130 YEARS AGO
A somnambulistic Italian: One of the lodgers in the northern part of the city named Joseph Legretto is a somnambulist, which makes itself apparent between the last quarter of the old and first quarter of the new moon. He recently had one of his attacks, went into the yard, attached the hose to the hydrant, went inside and deluged everyone in the bedroom of the house. No sooner did he feel the grasp of several powerful men, than he opened his eyes gazing wildly and frantically not knowing what he had done. He suffers great mental anxiety because of his affliction. Last evening he went to Sutro, where he is to be employed in the tunnel.
100 YEARS AGO
The citizens of this place are pleased with the work of the Promotion Association, and their proposition to build cement sidewalks on every street in the city.
70 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Carson Theatre - "Man About Town" with Jack Benny and Dorothy Lamour. Tangling with London's titled society, your favorite radio star is on the loose again ...
50 YEARS AGO
Sheriff Howard Hoffman ordered his officers to crack down on motors with noisy mufflers - or cars with no muffler at all. Officers have been instructed to issue a warning ticket for the first offense.
20 YEARS AGO
Jail bird: A four foot, 69-pound, three-toed bird, a pet Rhea, landed in the Douglas county jail. He had jumped out of his corral at his home, about eight miles south of Gardnerville.
10 YEARS AGO
Photo caption: A NASA television image of Commander Eileen Collins talking to NASA workers as she prepares for a late night launch of the shuttle Columbia. She is the first woman to command a space shuttle.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.