Past Pages for July 1 to 4, 2023

Saturday

150 Years Ago

Frost: A disastrous frost fell upon the gardens in this vicinity and did a great deal of damage. Ross’ loss will amount to $2,000 or $3,000. This is one of the most damaging frosts that have ever occurred here.

140 Years Ago

Bancroft: Henry Hurlburt Bancroft, the historian, was in the city. He is a plain, modesty dressed man and at first glance would not be taken for the person whose thorough manner of handling history has made him famous among scholars of the world.

130 Years Ago

Lakeview strawberries: These strawberries, far superior in flavor to the California berries, are now in the market. Horace Wells and Furi Raffetto will sell $1,000 worth to dealers in this city this season.

120 Years Ago

Chinese funeral: More than the usual dimension of a Chinese funeral wended its way to the burying ground. From the amount of devil paper that was scattered, the journey to the hidden land is evidently expected to be an exceedingly rough one.

70 Years Ago

Photo caption: Taking complete rest under doctor’s orders, Sir Winston Churchill, 78, is reported likely to retire as Britain’s Prime Minister. (International)

30 Years Ago

TCI: Dayton customers will receive through fiber optics the ability to subscribe to three “pay for view” services and Digital Music Express (DMX) which offers many varieties of music. Dayton will be able to receive the same services through a fiber optics system as Carson City does. This is part of TCIs $1.9 billion plan to upgrade or replace conventional cable facilities by 1996.

Sunday

150 Years Ago

The Episcopal Sunday School excursion to Bowers Mansion: No tickets sold. The expenses, which will amount to nearly $100, are met by general subscription. The members of the congregation, scholars, parents, and friends of the Sunday School have been invited. Mrs. Bowers will have refreshments for sale.

140 Years Ago

Fire: Clayton ranch, occupied as a milk ranch by James Duffy, Jr., and situated about a quarter of a mile this side of the state prison, was entirely destroyed by fire. The engines were on hand, but unable to obtain water. Everything about the premises were destroyed. Loss is $2,500. Insured for $1,000.

130 Years Ago

Rained by squirrels: J.B. Verplank, assessor, and J.M. Sanford, treasurer of Churchill County, reports the hay crop in his section heavy and in first-class condition, but the grain crop he fears will be greatly damaged by the ravages of squirrels. From Wadsworth 75 miles east every foot of ground is covered. The farmers are using all the water obtainable for the purpose of drowning the pest out. One rancher caught 95.

120 Years Ago

The Comstock fourth: The Carnival of the Comstock has awakened so much interest that old denizens of the ledge will come from points around to take a hand in the general jollification which will paint the eventful day a bright red vermillion from sunrise to sunset and along until the next sunup. Five thousand people are expected.

70 Years Ago

Golfing: Early day golf balls were made of leather stuffed with wet chicken feathers. Golf balls today are built with tunnel thread wound electronically, and an especially designed cover to give long and true flight.

30 Years Ago

Bowling shop: Three Finger Sports with owners Steven Ross, Patrick Baird, and general manager Bob Clarke, recently opened a full-service proshop that offers custom drilling and a full stock of bowling balls.

Monday

150 Years Ago

The Episcopal Sunday School excursion to Bowers Mansion: The passenger depot of the V&T Railroad presented a lively and exhilarating scene of youthful happiness. Three flats and one passenger car was crammed and packed with children. Mr. Allen (rector) held the train so that the inevitable “last man” might be received and stowed away before “all aboard” should be tooted.

140 Years Ago

Not enough water: Anton Mayer, the florist, complains that his garden is going to rack and ruin, because the water company will not let him have sufficient water, although he is willing to pay for it.

130 Years Ago

The Carson Guards have received an installment of the most beautiful helmets ever seen worn by the military in this state. They came from Michigan and will be worn for the first time today.

120 Years Ago

Firecrackers: The firecracker supply was getting pretty well exhausted which means that Carson is going to have quite a celebration with youngsters.

70 Years Ago

Advertisement: “Tahoe Drive-In Theatre, Stateline Hwy. 50, phone Tallac 48-V-2, Walt Disney’s Greatest! ‘Peter Pan’ in Technicolor, also ‘Bear Country.’

30 Years Ago

Just like “Jurassic Park:” Nevada residents can go to see prehistoric beasts at the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, built around the remains of some 30-million-year-old fish-lizards. They are next to a preserved turn of the century mining camp, Berlin.

Tuesday

150 Years Ago

The Episcopal Sunday School excursion to Bowers Mansion: The large congregation upon the train platform moved away like an unsettled cloud of white checkered with pink. Here and there a friendly face beamed face beamed upon the picnickers from the gardens and yards on the wayside as they pass along through town and through Simon’s grove.

140 Years Ago

Removal of county seat: The transportation of the county seat of Esmeralda from Aurora to Hawthorne did not cause the same hilarity in Aurora as it did in Hawthorne. “By the decision of the supreme court, historic Aurora, once the pride and bullion producing camp of Nevada, has been shorn of its proud county seat status.”

130 Years Ago

Married: On June 24, 1893, captain George F. Morehouse and Minera W. Corbett. The bride is the daughter of Ms. Frankie and the late William Corbett, and Minerva W. Corbett and is a native of Carson City. The bridegroom is captain of the steamer “Dashing Wave,” which plies between San Francisco and Tacoma.

120 Years Ago

Celebration schedule on the Comstock: Second match of shooting tournament, Independence Day parade and literary exercises at the Opera House. Daylight fireworks will be discharged from a float about 50 yards in advance of the parade. There will be bicycle races; reception at Queen’s throne, vaudeville, high dive and balloon ascension; King Comstock and court; and Grand Mardi Gras parade and ball.

70 Years Ago

Happy Fourth of July: 177 Years Ago (1943) fifty-six brave men adopted a nation’s most precious resolution, signed by John Hancock on July 4, 1776, that declared America independent of Great Britain and founded a new nation dedicated to securing for all men the rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

30 Years Ago

Advertisement: “Horseshoe Club, now open 24 hours. Check out our Graveyard snack bar menu, plus bacon and egg breakfast, special $1.50, 402 N. Carson St., Carson City.”

Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.