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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1928
Page
2
The Las Vegas Age edition shows its Tuesday Thursday and Saturday publication pattern. It lists Charles P. Squires as editor and publisher with Associated Press rights and post office second class status for Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Age editor greets Las Vegas with merry Christmas and celebrates the Boulder Dam bill becoming law. He credits the city’s steadfast faith, loyalty, and ten-year effort amid delays, delays and difficulties, for the victory and invites all to share in the achievement.
The author notes Las Vegas offers brilliant sunshine after harsh east and midwest winters. They call the climate an priceless asset likely to attract population and wealth, urging appreciation of the local weather as a key advantage.
The passage of the Boulder Dam bill and presidential approval place Las Vegas at a pivotal moment with heavy responsibilities. The town faces a changed status and demands courage to meet new requirements as its small town era ends.
Charles Labbe has applied for a patent for mineral lodes Hillside Broadway Doris A L in Johnnie Mining District Nye County Nevada. The Nineteenth Century document lists precise survey bearings and lengths for each lode and notes total areas with adjustments for conflicts. Adverse claims must be filed within sixty days of publication.
Five burner Pertfec oven for sale in good condition. Apply at Age office for details.
President Coolidge will participate in the February 1 dedication of the Singing Tower bird sanctuary on a Florida island. Anton Brees will play the 61 bells, part of a 205 foot tower built by immigrant benefactor Edward Bok to memorialize his Holland-born grandparents. Fifty thousand attended the December dedication. officials expect a larger crowd for February.
Mrs. Elfrieda Dobesh, science teacher at the local high school, announces engagement to Mr. Al Hensler of Las Vegas and resigns. The wedding will be in Los Angeles on Wednesday, after which the couple plans to live here. The school board asks Mrs. Dobesh to finish the year as a substitute.
Mrs. Tom Williams is ill in the Las Vegas Hospital. Mrs. Claude Curran, ill for a week, returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Waite from the State Highway Department shopped in town. Mrs. Jake Beckley is sick at home on South Third Street. Junior Rockwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Rockwell, ill with pneumonia and improved after sixth winter attack. Verne Perry and family of Raton New Mexico visit Mrs. Lina Norris for Christmas. Mrs. Harry Blanding and son Harry Jr return from Los Angeles.
Mrs Frank Davis entertained eight guests Saturday evening most of them former J C Penney employees. Guests included Miss N R Burkhart Frank Art Rockefeller L B Hansell Nola Burkhart and Edna Kram er. The children of Southgate Chapter Order of the Eastern Star were also entertained with a Christmas party at the lodge rooms Sunday afternoon.
Nevada homesteader on January 14 1924 filed No 014735 for N%NW% Section 27 Township 21S Range 61E M D Meridian. He seeks three year proof to establish claim before A A Hinman U S Commissioner Las Vegas Nevada January 10 1929. Witnesses named. first publication December 4 1928 last publication January 5 1929 each issue.
Superior Judge Gerald Jones of Prima county swapped dusty roads for clear air on a trial flight to Ajo, 130 miles away. The airborne trips cut travel time from 48 hours round trip by car to about two hours one way. Judge Jones notes air bumps are easier than Arizona road bumps.
St Moritz in the Swiss Alps draws distinguished visitors with its winter allure. An early arrival is the Maharajah of Rewa with a train of thirty companions including three Indian princesses, enhancing the resort’s fashion and pageantry. A shift from old to modern drug stores is noted as they replace illicit liquor with coffee.
London dispatch reports British medical leaders led by Sir Berkeley Moynihan and Lord Knutsford demand a government inquiry into radium pricing after paying around 120 000 dollars per teaspoon ounce. They accuse a Belgian firm of monopoly and urge League of Nations action amid fears for cancer treatment amid Europe debt chatter and Democratic election timing.
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