Past Pages May 26

130 YEARS AGO

A touching incident: When a parrot owned by a lady of this city flew around the room singing, "The Watch on the Rhine," the air of the grand old hymn could be heard throughout the house. The lady of the house discovered that the bird had just taken a bath in a pitcher of beer from Klein's brewery.

A sagebrush angel: A Nevada editor died the other day and appeared before the Gate ... "A hard case, a hard case, indeed!" sighed the worthy man. "You have been a hard swearer. It is said that on one occasion you even made Hank Monk blush."

120 YEARS AGO

Roll of honor: Lucy Davis, Bessie Platt, Sadie Sweetland, Jennie Anderson, Louisa Berning, Lulu Kitzmeyer. Laura Billings, teacher.

70 YEARS AGO

Junior-Senior banquet and prom will be held in the Leisure Hour Hall. Committees from the junior class are: Everett Curless, Lester Groth, Nelson Glover, Betty Branson. Dance committee - John Supera, Dimmitt Felesina; program and invitation - Velia Samproni, Eddie Marriage. Robert Laxalt is in charge of food.

50 YEARS AGO

Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Painter of Carson are parents of a girl born at Carson-Tahoe hospital.

20 YEARS AGO

The Nevada Humanities committee funded proposals. The Yerington Theatre of the Arts received $5,271 for "Walker River Basin - Expressing Our Heritage" ... the Stewart Indian Museum in Carson City received $3,120 for its exhibit, "Indian Life Through Indian Eyes."

10 YEARS AGO

Jackie Crawford has been named Nevada's second female warden. The job pays $92,914 a year.

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