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130 Years Ago

Grasshoppers: As the train from Virginia reached a half-mile the other side of Mound House, it struck an immense cloud of grasshoppers bound for this direction.

100 Years Ago

Sparks from a passing locomotive ignited a fire in four different places on the Brunswick Mill. A special fire train was rushed from this city, that along with a bucket brigade and two or three lines of hose from the fire train stopped the fire. Brunswick is one of the largest mill buildings in the state. No one was hurt.

70 Years Ago

Archie Pozzi announced that the 27th million Ford car manufactured will be in Carson City. Governor E. P. Carville is expected to be at Pozzi's to participate in ceremonies of welcome.

50 Years Ago

TV Programs for May 26, 1959: Little Rascals Club, Adventure Time, Annie Oakley, Local News, NBC News, US Marshal, Trackdown, Chevy showroom, Red Skelton, Star Performance, Bob Cumming, Garry Moore Show.

20 Years Ago

No narcotics were found by Carson City High School officials who searched student lockers with drug-sniffing dogs.

10 Years Ago

Legislators opened the final full week of the 1999 session with a long list of differences between the Assembly and Senate that must be resolved by May 31.

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