During the airing of a Cash Cab episode several years ago, host Ben Bailey asked the question:  "What iconic hot cocoa brand was invented by an American of Sicilian descent?" or something close to that effect.  The answer, of course, was Swiss Miss.  For the other folks in the room's benefit, I chimed in with "And Uncle Chuck was that inventor".   "Uncle Chuck" was Charles Sanna, inventor extraordinaire, of Madison, Wisconsin.  Unfortunately, the world...

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Francis Gable was a Christian businessman and editor/writer for various magazines in the years before, during, and after the Great Depression.  He inspired, encouraged ... and even moralized.  For decades, he provided the glue by which ethical businessmen and those trying to make contributions to their sphere ... business or otherwise ... hung together.  His inspirational quotes can still be found scattered across the pages of today's business periodicals.  Which shows that there is still...

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