Saturday
150 Years Ago
The “Buttermilks:” A new society organized by the young ladies of Elko for the reformation of young men given to unnecessary stimulants. They propose to substitute a pure article of buttermilk for the usual articles indulged in. It is hoped by this means to wean them from their bad habits. (Elko Independent)
If someone would run a little buttermilk into Carson, it would result in breaking up one-half of the saloons. Such an organization would be more powerful than a dozen temperance societies.
140 Years Ago
Episcopal picnic at Treadway’s Park: The children had all been invited to bring their own lunch baskets. The ladies brought out the long tables, and gathering up all the baskets made a universal collation. Youngsters who had brought cold chicken with jelly and cream pie objected to a division with the plebeians who had come with bread and butter and cucumber. After the boys sampled the spread and found even more than enough, they recovered their equanimity and filled themselves with ice cream and lemonade fell back on football. The girls joined in and a lively wrangle ensued. The discussion became so animated that the Rector of the Parish had to be called in to settle the difficulty and umpire the game.
130 Years Ago
Advertisement: “The Arlington, near the depot. Carson City, Nevada. A first-class hotel. Neatly furnished rooms for 100 persons. Convenient to the railroad and business portion of Carson City. Oliver Roberts, Prop.”
100 Years Ago
No fishing at Pyramid: P. T. Lonergan, superintendent at the Pyramid reservations, states that there is to be no more fishing by the Whites at Pyramid lake. This move is in retaliation to the law passed at the legislature barring the sale of fish in Nevada either by Whites or Indians. – the law passed to head off the market fisherman.
60 Years Ago
Births at Carson-Tahoe Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Herbert of Zephyr Cove, a boy weighing 7 pounds and 8.5 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howe of Stateline are parents of a girl weighing 5 pounds 10.5 ounces.
20 Years Ago
Compaq Computer Corp.: The company has announced 4,000 more job cuts bringing the total to 8,500. Second quarter revenue was down 17 percent from the year-ago period, to $8.4 billion — blamed on economic conditions in Europe.
Sunday
150 Years Ago
Fair warning: Geo L. Gibson of the Sazerac Saloon is having an attack of the Japan fever. He gives fair notice that all accounts in which he has interest must be settled in twenty days. He will sell all his property, personal and real.
140 Years Ago
President Garfield worse: (Inter-Ocean’s Washington special): The President is growing worse instead of better with a temperature of 104. According to his doctors pyaemia [sic] may have set in.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: John Bath took seventeen young people up to Lake Tahoe in a six-team carriage. They will spend a month at the Lake and have rented Clara Belle McDonald’s cottage.
100 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Reno Radium, X-Ray Association. Radium treatments. X-ray diagnosis of all parts. Main Laboratory—Masonic Temple. We have charge of X-ray departments in the Hospitals. For information address: M. R. Walker, M.D., Director, Box 578, Reno, Nevada.”
60 Years Ago
Best book sellers: Nonfiction, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” William Shirer. “Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin,” George Kennan. Fiction, “The Agony and the Ecstasy,” Irving Stone. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee.
20 Years Ago
Comstock bike tour: The Comstock Sierra Historical Tour will make its debut and will cover a couple hundred miles of history-laced road between Virginia City and Markleeville. The non-competitive ride starts at Mormon Station. There is an $85 fee, cyclists can pitch tents, eat catered meals and learn about the areas they will tour.
Tuesday
150 Years Ago
Consecrated: The new Catholic Church in this city was consecrated on Sunday by Bishop O’Connell. Many sweet singers from Virginia assisted the choir on the occasion. A large number of people from neighboring towns were present. The church was dedicated to St. Teresa, whose name it will bear in the future.
140 Years Ago
Virginia and Carson: There is a sad state of affairs in Virginia City, but in Carson things are fine. According to the Gold Hill News, two boys were engaged in playing marbles on C Street, near Taylor. C street is no longer crowded with teams, the old Alhambra Theater, corner of Union and C streets is having its interior dismantled, rooms in Virginia City that rent at $15 a month can be had for $8, dwelling houses are for sale or to let, stores are now closed with ”for rent” in large letters, prominent business houses have been attached and closed by the Sheriff.
130 Years Ago
Advertisement: Dr. W. Cureton, Expert Dentist. All work guaranteed to be first-class. Amalgam, bone-cement or platina fillings. $1. Gold fillings $2 and up. A set of teeth $10. These teeth are as good as can be made, no matter how much you pay. By our improved method of making artificial teeth, a misfit is impossible. Office—Room 16, Front Room, St. Charles Hotel.”
100 Years Ago
Parcel Post rates may be raised: The parcel post system is being conducted at an annual loss of $50,000,000. Postmaster General Hays has asked to make a slight increase of 1 cent per package to make up the deficit.
60 Years Ago
Photo caption: Down come the walls of Carson City’s famed Eagle Market for the new Security National Bank building, already partially completed in the rear. The building is one of Carson City’s oldest structures, dating back to Civil War times.
20 Years Ago
Photo caption: Chris Chandler of Carson City’s Environmental Health Department works on a bicycle at the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada. Chandler was repairing bikes donated by the Carson City Sheriff’s Department which will be donated to needy children. Travis Clark of the Boys and Girls Club sits on his new bicycle.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
