The Story of a Boy From Henryville, Indiana 1895 PDF

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This document tells the story of a young boy from Henryville, Indiana in 1895. The story explores his life, challenges, and eventual success in building a business empire.

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his is the story of a boy from 0:29 Henryville Indian 0:30 indana in 1895 when he was 6 years old 0:34 his father passed away his mother had to 0:37 start working in a tomato canning 0:39 Factory leaving him in charge of cooking 0:41 and taking care of his 0:43 siblings life hit him ha...

his is the story of a boy from 0:29 Henryville Indian 0:30 indana in 1895 when he was 6 years old 0:34 his father passed away his mother had to 0:37 start working in a tomato canning 0:39 Factory leaving him in charge of cooking 0:41 and taking care of his 0:43 siblings life hit him hard at a very 0:46 young age and due to the difficult 0:48 situation he faced he had to work as a 0:50 farmand at the age of 0:52 10 when he was in the sixth grade he 0:55 dropped out of school left home and 0:57 started working as a painter of horse 0:59 carriages 1:00 at 16 he faked his age to enlist in the 1:03 US 1:04 Army after being honorably discharged a 1:07 year later he began working as a 1:09 railroad worker and studied law at a 1:11 nearby University until he ruined his 1:14 legal career by getting into a 1:16 fight he was forced to move back in with 1:18 his mother and get a job selling life 1:20 insurance after a while he was fired for 1:23 not following 1:25 orders a few years later he established 1:27 a chemical Lamp Manufacturing Company 1:30 only to discover that another company 1:32 was already selling much better electric 1:35 lamps all this hardship in life but this 1:38 guy did not give up he moved to work as 1:41 a Salesman in a tire company but again 1:44 he lost his job when the company closed 1:46 its manufacturing plant at the age of 40 1:50 he met the general manager of an oil 1:52 company who asked him to run a service 1:54 station but the establishment had to 1:57 close again as a result of the Great 1:58 Depression 2:00 that same year Shell Oil offered him a 2:03 service station rentree in exchange for 2:07 paying the company a percentage of 2:09 sales he started operating the station 2:12 and also began serving chicken dishes 2:15 and other simple meals to people who 2:17 stopped by for 2:18 gas a few years later he resigned from 2:21 his position at the station and opened 2:23 his own 2:24 restaurant after achieving some success 2:27 he began advertising his food but 2:30 problems soon 2:31 followed a dispute with a local 2:33 competitor ended in a fatal shooting in 2:36 which one of his employees 2:38 died 4 years later he bought a motel 2:41 next to his chicken restaurant hoping 2:43 for better business but it caught fire 2:46 and burned to the ground along with his 2:48 restaurant however this ambitious man 2:51 rebuilt and ran a new motel with a 2:54 larger restaurant until World War II 2:56 forced him to close again when the war 2:59 ended he tried to sell his recipe to 3:01 other restaurants but it was rejected 3:04 1,09 3:05 times finally in 1952 he managed to sell 3:10 his secret recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken 3:13 for the first time to one of the city's 3:15 restaurants it quickly became a success 3:18 and as a result other establishments 3:20 franchised the concept paying him 4 3:23 cents per 3:24 chicken however Good Times didn't last 3:28 long his own restaurant was affected 3:31 when an interstate highway reduced 3:32 customer traffic he sold it and was left 3:36 only with his savings and $15 a month 3:39 from Social 3:40 Security so finally he pursued his dream 3:44 of franchising his chicken concept 3:46 Nationwide and traveled across the 3:48 United States looking for suitable 3:51 establishments he opened a new 3:53 restaurant and a small corporate 3:55 headquarters in 3:56 1959 he often slept in the back of his 3:59 car 4:00 visited restaurants offered to cook his 4:02 chicken and if the owners liked it he 4:05 negotiated a franchise 4:07 right in 1965 at the age of 75 he was 4:12 just getting 4:13 started after years of rejection 4:16 failures and misfortunes Colonel Sanders 4:18 franchise became highly 4:21 successful KFC was one of the first fast 4:23 food chains to expand globally opening 4:26 branches in Canada UK Mexico and Jamaica 4:29 by by the mid1 4:31 1960s the colonel remained the company's 4:33 symbol after selling it he traveled over 4:36 400,000 km a year visiting KFC 4:40 restaurants and delighting customers 4:42 around the 4:43 world at 90 years old Colonel Sanders 4:46 passed away at that time there were 4:49 around 6,000 KFC locations in 48 4:52 different 4:53 countries in 2023 there were 4:57 29,900 KFC restaurants 5:01 worldwide if you feel overwhelmed by 5:03 rejection or discouraged by setbacks 5:06 remember the Colonel's 5:07 story a man who dropped out who failed 5:11 who suffered and who even made poor 5:14 decisions however his persistence made 5:17 him the most