Downtown Carson during the Nevada Day Parade in about 1950.
Saturday
150 Years Ago
Thanksgiving proclamation: His Excellency, Gov. Bradley, has issued a Thanksgiving proclamation in accordance with the recommendation of the president. Read old Broadhorns’ sermon and then get ready to own and fatten a turkey, likewise, to lay the foundation for a mince pie or two as also to cultivate the intoxicating pumpkin pie.
130 Years Ago
Wayside notes: Piper’s new Theatre in Virginia (City) will soon be completed. He will have this one insured.
120 Years Ago
Souza in Carson: Sousa and his band visited Carson and many of the musically inclined people took advantage of the elegant program. The Sousa band is surely one of the finest organizations on the road in any land.
The agents of the government were in town. Buying horses for the cavalry service.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Thanksgiving is a day to show our appreciate for living in this wonderful country of ours…. Those of you who are unfortunate and unable to afford a “dinner with the Trimmin’s” are invited to be my guests at the Nugget.
Signed, Dick Graves.”
60 Years Ago
Advertisement: “John Ascuaga’s Nugget features ‘Patti Page and the dancing and singing of Kuban Kosacks.’”
Sunday
155 Years Ago
Attempted assassination: Louis A. Hauck was assaulted with brickbats or stones and severely injured. He was carrying a couple of buckets of water to his house and did not see the would-be assassin, who approached him from behind and dealt him several heavy blows in rapid succession. He was knocked down and sustained ugly and painful wounds on the front part of his head. Dr. McMeans was called in. His injuries are severe and painful, but not dangerous. The ruffian has not been apprehended.
140 Years Ago
Wayside notes: The Indian summer is bucking a little in the tracks.
Mr. Frank Bell will be a candidate for re-election for the state prison wardenship.
120 Years Ago
Attention: Mme. De Blounde, the greatest clairvoyant in the world, was born with a double veil. She will tell you what you came for, giving names of your friends. She tells you whether you will be successful in business or love. No matter what you fear, call on this gifted woman and find relief. She will send you away happier and wiser — at the Park Hotel.
70 Years Ago
Hollywood film company: Independent film producers Stirling Silliphant and John Barnwell said they are negotiating with a Carson City businessmen in hopes of establishing a film colony in smog-free Northern Nevada. They have contacted Dick Graves to purchase the old Virginia and Truckee Railroad building in the heart of town. The location affords plenty of blue sky and good outdoor lighting.
60 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Quality Homes, must see to appreciate. Two-bedroom, deluxe interior, landscaped, large lot. Real buy at $17,000.
Three Bedroom, one bath, concrete block fenced yard, landscaped, fireplace, and kitchen. Choice corner lot. $18,200. $1,000 down, westside location… Charles L. Moran, realtor.”
Monday
155 Years Ago
At work again: Lance Nightingill, the old chief, has gone back to his first love and taken up the paint brush. We saw a piece of his artistic skill which he executed for Friend & Meder, which excels anything in that line ever done. The work is an ornamental sign, painted in colors.
140 Years Ago
Wayside notes: John Sparks, the cattle king, is in western Nevada. His range has branded 14,000 calves this year (Enterprise). While he is attending to the brandied calves, his wife is putting up the finest branded peaches in the state.
120 Years Ago
Southern Nevada boom and big times: Moapa is enjoying a foretaste of the prosperity that is sure to come. Freight for St. Thomas, Bunkerville, and other surrounding points is unloaded here, and the amount of goods handled will increase rapidly. The ground between Moapa and Searchlight has been gone over to look up a route for the railroad and a scheme for building a canal to carry the unappropriated waters of the Virgin into the Muddy Valley is being considered. It is claimed that several thousand acres of first-class land can be brought under cultivation. The Vegas Valley produces all kinds of fruit from apples to oranges, as well as almonds and sweet potatoes. The figs raised on the Kyle Ranch took first prize at the Chicago World’s Fair. (De Lamar Lodge)
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Skyview Drive-In Theater — ‘Southwest Passage’ with Rod Cameron and Joanne Dru. A technicolor super western everyone will enjoy, and ‘Challenge of the Wild’ with George and Shiela Graham.”
60 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Carson Theater: ‘Island of Love,’ with Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Georgie Moll and Walter Matheu.”
Tuesday
155 Years Ago
Chinese burglars: The Warm Springs Hotel was entered by burglars and an attempt made to rob the house. Frank Rockwell had just returned from Carson, and when near the hotel saw flickering lights in the bar room. He approached the door, and a Chinese person dodged by him and went up the alley. Capt. Wallace, the proprietor, was aroused and found the front door had been jimmied and entrance made. A few money drawers were packed off. The Chinese person made a poor haul.
140 Years Ago
The “krew”: Now is the time to pen up and stuff the Thanksgiving turkey. It not only finds a place in our affections, but also in our stomachs which cannot be said of the eagle. As to the “krew”— well, we will see what we shall see. (Enterprise)
120 Years Ago
All sorts: Mrs. Philip McGrath (nee Mary Roberts), of Hawthorne, is in this city and will spend the winter here, Mr. McGrath’s duties calling him to Mound House a goodly portion of the time.
70 Years Ago
Eisenhower dedication (Abilene, Kansas): President Dwight Eisenhower dedicates a museum at his boyhood home. The museum covers his early life, Westpoint and 40 years in the army as well as the first year in the White House.
60 Years Ago
Help stamp out summer: A sign over a shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan reads: “Help Stamp Out Summer!” The shop sells ski equipment. An Indian summer temperature of 70 was hit last week.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.