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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
4
At Stateville State Penitentiary construction of a 350000 dollar cell house with quarters for 906 convicts is underway. The project, prompted by crowding at Joliet and Stateville prisons, will be completed by civilian experts directing the work.
City commissioner Roscoe Thomas says bidding for a new ornamental lighting system on Fremont Main and Fifth streets will start around September 1. Three or four firms are expected to submit bids for the contract.
Private secretary Nan confesses love for Job Curtis Morgan and contends with embezzlement accusations against his friend Bert Crawford. A courtroom verdict of not guilty relieves Nan of revealing faithlessness to Morgan. The story continues as Nan navigates caring for Curtis and arranging life at Morgan’s home while Morgan travels to the capital. Estelle the maid and Nan clash over Nan’s future role as potential partner in the Morgans’ law firm.
Nan Morgan moves into John Curtis Morgan’s home and navigates Estelle the maid and Maude the cook while protecting Mrs. Iris Morgan’s memory. Nan faces Curtis’s appetite, childlike indulgence, and a hidden ghostly presence as she plans a future with the house’s male occupants.
A Nebraska poultry fancier claims to have bred a hen with no wings. The theory suggests the flightless bird cannot roam and will remain at home to focus on laying eggs.
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