130 YEARS AGO
Joe Doe of the Carson Exchange Knight of the serviette who was accused of assault upon the person of Lillie Dale, turned up missing in Police Court. The District Attorney permitted the chivalrous flunkey to depart on his own recognizance until wanted. This is doing business in rather a loose manner which the District Attorney ought to make some satisfactory explanation, if he can.
100 YEARS AGO
Any person that sees a white horse with a halter, part of rope and strap hanging to his halter part of a hobbie hanging to the left front foot will confer a favor by notifying Doc Benton. The infernal beast cannot be tied with anything.
70 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Carson Theatre - "Dark Victory" with Betty Davis, Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan
50 YEARS AGO
The city dog pound plans are progressing and would have the location of the $10,000 pound at the sewer plant north of the state prison.
20 YEARS AGO
The New Medico Head Injury group offers a post-acute scholarship to Nevada residents who have suffered a traumatic head injury.
10 YEARS AGO
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law, are missing off the waters of Martha's Vineyard where their plane was washed ashore. There was no sign of life.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.