Past Pages for October 7 to 10, 2023

Saturday

150 Years Ago

There was some sort of a Chinese feast day keep sacred on Sunday. This is how it happened then, that Mr. Ah Gee was fetched before Mr. Justice Witherell and fined $30 for having taken the liberty to discharge his pistol into the face of the moon on Sunday night. Mr. Gee paid his fine and took himself out of limbo.

140 Years Ago

On Sunday next nearly every man in Carson owning a shot gun will be on the warpath for ducks.

120 Years Ago

To the surprise of everyone the train was on time yesterday.

60 Years Ago

Arriving by horse and buggy members of the Territorial Government met in Carson City on Nov. 25, 1961. While rain was splashing on the roof above, the territorial legislature began roll call on an act that was to create Ormsby County.

40 Years Ago

The Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe, facing the loss of its gaming license, filed suit against the Gaming Control Board which says the casino may be guilty of up to 200 violations including cheating, under reporting of its income and promoting prostitution.

Sunday

150 Years Ago

A considerable gang of Chinese people were at work yesterday filling in with sand the space fronting the new locomotive house of the V.&T. Company. It is the intention, we understand, to lay the eleven tracks leading into that structure at once. Next spring there will be a straight line of track leading to the big new turn table. Meantime the machinery for the machine shop is getting into place as fast as it arrives.

140 Years Ago

The mother of senator Jones has completely lost her eyesight. It is thought that a certain occultist in San Francisco might restore it, but the aged lady has suffered so much in the past few years that she hesitates an operation.

120 Years Ago

By special arrangements with the weather man, next Sunday will be of the fine and dandy sort. There will be just enough sunshine in all its refreshing glory. And to add to the charms of the day, the Reno Wheelman Band, accompanied by a large number of people from the metropolis, are going to invade the garden city. In the afternoon they will need with the Nevada State Band and give an open-air concert on the beautiful grounds of the Capitol.

60 Years Ago

After hearing several complaints about sewage assessment bills the city council decided to give city attorney Richard Hanna “latitude” in deciding whether the city should withdraw disputed suits or press the suits into court.

40 Years Ago

Carson City is gearing up for Johnny Carson City Day Tuesday. That day, proclaimed by Gov. Richard Bryan and Mayor Harold Jacobsen, is to celebrate Carson City being represented by Chamber of Commerce president Tom Baker on the “Johnny Carson Show.”

Tuesday

150 Years Ago

The wood-chopping season is being near to its close, the hardy Kanucks, the most numerous class of our axmen, are to be found upon our streets and about the saloons, in great numbers. We guess that one hears more French spoken on Carson street these days than English.

140 Years Ago

A colored samson. For the past few days, a Herculean colored man named John Thomas has invited the attention of all who saw him on the street. He is a man of sublime physique, six feet three inches high, weighing 270 pounds; his head is magnificently constructed, and his features are simply classically molded.

120 Years Ago

There are lots of things in Carson that need fixing but the worst of all is that sidewalk in front of the blacksmith shop opposite the Briggs House. If nothing else is done a “DANGER” sign should be immediately posted in a conspicuous place to warn the pedestrian, else the owners of the property may soon have a damage suit on their hands.

60 Years Ago

Nevada gaming authorities today received a formal note form Frank Sinatra’s attorney asking that the state take action to strip the singer of his Nevada gaming license.

40 Years Ago

Fifteen persons were convicted or pleaded guilty in Carson City Justice Court to driving under the influence recently.

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