Washington Notes on Supreme Court and Rural Electrification
Fred Biermann reports on the unsettled Senate and House stance over the presidents proposal to add six Supreme Court justices. He notes public letters and notable figures split, mentions Taft’s widow support, and cites past laws and unconstitional rulings. The column covers Rural Electrification aims, a Texas congressman’s death, and postal savings wind down, plus Washington farewells and local quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Senate
House
Wheeler Hirman Johnson
Borah
Farmer's Union
Everson
Lemke
Taft
Stairway safety at home and fall risks
Every home should assign one person to inspect stairs for proper construction wear lighting and safety. Worn slippery or misused stairs cause many injuries and fatalities. Regular checks can prevent falls that kill about 17 000 people yearly and injure hundreds of thousands.
Household Hints and Oddities From the Times
A column of practical tips covers oiling machinery with kitchen oils, cleaning screens, polishing reed and rattan furniture, adding starch to window washing water, and removing mustard stains from linen. It notes vinegar in soaking salt fish and juicing lemons with hot water. Also mentions local opinions on radio humorists and Bremer County’s new courthouse due May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Bremer County
Why a Postal Savings Bank Debate Revisited
The piece traces the origins of the postal savings bank system to the 1908 campaign led by W. J. Bryan advocating government deposit guarantees. It argues the system has provided a safe depository for risk-averse savers while noting a shift in emphasis toward safety in lieu of high interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings Banks
Towa
Washington
Postal Savings System
W. J. Bryan
Advertise or Whisper for Cash and Clients
A fragmented verse warns against loud boasting about work and earnings. It contrasts silent restraint with public shouting, likening it to a man whispering from a well or a climber hollering from a tree, suggesting such displays yield few rewards.
Bridge Tossed by Ice Gorge Destroys Iowa Span
A 170 foot steel bridge over the Shell Rock river near Rockford Iowa was swept away by an ice gorge Saturday. Two boys Junior Gruver and Glen Kreger were on the bridge but jumped to safety as it moved. Junior Gruver is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Bert Gruver of Rockford and brother of Mrs Clifton Pringle of Clermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Shell Rock River
Rockford
Iowa
Junior Gruver
Glen Kreger
Bert Gruve
New Books in Clermont Free Library Shelves
A long list of recently added titles in the Clermont Free Public Library includes The Man Who Caught the Weather The Rim of the Prairie and many classic novels by Alcott Albibot Ayres Burrough Burgess Caine Chambers Conner Canfield Craix Callodi Dannell De La Roche Douglas Grey Hurst Hill Hillis Kyne Kuh Lewis Lor ing Larritore Lindbergh McCutcheon Mullock Mukerji Morris Orczy Palmer Reinhart Sabatine Tarkington Townsend Wright plus local items about Hogendorn and area events The article mixes literary notices with local incidents and odd anecdotes including a fisherman and a puzzle fan and a carload of local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Frea Public Library
Prairie
Aldrich
Alcott
Kitty Freia
Albibot
Ayres
O'Malley
Shanganagh
Byne
Mistress Anne
Bailey
Biggers
Beach
Clever Betay
Burnham
Bower
Baldwin
Tarzan
Burrough
Reddy Fox
Burgess
Burt
Bromfield
Baree
Kazan
Curwood
Caine
Athalie
Chambers
the Foreigner
Doctor
Conner
Patsy
Crocket
Canfield
Bow
Craix
Callodi
Rebecca Mary
Dannell
de la Roche
Douglas
Grey
Hurst
Hill
Hillis
Cappy Rics
Tide of Empire
Kyne
Via Mala
Tel
Policeman
Kuh
Arrowsmith
Lewis
Loring
Mulberry Square
Larritore
Lindbergh
McCutcheon
Mullock
Gay Nock
Mukerji
Morris
North
Appenheim
Orczy
Jennifer
Palmer
Reinhart
Sabatine
Tarkington
Hugh Gorham
Townsend
Wright
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clermont Enterprise
Clermont
Elizabeth Priest
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
Fred Biermann
Rural Electrification Administration
Des Moines
Buchanan
Texas
Appropriations Committee
Ed Taylor
Colorado
Robert Doughten
North Carolina
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Edward L. O'Neill
New Jersey
New York State
Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Maryland
Washington Fire Department
Wousehold
Pathfinder
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Clermont and Vicinity
J. F. Miller
J. A. Erickson
Clermont, Iowa
L. L. Carr
G. H. Hackman
Lowa
N. H. Nelson
Lows
Hogendorn
Monona
Annette Dionne
Archie ‘Mann
Garpike
Geo
Matt
Floya Tate
Elmo
U. S
Laks Park
Lake Oklebott
Boo” Dorman
George Hartman
Fayette
Fred T. Cline
Ford
Europe
Ford Motor Company
Sood Uf
Micky” and
His
By Sam Iger
Nour
Micky
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