Photo provided Tallac pier is advertised in this undated historical photo.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
New county map: Captain Harry Day has made a map of the County of Ormsby. It is the best and cheapest one ever made, says George W. Chedic, County Assessor. Every lot as well as the name of the owner is shown.
140 Years Ago
Twilight party: A social party is planned with Professor Cara’s full band. A limited number of invitations will be issued, and persons receiving one may consider it no small mark of favor. The Twilights look for a goodly gathering of lovers of Terpsichore at the coming party.
130 Years Ago
Prison tracks: The tunnel running in on the present tracks at the prison has been extended about 8 feet and is in a well-defined hardened stratum of clay.
120 Years Ago
Yo Semite: A lecture on “Yo Semite, its formation, its cliffs and its falls--reminiscences from Four Trips” as well as a description of the habits of the Water-Ouzel, and a day spent in the Valley of the great geologist and mountaineer, John Muir.
100 Years Ago
Fifth grade host party: The fifth grade acted as host to the sixth grade at the Von Radesky building. The following program was given recitation, Marjorie Myles; recreation, La Von Bergantz; recitation, Joe Vandemark; citation, Grace Donahue; story, Winifred Marr; songs, Edna Haines and Mabel Dowling and a whistling song, John Nulty.
25 Years Ago
Photo caption: United Methodist Sunday school students and church members celebrate Palm Sunday at the church on Division Street. The students are Elizabeth Nickles, Tanner Clark, Julia Laupin and Adam Updegrove.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Shackles found: One of the guards of the state prison, Thomas Hamilton, started out on the hunt for prisoner chains. He found two sets on the knoll to the south of the prison and about a mile and a half therefrom.
140 Years Ago
In brief: Dr. Tanner, the “starvationist” will pass through Reno.
Superintendent Phil Deidesheimer has returned to Mexico. One by one the old superintendents of the Comstock are leaving.
130 Years Ago
Roll of Honor: Miss Roberts (of Foreman-Roberts House) is the teacher. Roll of Honor students: Ethel Rulson, Martha Kersey, May Barkley, Jessie Bryson, Willis Thrall, Sammie Follett, Lloyd Wooley, Harvey Likens and John Vandergreen.
120 Years Ago
Dangerous walk: An elderly lady tripped on one of the broken boards. A gentleman passing by helped her up. It was feared for a time that she was seriously injured. The city should rebuild the walk and see that the owners pay for it.
100 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Just a Real Good Car DURANT, The Most Talked About Car in the United States… We will be more than glad to demonstrate its marvelous performance… Price F.O.B. Carson City, $1095. Equipped with cord tires. Capital Garage, Carson City.”
25 Years Ago
The English Patient: A romantic war epic won nine Oscar including best picture, director and supporting actress.
Friday
150 Years Ago
Married: On Monday, April 1, 1872, by R. R. Parkinson, Justice of the Peace, Joseph D. Kennedy to Eliza J. Ellsworth. Neither of the two looked like April fools, notwithstanding their rash act.
140 Years Ago
Calculating Easter Sunday: Easter Sunday falls on April 9, 1882. This occurred before in 1881 but will not occur again after this year until 1944, then again in 2023.
130 Years Ago
April Fool’s Day today. Look out everybody.
120 Years Ago
All sorts: The latest in chatelaine purses is at Foxes store. Unique and dainty Easter cards for sale at Davis & Kirman’s store.
100 Years Ago
Stills: Sheriff Hurley of Storey County and other officers raided an unoccupied house in Six-Mile Canyon and captured three stills, 200 pounds of sugar and about one hundred pounds of grain— owners not caught.
25 Years Ago
Advertisement: “New Cinema 50 Discount Theater, $1.50, ‘Donnie Brasco,’ ‘101 Dalmatians,’ and ‘Michael.’”
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
