VIEW FROM THE PAST

100 Years Ago

Snow’s Theatre. Snow’s Theatre, opposite the Churchill Hotel, will be open to the public this Saturday evening, with a four reel feature and one late Pathe news. “Perils of Pauline” will play Sunday night. 15¢ and 25¢.

Churchill County Eagle — September 12, 1914.

Rex Theatre. The 1st of September the Rex Theatre, formally the Temple, was turned over to me, W. D. Clark. All mail addressed to the house should be sent to The Rex Theatre or W. D. Clark. The opening attraction Saturday and will continue to be open right along.

Churchill County Eagle — September 12, 1914.

Wanted. To borrow $1000 on my farm, or will sell one of the prettiest farm homes in the Carson Sink. Fifty acres in high state of cultivation, balance of eighty acres can be pumped on. I must have money. I will convey prospective patrons from Fallon to farm and back free upon request. My farm is located four miles east of Fallon. Phone number 602.

Churchill County Eagle — September 12, 1914.

75 Years Ago

Well Worth Seeing is T. Harper Ranch. It’s a bit off the highway and about the only indication that there is anything like a ranch off a quarter mile to the north is a row of tall trees that cuts the view. But it is well worth anybody’s time and effort to make the turn, about five miles west of Fallon on the Lincoln Highway, and drive over to the Tom Harper chicken farm, where upwards of 3,000 white leghorns are thriving and producing for Mr. and Mrs. Harper. An instant impression one gets on driving into the farmyard is that there is a place for everything and that everything is in its place.

The Fallon Eagle — September 9, 1939.

War News Sends Housewives to the Stores for Flour. What amounted to an almost hysterical buying epidemic seized Fallon housewives along with other communities of the nation following a broadcast which hinted at early rises in the prices of staples as a result of the European war situation, and the result of the buying spree was that local stores were run ragged trying to fill orders for commodities mentioned particularly sugar and Fallon.

The Fallon Eagle — September 9, 1939.

50 Years Ago

NAAS Plans Open House. To introduce you to the Navy in Nevada, the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Fallon, Nev., is holding an Open House for the public on Sunday afternoon, October 4. This “day in the Navy” will give an insight into the modern Navy and how it functions.

Fallon Eagle-Standard — September 18, 1964.

Local Business. A newspaper is read because it contains information and comment which is new to the public. Research has shown that the reader, in his search for new information, does not make a great distention between advertising and other news content. If the information is timely and if it touches the interests of the reader it will be noted.

Fallon Eagle-Standard — September 18, 1964.

From the Past….Stories from the Churchill County Museum Archives, researched and compiled by Cindy Loper, Churchill County Museum Assistant.