130 years ago
The transfer of the Warm Springs property to the State government will be made today. The constitutionality of the Penalty Bill was argued and taken under advisement by the Supreme Court yesterday. About sixty employees of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad were suspended from duty yesterday. Sunday was the most beautiful day of 1879, so far.
110 years ago
No time for waiters. The Appeal thinks that Gov. Gage of California made a serious mistake recently when he refused to receive a delegation of waiters. He said he had to time for waiters and gave them a gruff and ill mannered dismissal. Abe Lincoln would have met and received those same people, conversing with them as friends and sending them away in a pleasant mood. California cannot be expected to produce any Abe Lincoln, at least Southern California.
70 years ago
The first chapter in the history of Nevada newspapers was commemorated Sunday by the University of Nevada Press club when members dedicated a plaque to mark the birthplace of Nevada's first newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise in Genoa.
50 years ago
Some 170 boys have signed up for Little League of Carson City. Boys between the ages of eight and 12 registered Monday night for the coming season.
20 Years Ago
Public outcry is targeting election reform following election abuses following the early 1970s Watergate scandal. "As always, though, some of this is going to be a hard sell," according to Reno Assemblywoman Courtenay Swain.
10 Years Ago
Gov. Kenny Guinn clashed with Nevada Democrats on how to spend tobacco settlement funds, proposing details for a "Millennium Scholarship" plan that should average $46 million over the next four years.
- Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.