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130 Years Ago

A new custom. A certain class of women walking up to a bar in a saloon during the day or night and taking a cocktail like a "real man," is become quite prevalent. Needless to say that they are not church members.

110 Years Ago

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Smail, who were proprietors of the Arlington House in Carson in 1880, gave a reception to 800 of their friends. The occasion was Mrs. Smail's birthday and she was presented with a sunflower badge and a beautiful floral piece from the Ladies Aid Society.

70 Years Ago

Yankee Clipper. First commercial flight took off on the first stage across the Atlantic with seventeen persons aboard carrying a heavy cargo of mail, flying at 8,000 feet " expected to reach the Azores by sunrise.

50 Years Ago

Walter Wilson, manager of Union Federal Savings and Loan has been named as secretary of the new state gaming commission.

20 Years Ago

A minimum wage fare increase may be vetoed by President Bush. Proposed increasing the hourly minimum from $2.25 an hour to $4.55.

10 Years Ago

The Carson City Board of Supervisors has gone the extra mile to provide the needed funds for sober high school graduation party.

- Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.