Past Pages: July 5, 2009

130 Years Ago

There was a lot of excitement on the Fourth of July at the Carson Race Track - the young men with the horse wheel were industriously gathering in the half dollars, the chuck-a-luck man was smiling seductively, the rouge-et-noir man was dilating on the beauties of his little game, and a trio of minstrels were picking a banjo and thumping a tambourine ...

100 Years Ago

Fountain shipped: A 9,900-pound fountain has been shipped to Carson City by the National Humane Alliance to be set up at the junction of King and Carson streets. The fountain is five and a half feet high and the large bowl is six feet. At the base are four more small bowls for dogs and small animals to drink from ... They do the most good for tired and thirsty horses and homeless dogs ...

70 Years Ago

Advertisement: "Carson Theatre - 'East Side of Heaven' with Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell. A crooning cab driver sings his way into trouble when he becomes a stepfather ..."

50 Years Ago

Purchase of a tranquilizer pistol to help alleviate the dog problem was authorized by Carson City trustees.

20 Years Ago

A third moon orbiting Neptune has been discovered by the Voyager 2 space probe. The moon has been designated 1989 N1 ...

10 Years Ago

Children's privacy on the internet is supported by a growing list of state attorneys including attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa. According to Forrester Research, Inc. the number of households with internet access will double by 2003 ... projected to grow from 16.1 million in 1995 to 500 million by 2003.

• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.