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130 Years Ago

St. Patrick's Day. Manager Farrell, of the Western Union telegraph office, had his two black and tan dogs decorated with green ribbons. It was St. Patrick's Day, you know, and Manager Farrell has a penchant for appropriately observing all holidays.

110 Years Ago

Green ribbons in lieu of shamrocks were everywhere in evidence on coat lapels, irrespective of the nationality of the wearers.

70 Years Ago

Adolph Hitler extended the frontiers of greater Germany to include Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, the lands which for centuries have fought against European overlords.

50 Years Ago

A bill to provide for new furniture at the governor's mansion has been passed by both houses of the legislature. The money is to be used to purchase and install furnishings and tableware for the governor's mansion so that it is furnished "in a manner befitting the dignity of the state of Nevada."

10 Years Ago

The high-tech, 168-bed jail was dedicated at the new Carson City Detention Facility. "Now that this is all finished we can take (Carson City Manager) John Berkich off of suicide watch," Sheriff Rod Banister jokingly said.

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