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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
5
The Las Vegas Postette reports ongoing Saturday editions and subscription terms for a one month option. Readers are urged to subscribe for five dollars per year with renewal periods and office details clarified for Las Publis outlets.
Ice cream at Boggs & Co. and a Los Angeles business trip share the page. Sweet peas bloom on Kyle Ranch as Clayson and Griffith move stores across the street. Giddings and Morse plan mining work southeast of Las Vegas. An itinerant peddler was arrested for selling without a license. County officials prepare for court session as Baker's Dozen Club elects officers. Mrs McKenna case set for judgment. an Austrian’s gun misfire causes a glass break. A Clark Forwarding Co team runs away, minor damage. John S Park’s Fremont garden shows desert blossom potential for future growth.
On Thursday April 25 John R Ward was shot and killed by Fremont Cobb of Moapa after a dispute at Copper City. Ward confronted Cobb at a tent door around 7:30 p m forcing a confrontation. Cobb fired twice with an automatic Colt injuring Ward and startling bystanders L M Culver W E Sproat and Mrs Sproat were present. The account mirrors the same sequence of events reported by multiple witnesses and local observers.
Mrs C A Rucker suffered multiple injuries when a newly broken bronco in the Stewart yard bolted the rig while awaiting the gate opening. Her mother Mrs Helen J Stewart jumped free unharmed as the horses lurched toward the fence causing arm and leg injuries and a deep forehead cut.
The San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad filed stipulations with Clerk Edwards to take judgments without contest in two suits over violations of the Safety Appliance Act. The company admitted failing to observe the law and to equip cars with modern automatic couplers, submitting to a fine of 100 in each suit as an admission that the appliance statute is constitutional and binding on every railroad.
Hunters reported fresh letters dumped in brush beyond the creek. Constable Gay investigated and found a leather bottomed pouch with opened letters scattered nearby. The pouch, addressed to Beatty, dated last December, was likely stolen on a station platform while mail lay unattended. Letters were collected and delivered to Postmaster Bracken. Boggs & Co. advertised ice cream and drinks.
The Los Angeles Times will publish a large special number May 6-12 detailing the Fiesta de las Flores week. It will cover the Shriner events floral parades night illuminations receptions balls athletic sports and more with an illuminated cover and wide distribution. Copies priced at ten cents. weekly subscriptions for 20 cents postpaid.
In Las Vegas Senator Clark announced the Los Angeles Limited will resume by May fifth. Early reports indicate the Li service revival is stalled by Harriman delaying steps for reactivation.
A Hawthorne dispatch says W. L. Claiborne testified at the Preston and Smith trial that A. E. Johnson offered 250 to kill Diamondfield Jack Davis, mine owner. Claiborne swore Johnson asked why Silva had not been killed and Silva was murdered next day. Johnson faces murder indictment as a Goldfield strike leader.
The Elko Independent reports Nye county is made a separate judicial district by the legislature with Governor Sparks appointing attorney James H. O'Brien as judge. Former district judge Breen resigns to become judge of the Lander and Eureka counties district, while O'Brien will earn seven thousand dollars annually.
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