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120 YEARS AGO

It is currently reported that Senator Foley is out of the marriage market.

State Prison officials stated to an Appeal reporter that the convicts charged with killing are as much averse to association with prisoners confined for dishonest acts as are people on the outside. On Saturday, Joseph Welter of Empire had his left arm broken while attempting to reach the hurrricane deck of a bucking mule. The muscles are fearfully lacerated.

100 YEARS AGO

Carson has a musical treat in store as Mr. Frielander, advance agent for the celebrated Pasmores, arrived in this city. He booked the 26th for the musical specialties. A number of vocalists accompany them and their standard is guaranteed.

70 YEARS AGO

All lobbyists will be barred from the assembly floor from now on unless invited.

50 YEARS AGO

Assembly Bill 54 amending the Carson City charter, has been signed by Gov. Charles Russell. It provides for procedures in extending city assessments and a second procedure for attaching and selling property in delinquency.

20 YEARS AGO

Carson City School District teachers will receive about $47,000 in a "roll-down" money because the state will rebate more money to the district than originally projected.

10 YEARS AGO

Assembly has voted unanimously for a bill that would allow marriage licenses to be issued at satellite offices instead of main county offices instead of main county offices around Nevada. It is the latest version of a measure wedding chapel owners on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe have sought for years.

Bill Dolan, a Carson City resident, has been writing this column for the Nevada Appeal since 1947.