Looking west from William Street at the Dutch Mill restaurant, corner of William and Carson streets in the 1950s or '60s.
145 years ago
A Beautiful Present. Last evening in the guard’s quarters at the Nevada State Prison, the members of the guard presented to their Captain R. Gonnand a very beautiful medal or remembrance in the shape of a large Maltese cross of gold and black enamel. It is very elaborately chased and handsomely lettered. A pin, fashioned after a cuff pin and hinged to the top of the cross carries the word Captain, in ornate Roman letters. It is a splendid present most worthy bestowed; for the captain is not only of the best officers but one of the most deserved of gentlemen.
140 years ago
Ye “local” of the Appeal was under the weather a little yesterday, so our readers will please excuse the lack of the usual amount of items to-day.
120 years ago
The first storm that looked like business commenced last evening. It snowed in the mountains all day with a high wind drifting the snow. The youngsters are enjoying the Chinese New Year as much if not more than the sons of the Flowery Kingdom.
80 years ago
News of the death of George Kitzmeyer in San Francisco saddened many residents of Carson City, where the deceased spent most of his life and was prominent in business, fraternal, official and civic activities for many years.
40 years ago
(Photo Caption) Nevada Supreme Court Justice John Mobray helps Boy Scout Morty Chinnock into his judicial robe at the start of Scout Day in Government Monday. Chinnock is a freshman at Carson High and a member of Troop 33.
20 years ago
The naming of the post office in Yerington after Nevada’s senior assemblyman only awaits President George Bush’s signature. The post office will be named after Speaker Emeritus Joe Dini D-Yerington.
Thursday
145 years ago
Stop Thief! — Some miscreant petty larceny kleptomaniac has been nipping Ben Foster’s copy of the Morning Appeal for several days. Ben says if he will send him his address he will subscribe the paper for him. We concur. Will be glad to received additional subscriber and to be spared the agony of furnishing extra copies.
140 years ago
“Personal” journalism continues to thrive at Virginia City, and still the undertakers of that burg complain of dull times.
120 years ago
Word has reached this city that another rich mineral discovery has been made near Tonopah. The find is about twelve miles from Tonopah and many of the citizens of the camp together with people from Candelaria and other nearby towns have left for the scene.
80 years ago
You ladies who know your knitting and do that kind of work for the Red Cross might consider as a slogan what the Red Criss knitting ladies of Independence, Calif., admonish: “Remember — Purl Harder!”
40 years ago
Two convicted killers pleaded guilty to charges of escape in breaking out of the state medium security prison in December in a car that smashed through the gate.
20 years ago
This week’s clashes between Whittell and Incline Village high schools will be limited to the basketball court after officials banned students from attending the games.
Friday
145 years ago
Cleaning Off. The attaches of the V.&T.R.R. Station were busily engaged yesterday cleaning the snow from the platform. It is about the biggest pavement to clear off in the city, and develops the greatest amount of muscle.
140 years ago
The Ivy Masquerade. This, the most popular social event of the season, which has been given the general topic of conversation among society people for the past two weeks, came off at the Opera House last night, and was a grand and enjoyable success.
120 years ago
The Tonopah Shooting. One Smith of Gold Hill was the man who did the shooting at Tonopah on Thursday night, brief mention of which was made in the Appeal. Hendricks, the man he shot at, got a bullet hole through his hat.
80 years ago
Legal barriers to proposed plans for coping with the alien problem on the west coast may result in declaration of martial law in Pacific states, Justice department officials said today.
40 years ago
A state prison inmate, serving life sentences for the murder of two Carson City girls was Monday indicted by the Carson City Grand Jury for murder in the strangulation of another inmate.
20 years ago
Carson City residents are almost off the hook for hospital debt when the hospital transfers from a city-owned facility to a private, non-profit on March 1.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.