Saturday
150 Years Ago
Advertisement: “D. Brower, Homeopathic Physician & Surgeon, would respectfully inform the citizens of Carson that he has fitted up an office opposite Frisbie’s restaurant and will make a specialty of the diseases of women and children.”
130 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Capital Restaurant, E. Bryan, Proprietor. I have moved into new quarters, and now have everything in the best of style. My cooks are the best in the city and everything that the market affords can be had at all hours of the day or night.
Oysters in every style, day and night. Private room for families and parties. Meal orders attended to and sent to any part of the city. Every department first-class. Call and Inspect Soon.”
120 Years Ago
Married: George M. Pullman, son of the builder of sleeping cars, was married in Carson City, to Miss Sarah Brazelle, of California. The ceremony took place in the parlors of the Arlington hotel and Justice of the Peace Stone officiated. The couple returned to California on the evening’s train and expect to make their future home in San Mateo.
100 Years Ago
In My Garden, a poem, in part:
By Florence M. Edmonds, Toronto Mail)
“…In our garden
Happy hours,
Moist warm earth
And smell of flowers,
Drone of bees
And butterflies,
Great tall lilies,
Deep blue skies…”
70 Years Ago
If your child is born today: Today’s child will be an alert, dynamic, energetic youngster who will enjoy doing practically everything in an unusual and original manner, very impressive to others…
20 Years Ago
Photo caption: The Carson wandering skipper, a rare butterfly that nearly halted work on the Carson City freeway, is among several species being targeted for federal protection.
Sunday
145 years ago
The Bedeviled dragon of filial Disrespect was laboriously exorcised by the drums and gongs and winged and stringed instruments of Chinatown last night. As to what particular depravities the said aprochyphal beast had been guilty of we have not been informed, but we cannot be mistaken as to the Celestial motive.
140 years ago
The late Mr. Spotted Tail was a great wit. During one of his Eastern trips he was shown through the jails of Washington and New York, and he was told that some of the prisoners were in for murder, others for forgery, some for arson, and others for robbery, etc. Finally, at one of these institutions, he turned around to his informant and asked: “My friend, have you anybody in here for stealing from Indians?”
120 years ago
There was a merry war on lower Washington street last Sunday night. Two individuals, husband and wife, took a notion to invade the domicile of a neighbor on hostile purposes bent. He was prepared to receive them however and with his wife’s assistance entertained them so warmly that they were about to retreat. — Chronicle
80 years ago
Local authorities today expressed the opinion that they will have to make an example of one or two boys who last night were guilty of Halloween pranks. Although the time for playing pranks of the season is still about four weeks away, numerous windows and automobile windows and windshields were chalked last night.
50 years ago
The Lake of the Sky Chapter of the National Secretaries Association will hold a seminar at the Tahoe Edgewood Country Club. The theme will be “Happiness is … getting organized.”
20 years ago
Following an emergency shutoff of Virginia City’s water supply last week, 26 leaks in the city’s failing pipeline system were patched. The system is operating, but it is far from fixed.
Tuesday
145 years ago
The Aurora Stage Robbed. — Yesterday Mr. Rice received a telegram from a Wells Fargo & Co. agent at Genoa: “Stage robbed this morning one mile below the Mountain House, by two men, one tall, the other medium height. There were five passengers in the stage at the time. None of them nor the driver were robbed.” The amount taken was $228. On the same stage were nine bars of Northern Belle bullion.
140 years ago
Another large train of emigrants, consisting of 143 grown persons, says the Silver State of Saturday, passed West yesterday. Many of them were direct from the Basque province of Spain, and wore the peculiar costume of the peasants of that section.
120 years ago
New York. Oct. 3. In the second race for the America Cup today the Columbia won, leading the Shamrock by a quarter of a mile.
80 years ago
Dan Priest, younger son of Supt. And Mrs. Charles Priest of Carson city, was yesterday pledged to Alpha Tao Omega fraternity at Occidental College, Los Angeles. While at Carson High Dan played football and basketball and was assistant editor of the annual.
50 years ago
Gov. Mike O’Callaghan expressed impatience with land developers who subdivide some of the least inhabitable land in the state in a speech before a statewide trade association Sunday at Stateline.
20 years ago
The residents of Storey County were invited to air their views on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Wednesday afternoon. The measure might have been effective, if the Energy Department invited the public.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006. Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan.
