Students at Stewart Indian School Leaning sewing in about 1900.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
The Virginia and Truckee Railway Company is constructing a passenger station at Franktown. Bob Pixley, assisted by Ardery informed us of this entertaining and profitable fact.
140 Years Ago
From the Bodie Free Press on April 28: Hearing that Mr. “No. 1,” a desperate character is at large, we offer $600 for his arrest and safe delivery to the British Lion. There are too many notorious people running at large at present. The country is not safe. Signed: Kate Bender and Charley Ross.
120 Years Ago
The Wildcats of Carson City and the Resolutes of Virginia City will cross bats Sunday, and one of the best games of the year will be put up, as the lads have been doing some diligent practicing.
80 Years Ago
Dr. G.H. Ross, practicing physician at Virginia City the past several years, will, within a very few days, establish his office in Carson City, in quarters that have been occupied by Dr. R.A. Petty.
40 Years Ago
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the League to Save Lake Tahoe joined others in expressing support for an assembly bill calling for a $40 million bond issue for the purchase of environmentally sensitive lands.
20 Years Ago
Car enthusiasts put legislation in gear Wednesday to draw attention to “junker laws” that they say restrict car enthusiasts.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
We hear talk of a new paper in Carson — have heard it for some time just. Well, it wouldn’t look well for us to object — it would look sort o’ piggish, in fact, if we should say anything against the proposition — and wouldn’t make any difference anyhow. We have this much to say, however, namely that if anybody wants to start a paper here, we should like to have the supplying him with a hand press, a job press, a paper cutter and such racks and banks and cases as he needs, for we have an extra supply of all those things and should be glad to find a cash customer. They would be at a considerable discount to San Francisco prices; and would save them the freight charges.
140 Years Ago
Clem Berry complains that the backward spring materially interferes with his business of cleaning houses and doing night work with cess pools. The wise householder begins his house cleaning before the rush, and thus secures better work.
120 Years Ago
The ice man is beginning to get in his work. Rather early in the season but it about hits the mark.
80 Years Ago
Director Hershey of national selective service, said today that the drafting of fathers will be “sometime in August, if not sooner.”
40 Years Ago
Big ones, little ones, strange-looking ones, and of course ugly ones were on order Saturday for the Ugly Dog contest in Carson City.
20 Years Ago
Richard Kirkland retires from the position of Nevada’s Public Safety director, ending a three-year reign.
Friday
150 Years Ago
We noticed a fire in the mountains yesterday on the spur which strikes the eye as you look out towards the snow circled peaks in the nor’-nor’-west. We made some inquiries to ascertain if anybody’s wood piles were up there, and nobody knew any more about it than we did. Guess it was the smoldering of an odd Indian campfire. The smoke was blue and so was the wind.
140 Years Ago
The first of May was a few days ago. It snowed a little in the morning and the regular May pole party was postponed because the pole was froze up, or something of that sort.
120 Years Ago
Many of the fruit trees are in bloom. With no frost this valley will produce a great deal of fruit this year.
80 Years Ago
Dr. E.E. Hammer, state health officer, has announced that the children’s bureau of the department of labor has approved the project of establishing an emergency maternity and infant care loan for Nevada women whose husbands are in the armed forces.
40 Years Ago
Lethal injections are safer for witnesses and officials, more humane and cheaper than other forms of execution, Sen. Norm Glaser, D-Halleck, told the assembly judiciary committee.
20 Years Ago
Carson City supervisors backed away Thursday from endorsing a $27.5 million incentive package for an auto mall in north Carson City.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.