost $110, then more than a secondhand Ford model T car is genre still go noted in metropolitan court or his study of railroads in American culture. Lionel's catalogs emphasize the trains in their environment. The bridges station, signal powers, tunnels and turntables all placed among twisting lines track crossing signals with flashing lights, ringing bells and descending gates protected the miniature citizens of Lionel city and Lionell bill on Russian expresses expansion was interrupted only by World War II. By 1945, most Americans hungered for distractions:'s vision of America is reflected in his trains and accessories, struck the exact court of nostalgia and progress in the order sporting winos showroom on E. 26th St. in Manhattan held a huge layout with a four track mainline cars coupled and uncoupled drawbridge is Rosenfeld and coal bunkers don't: the waiting hopper cars cattle herded themselves into and out of stock cars is trains passing grade crossings tiny crossing guards from their shacks to waive their lanterns, whistles, shopping sounds and even smoke came out of the locomotives: who would handed over Lionel's presidency to his son Lawrence loved to spend hours among the crowds, occasionally providing expert advice to customers. Hollander recounts how Lawrence lived to Sutton Place was awakened by his doorbell at 6 AM on Christmas Day he found two small neighbors in pajamas. When asked can you fix our trains. Understandably, their parents were still asleep. Lawrence and bathrobe and slippers follow them up to their apartment. The president of Lionell soon had the trains running. Many wish the boys a Merry Christmas and padded back downstairs to good times didn't last.

From 1953 Lionel's best year to 1959 sales dropped by more than half was television.

Hollander noted that families got together to watch I Love Lucy not wire finals new ice depot and watch a tiny man pushed blocks of ice down the open hatch toy, refrigerator, it was aging.

As kids grew older they became more interested in Elvis. James Dean girls cars and was the decline of American railroads Collins marketing genius had perfectly fit the nation's mood for perhaps eight years.

Then suddenly it didn't.

In 1958 the company lost money for the first time since the depression. In September 1959 Lawrence returned from a sales trip to the Far East to learn that his father and sister sold their shares of stock to a group of businessmen led by Cohen's great-nephew Roy Cohn: paid $15 for each of his Lionel shares in 1959, four years later he sold them for $5.25 survives to this day, despite a string of bankruptcies and reorganizations. In 1999 and he produced an hour-long show ranking the top 10 toys 20th century. Lionell was number four, proceeded only by the yo-yo crayons: had been alive on September 8, 1965 and was buried within hearing of a secondary Freightliner for Long Island Railroad. The old promoter would've screamed in protest. This was unfair. The trains should've come first and great job as always by Robbie and a special thanks to Bill break to have done what Cohen managed to do which is to create one of the great toys 20th century ranked number four story of Joshua Lionel Cohen in the end, the story of the Lionel toy train here on our American store. Geico asks how would you love a chance to save some money on insurance. Of course you would when it comes to great rates on insurance.

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