95 years ago
May 15, 1914
Advertisements. Is this you? "I once had money, I once had friends, I loaned my money to my friends. I have no money I have no friends." Your money is your best friend, put it in the bank. We'll pay 4 percent interest on your deposits and compound the interest every six month. Farmer's Bank of Carson Valley. Capital and surplus $50,000. F. Heise, president. W.F. Dressler, vice president.
Haying season will soon be here and now is the time to select harvesting machinery. We are agents for the celebrated Milwaukee and McCormick mowers, binders and rakes. Bane wagons of all kinds. Inspect the merits of the Ross alfalfa mill. Arendt Jensen Co.
Fettic's Exchange. The Finest Genoa resort where good fellows gather. F. Fettic, prop.
80 years ago
May 17, 1929
O.E. Lofthes, who worked on the Arnold Settelmeyer ranch and who was placed in jail by local officers because of his refusal to work, was returned yesterday to the Nevada State hospital for the insane, he having escaped from that institution shortly before coming to this section.
50 years ago
May 14, 1959
Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon will attend the Nevada Silver Centennial Celebration at Virginia City on June 12. Mrs. Nixon, herself a native Nevadan, will share an equally prominent role in the official opening ceremonies. Nixon's visit to the Comstock, marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Comstock Lode, will make him the highest ranking governmental figure to visit the famed mining metropolis since an inspection trip by Gen. Ulysses Grant during the heyday of the Comstock city.
25 years ago
May 10, 1984
Douglas School Board members showed a commitment to the future when they voted to purchase $25,000 worth of hard and soft computer ware, but exactly how the equipment will be used in county schools remains to be seen. The $25,000 was slated for language arts textbooks.
Proponents of a computer lab idea argued that placing a computer in every classroom is not the best use of the computer. When it's not being used at all, it is just sitting in a class. When in a lab, it could be used by different groups continuously. If the classroom teacher is not computer-oriented, the computer is not being used to its fullest potential.
10 years ago
May 12, 1999
Movies at Meadowdale 3 Theatres: "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," "Idle Hands," "Entrapment."
Movies at Ironwood Stadium Cinema 8: "The Matrix," "The Mummy," "The Out of Towners," "Never Been Kissed," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Analyze This," "Shakespeare in Love," "Pushing Tin," "Life." Starts May 19: "Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace."
A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.