famous cook in the world 5:19 after reaching retirement 5:21 age Colonel Sanders the creator of one 5:24 of the largest fast food chains in the 5:26 world was many things but above all he 5:29 was a great success 5:38 story this is the story of a boy from 5:41 Henryville 5:42 Indiana in 1895 when he was 6 years old 5:46 his father passed away his mother had to 5:49 start working in a tomato canning 5:51 Factory leaving him in charge of cooking 5:53 and taking care of his 5:55 siblings life hit him hard at a very 5:58 young age and due to the difficult 6:00 situation he faced he had to work as a 6:02 farmand at the age of 6:04 10 when he was in the sixth grade he 6:07 dropped out of school left home and 6:09 started working as a painter of horse 6:11 carriages at 16 he faked his age to 6:15 enlist in the US 6:16 Army after being honorably discharged a 6:19 year later he began working as a 6:21 railroad worker and studied law at a 6:23 nearby University until he ruined his 6:26 legal career by getting into a fight he 6:29 was was forced to move back in with his 6:30 mother and get a job selling life 6:33 insurance after a while he was fired for 6:36 not following 6:37 orders a few years later he established 6:39 a chemical Lamp Manufacturing Company 6:42 only to discover that another company 6:44 was already selling much better electric 6:47 lamps all this hardship in life but this 6:50 guy did not give up he moved to work as 6:53 a Salesman in a tire company but again 6:56 he lost his job when the company closed 6:58 its Manufacturing ing plant at the age 7:01 of 40 he met the general manager of an 7:04 oil company who asked him to run a 7:06 service station but the establishment 7:08 had to close again as a result of the 7:10 Great 7:11 Depression that same year Shell Oil 7:14 offered him a service station rentree in 7:18 exchange for paying the company a 7:20 percentage of 7:21 sales he started operating the station 7:24 and also began serving chicken dishes 7:27 and other simple meals to people who 7:29 stopped buy for 7:30 gas a few years later he resigned from 7:33 his position at the station and opened 7:35 his own 7:36 restaurant after achieving some success 7:39 he began advertising his food but 7:42 problems soon 7:43 followed a dispute with a local 7:45 competitor ended in a fatal shooting in 7:48 which one of his employees 7:50 died 4 years later he bought a motel 7:53 next to his chicken restaurant hoping 7:55 for better business but it caught fire 7:58 and burned to the ground along with his 8:00 restaurant however this ambitious man 8:03 rebuilt and ran a new motel with a 8:06 larger restaurant until World War II 8:08 forced him to close again when the war 8:11 ended he tried to sell his recipe to 8:13 other restaurants but it was rejected 8:16 1,09 8:18 times finally in 1952 he managed to sell 8:22 his secret recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken 8:25 for the first time to one of the city's 8:27 restaurants it quickly became became a 8:29 success and as a result other 8:32 establishments franchised the concept 8:34 paying him 4 cents per 8:36 chicken however Good Times didn't last 8:40 long his own restaurant was affected 8:43 when an interstate highway reduced 8:45 customer traffic he sold it and was left 8:48 only with his savings and $15 a month 8:51 from Social 8:52 Security so finally he pursued his dream 8:56 of franchising his chicken concept 8:58 Nationwide and traveled across the 9:00 United States looking for suitable 9:03 establishments he opened a new 9:05 restaurant and a small corporate 9:07 headquarters in 9:09 1959 he often slept in the back of his 9:11 car visited restaurants offered to cook 9:14 his chicken and if the owners liked it 9:17 he negotiated a franchise 9:19 right in 1965 at the age of 75 he was 9:24 just getting 9:25 started after years of rejection 9:28 failures and misfortune 9:30 Colonel Sanders franchise became highly 9:33 successful KFC was one of the first fast 9:35 food chains to expand globally opening 9:38 branches in Canada UK Mexico and Jamaica 9:41 by the mid 9:43 1960s the colonel remained the company's 9:45 symbol after selling it he traveled over 9:48 400,000 km a year visiting KFC 9:52 restaurants and delighting customers 9:54 around the 9:55 world at 90 years old Colonel Sanders 9:58 passed away 10:00 at that time there were around 6,000 KFC 10:03 locations in 48 different 10:05 countries in 20123 there were 10:09 29,900 KFC restaurants 10:13 worldwide if you feel overwhelmed by 10:15 rejection or discouraged by setbacks 10:18 remember the Colonel's story a man who 10:21 dropped out who failed who suffered and 10:24 who even made poor 10:26 decisions however his persistence made 10:29 him the most famous cook in the world 10:31 after reaching retirement 10:33 age Colonel Sanders the creator of one 10:36 of the largest fast food chains in the 10:38 world was many things but above all he 10:41 was a great success 10:50 story this is the story of a boy from 10:53 Henryville 10:54 Indiana in 1895 when he was 6 years old 10:58 his father passed away his mother had to 11:01 start