Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Wednesday
150 years ago
The exhibition by the pupils of the Carson Public School will take place this evening at the New Hall. This should receive the attention of all friends of public education, and not even appeal of bad weather should prevent the parents and acquaintances of the scholars from being in attendance.
130 years ago
People desiring to have their Christmas packages shipped promptly will please have them at the Express Office before 3 o’clock on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of December. The office will be kept open until 1 o’clock on Sunday, December 23, 1888, for the reception of Christmas packages.
100 years ago
Sergeant J.S. Graham, who has been circulating a petition to get names of those who desire the perpetuation of the Home Guards, stated this morning that he had secured seventy-two names, all signing up for active membership. With this nucleus to go on and the signing up of many absentees as soon as they return home it looks as though the Guards would be able to maintain their organization.
80 years ago
Carson residents are invited to attend a special service arranged for seven o’clock tomorrow evening in the Federated Community Church. Christmas carols will be sung, a program will be presented by the primary department; a Christmas play, “Enter — The Stranger.” Will be given with special music.
50 years ago
The doors of the Nevada State Prison opened wider this week with the announcement by Warden Cal Hocker that prison policy has been changed to permit visits by “responsible civic groups interested in the institution.”
30 years ago
The 1989 Nevada Legislature’s green-as-grass freshmen class visited the Legislative Building on Wednesday to meet colleagues, learn a little about the system and find the keys to the restroom.
Thursday
150 years ago
Revolution in Central America. In a late letter, Mark Twain writes: They have a “revolution” in Central America every time the moon changes. All you have to to is to get out in the street, in Panama or Aspinwall, and give a whoop and the thing is done. Shout, “down with the administration” and “up with somebody else,” and revolution follows.
130 years ago
It is proposed to light the dome of the capitol with electricity.
100 years ago
Papers in the appeal case of State of Nevada versus the Reno Brewing company were filed with Clerk William Kennett of the Supreme Court this morning. The case is from Washoe County following the judge’s decision the brewing company violated the new prohibition law in manufacturing and storing the sale of an article called “near beer” and which it is admitted, contains one-tenth of 1 percent alcohol.
80 years ago
A thousand pickets, including 600 Chineses school children, blocked the loading of scrap iron on a vessel bound for Japan. Longshoremen refused to pass the pickets after Lieutenant Governor Patterson encouraged the pickets, saying: “We are here to make sure that industrialists do not make profits out of the blood of the Chinese.”
50 years ago
A hydrogen type nuclear device with the wallop of a million tons of TNT have a mesa top momentarily heavenward today and sent ocean like waves rippling over the Nevada desert.
30 years ago
As many as 1,200 more wild horses may have been killed in the rugged outback of Central Nevada, according to tips received by the Nevada Commission for the Preservation of Wild Horses.
Friday
150 years ago
“Lucretia Borgia” was presented last evening to a numerous and appreciative audience. Mrs. Stewart’s rendition of the principal character was as thrilling and effective an assumption as may be witnessed in any theater of the Pacific Coast.
130 years ago
Rev. F. R. Sanford, the new Rector of the Episcopal Church, arrived yesterday morning with Mrs. Sanford, and will make their home in Carson.
100 years ago
The first two days following the going into effect of the prohibition law almost established a record for the pinching of individuals selling liquor to the Indians, according to a report. Complaints of the violation of that Federal statute governing the selling of liquor to the Indians are reported in many papers of the state.
80 years ago
An interesting news item that has been overlooked is the pine nut crop failure this fall. Less than a hundred pounds of pine nuts were placed on sale in Yerington by local Paiutes. Jack rabbits are plentiful and the Indians have been busy all month getting in a supply of winter meat and rabbit blankets.
50 years ago
Flu lovers, you’re living iin the wrong state! The Nevada Appeal has made every effort to provide Carson City residents with a nice, robust epidemic, but state and county officials stubbornly refuse to authorize one.
30 years ago
Three years ago, 300,000 migrating birds stopped at Sillwater, 26 miles northeast of Fallon, to feed up before flying south. Then drought dried Northern Nevada.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.