130 YEARS AGO
A Nuisance: A creature in the shape of a man is getting to be an intolerable nuisance. He is filthy with vermin, and seats himself in most every chair that happens to stand on the sidewalk. Decent and clean men unsuspectingly occupy these seats. Can not something be done to compel this fellow to keep clean. His appearance indicates the fact that he has a long while been a stranger to water, soap, brush and comb.
100 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Lake Theater: You should hear the big hit song: "Denver Town." Saturday Candy Matinee 2:30 - with every ticket a bag of candy. Children 5 cents, adults 10 cents."
70 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Carson Theater: "Pygmalion" - with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller.
50 YEARS AGO
More than a passing interest remains with Sutro tunnel as a possible site of a "straightened-out cyclotron."
20 YEARS AGO
Photo caption: Karia Gartner of South Lake Tahoe gives a surprise look in a scene from "Bye, Bye Birdie" where the whole town is talking on the telephone. Performances are scheduled at the Community Center.
10 YEARS AGO
Photo caption: Polly Johnson, 14, a tennis player, returns a serve while working out at Centennial Park. Johnson looks to step into the lineup for Carson High School this fall. On July 17, she won the girls-14 Challenger Division at Northstar in Truckee.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.