Daun Bohall Collection/Nevada State Museum
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Henry Brown: A well-known miner fell down the Savage mine shaft 400 feet and was killed instantly.
140 Years Ago
Taxation of dogs: An act authorizing the taxation of dogs was passed by the last Legislature. It provides that every person or persons owning or having under their charge or control, any dog or dogs, shall pay as a tax on each dog the sum of one dollar. The manner of assessing and collecting the tax shall be the same as provided by law for assessing and collecting taxes on personal property, and the tax collected shall be paid into the General Fund.
130 Years Ago
On the trail: Young Gilson and Furlong who ran away are somewhere on the Bodie road armed with a Winchester rifle, 200 founds of cartridges and several six shooters. On their trail is Jack Furlong, the paternal sire of one of the kids, and when he mounted a horse and started out, he took along a shingle to spank them with. Betting is seen however that the boys will hold Jack up on the road, take his horse and make him walk home.
70 Years Ago
Mae Noonan passes away: Mrs. Noonan was born in Ireland but came to the U.S. while a small child with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Nulty. The family later settled in Carson City, and Mrs. Noonan operated a nursing and birthing home (that home still stands). She was the mother of Jim, Jerry and John Coleman who preceded her in death and William Coleman of Carson City.
60 Years Ago
Silver out, uranium in: What do you replace silver with if you take it out of dimes, quarters, halves and cartwheels? Silver supplies are reaching a crisis state. Rep. Craig Hosmer, a Republican from California proposes to put a dab of depleted uranium in each coin so the money wouldn’t burn a hold in anyone’s pocket. Hosmer said the treasury could artificially peg the price of depleted uranium at exactly the price of silver so each of the new coins would be worth exactly the same price as silver.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Hank Monk: Jerome Thorington and Gus Lewis, representing the Sardine Club, and Delle Crandall, Billy Woodruff and another piscatorial artist went on a fishing excursion to the Spanish Dam on the Carson. These disciples of Izaak Walton will come back with fish – for coin. Lewis was seen to go to the safe and fill his pockets with white money: and Hank told us that Gus and Jerome would return with a string of trout if they had to walk to the Truckee to find an Indian who had fish to sell. They came in with just 13 trout.
140 Years Ago
Capturing quicksilver: A company is being organized in Virginia City to turn the Carson River, near the Santiago mill to capture the tons of quicksilver and amalgam that are supposed to be there. It will require considerable patience and time and not a little capital, to bet as the real nutriment that may be in the channel.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: A Fresno newspaper says that it is the duty of an editor to throw mud, and the duty of the man hit to see it that it don’t stick. This is a new school of journalism.
70 Years Ago
Polio vaccine: The Salk anti-polio vaccine is 80 to 90% effective, Thomas Francis Jr. reported in the long-awaited mass evaluation of 1.8 million children.
60 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Carson Theater — ‘How to Murder Your Wife’ with Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi — bring the little woman, maybe she’ll come laughing!’”
Friday
150 Years Ago
Improvements: On Carson Street, Mr. John Rosser is building a large stone structure on the east side of the street opposite the Mint House, or Col. Curry is building it for him. The house is one story, 50 feet front by 80 feet in depth and will be divided through the middle, making two handsome stores each 25 by 80 feet. Mr. Rosser will occupy one of these as a market, and the other will be for rent. Messrs. Corbett are moving from the frame building known as the Railroad Saloon, corner of Spear and Carson street, and erecting in its place a two-story stone building 20 by 80 feet…
140 Years Ago
Local notes: Large quantities of trout are being taken from Clear Lake with hook and line. One party of two gentlemen and one lady recently caught 700 in two days.
130 Years Ago
Found the kids: Jack Furlong returned from his search after his own boy and young Gilson. The lads went away with a complete outfit, either for standing up an S.P. train or starting a revolution in Cuba. They were found them on two horses three miles this side of Wabuska. The people of the town had warning of the approach, had thrown up barricades and were calling on militia to drill. When they saw Jack, they halted and faced the music. Jack told them to face for home and he brought them in. Horseback riding had been more than they had bargained for, and they went to bed at once, each one ordering a small bottle of Vaseline.
The horses were both badly used up, and their owners are rubbing their backs with lard. The boys think there is no place like Carson for a summer residence.
70 Years Ago
Atomic tests, no wildlife hurt: An analysis of fallout patterns on the bombing range and nearby assuring the current atomic test series show that there was “probably” no adverse effects on wildlife. The report came from a meeting of officials of the joint test organizations and Nevada fish and game commission at Camp Mercury.
60 Years Ago
Bill Dolan: Bill Dolan was named Nevada State Press Association Director at the 40th annual event. Bill is currently advertising director of the Nevada Appeal.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.