Template:Did you know nominations/John C. Osgood
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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:53, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
John C. Osgood
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... that Redstone, Colorado, John C. Osgood's "pet hobby" and experiment in welfare capitalism was abandoned after John D. Rockefeller gained control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company?
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Created/expanded by Mgreason (talk). Self nom at 01:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
New enough, appears long enough -- and still seems long enough when I try to ignore content that also appears in the various overlapping articles (such as Redstone Inn). I did not detect evidence of plagiarism in any of its forms. I can't find the hook in the article -- the article indicates that Cleveholm was abandoned after Rockefeller gained control, and it says that Osgood abandoned his social experiments, but it does not say the same thing about the community of Redstone. I suggest a new hook. For example:
ALT1 ... that John C. Osgood (pictured) strongly opposed labor unions and tried welfare capitalism at his company town of Redstone, Colorado, to discourage his workers from forming unions and striking? --Orlady (talk) 04:52, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
