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by Trent Dolan
May 9, 2008, 4:01 AM

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120 years ago

Not an Idiot Asylum. Yesterday the Appeal received an anonymous note from a lady in this city stating her husband was very much addicted to gambling. The Appeal has too much on its hands to try to attempt to reform this type of people.

100 years ago

John Gates, a former resident of Carson City, ended his life in San Francisco by swallowing cyanide of potassium. Gates said he had gained and lost three fortunes and was going to try again in San Francisco while a resident here.

70 years ago

For the first time in the city's history, the Carson Safeway Store was picketed by union organizers. There has been no trouble between the Safeway management and local employees.

50 years ago

Las Vegas attorney George Franklin Jr., today was the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for the party's gubernatorial nomination. Franklin sharply attacked GOP Gov. Charles Russell, who was characterized by the attorney as an administration of inactivity.

20 years ago

The city's general obligation bond commission approves a $6.9 million dollar bond for Carson Tahoe Hospitals $8.1 million expansion project.

10 years ago

A fire two weeks ago destroyed an empty building at 406 N. Carson Street and nearby business owners were still cleaning out remnants of the fire. One business remained without power during the cleanup process.



• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.