130 Years Ago
A spunky wife: The wife of the blacksmith was looking for her hubby and found him in the saloon in the Frisbie building. She walked up to the billiard table, picked one of the balls up and let it fly at her recreant protector. Finding that the woman was beyond reason, he released his hold on her and broke for the door of the saloon. When she was freed, she picked up the remaining balls and followed her fugitive husband, flinging the ivories at him.
100 Years Ago
Attacked by a mountain lion: A girl in San Jose was attacked by a mountain lion and stuck him with a hat pin until a man arrived with a gun and killed the beast.
70 Years Ago
Charles MacArthur, Broadway producer and husband of actress Helen Hayes, had a suspicion that baldness was hurried by too much water on the head. Bathing caps are a nuisance so MacArthur wears a derby in the shower.
50 Years Ago
A two-ton Soviet rocket carrying two dogs was launched into space. It was the second such space flight reported by the Russians this year.
20 Years Ago
State Treasurer Ken Santor announced the appointment of Dean Heller as his chief deputy. He is a graduate of Carson City High School and the University of Southern California.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006