Supreme Court decisions loom as 74th Congress faces pace of action
The piece notes a new session of the 74th Congress pressing to wrap unfinished business before the Supreme Court. Key items include potential rulings on the AAA and Guffey coal act, with debates over social security and old age pensions fueling campaign pressure and Townsend Club influence growing ahead of elections.
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Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
AAA
Wallace
Washington
PWA
Capitol Hill
Townsend
Borah
Republican Party
Hoover
Happiness Secret Taught by Barrie and Owen
A brief reflection cites James M Barrie on happiness not from chores but from doing what one likes. It adds Robert Owen’s idea that good hearts serve both in palaces and cottages.
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James M. Barrie
Robert Owen
Women tackle liquor control in New York and Ohio
Two women engaged in liquor policy work are introduced: Mrs. John B. Sheppard of New York serves on the New York State Liquor Authority while Mrs. Edith McClure Patterson of Cleveland sits on the Ohio Liquor Control Board.
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John 8. Sheppard
New York
New York State Liquor Authority
Edith McClure Patterson
Cleveland
Ohio Liquor Control Board
Nobel Prize Awarded to Curie Family Member
Mrs. Frederick Curie Joliot receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Her father and mother previously earned the honor, marking a third generation of Curie laureates in France.
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Curie
France
Frederick Curie—Joliot
Ruth Bryan Owen Returns to Danish Post for Christmas
Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, the first US woman to serve as minister to a foreign country, heads back to Copenhagen after a December stop in Denmark. New York election returns show several women elected to office, including Jane Todd to the State Assembly and Ruth Taylor as Public Welfare Commissioner in Westchester County.
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
United States
Denmark
Copenhagen
New York State
Jane Todd
State Assembly
Ruth Taylor
Westchester County
Margaret Engert
Sullivan County
Flora Hofstetter
Trea
Local Officials Named in Regional Supervisory Posts
Surer of Herkimer Mrs Elinor K Herrick Supervisor of Madison County and Mary Livingston Supervisor of Westchester County are identified in regional governance notes. The report lists appointed county supervisors and their jurisdictions.
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Surer
Herkimer
Elinor K. Herrick
Madison County
Mary Livingston
Westchester County
Women sweep local offices in county election
Eighteen women were elected town clerks, a woman Minnie H Crandell was elected tax collector of Wayne County. Twelve women were chosen as school directors.
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Minnie H. Crandell
Wayne County
Miss Kathleen Courtney to Speak at Washington War Conference
Miss Kathleen Courtney, a leading British suffrage figure and now active in international peace work, will visit the United States in January 1936 to address the National Conference on the Cause and Cure of War in Washington D C from January 21 to 24. Christine Beck, an Indiana jewelry shop owner, urges women to win customer confidence and believe in themselves as key business traits.
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Kathleen Courtney
Washington, D. C
Miss Courtney
Disarmament Committee of Women
Geneva
League of Nations
Indiana
Christine Beck
Dr Caroline Spurgeon Publishes Shakespeare Imagery Study
Professor Emeritus Dr Caroline F E Spurgeon of University of London completes a 12 year work titled Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us. She holds Paris and London degrees and an honorary Michigan Doctor of Literature.
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Caroline F. E. Spurgeon
University of London
Paris
London
University of Michigan
Youths in Comanche County Make $134 on 3 Acres of Land
Three 4-H boys in Comanche county earned $134.83 from three acres of crops. Raymond Carleton of Proctor 4-H produced 862 gallons of blackberries at a cost of 2.90 per gallon for a $65.88 profit. Weldon Sparks of Hasse 4-H demonstrated melon growing with barnyard manure and cultivation, earning 39.03 for his melons before costs.
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College Station
Comanche County
J. A. Barton
Raymond Carleton
Proctor 4-H
Weldon Sparks
Hasse 4-H Club
Weldon
John Foley
John
Do You Know How to Behave in Writing Paper Use
A guide on proper writing paper and letter etiquette notes dark ink at the top and conservative styles for men. It mentions using smaller notepaper for notes and includes a farm profit report detailing John Foley’s melon crop on one acre with costs and net profit of $38.35 from 580 melons.
Social Etiquette From An Earlier Era
The passage lists dated etiquette rules such as proper postage on letters, enclosing a self addressed return envelope, opening gifts promptly, eating lettuce served in salads, not honking to announce a call on a young lady, omitting the Miss title on a wife’s Visiting card, and serving dishes from the right while clearing from the left with no stacking.
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Ays
Art transfer carbon paper in blue red and yellow sheets
The Enterprise notes a new stock of embroidery design transfer carbon paper available in three colors blue red and yellow in large sheet formats for quilting and decorative projects.
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the¢ Enterprise
Cardui touted for monthly pain relief in want ads
Advertisements claim Cardui helps functional monthly pains from adolescence to menopause. A testimonial from Mrs. Crit Haynes of Essex Missouri cites prior cramps and nervous, run-down condition improving with Cardui. Thousands reportedly benefit. note to consult a physician if no benefit.
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Cardui
Crit Haynes
Essex
Cardus
Cardu
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