Daun Bohall Collection/Nevada State Museum
Wednesday
145 Years Ago
Two burglars entered the house of Mrs. A. Whitfield at Genoa Sunday evening, but the screams of the lady frightened them so that they fled without any booty. They could not be recognized, as they were masked. No arrests.
140 Years Ago
Drunk again. Julia Beals, the chronic drunk, was taken by the sheriff on Sunday. Julia is making herself too numerous and is getting to be somewhat of a nuisance.
120 Years Ago
(Sheriff Kinney, continued) and a flash of lightening blinded him. He was thrown bodily to the ground and must have been unconscious for some time. When he came to and sought solace in his trusty flask, he took a long pull and to his surprise the whiskey was quite warm. The lightening had struck the flask and made a complete picture of the landscape on the outside and warmed the liquor at the same time (continued).
80 Years Ago
A group of sea lions that have lived on and about Seal Rocks just off the San Francisco coastline for time immemorial are legal wards of the city park commission which has made itself responsible for them.
40 Years Ago
A 60,000 square foot Raley’s Superstore opens Wednesday at Highway 395 and Koontz Lane in Carson City. Raley’s Superstore is a combination supermarket and super drug with central checkout for virtually all merchandise.
20 Years Ago
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Nevada Appeal reports from people in the Carson City area who have a personal story to tell from that day.
Thursday
145 Years Ago
Incident at the Mint. About 8 o’clock yesterday morning an accident occurred in the melting room of the Mint by which Mr. Frank Kennedy, foreman of that room was severely injured. He was ascending from the cellar on an elevator which contained a truck full of fine silver, and when he had reached the level of the melting room a catch on the side of the elevator gave way and precipitated Mr. Kennedy with fearful velocity of 15 feet. He received a nervous shock from which it will take him some time to recover.
140 Years Ago
A drunken Sunday. There must have been something most fearfully demoralizing in the atmosphere on Sunday last, for the streets were full of drunken men all day. White men, Indians, and even Chinese people were carrying top heavy loads of bad liquor. They were all of an argumentative turn of mind with a sprinkling of the bellicose, but no one was seriously hurt.
120 Years Ago
(Sheriff Kinney, continued) “What became of the fish?” Asked Chas. Friend. Oh, I almost forgot. The fish was also hit and done to a turn, just as if it had come out of the frying pan. I never saw lightening cook a fish so well before. This story, gentlemen is upon honor, and all goes if you hear it.” (continued)
80 Years Ago
Many Nevadans have unusual interest in this week’s issue of the Saturday Evening Post, which contains a picture of Lieut. Col. Dale Smith, who is with the comber patrol guarding the sea lanes of the Atlantic coast. Lt. Col. Smith is the elder son of state engineer and Mrs. A.M. Smith.
40 Years Ago
Cockroaches made their appearance in a Sunday meal at the Nevada State Prison, but there is disagreement as to how many serving trays were affected. A prison official said only one tray was infested.
20 Years Ago
Nevada needs to make major changes in how it classifies, manages, and prepares inmates to return to society, prison director Jackie Crawford said Tuesday.
Friday
145 Years Ago
Of Silver Lake, a correspondent of the Enterprise says: “The waters of the lake have been raised by damming about twenty feet, thus partially submerging and killing many acres of pines along its borders. The dry leaves still cling to the branches, and by firing them from a boat, we were entertained with some really magnificent fireworks in the evening. In a minute or two after the match was applied the whole tree was in a blaze. The flames shot up instantly, lighting up the white rocks on the shore beyond, and imparting a weird look to the dead and dying pines covering a large surface of the lake.”
140 Years Ago
At last. On Saturday night officer Stern went to Chinatown and informed the denizens thereof that the barbarous music they have been keeping up for the past 30 or 40 nights must be discontinued, or he would arrest the whole mob who engaged in perpetrating the nuisance. He was assured that the wishes of the “superior race” would be respected and that the musical instruments would be hung up.
120 Years Ago
(Sheriff Kinney, continued) “Never heard of a fish over six inches long in Strawberry Valley,” chimed in Jack Wall. “I never did before either and that is really the queerest part of the whole incident. Think this is a steamboat, eh, Wall” Well come let’s all take a little something and stop so much talking.”
80 Years Ago
Nevada motorists who in 1943 will carry orange and black decalcomanias windshield, transparent, instead of new license plates, probably will have either plastic or some other type of licenses in 1944 it was indicated by officials of the state motor vehicle department today. The new windshield stickers will be carried in the lower right-hand corner of the windshield.
40 Years Ago
More than 64 percent of the vehicles traveling on Nevada’s highways exceeded the 55-mph speed limit during a six-month period, ranking the state second in the nation in the percentage of violations.
20 Years Ago
A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office memo made public this week contradicts continuing reports of drunken revelers and traffic problems after concerts in Genoa.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
