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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1929
Page
5
Classified ad fragment advertises a Buick car for sale at 200 dollars with substantial reduction. Mentions Egan Furniture store, post office address 136 17 FOR, and a free jocatia rooms breakfast nook nearby. Ends with incomplete contact details and garbled wording.
In the Tenth Judicial District Court Nevada Clark County the executors of the estate of R Jefferson announce a private sale of the deceased's real property described as Northwest Quarter Section 28 Township 20 South Range 61 East Las Vegas District and Meridian with terms: cash ten percent, rest on court confirmation, and balance in five monthly installments beginning 30 days after confirmation.
Multiple notices detail estate matters in Clark County Nevada including the estate of Egultt sor R. Jefferson with bids to be submitted at Chas. Lee Horsey office and executor Robert Dewey Jefferson. Another hearing notice for the estate of Nichols sets December 16 1925 as hearing time. Also a Fulton v. Glton summons in the Tenth Judicial District asks defendant to appear within ten days.
Bus and rail schedules mingle with recipes for flank steak and a celery apple salad. The fragment lists Pickwick Street routes, dated trips, and service to Dam Site with special runs and regular trips to severalLA areas, alongside kitchen instructions for baking steak and a celery apple salad.
A congressional tribute authored by Representative Louis Ludlow honors the press of the nation. The essay praises the Washington Wattona Press Building and extols the press as the beacon of liberty, asserting civilization would falter without a free press. It laments censorship and warns tyranny would follow suppression.
A fragment from a Christian Science Society gathering at Econsa Sunday night on Fremont Street discusses the press as a guardian of reform and liberty. It extols the press as a sentinel against greed and oppression, urging devotion to civic duty and the protection of free government.
Paris reports the French government considers extending the mutual betting system used at Lons, Auteuil and other racecourses to automobile racing. The plan aims to curb unregulated motor race betting and ensure government commissions are collected, with takings funding prizes for international races. The semiannual system would not apply to foot races.
A mixed account of football action highlights refereeing chaos and dramatic plays. The narrative recalls a Yale Dartmouth moment with an apparent touchdown ruled incomplete, a Yale Princeton clash with a ground touch, and referees knocked from their positions as players collide. The report also notes other incidents including a hospital stay for an official and a mass of players reacting to a play gone awry.
December 11, 1909 report from Goodsprings notes the largest zinc surface find in camp on Knight and Hyde property. Jesse Knight bought the claim after a visit, while J O McIntosh bets $200 with Robert Goldfield over a sprint to the Arizona club, to be run nine and thirteen sixteenths minutes from the big spring. A new water well south of Vegas struck water at 205 feet.
Ten years ago on December 13 1919 Eastern Star elected F N Has as worthy matron with officers including worthy patron and other roles. The notes list several names such as Sara L Bloedel C C Corkhill M M Pa per and W M S W with various duties and lodge affiliations. Also mentioned are debates over signs under Prohibition Act and a Kansas City Missouri Republican convention with Otto Kahn resignation amid protest.
Permits issued at 617 Linden for a dwelling owned by Tony Marteletti with J. Shaw as contractor. Valuation listed at $1900 with dates September 1 to November 30. Overall permit valuations show $154,290 for December 1 to date, with additional $2,200 and $156,490 noted.
Vegas Lodge No. 32 F and AM holds Stated Communications first Monday of every month at 7:30 p m in Masonic Hall with Special Communications as announced. Visiting brothers welcomed by Earl F Davison W M and W N Schuyler Secretary. Las Vegas Lodge No. 1463 meets Thursdays at 7:20 pm with club rooms open 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Visiting brothers welcomed by Wm Orr Exalted Ruler and Wm L Scott Secretary.
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