Past Pages for July 19 to 21, 2023

Wednesday

150 Years Ago

Hank Monk: His veracity is one of the proverbs of his day and his generation stopped to say that it was “a very dusty day on Lake Bigler.” “You mean to say that there was a strong wind on the lake, we suppose,” said our reporter. Monk said that “The white caps ran away up to Spooners.” We shouldn’t have thought they would have struck up that high, but we suppose they did, or Hank wouldn’t have said so.

140 Years Ago

Sam Wrights lunch: Sam Wright became inflamed with the wild stories of the Mexican Dam; he purchased a ten-dollar outfit from Cagwin & Noteware and started out on a fishing trip. His wife put up a lunch for her fisherman. He determined to carry it in a lard pail. Then he sent in his boy with instructions to bring out the pail from the second shelf. In a few hours Mr. Wright hooked a three-quarter pound trout and after landing the fish, he was hot and tired. He opened the pail to eat the lovely lunch that his wife had made only to find it full of lard instead.

130 Years Ago

All sorts: The river mills will start up in a few days on tailings.

120 Years Ago

Coon show: Youngsters in the northern part of town gave a minstrel show. They had a parade which carried a band that would put the McKanlass aggregation to sleep.

70 Years Ago

The word “Eskimo” means fish-eater and was applied as a term of derision by the Algonquin Indians in speaking of natives of southern Labrador.

30 Years Ago

Photo caption: A child’s toy locomotive provides evidence of another side of Virginia City miners and gambling halls. Archaeologists are hoping to discover more about the lives of ordinary people who lived on the Comstock.­

Thursday

150 Years Ago

How she saws wood: It is always a little before dinner, when the pies won’t bake and the potatoes refuse to come to the boiling point, and the only stick of wood is exactly three inches too long. Her hair never fails to come down, and she has to stop and twist it into a tight knot before beginning to saw. At an unlucky moment the center of gravity is lost, the stick flies up and hits her nose. Fired by a new fury, she succeeds in sawing and breaking off the rest then goes into the house to find the potatoes boiled dry and the pie in uncertainty. The children come home from school and husband from his shop and find a hushed solemnity and no pie for dinner.

140 Years Ago

Hank Monk in the east: Mr. Scott of Robinson’s circus was in the Appeal office when the conversation drifted on theatrical matters and finally on Buffalo Bill. Bill is doing first rate in the east now,’ said Scott. “He has a band of real Indians that is considered quite a big thing among the New Englanders. He claims they are all chiefs.”

130 Years Ago

Wood drive: Sam Longabaugh will start his wood drive from Rodenbaugh’s when some 8,000 cords of wood will be floating down the river to be taken out at Empire.

120 Years Ago

Sale of the Mammoth: Mr. Livingston of California is becoming interested in mining. The Mammoth is a big low-grade proposition that promises well and is said to have enough ore in sight to run an ordinary plant for years to come.

70 Years Ago

Television problems: Television is sweeping across the nation and into homes built long before the television age. Where do you put the set – in the center of the living room? The solution: built-in sets, a room set aside for viewing, a screened corner, basement, attic, a closet or large kitchen for a home theater.

30 Years Ago

Photo caption: This week’s Carson Trail Tour will cover the historic churches of Carson City, such as the First Presbyterian Church that was completed in 1864. The brick building is considered the oldest church edifice still in use in Nevada.

Friday

150 Years Ago

Runaway: A lively runaway took place with a two-horse wagon. It started near the Mint and had a fair sweep to the St. Charles where it fetched up and became a dreadful wreck. There were several children on the street who made narrow escapes from being run over and ground to bone dust, as did Hank Monk and his stage team. They went to the St. Charles corner and left the wagon there. The horses were unhurt.

140 Years Ago

Whistling fish: One of the most interesting of the fish family is the whistling sucker which is caught in Walker Lake. It emits a plaintive whistle which will persuade an angler with any tenderness to throw it back into the water. Charley Kimball has one which was caught in a net when quite young. He keeps it in a tank and has taught it to let him know and whistle when it is hungry. Kimball thinks that in time he can teach it to whistle part of a simple tune. (Walker Lake Bulletin)

130 Years Ago

Nevada’s First Lady lawyer: Laura M. Tilden, daughter of Judge M.C. Tilden of Virginia City, passed a most creditable examination in the Supreme Court and an order was made admitting her as an attorney and counselor in all the courts of this state. Miss Tilden is the first lady to be admitted in this state and the youngest female lawyer in the world, being only 22 years old.

120 Years Ago

All sorts: The ladies are invited to call at the Emporium and see the new chains made by the Navajo Indians. They are unique and handsome.

70 Years Ago

Peace pipe: (Washington). President Eisenhower received a 100-year-old Crow Indian peace pipe today. The pipe was presented by Rep. William H. Harrison on behalf of Lucy Yellow Mule, who was queen of the Sheridan rodeo.

30 Years Ago

Advertisement: “John Ascuaga’s celebrity showroom featuring the ‘Forester Sisters,’ sweet, witty, mischievous… Opening act: Jim Barber, $12.50 per person Sunday-Friday, $15 Saturday price includes two cocktails per person. Stepping out packages includes show and dinner $15.95 at Rotisserie or $21.50 per person at Trader’s Dicks or Steakhouse Grill.”

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