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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1929
Page
2
Las Vegas publication notes issue schedule with Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoon editions. It lists Post Office class matter status, editor and publisher Charles P. Squires.
The document states that Associated Press news dispatches credited or not credited remain under AP exclusive use for republication in this paper. Local news and special dispatches are similarly reserved for republication by AP.
Union Pacific engineers arrive to start laying a rail bed toward Black Canyon linking to the Boulder Dam project. The venture is described as a feat of modern engineering, with desert tunnels and trestles ahead, while Las Vegas residents note changes in town life and a sense of pride in the impending construction.
The Las Vegas market shows aggressive cash trades with prices rising as builders plan twenty new residences. Demand runs for two hundred substantial homes, likely sold before completion. The OVerland Hotel area mourns the loss of seven ancient trees in a harsh symbol of progress.
The widow of Harry Clay Ford, theater manager, asks for the Lincoln chair that President Lincoln sat in at Ford's Theater on April 14 1865. She appeals through government records searches after a private collector offered a price that would secure her independence.
Smithsonian holds the Lincoln chair but considers exhibition plans stalled. An 1910 Wilson era opinion on Jefferson Davis relics upheld heirs’ title, suggesting the chair may be returned to Mrs. Ford if no legal hurdles appear, with potential congressional action needed. Ex Governor James Gaham visits Nevada’s Las Vegas.
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