130 YEARS AGO
Going to Quarter Her: It will be remembered a few weeks ago of the old Mahalo that left for California, leaving her family and about how Franktown Piute Johnson Sides asked the governor for help. Two young bucks found her in the vicinity of Colfax and she is now near Pyramid Lake where she will be tried for infidelity, the punishment of the most barbaric nature. We know of no other case of this type to be held in the state.
100 YEARS AGO
Don't forget the moonlight carnival on the lawn of the Rickey residence tomorrow night under the auspices of the Leisure Hour Club. It will startle, amuse and entertain with its delightful novel features.
70 YEARS AGO
In a Washington news story with the Smithsonian as the authority, the statement was made that more than 4,000 makes of automobile have appeared since the first vehicle in France in 1868. That's an average of 57 new makes a year for 71 years.
50 YEARS AGO
Photo caption: Warren Welsh of Reno takes off in an elimination run against Bob Watts, national 1957 class B dragster champion at the Silver State Timing Association races Sunday at Carson Airport. Welsh hit 139.50 mph for a new track speed record (Dolan photo.)
20 YEARS AGO
Assemblyman Joe Dini of Yerington added his name to an exclusive list as he served as acting governor, the first Nevada Assembly Speaker ever to do so.
10 YEARS AGO
Reno has the dubious honor of being second on a list of 66 cities with the highest gas prices.
• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.