Looking west from William Street at the Dutch Mill restaurant, corner of William and Carson streets in the 1950s or '60s.
Saturday
150 Years Ago
Killed the bill: By a vote of 77 to 136, the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature killed the bill for woman suffrage.
140 Years Ago
Mourning colors: In Italy, women grieve in white garments and men in brown. In China, white is worn by both sexes. In Turkey, Syria, Cappadocia and Armenia, celestial blue is the tint chosen. In Egypt, yellowish brown – the hue of a dead leaf – is deemed appropriate. In Ethiopia, men are in black; gray is the emblem of mourning. Black was introduced as mourning by the Queen of Charles VIII. Before that, French queens wore white mourning gowns.
130 Years Ago
Eloped: Lucky Baldwin’s daughter has eloped with her cousin. She loses ten million dollars by her act but gains a nice young man and a good chance of her father’s forgiveness.
110 Years Ago
Rushing the mill: The Monte Christo Mining and Milling Company have competed the concrete work for the foundation of the new 10-stamp mill at Six Mile Canyon.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Carson Theater, ‘Hurricane Island,’ in color with Jon Hall and Rex Allen, also, ‘Rodeo King’ and ‘Senorita Note.’”
25 Years Ago
United Methodist Sunday school students and church members celebrate Palm Sunday at the church on Division Street. Pictured are Elizabeth Nickles, Tanner Cark, Julia Laupin and Adam Updegrove. Christians all over the world celebrate Palm Sunday as the day Christ made the triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
Sunday
150 Years Ago
Infernal machines: The machine is made out of an oyster can and a piece of string smeared over it with rosin. The noise will scare a horse and kill a sick man or woman. The Indians have commenced to use them — the noise will send a person to the lunatic asylum. Stop it.
140 Years Ago
A clerical row: Rev. George B. Allen, late rector of St. Peter’s Church and now rector of the Episcopal Church in California has resigned. He got into a row with the bishop over the kind of wine to be used for communion… We scarcely believe that the deity cares much whether carmine ink or pure imported port is used.
130 Years Ago
“Mammy Pleasance:” Mrs. Mary E. Pleasant, a black woman, resides at 1661 Octavia Street in San Francisco. She came there forty years ago from Philadelphia, born and raised a Quakeress. She invested $15,000 in real estate and is now enjoying income of about $2,000 a month from various properties there. During the Sharon trial, the public got the idea that she was a “voodoo woman.” However, she holds witchcraft, sorcery and spiritualism in absolute contempt. She is 76, intelligent and well educated. She has taken in over sixty homeless children, clothed and educated them. Her income of $2,000 a month goes to charity.
Her counterpart was never born on the earth.
120 Years Ago
Bought the bird: Jim Orndorff went into Doc Benton’s livery when a pigeon flew from the left and landed on his shoulder. The bird cooed at him. After that he took a fancy it and asked the owner, Ah Li, if he could buy the tamed bird – he did for $5.
100 Years Ago
Cookie Campaign for wounded: The Nevada women have adopted the disabled soldiers at Letterman hospital in San Francisco to send cookies to – fifteen-gallon jars are to be filled daily. The committee of plan this out are Miss Clara Crisler, Mrs. Minnie L. Bray, Mrs. Leta Bliss, Mrs. H. M. Payne, and Mrs. A. Huffaker. The plan is to have organizations and individuals from all parts of Nevada combine this service to the injured and sick soldiers.
25 Years Ago
Mystery car: A car with assembly license plates is piling up parking tickets at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The car is a white Cadillac with the license plate of “Assembly 33.” The car has picked up an estimated 54 parking tickets. It has been mistaken for Assemblywoman Merle Berman’s car that has a license plate that says, “Assemblywoman 33.”
Monday
150 Years Ago
The Vivian Mill: The Superintendent of the Vivian, Senator Brown, has made great improvements and done it so well that the waters of the Pacific Ocean may beat against it and not prevail. Brown is large and longitudinal, but in brain and energy; he is immense.
140 Years Ago
Telephone: It is likely that a telephone line will be established between this city, Virginia City and intermediate points within the coming month.
130 Years Ago
Norrie: A divining rod in hand, David Norrie has made some big discoveries in the Black Rock country in Humboldt County.
120 Years Ago
All sorts: Mrs. McGrath (nee Miss Mary Roberts) of this city, is in from Hawthorne and will spend a week or so with her sister.
A trackman on his velocipede was run into by a light engine in the Elko yard. He escaped with a number of bruises.
100 Years Ago
Film and flashes: Billy Bevan was kicked by a zebra at the Mack Sennett studios. Billy says he is still seeing stars and stripes.
25 Years Ago
Rosenberg: Howard Rosenberg has won his battle to both be a college professor and serve on the Board of Regents.
Tuesday
150 Years Ago
More codfish: John Cheney of Mason, Cheney & Co. is not to be out done. He has had salted and sent to him a shark, a porpoise and a whale. The monsters are cured and fixed to represent fish. They can be seen at the corner of the Penrod block. Nothing is charged for admission.
140 Years Ago
All sorts: Virginia City has two amateur minstrel shows running in full blast—all conducted by young boys.
130 Years Ago
The Arlington House dinner—Bill of Fare (in part):
Soup – mulligatawny. Fish – fillet of Sole, tartar sauce. Boiled – cold ham, boiled leg of mutton, caper sauce. Entrees – breaded lamb chops, green peas, braised chicken giblets on toast, oyster patties a la princess, shrimp salad, vegetables. Pies – lemon meringue, apple. Puddings – coconut custard. Desserts – vanilla ice cream, port wine jelly, cake. Tea and coffee.
120 Years Ago
A new industry: Mr. Lindsay, the marble man, has opened up a marble yard at the corner; opposite of the bank. He intends cutting marble for any and all orders. They come from south of the city.
100 Years Ago
Essay competition: Five essays submitted by Carson City high school pupils have been chosen from twenty submitted. The selection committee consists of M. M. Gleason, Charles Priest and M. J. Burr. The essay prize is $50.
25 Years Ago
Chicken pox death: Carrie Marie Leuschner of Carson City died at Washoe Medical Center in Reno from complications of the chicken pox.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
