Past Pages 7/25

130 YEARS AGO

All sorts: Grasshoppers are thick on Treadway's Ranch. The Farmer predicts that next season the country will be eaten up by them.

100 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Get the Habit - Lake Theatre - "The Curse of Cocaine," a drama. "The Shepard Daughter," A pretty love story. "Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine of France" Illustrated songs. "Back to the Good Old Days" sung by Mrs. Clarke. Adults, 20 cents, children 10 cents ...

70 YEARS AGO

Nevada is 75 years old this year and the state will stage a birthday party in Carson City to commemorate that historic occasion - when President Abraham Lincoln ushered the 35th star into the field of blue.

50 YEARS AGO

All Ormsby county children wanting to attend the Kerak Shrine circus in Reno may obtain free tickets from William E. Dial.

20 YEARS AGO

Seven hundred water citations were issued this season for either water wasting or watering on the wrong day. The city's water system is working well. During the height of hot temperatures in the past, the water system would drop to within an inch of being depleted.

10 YEARS AGO

Gas prices are up 11 cents in one month. "The recent upturn in pump prices reflects tight gasoline supplies on the West Coast," according to AAA spokesman Paul Moreno. In Carson City the average price was $1.28 per gallon for unleaded and in Reno was $1.58, up 13 cents per gallon. Oil is a $8 a barrel.

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