The Supreme Court and State Library building under construction in 1937. The fountain in front was donated to Carson City in 1909 and used to water animals at the intersection of Carson and King streets.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Billy Wilson: The old stage heroes stagecoach comes out in a new advertisement. His stage leaves the Ormsby House on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for Genoa. Wilson’s line is an accommodation line. Whenever he starts upon the straight and narrow road, he is always welcome at the gate.
140 Years Ago
The new church organ at the Methodist Church:
They’ve got a brand-new organ, Sue,
For all their fuss and search:
They’ve done just as they said they’d do.
And fetched it to the church.
130 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Creosozone! Will Rid Flowers, Birds, and Swine of Lice. One thorough application of Creosozone to the roots will drive every louse out of the house in 24 hours. It is an absolute disinfectant. Sold only in quart cans; 75 cents. Four cans, $3, Express Prepaid. Reno Manufacturing Co., Reno, Nev.”
100 Years Ago
Weaver in movie: Chuckles and more chuckles filled the Grand theatre. Dat-So-La-Lee, famed Indian basket weaver, saw herself in the movies. At a pre-release showing of a film the famous Indian is shown at her art of weaving, from the choosing of her material to the finishing of her product. She was there at the invitation of Abe Cohn, her manager. Dat-So-La-Lee was the attraction as she saw herself in the film.
70 Years Ago
Beebe and Clegg buy Virginia City newspaper: The couple announced the purchase of the weekly Virginia City News from Harry and Clara Christensen of Sparks. They will revive the name of Territorial Enterprise. Beebe has acquired the old Piper House for a residence.
30 Years Ago
Photo caption: Fritsch Elementary School students Michelle Branbold and John Grover shovel in dirt to cover the base of a Colorado Blue Spruce tree that was planted at Fritsch. The Greenhouse Garden Center sponsored a school district tree-decorating contest and donated trees to the winners at each grade level.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Street sprinkling: The streets of Carson are becoming unpleasantly dusty and the sooner some arrangements is made for sprinkling them better. Storekeepers and all businessmen are willing to pay their portion.
140 Years Ago
In brief: John P. Meder of this city is now employed in the Virginia (City) office of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
People who disturb the shrubbery or trample upon the grass in Capitol Square will be dealt with accordingly.
130 Years Ago
A highly perfumed dog: One of the Knights of the Grip accepted the invitation of one of our local nimrods to spend Sunday in pursuit of the feathered denizens. He found an old prospector’s cabin to get a wood supply and was startled by a whoop that would have done infinite credit to a Sioux brave. He had mistaken a friendly polecat for a stray dog. The Carsonite stuffed gun wadding in his nose, removed his clothes, adorned his manly proportions with a blanket and went home.
100 Years Ago
C.A. Ambrose went to Virginia City with a motion picture outfit, and there “shot” film for Ambrose’s picture depicting life in the West from pioneer days to the present.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Carson Theater, ‘No Questions Asked.’ A suspense drama that’s tops with Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Barry Sullivan. A two-reel special & cartoon.”
30 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Wallace Theaters, the New Carson Theater—Tickets $1.00. ‘Deep Cover,’
‘Beethoven,’ ‘Thunderheart,’ ‘The Babe,’ and ‘Cutting Edge.’
Friday
150 Years Ago
Clean the ditches: If the ditch running past our office were cleaned out, the water flowing from the King Street flume would pass on down and not form a stagnant pool. Stagnant water is not pleasant to see or to look at.
140 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Popular lectures—second series—Methodist Church; May 4, Organ Concert, instrumental and vocal music by our best local talent; Lecture, May 14th: Subject ‘Pioneers and Pioneering’ by Senator J.D. Hammond; May 23, Lecture— ‘Scarlett’s Three Hundred—The Charge of the Heavy Brigade,’ by Col. Henry Shaw, Editor of the Territorial Enterprise.
Tickets 50 cents. Doors open at 7 p.m. Concert commences 8 p.m.”
130 Years Ago
All sorts: This is the time of the year when everybody who drives a horse gets a mouthful of flying horsehair. He’s making room for a new coat.
100 Years Ago
Notes of personal interest: Don’t forget “Polly Lou,” to be given by the dramatics class, Carson High School, at the Grand Theater. Curtain 8 p.m. sharp.
70 Years Ago
Vital statistics: Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Kurtz of Carson City, at Carson-Tahoe Hospital, a girl weighing 7 pounds and 13 ounces.
30 Years Ago
Rodney King: Riots plague the cities; residents of burned and looted neighborhoods are cleaning up after three days of rioting.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