working in a tomato canning 11:03 Factory leaving him in charge of cooking 11:05 and taking care of his 11:07 siblings life hit him hard at a very 11:10 young age and due to the difficult 11:12 situation he faced he had to work as a 11:14 farmand at the age of 11:16 10 when he was in the sixth grade he 11:19 dropped out of school left home and 11:21 started working as a painter of horse 11:24 carriages at 16 he faked his age to 11:27 enlist in the US Army 11:29 after being honorably discharged a year 11:31 later he began working as a railroad 11:34 worker and studied law at a nearby 11:36 University until he ruined his legal 11:38 career by getting into a fight he was 11:41 forced to move back in with his mother 11:43 and get a job selling life 11:45 insurance after a while he was fired for 11:48 not following 11:49 orders a few years later he established 11:52 a chemical Lamp Manufacturing Company 11:54 only to discover that another company 11:56 was already selling much better electric 11:58 lamps 12:00 all this hardship in life but this guy 12:02 did not give up he moved to work as a 12:05 Salesman in a tire company but again he 12:09 lost his job when the company closed its 12:11 manufacturing 12:12 plant at the age of 40 he met the 12:15 general manager of an oil company who 12:17 asked him to run a service station but 12:20 the establishment had to close again as 12:21 a result of the Great 12:23 Depression that same year Shell Oil 12:26 offered him a service station rentree in 12:30 exchange for paying the company a 12:32 percentage of 12:33 sales he started operating the station 12:36 and also began serving chicken dishes 12:39 and other simple meals to people who 12:41 stopped by for 12:42 gas a few years later he resigned from 12:45 his position at the station and opened 12:47 his own 12:48 restaurant after achieving some success 12:51 he began advertising his food but 12:54 problems soon 12:55 followed a dispute with a local 12:57 competitor ended in a fatal shooting in 13:00 which one of his employees 13:02 died 4 years later he bought a motel 13:05 next to his chicken restaurant hoping 13:07 for better business but it caught fire 13:10 and burned to the ground along with his 13:13 restaurant however this ambitious man 13:16 rebuilt and ran a new motel with a 13:18 larger restaurant until World War II 13:20 forced him to close again when the war 13:23 ended he tried to sell his recipe to 13:25 other restaurants but it was rejected 13:28 1,9 13:30 times finally in 1952 he managed to sell 13:34 his secret recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken 13:37 for the first time to one of the city's 13:39 restaurants it quickly became a success 13:42 and as a result other establishments 13:44 franchised the concept paying him 4 13:47 cents per 13:48 chicken however Good Times didn't last 13:52 long his own restaurant was affected 13:55 when an interstate highway reduced 13:57 customer traffic he sold it and was left 14:00 only with his savings and $15 a month 14:03 from Social 14:04 Security so finally he pursued his dream 14:08 of franchising his chicken concept 14:10 Nationwide and traveled across the 14:12 United States looking for suitable 14:15 establishments he opened a new 14:17 restaurant and a small corporate 14:19 headquarters in 14:21 1959 he often slept in the back of his 14:23 car visited restaurants offered to cook 14:26 his chicken and if the owners liked it 14:29 he negotiated a franchise 14:31 right in 1965 at the age of 75 he was 14:36 just getting 14:37 started after years of rejection 14:40 failures and misfortunes Colonel Sanders 14:43 franchise became highly 14:45 successful KFC was one of the first fast 14:48 food chains to expand globally opening 14:50 branches in Canada UK Mexico and Jama by 14:53 the mid 14:55 1960s the colonel remained the company's 14:58 symbol after selling it he traveled over 15:01 400,000 km a year visiting KFC 15:04 restaurants and delighting customers 15:06 around the 15:07 world at 90 years old Colonel Sanders 15:10 passed away at that time there were 15:13 around 6,000 KFC locations in 48 15:17 different 15:18 countries in 2023 there were 15:21 29,900 KFC restaurants 15:25 worldwide if you feel overwhelmed by 15:27 rejection or dis discouraged by setbacks 15:30 remember the Colonel's story a man who 15:33 dropped out who failed who suffered and 15:36 who even made poor 15:38 decisions however his persistence made 15:41 him the most famous cook in the world 15:43 after reaching retirement 15:45 age Colonel Sanders the creator of one 15:48 of the largest fast food chains in the 15:50 world was many things but above all he 15:53 was a great success 15:57 story and the fin 16:03 siblings 16:05 farmand and 16:07 list 16:09 career 16:11 Insurance 16:13 orders 16:15 hardship 16:16 salesman 16:18 Tire 16:20 business 16:22 rebuilt 16:24 recipe 16:26 Highway customer 16:30 savings 16:32 Nationwide 16:34 worldwide 16:36 suitable 16:38 establishments 16:40 headquarters 16:42 franchise 16:44 rejection 16:46 failures 16:48 branches persistence 17:02

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