Past Pages Jan. 30

130 YEARS AGO

A Confidence Man: Carson had an immunity for this class of evil until a few days ago when a man calling himself Meyer presented himself with a letter proclaiming a dying wife in San Francisco without the money necessary to go see her. The only victim so far was Senator Powning from Washoe.

100 YEARS AGO

In the Senate this morning Senator Holmes introduced a bill which if passed would prevent the marriage of Japanese and whites. It also prohibits marriage between Asiatic and white, Indian and white.

70 YEARS AGO

The Smith Valley-Dayton basketball game has been disapproved by the State Health Officer following an outbreak of typhoid fever at Dayton.

50 YEARS AGO

A resident of the Cottonwood Trailer Court was wounded in an exchange of bullets with his ex-wife. The woman used a .22 caliber, wounding him twice in the leg.

20 YEARS AGO

Elko is hosting the seventh annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering. The theme of this year's gathering is "Family on the Ranch."

10 YEARS AGO

Northern Nevada company recruiters hope that California's power woes bring business to the area.

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