This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1931
Page
2
A Memorial Day meditation urges honoring both those who died and living veterans. It notes the great war receding into history and calls individuals to kindness, support for ex servicemen, and easing hardships amid widespread distress. The piece emphasizes gratitude, memory, and sustaining fellowship with those who served.
The writer notes a schedule filed with the Public Service commission proposing gas rates from a plant not yet built and urges observers who followed water rates to stay for the hearing. They warn there has been no publicity and that, while the gas is imagined, a real plant could be built someday.
In Washington on May 27 President Hoover hosted a dinner for the King and Queen of Siam. Mrs Charles Evans Hughes wore a bouffant eggshell taffeta gown heavily flowered. Mrs William Borah wore eggshell chiffon with pink rose and violet bouquets.
Paris declination of fashion notes a fur muff as the latest evening bag. Debutantes carry barrel shaped muffs matching fur trim on jackets or scarves, with powder puffs cigarettes and lighters tucked into a pocket within the muff. Ermine and galyak white furs predominate.
Rev Father O Grady reports from the Salt Lake City bishop that all Salt Lake Diocese members are dispensed from fast and abstinence on Memorial Day, an Ember day. Died Kies In this city Thursday morning May 28 1931 Louis Kies funeral services at Palm Funeral Home this morning at ten o'clock.
Oysters may aid anemia therapy as the United States Bureau of Fisheries works with South Carolina Food Research Commission laboratories to study mineral content. This research is announced from Washington on May 28.
Acie Washington Bystander reports how Jouett Shouse used air travel to coordinate Democratic campaigns across Des Moines Portland Providence Texas and Kentucky while stressing party neutrality in Texas. He toured by air linking California to New England and the Midwest, shaping the 1932 political battlefront.
In Bristol Virginia Tennessee a border tax clash arises as Tennessee imposes four cents per pack on cigarettes while Virginia taxes none. A dealer along the twin city street faces price shifts as customers cross the line to Virginia for cheap smokes. Now trucks and autos may need both state license plates, widening the legal tug of war.
Lake Superior peat deposits found by Prof. James A. Merrill of Superior State Teachers College indicate the lake’s surface thousands of years ago stood more than fifty four feet below today. The peat, identical to varieties in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, ends a long dispute over historical water levels.
The public welfare board changed the slogan to no work no beer after finding some recipients used welfare money to buy malt extract. The move targets reducing dole misuse while emphasizing work requirements amid mass aid efforts.
C. C. Teague may resign from the Farm Board around June 15 as the national setup for marketing the commodities he represents advances. The fruits and vegetables cooperative market would be the eighth nationwide agency organized with Farm Board help. Teague, vice chairman, favors California fruit and nut interests and may be replaced by Burdett C. Lewis of Florida. The Farm Board’s revolving fund has issued 28.296 million dollars in commitments to other fruit cooperatives, with its first loan of 390 thousand dollars going to Florida United Growers and Florida Citrus Growers' Exchange.
The Farm Board plans a coordinated program to help citrus packing plants meet government rules for the Mediterranean fruit fly, enabling the 1929 crop to reach markets. Citrus commitments total 3.8 million dollars, grapes and raisins 21.236 million, other deciduous fruits 2.454 million, with miscellaneous figures.
May 28 report follows Jimmy Durant praising New York while a South Island dancer Beri arrives for a Broadway revue. A chaotic press chase, hotel mix ups, and a crowd of reporters accompany her eastward journey from San Francisco to Manhattan.
Trustees of McMurray College in Abilene Texas outline a plan to lower student expenses through cooperative operation of dormitories and boarding halls by students. Board and room would run about $18 per month while full-term attendance could cost as little as $319 including tuition and fees.
Paris reports fringe details in new gowns and sports skirts as designers court fashion favor. Beaded fringe winds around skirts and fringed hems add two inch trim to sports skirts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.