Legal News Tangles In State Policies And Rulings
Attorney General answers key questions on school fuel contracts and tax exemptions. Atty. Gen. Wilson says school districts cannot buy gasoline from board members who bid low. He also rules candidates for two offices cannot hold both seats. Study into Railroad Commission approved amid oil industry red tape concerns.
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Atty
Will’ Wilson
J. W. Edgar
County Atty
John Lawdon
Denton
Jim George
Justice of the Peace
George
Bill F. Griffin Jr
Center
Mack Wallace
Athens
National Guard
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Research League
Railroad Commission
The Sea Made Men and Gloucester Harbor Trade
The speaker reflects on ancestral Gloucester seafaring days when three masted ships sailed to China and India. They anchored, traded with natives, and built a profitable reputation, establishing a local monopoly before modern navigational aids. The narrative hints at regret over China today.
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Horn
China
Atlantic Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
India
East Indies
Roger Babson on Gloucester's Fishing and Granite Eras
Babson recalls Gloucester's shift from sun-dried and canned fish to quick freeze and ground fish, noting rising technology, diet trends, and bank ruptcies among firms. He also describes Cape Ann granite as a dominant early industry, its decline after two shocks, and family involvement in merchandising and trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Davis
Clarence Birdseye
Interior Department
Cape Ann
Rockport Granite Company
Diversification Advice From Babson Family Leader
The Babson family story illustrates diversification as key to resilience. Nathaniel Babson built Gloucester stores that expanded into the McCrory chain, contrasting with fishing, granite, and sailing ship options that failed or shrank. The speaker urges spreading investments across several ventures and monitoring each basket for quick action.
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Hong Kong
New York
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Babson
Nathaniel Babson
Gloucester
McCrory
Nature Made Us Blind to Our Own Faults
A pithy remark notes that imperfection is nature's workaround, suggesting humans often miss their own flaws. It frames blindness to faults as a means to cope with inherent imperfection.
Pity on managing a wife seems told by a bachelor
A witty remark notes the irony that a bachelor, not a married man, often offers advice on handling a wife. The quip hints at social expectations and gender roles in domestic life.
Pursuit of Happiness in Contentment and Ambition
A philosophical inquiry explores whether gratitude for current possessions shapes happiness and whether desiring more can ever produce lasting joy. It questions whether fulfillment grows from appreciating what exists or fueling perpetual striving.
Happiness as a Busy State of Mind
A reflective note equates happiness to the feeling that arises when activity fills time, leaving no space for misery. It emphasizes a busy, purposeful mindset as the source of contentment.
Institute Runnels County Farm Bureau to send three students
Runnels County Farm Bureau will send three students to the 14th annual Texas Farm Bureau Institute July 24 27 at the Robert Driscoll Hotel in Corpus Christi. Hugo Vogelsang of Winters says the attendees include Mr and Mrs D E Forgey and Mrs Thelma Vancil.
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Runnels County Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau Institute
Robert Driscoll
Corpus Christi
Hugo Vogelsang
Winters
Rt. 3
D. E. Forgey
Rt. 2
Ballinger
Thelma Vancil
Farm Bureau
Vogelsang
Harry M. Love
Department of Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
C. L. Kay
Lubbock Christian College
Earl H. Knebel
Department of Agricultural Education
Texas A. & M. College
Warren Newberry
American Farm ‘Bureau Federation
TFB
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Mare
Amed J. Chrys
Price of Corthe Advisors
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Michael Bee
San Angelo, Tex
Sylvie Courbe
Fran Mangicavallo
Idlewild
Roger Babson
Massachusetts
Rockport
Jon
Joneses
Jones
Smith
Texas Pelt Service
Is Newspaper Corporation
TPS
Texas
Texas Press Service, Inc
San Antonio
Austin
the Winters Enterprise
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