Photo provided Tallac pier is advertised in this undated historical photo.
Saturday
150 Years Ago
Insane. There is an unfortunate man wandering about the streets, out of his mind. He is an object of real pity. He must suffer intensely from the cold yet seems to be unconscious of pain. He is seen in town for nearly a week and has slept several bitterly cold nights without any covering under the caissons on the plaza. We hope our more benevolent citizens who are in a position to see that he is cared for.
140 Years Ago
The Board of County Commissioners met yesterday and after a stormy session, cut down an advertising bill of the Appeal from $62 to $28 and adjourned.
120 Years Ago
Pickled pigs’ feet at the Eagle market.
80 Years Ago
Unmarried women in Nevada are outnumbered by unmarried males by a ratio of better than two to one, figures released today by the bureau of the census in Washington reveal.
40 Years Ago
Gov. Robert List gives every indication that he is going to be happy in his new role as a private citizen.
20 Years Ago
Revised estimates show a total of 334,895 people living in Nevada were missed by the 2000 census.
Sunday
150 Years Ago
Last Saturday evening an impromptu ball was gotten up in Empire and although we were not able to assist, we can say as confidently as if we had been there, that the festivities passed off to a charm.
140 Years Ago
A convict at the Nevada penitentiary says he was sent to prison for being dishonest, and yet he is compelled every day to cut out pieces of pasteboard, which are put between the soles of the cheap shoes made there and palmed off on the innocent public as leather — Reveille. According to shoe dealers who purchased the goods, they got about all the leather they should have.
120 Years Ago
A Washoe Zephyr. Scatters a church door to the four corners. An ocular illustration to the fury of last night’s gale occurred at St. Mary’s church, one of the massive doors being twisted from its fastenings and whirled into the street. Further evidence of Boreas’ nocturnal frolic is visible in the residence parts of town, the denizens of which are shy today on a stovepipe extension, fences, yard gates and outhouses, as any cases the wreckage having disappeared in space — Report.
80 Years Ago
Chairman Robert B. Jeppson today requested that each organization of Carson City be represented at the meeting of the Ormsby County Patriotic Society, in the Legion room of the Nevada Heroes Memorial Building.
40 Years Ago
Celebrations and festivities are on tape for the six days beginning Monday to commemorate the completion of recent expansion of the Carson Nugget in downtown Carson City.
20 Years Ago
The lines are growing at the U.S. Postal Office and Russ Uemura, supervisor of customer services at the Carson City branch, recommends mailing all Christmas cards and packages by Dec. 19.
Tuesday
150 Years Ago
Horrible and disastrous accident. Yesterday, after noon when a number of employees had already gone to lunch, one of the most heart rendering accidents occurred at the Mint when Mr. Osborne Parker, an old gentleman of 60 years and of spotless character. Details of the death are way too gruesome to be relayed here.
140 Years Ago
Mr. Todman lost nothing by the sinking of the Truckee, as the machinery had been removed months before.
120 Years Ago
Someone has started the report that the Eagle Market of this city is going. Out of business, something of that tenor. It is not true. The Eagle Market was reopened to stay opened and stay open it will. The business of the place is more than satisfactory, and we are here to stay. Pearl Upson, proprietor.
80 Years Ago
Operations by the Pathfinder Flying Service at and from the Carson City Airport have been changed in designation from Civil Pilot Training to War Training Service. That means that only U.S. Army flying students will be stationed and trained here.
40 Years Ago
Eagle Valley Junior High School Principal Barbara Little calls it “good deed of the week.” The deed occurred Friday when two of her students found a billfold containing $81 and turned it into the attendance office, where it was returned to its rightful owner.
20 Years Ago
A storm left up to 5 inches of snow and caused traffic delays Tuesday in the Sierra Nevada.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.