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130 Years Ago

A new infliction " A second advent preacher is pitching a tent on Musser street, for a meeting house, in which he will be prepared to receive the gullible on Sunday next. It is not our purpose to decry any religious denomination or prescribe a mode of worship for intelligent people, but judging from recent dispatches from the East, the second advent business has been productive of driving people with weak minds insane and then lead them into the commission of fearful crimes ...

110 Years Ago

Smoked out " A report comes from the north end of the country that the party of Eastern stockholders of the Whalen Copper Company, consisting of Messrs. Muma, Sayers, Stephens and Murphy who left Eureka met with an interesting experience. They desired to visit their copper mines at Alpha, but Mr. Whalen was on guard and preferred that they should "move on," Discussion of this sort was not considered sufficient so he proceeded to light a few sticks of giant powder and place them conveniently around in the various shafts and tunnels, the smoke soon making it a matter of absolute impossibility for the visitors to enter. A couple of Indians assisted in the fire works. Mr. Whalen's reason for refusing admittance has not been reported. " Eureka Sentinel.

50 Years Ago

The fly-up of Brownie Troop 38 was held at the Episcopal Church. The program was opened by prayer with Rev. Andrew Daughters. Those invested were Dana Austin, Donna Baker, Luana Brewer, Helen Eiche, Ann Hagland, Sharon Herron, Lea LaGrange.

20 Years Ago

The Energy Department conducted a nuclear weapons test, code-named Palisade, at the Nevada Test Site " the test had an explosive yield of less than 20 kilotons ...

10 Years Ago

The Comstock Silver Tea event at the Fourth Ward School was renamed the Carol Morgan Page Silver Tea. Page died in March 1996 before the school was renovated " after she had fought to restore and reopen the closed-down 1875 school.

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