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.
Saturday
150 Years Ago
Mirth and hilarity prevail throughout Uncle Sam’s entire domain, yesterday, which was celebrated as the anniversary of Washington’s nativity. The night’s diversion, in Nevada, took the form of dancing. Ninety-nine out of every 100 of the population of the Silver State were on the floor last night.
140 Years Ago
Worth the money. During a cold snap a couple of Irishmen were overtaken by the night in Carson Valley, and in order to keep warm made a rousing fire of fence rails. While they were enjoying the blaze a farmer appeared and ordered them to desist. “Those rails cost $16 a hundred.” “By the powers,” replied the Irishman, throwing another rail across the fire, “I should say they was worth every cent you paid for ‘em.”
120 Years Ago
For the past 30 hours this section of Nevada has taken on a resemblance to Oregon or some other web-footed country. Rain has fallen steadily since early Monday morning and up to a late hour last night it was still coming down in a steady downpour. The ground has received a soaking such as has not occurred in this section for many moons.
60 Years Ago
Since the government’s cigarette report, more and more men are being confronted with the social necessity of lighting their ladies’ little cigars or pipes. Some women are convinced that men just love it.
40 Years Ago
A blood drive to replace the transfusions for hospitalized Nevada Appeal columnist Chris Schaller is scheduled at the United Blood Services Community Office in Carson City. Schaller, 47, was hospitalized for treatment of ulcers and remains in intensive care. Schaller, a former aide to Govs. Grant Sawyer, Mike O’Callaghan and Robert List.
Sunday
150 Years Ago
That whirligig on top of a chimney of the St. Charles Hotel is not a windmill at all, but a new contrivance introduced by Dick Mills to prevent chimneys from smoking at the wrong end. Mills says he will guarantee that this machine, put up as he fixes them, will prevent the most refractory chimney in town from smoking — or rather will make the most mulish chimney “draw.”
140 Years Ago
The body of Antone Crete, one of the Canadian wood choppers buried under an avalanche west of Ophir, was recovered Friday. The body was found in a spot where the man was last seen alive. But about six feet of snow covered is body. Not a bone was broken. The man’s life was squeezed out of his body in an instant by the pressure and weight of the wet snow.
120 Years Ago
From every quarter comes the story of rain and more in sight. In Eagle valley there has been a steady downpour of rain since Sunday night and yesterday there was not a moment in the day, but that rain was falling.
60 Years Ago
The Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco has threatened to “sharply curtail” Nevada’s supply of silver dollars unless a run on the cartwheels of speculators and collectors is halted.
40 Years Ago
Sierra Pacific Power Co. has asked the Nevada Public Service Commission to approve contracts that could lead to the state’s first commercial geothermal power plants.
Tuesday
150 Years Ago
The Swift Engine came out for exercise yesterday afternoon. I threw a very vigorous stream across the Plaza, thus giving ocular proof that its hibernating has lessened none of its sqirtaceous powers.
140 Years Ago
Mr. Lotta, janitor of the Capitol Building, informs the Appeal that the failure to hoist the stars and stripes over the dome on the 22nd was due to the fact that the halyards which were drawn quite tight, shrank after the storm and broke with the strain. The halyards being broken, there was nothing left to do but to utilize the lower pole, as it takes a full day to lower and rig the big one.
120 Years Ago
Early Thursday morning the storm that has been invading this section for the past four days drifted off and to the surprise of many the mountains retained a fresh coating of snow and the valley looked as spank clean as a warship before action.
60 Years Ago
Jerry Hart canned an amazing 42 points to lead Bob’s Renegades to a narrow 78-72 victory over Morris Motors in the “AA” championship game of the city basketball league last night.
40 Years Ago
Reno’s federal bankruptcy court has approved a settlement between the Mustang Ranch Brothel and the Internal Revenue Service giving operator Sally Conforte six years to pay her back taxes.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.