130 Years Ago
Chinese exodus - Thirty Chinese men left on the train bound for the Sandwich Islands to work on sugar plantations. All were coolies and the debasing bondage in which they are kept was discernible in every movement.
110 Years Ago
Failure of delivery - John Moore, the Appeal carrier, was thrown from his bicycle while crossing the railroad track each of town. The wound will lay him up for a few days. The indulgence of the patrons of the Appeal is asked.
70 Years Ago
Kidnapped - George Palmer Putnam, widower of Amelia Earhart was kidnapped and taken to Bakersfield and left gagged. Putnam said the abductors were two men who spoke German. Putnam believes he was kidnapped as a warning - his firm is publishing a book called "The Man Who Killed Hitler."
50 Years Ago
Photo caption: Bill Thorpe, local VFW marble tournament chairman, watches as Ray Thompson shoots marbles during the Gleason school tournament.
20 Years Ago
Thirty-four million dollars in a federal housing project will include 34 homes for Washoe Indians - the majority will be in Stewart and four more in the Carson Colony.
10 Years Ago
Callers dialing Northern Nevada will need to use the 775 areas code - the old 702 codes were retained for the Las Vegas region.
- Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.