Past Pages for Sunday, July 20, 2014

140 Years Ago

Montgomery Queen’s Circus is over. Little Mollie Brown did tricks on horseback. Her back somersault brought down the house. Madame Tounau did wonders and displayed rare horsewomanship on her educated black. M’lle Jeannette Ellsler danced gracefully on her tight rope and the boneless man did a live Boulogne sausage…

130 Years Ago

Part I: The strange hallucination of a Lake Tahoe ghost — A night of terror: As Shakespeare says, “there are many wonders in Heaven and earth undreamt of in the philosophy of a man.” Let skeptics read the following truthful narrative and explain the phenomena: A long contemplated idea of exploring the surrounding country with no companion, except an old mare lent by Cap. Prey of Glenbrook, I set out on the expedition and arrived at Fulsome (sic), near the foot of Lake Tahoe where it was rough and broken so I left my four-footed companion… (Continued on Tuesday).

110 Years Ago

The Union shaft in Virginia City was examined by Joe McDonald and three others through the drain tunnel. They proceeded a short distance when McDonald uttered a cry of distress. Foreman Jones and others rushed to their assistance. A strong smell of gas told what had happened. McDonald was the first to be taken out of the mine, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. The other three survived with the aid of physicians who had been summoned. Joe McDonald leaves a young wife and child in this city.

70 Years Ago

Advertisement: “Carson Theatre — ‘Happy Land’ — McKinlay Kantors homely story of an Iowan family with Don Ameche, Frances Dee and Ann Rutherford.”

50 Years Ago

Nevada’s eight best Babe Ruth teams will play in the 1964 State Tournament. The Carson all-star team is managed by Dom Oxoby and coached by John Gamble and John Felesina. Team members include Gary Powers, Roland Scarselli, Mike Howard, Paul Borda, Gary Bushman, George Parmenter…

30 Years Ago

A one percent increase in a 13 percent adjustable, 20-year, $40,000 mortgage comes to less than $30 a month. Those who were “teased” into taking first-year rates at 9 percent might find themselves broad jumping 5 percentage points after just a year, working out to a potentially devastating $137.50 a month.

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