130 YEARS AGO
A thank you from Mr. William Lynch of the Mint who lost his infant child by death, desires to express his and his wife's most heartfelt thanks and gratitude to their kind neighbors who did so much for them in their hour of bereavement. (Willie Lynch, an African American, came to Nevada with Abe Curry in 1866. Lynch witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.)
100 YEARS AGO
If you want ice that is hard as cut glass and taken from the highest point in the Sierras and ice that stays with you all day ... get it from Doc Benton.
70 YEARS AGO
Ab Jenkin will attempt to establish new auto racing records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. He will begin preparations for an assault on automobile endurance records up to the 24-hour mark.
50 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Sky-Vue Drive-in Theatre - "The Young Captives" with Steven Mario, Luana Patten and Steve McQueen - plus - "The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery" with Molly McCarthy
20 YEARS AGO
The stealth bomber flew over the Mojave Desert to test the flying-wing design - cost of the stealth - $500 million.
10 YEARS AGO
Child advocates are concerned about a new Nevada law that erases any official record of spanking or paddling by parents - as long as it doesn't leave a child with welts, bruises, scars.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.