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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
2
A Las Vegas Age reader, visiting from the West, praised the paper for showing outsiders the town’s life and prospects. He urged local merchants to advertise more to attract new customers, warning that lack of ads could invite competition from new entrants and hurt local business.
Amid Belgian unrest on June 27, three hundred students and civilians ignored police to damage Louvain Library pillars designed by American architect Whitley War. Rector Ladeuze objected to an inscription praising German fury and American generosity, prompting clashes over the rebuilt pillars. Simultaneously in Nevada, a divorce suit seeks dissolution of marriage from extreme cruelty and desertion, with public summons issued in Clark County.
A Nevada Valley report notes grasshoppers invading Pine Valley as described by John Higgenbotham, with insects forming a natural canopy and destroying crops. The article also lists multiple U S Land Office notices from Carson City about mineral claims, patents, and public land transactions in Clark County and Death Valley area, including American Borax Company filings for Argus and Colemanite lodes and Cottonball placers with detailed survey data and publication dates in 1928.
The Age argues that perceived summer dullness is a mindset not reality. Las Vegas shows strong business with heavy tourist traffic, a union Pacific payroll surpassing prior records, active highway work, ongoing building, and rising real estate investment. The piece urges local merchants to advertise and boost ambition to capitalize on current prosperity.
An editorial from a Las Vegas paper praises the national road system and the idea of America as Main Street. It contrasts Republican and Democratic figures, commends Joe Robinson of Arkansas for his personable nature, and suggests Democrats could win if they drop sharp potshots and share Arkansas and southern stories. The notice includes publication details, pricing, and subscription rates.
FP G Pearson general manager of Reno Consolidated Petroleum Company states the firm is contracting with a strong Pacific Coast partner to drill near Las Vegas. The Reno concern controls 10 240 acres of prospective oil lands in this field.
June 27 AP reports the Italia disaster likely killed six crew members who drifted away after the crash at Kings Bay. Vincenzo Pomella, a motor attendant, died in the crash and was buried, as reported by Nobile.
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