130 YEARS AGO
A Letter from General Grant: Governor Kinkhead received a letter from the General's private secretary confirming an invitation from the people of this state - with great pleasure - that he will come here as soon as he returns from Oregon.
100 YEARS AGO
Connections for electric service won't be made of any kind, will not be made without a meter. When a business is vacant, service will be stopped and will be restarted again after the installation of a meter. It is a perfectly equitable arrangement to which reasonable objection cannot be offered. Truckee River General Electric Co.
70 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Nels Glover and Miss Mamie Muldoon left, this morning, for San Francisco, where they will visit the fair Mesdames C.J. Guild, Leo Miller, W.H. Cavell and Isle Bair motored to Fallon yesterday and were luncheon guests at the home of Mrs. George McCracken.
50 YEARS AGO
Eight Carson City organizations and individuals have entered the Nevada Day parade to date, led by the annual popular Sade
Grant entry.
20 YEARS AGO
The Carson City Gaming Alliance held a press conference today declaring their three casinos, Cactus Jack's, The Horseshoe and the Ormsby House drug-free casinos. The alliance was formed for the sole purpose of fighting drugs.
10 YEARS AGO
Parisoners expect to be worshiping in their new home within two years at St. Teresa Avila Catholic Church.
• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.