Past Pages for June 12 to 15, 2021

Saturday
145 years ago
Yesterday afternoon three men were injured at the State Prison by the accidental explosion of an old blast. It appears that these men engaged in cleaning out an old drill-hole, when the cartridge exploded the men. They were all prisoners in the charge of Drs. White and Davison.
120 years ago
Carnival Talk. Every day new features are added to the Carnival. Several societies are preparing floats and several will be out of the ordinary. The Midway people will begin operation and prepare their exhibition places. They have also added a number of attractions to their original scheme.
100 years ago
Following several conferences and telegraphic advices form the local authorities in Tonopah, Governor Boyle last evening decided to order Dan Renear, lieutenant of the state police, from Tonopah. Several other members of the force were also told to return to Reno.
80 years ago
The Eagles and the CCC boys will take the field at seven o’clock this evening for the first softball game of a scheduled double header. Len & Jud will give to the batter making the first home run in each of the eight games remaking in the first half of the split season schedule, a case of beer or a case of soft drinks.
50 years ago
Attorney General Robert List has stated that any violation of state law being dealt with in a swift and positive manner, including cattle rustling.
20 years ago
Tourists driving into Nevada’s capital from the north will be greeted by a new sign reading “Welcome to Carson City.”

Sunday

145 years ago

A little four-year-old remarked to her mamma, on going to bed, “I am not afraid of the dark.” “No, of course you are not,” replied her mamma, “for it can’t hurt you.” “But mamma, I was a little afraid once when I went into the pantry in the dark to get a cooky.” “What were you afraid of?” asked her mamma. “I was afraid I couldn’t find the cookys.”

120 years ago

Tom Stack of Gold Hill has returned from Tonapah (sic). There are about 600 people at the camp and the day he left 50 arrived. He says it is no place for a man to go for a day’s work, as all the ground is taken up and everyone is working his own lease. The principal workings are on a knoll similar to the Homestead in Gold Hill. Butler, who discovered the camp, is a big hearted fellow, and at present is paying the board of about 60 men who are broke. — Enterprise.

100 years ago

A high grade drama is to be offered at the Grand theater for the next two evenings. The title of the new Faversham picture is “The Sin That Was His,” and it has the additional benefits of the authorship of Frank L. Packard and the forceful direction of Hobart Henley.

80 years ago

It is planned to establish headquarters in each county seat and in the larger inhabited areas in the state to accommodate the applicants for driver’s licenses under the new Nevada law which goes into effect on July 1, and requires that all drivers of motor vehicles must secure licenses.

50 years ago

A search Sunday of the cell house at the Nevada State Prison’s maximum security facility has revealed more homemade weapons, the Warden said today. He said prison personnel discovered “an assortment of minor weapons such as broom handles with pieces of wire inserted in the ends,” during the search which has been going on since last Friday’s riot.

20 years ago

Carson City voters may get a say in the future of Fuji Park and the Carson City Fairgrounds. Concerned Citizens to Save Fuji Park and the Fairgrounds filed a legal petition which could force the Carson City Supervisors to enact an ordinance protecting the park and fairgrounds from commercial development.

Tuesday

145 years ago

The Carson Mint was closed yesterday, so far as the receiving of deposits is concerned, for repairs and the annual settlement of accounts. It will remain thus closed until the first day of July next. Meantime the material on hand will be worked and cleaned up.

120 years ago

Reno is overrun with tramps and toughs. The Gazette advises the people to turn their dogs loose and keep their doors locked.

100 years ago

A resolution requesting the board of county commissioners to designate the Kings Canyon road as the “Osterman Grade” was presented to the Greater Carson Club.

80 years ago

George B. Russell, Carson City resident and member of Elko Lodge No. 15 was yesterday elected and installed grand master of the grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Nevada.

50 years ago

Auto daredevils attract a different crowd than auto racing does — at least, that’s what Ted Walker thinks, and he should know; I the last two nights, he had both a full auto racing program and an auto daredevil show at Tahoe-Carson Speedway.

20 years ago

About 50 active military, veterans and civilians gathered at the Nevada State Veterans Memorial on Thursday to honor the U.S. flag and celebrate the 226th birthday of the U.S. Army.

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