Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Mark Twain: Mark Twain’s wife is in poor health, and he will not settle in Elmira, New York. These steps were taken by him on the advice of his physicians. As soon as Mrs. Clemens is able to endure an ocean voyage, he will take up his residence in Europe. (Washington Republican)
140 Years Ago
Jottings: A local statistician counted 755 dogs while walking from the railroad depot to George T. Davis’ corner. He estimates that this is ten percent of the total of canines in this city.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: The families of Tahoe City are very anxious to have a teacher and will furnish room and board, and pay a small tuition. There are only six children old enough to attend.
100 Years Ago
Per Centum Act of 1921: President Harding signed a bill reducing the number immigrants to 3 percent of a country’s represented population based on the 1910 census.
65 Years Ago
Tungsten: Governor Charles Russell and Roy Hardy, Chairman of the State Mining Advisory Board, will leave for Washington to attend the extension of the Tungsten Purchasing Act which is due to expire. Tungsten is Nevada’s largest mining operation.
20 Years Ago
Honored: Eight of Carson Cities ‘cream of the crop’ were honored at the Carson Nugget. Community award winners are: Teacher, Casey Giles; Student, Crystal Loewe; Artist, Carol Foldvary-Anderson; Boss, Renee Mayo; Employee, Mary Ann Weiss; Humanitarian, George Horton; Organization, Eagle Valley Children’s Home Respite Care, Doug Brooks.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Good change: The Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County passed a resolution that the prisoners confined in the County Jail be furnished with provisions and made to do their own cooking, washing, etc. The Sheriff is to put the prisoners to work on the public roads. This will give the boys a chance to sniff the fresh air.
140 Years Ago
Jottings: Gold Hill brags of a man with a forty-foot tapeworm.
The mail arrived at noon owing to the troubles on the “Solano” ferryboat.
130 Years Ago
A peeping Tom: Two men in this city were doing the “Peeping Tom” act and were caught on several occasions. If they are caught at it once too often, they will have a dose of the “tar bucket” and will not play their game again.
100 Years Ago
Woodbury residence: The front door was thrown open and lots of leaves, branches of trees and muck were thrown into the hall — the work of hoodlums.
Presbyterian manse: The pickets of two panels of the fence were ripped off and a dog trying to give warning was shot at.
Mrs. Annie Meder: The tulip bed at the home of Ms. Annie Meder was stripped of all its blossoms.
Anyone knowing of depredations committed on property should report it to the peace officers, and the perpetrators will get the full punishment meted out by law.
65 Years Ago
Gov. Charles Russell is shown presenting the Nevada Adjutant General’s recruiting trophy to Lt. Robert W. Butler, commanding officer of Battery A 421
st AAA battalion of Nevada National Guard. Sgt. Joe Hawley, unit administrator, holds a miniature of the same prize. The Carson City battery received the award for obtaining and maintaining the highest percentage of recruits in the State during the recent drive (Fendrich photo).
20 Years Ago
Photo caption: Carson Aquatic Center Supervisor of Operations, Dave Meyer, looks over construction of the therapy pool. The pool project has increased from $3.6 to $4 million.
Friday
150 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Occidental Livery Stable. Carson Street, Carson City, Nev. This old established and widely known Stable has been lately renovated, the old stock taken out and replaced with fine young horses. Carriages of all descriptions on hand at moderate charges. Horses boarded by the day or week on the lowest possible terms. N. B.—We attend strictly to our own business. Winnie & David.”
140 Years Ago
Scattering diamonds: Mr. Lindsay and wife started for a ride to Steamboat. Mrs. Lindsay gathered up three or four diamond rings, some money, and jewelry to the value of $1,000 and placed them in a satchel to take along. The pair had not proceeded many miles before it was discovered that the satchel had fallen out of the buggy. They turned around but could not find it. The officers are on the lookout and have suspicions about the individual who found the bag and picked it up.
130 Years Ago
Mud-hole: Joe Muller, wheelman, met with a severe accident. While attempting to smash the world’s record on Carson street, he ran into a mud-hole. The accident caused Joe and the wheel to separate, and his face gives the appearance of being struck with a pile driver. The cause—the gentler sex attracted his attention.
100 Years Ago
Fish fine: Jim Vogt, superintendent of he fish hatcheries, says that the hatch is up to the maximum, and he has a fine lot to release when water conditions are right.
65 Years Ago
New TV Channel: A Los Angeles film producer asked the Federal Communications Commission for a Reno television channel originally awarded to Nevada Telecasting Corp. Nevada Telecasting was granted the outlet for Channel 4.
20 Years Ago
Soup lady: Robin Lecuyer was told she needed a license from the Carson City Health Department before she could deliver soup to cancer victims. She was ordered to stop serving them until she was in compliance.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
