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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
3
ARHA copy of the Gold Creek News from May 6, 1897 was found by W. F. Moffett and Charles Brown in an old Reno building. Its editor urged a wagon road from Gold Creek to Mountain Home. A second item mocks prunes from an unspecified source as unlike true prunes.
In Reno on August 21, a theft occurred while a woman left a $200 ring on a chair during a bath break. Police search for the suspect described as Reno's meanest thief. the owner's name remains withheld and the ring has not been recovered.
Ace Hudkins the Nebraska wildcat will meet Jo Anderson of Lexington Kentucky at the Olympic Club auditorium in Los Angeles on September 10. Hudkins seeks revenge for a prior loss to Anderson in the same ring.
Wisconsin Senate adopted a resolution by 17 to 12 protesting federal enforcement methods under the prohibition act and condemning what it calls wanton and unjustified murders connected with enforcement. The action was taken in Madison on August 21.
In Salt Lake City Utah Aug 21 WP The tale of a fox terrier delivering a note to summon help after its owner Doc Buhl’s foot was crushed by a rolling stone at his mine. The dog first failed to deliver then returned with the note intact and later after a scolding was sent out again. The canine finally reached a friend in Saltese at 9 pm prompting aid to be dispatched.
J. W. Wilson, previously one third owner of the Tower service station on South Fifth, has bought the remaining third and will manage the station which sells Shell Oil products.
Los Angeles August 21 The district attorney’s office hunts for an accomplice said to have aided theater magnate Alexander Pantages after the assault on Eunice Pringle 17. Investigators report a man in a blue suit rushed to the mezzanine, tried to block escape and helped adjust Pantages’s clothing before guiding him to his private office. Initial suspicions pointed to Roy Keen or two publicity men, but questioning three staffers led prosecutors to believe another man helped cover up.
Under Earle Buck Harris the local American Legion will start a two show a month boxing schedule on Saturday nights beginning August 31. Harris promises high class talent and has lined up boxers such as Jock Malone Everett Strong Delos Kid Williams Dick Hoppe and others for future bouts. The plan aims to renew Legion dog cards on a new basis and revive Las Vegas boxing popularity as fans respond with patronage.
Colvin admitted three forged checks were made good and he was released from custody yesterday noon due to shell shock and war injuries. He plans to return to Sears Roebuck and Co. work in the Midwest and was sent to Kansas City, where he once stayed in a government hospital. Dr. Ferguson testified Colvin may be mentally irresponsible at times, and the judge dismissed the case to avoid trial costs. Colvin has drawn disabled veteran benefits since 1924 and previously repaid firms $50 $65 and $80 in Las Vegas with funds sent after his Chicago involvement.
Continued from page one, a list of parcels with owners and prices: Carson area lots including Buck's and Clark's Las Vegas Townsite at Second and Clark, Second and Leews, Sixth and Bridger, Fremont and Ninth, and First and Lewis. Prices range from ten to twenty thousand dollars.
Zinc carbonate ore strikes on the third and fourth levels at the Potosi mine were reported early this week. The ore is expected to average around 45 percent and resembles the high yielding ore of the past. It will be shipped soon to Grasselli Chemical Company in Grasselli, Indiana for zinc oxide production and paints.
Sam Penance, a Moapa Indian, accidentally shot himself in the left arm with a 12 gauge shotgun while hunting jackrabbits. He was brought to a Las Vegas hospital for treatment.
W Haddon was jailed overnight and fined $100 after being arraigned before Judge Foley for possession of 36 cases of beer in an alleged West Side brewery. Several crocks and other equipment were found with the beer and the man paid the penalty.
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