Past Pages Aug. 29

130 YEARS AGO

The boss archer: Billy Lynch (witness to Lincoln's assassination) ... comes to the front with an archery score which make the rest of the archery club take a back seat. Geo. Thaxter thinks he has discovered the true secret of spotting bulls eye and threatens to beat Lynch.

Gillis' Whiskey Spring, Part I: Sixteen years ago, Steve Gillis, now a compositor on the Enterprise, went on a prospecting tour in the mountains. Accompanying him were John I. Ginn and Rufus Shoemaker. These men had heard all sorts of wonderful stories about the mineral springs to be found in the Sierra mountains, and Gillis had supreme faith in finding a mineral springs used by the Indians for its remarkable curative qualities, while others prospected for gold alone. (Continued on Wednesday.)

120 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Chas. W. Friend, of Carson, hereby announces himself as a candidate for Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention.

Tonight's social: St. Peter's Episcopal church will hold a social at Armory Hall ... with dancing ... ice cream, sandwiches, cold chicken and coffee.

70 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Archie Pozzi, Jr., Ford dealer and Governor E. P. Carville, combine in extending their warmest congratulations to John Gamble, 17-year-old Fallon high school graduate who just won the Nevada state championship in the Ford Good Driver's League. The Good Driver's League was inaugurated this year by Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company in an effort to create a greater sense of driving responsibility.

50 YEARS AGO

Bikes forbidden: Bicycles ridden or parked on the sidewalks of Carson Street may be impounded by the Carson City police department.

20 YEARS AGO

The Persian Gulf crisis hit American gas pumps ... price hikes and air fare increases of between 5 and 10 percent could adversely affect U.S. travel.

10 YEARS AGO

Costco will open its doors in November ... construction is ahead of schedule and will open just in time for the Christmas shopping rush.

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