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Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump?

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Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945) - American Confectioner & Philanthropist Milton S. Hershey is the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania. In 1918, Hershey transferred the majority of his assets, including control of the company, to the Milton Hershey School Trust fund, to benefit the Industrial School. The trust fund has a majority of the voting shares in The Hershey Company, allowing it to keep control of the company. In 1951, the school … [Read more...] about Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump?

Fighting Discrimination

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No one knows that life isn't fair more than people who have faced discrimination because of who they are. We have come a long way in this country towards ending this discrimination, but we all know that it continues. LGBTQ couples and individuals are constantly having to fight for their basic rights. Most of the fights today are over the right to get married. However, there is an interesting twist to that fight in a challenge over a New York Will. Frank Mendelbaum passed away a wealthy man … [Read more...] about Fighting Discrimination

Texas History – What Hurricane Caused the Most Deaths in Texas?

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The hurricane that occurred at Galveston on September 8, 1900 was the greatest natural disaster in the United States at that time. From one to five feet of water covered the entire island at the height of the storm. An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 persons were declared missing or dead and an additional 2,000 perished elsewhere along the coast. The storm was so intense that the low pressure system held together as it tracked northward to the Great Lakes and then into the North Atlantic within four … [Read more...] about Texas History – What Hurricane Caused the Most Deaths in Texas?

Student Loans and Social Security

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If you are counting on Social Security to assist in your retirement, you have something new to worry about beyond the constant political cry that the system will go broke before you can use it. The federal government can withhold a portion of your Social Security check to recover unpaid student loans. They have recently stepped up enforcement of this ability. In 2000, there were a total of six cases of the government withholding from Social Security for student loans. On August 6, 2012, 115,000 … [Read more...] about Student Loans and Social Security

Texas History – When were the First Traffic Laws Passed in Texas?

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1907. According to the 1992-93 Texas Almanac, a few automobiles were in use by 1900. By 1907 there were enough motorized vehicles on the roads that the first traffic laws were passed, limiting speeds to 18 mph and requiring that autos stop when meeting horse-drawn vehicles. Each vehicle had to be registered in the owner’s home county. The state began collecting license fees for cars in 1915. … [Read more...] about Texas History – When were the First Traffic Laws Passed in Texas?

Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump?

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Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) - Businessman & Philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions of matching funds to support education of African American children in the rural South. Rosenwald and his fund donated over $70 million to public schools, colleges and universities, museums, Jewish charities and black institutions. The rural school program contributed more than four … [Read more...] about Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump?