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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1923
Page
4
Supreme Court ruling limits state control of gas exports
West Virginia cannot regulate gas exports as a state power. The Supreme Court upholds that gas entering a pipeline becomes interstate commerce under federal oversight, a decision viewed as maintaining a unified national market and preventing economic fragmentation among states. It notes the Constitution’s commerce clause as the basis for federal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
United States of America
Texas
California
Colorado
Iowa
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
Building Trades Apprentices Seek Local College Training
Plans advance to address skilled labor shortages in building trades. A Washington conference and a Buffalo meeting with construction employers push for local apprentices trained under boards of education. Emphasis on all-round vocational training, school cooperation, and seasonal intensification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Buffalo
Boards of Education
Apprenticeship System Breaking Down By 1930s Trade Decline
The old apprentice system is failing and there are fewer men in the building trades than a decade ago, forcing concerns about homelessness and job prospects for tradesmen.
Sleep as the Great Medicine and Restorative
The text extols sleep as the world’s finest medicine and a universal restorative. It argues most people need eight hours, notes illnesses stem from sleep deficiency, and compares rest to machinery needing downtime. It cites ancient Persians and Greeks praising reclining for digestion and recovery.
Electric Locomotives Promise Clean Power Ahead
A feature on electric locomotives highlights their generator motors feeding energy back to overhead wires when coasting downhill. The text notes the efficiency gain and compares with the Mikado steam locomotive, predicting steam engines will be relegated to museums as electricity becomes broader and cleaner.
Pollution of coastal watersDemanding federal action to curb oil spills
A Washington report details coastal water pollution from crude petroleum drifting from ships and offshore sources. It outlines health and fire hazards to harbors, calls for federal legislation, skimming recovery ideas, and cooperation with states to curb waste discharges and develop by products from pollutants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Board
Mexican
Texas
Louisiana
Elds
North Atlantic Seaboard
Floati Ag
Gulf of Mexico
Cruce Petroleum
Great Lakes
United States Public Health Service
Reader Q and A Service Ad Offers Help Facts
A reader question and answer service from The Athens Messenger invites inquiries to its information bureau in Frederic and Washington. It states it cannot provide legal medical or financial advice and asks for a full address to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic
Washington
Tadermetical Bureau
Domentia
Use of camera in horse race decisions isn’t new says The Field
The Field notes that photography determined a winner twenty years ago in the Salvator Tenny race. A photo showed both horses level at the shoulder but Salvator appeared more extended, giving him the edge and securing the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvator
Bilasias
Athens Day by Day as Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
A tattered 1846 Parkersburg Gazette copy recounts front page poetry, a four column short story, an editorial on Female Education in Virginia, and a note on the potato’s fate with Irish social impact. Death notice: Mrs. for this place aged 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Parkersburg Gazette
Little Hocking
John Lavelle
Messenger
Richmond Enquirer
Virginia
Fair Daughters of Virginia
Old
Wilmer and Smith
Ireland
Athens Messenger
Jesus
Wanted items pledged return to Littleboy
Notice urges the return of a tap borer a band ax and a hatchet to M I Littleboy. It is part of a gadfly display ad from the Gazette mixing war news and Parkersburg commerce. The writer also promotes Parkersburg goods and trade in Wood County with ads and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleboy
M. I. Littleboy
Matamoras
Parkersburg
Wood
Facts and Qs on Forestry, Printing, and American History
A mixed reader’s column provides concise answers across topics. It covers decay causes in standing timber by fungi, the Bell System comprising 25 associated companies, origin of the phrase turning the tables, rotogravure printing process details, Deborah Samson’s Revolutionary War service, Amy Woodford Finden as author of Indian Love Lyrics, and Lancaster Woolworth as the oldest 5 and 10 cent store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenny
Salvator
Bell Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Germany
United States
Deborah Samson
Robert Shirtliffe
Amy Woodford
Finden
P. D
Woolworth
Lancaster
Streetcar Coin Tax Revealed in Fare Box Note
A note states riders pay about two thirds of a cent in local, state and federal taxes with every coin inserted into the street car fare box.
Americans to Join Talks on Global Reparations Issue
The White House announced that American experts will cooperate with French and British economic authorities to seek a solution to the reparations problem. The government has sanctioned American participation in discussions with the two Allied nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Major Ziba L Henry Assigned to Pittsburg Station
Major Ziba L Henry former president of Athens and Ohio University graduate and medical corps officer is assigned to a new station in Pittsburg Pennsylvania for duty with the organized reserves of the Third Corps Arts. He was born in Athens and studied at Ohio University and Starling Medical School graduating in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziba L. Henry
Athens
Ohio University
Murder Mystery Solved by Dentist Story in Harvard
Harvard townspeople recall a grisly discovery when two youths found a preserved head in a local dump. Police and coroner investigated. Dr. N L Seelye, an eye ear nose and throat specialist, testified the head had been in storage for years, dispelling murder theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
N. L.seelye
Purposes Thrown Away From Barn Cleanout
A fragment notes that items were discarded from a barn during cleanout by individuals sorting through the property. The account references what was discarded and hints at ownership but provides limited specifics or identifications.
Carpenter dies after fatal head injury in East Liverpool fight
Harry Cangse aged 45 a carpenter sustained a fractured skull in a December 2 fight in East Liverpool and died at the city hospital December 11 authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Harry Cangse
Carpenter
Farmer killed near Caldwell in roadside fall
Charis Reed, 61, a well known farmer, was walking to his home four miles west of Caldwell when he misjudged a step and fell over a low embankment. He fractured his neck and died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell Q
Charis Reed
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