95 years ago
March 5, 1915
Last Thursday night burglars gained an entrance to the office of the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber company at Minden. The door of the safe was opened with the combination but entrance to the money chest was done with a chisel. Fifteen dollars in cash was secured by the robbers who carried off the daybook, cash-book and ledger. Sheriff Arrild was notified of the robbery and is endeavoring to get a clue that may lead to the arrest of the guilty parties.
80 years ago
March 7, 1930
The program at the Nevada theatre for the coming week is one of unusual merit. Tonight and Saturday a traveling company will show a sound picture in which George Jessel, the original jazz singer will be heard and seen in "Lucky Boy." They carry their own sound equipment for producing talking pictures. The ace of western screen stars, Tom Mix, appears to have made the hit of his spectacular film career in "King Cowboy." The setting is decidedly novel for him, it being the picturesque country in Northern Africa. There were sheiks and Arabs, camels and masked beauties abound, Tom is seen at the head of a group of cowboys who visit the land of the Riff tribesman ostensibly as a Wild West show, but really in quest of the owner of their Nevada ranch, held captive by the natives.
50 years ago
March 3, 1960
Six representatives of Norway, the native country of fabled John A. (Snowshoe) Thompson, and who are all members of the Norwegian Olympic group, are pictured with Gov. Grant Sawyer of Nevada during the presentation of a plaque at the grave of Thompson at the Genoa cemetery last Friday. The plaque, which leans against the bottom of Thompson's headstone, reads "As a tribute to a great compatriot from Telemark, this plaque was presented by the Norwegian ski team competing at Squaw Valley in February, 1960."
25 years ago
March 7, 1985
Photo caption. Hawaii is not all high-rise hotels and crowded beaches. Here, a Polynesian beauty poses at Wailua Falls, Maui. You'll be able to take a picture just like this (supply your own model) if you're one of the winners in our big Hawaii Week drawing.
10 years ago
Feb. 26, 2000
Though wild horse lovers in Fish Springs hope it would never happen again, 42 mustangs were rounded up by Bureau of Land Management wranglers in response to five complaints. By law, the BLM must respond to any complaint regarding wild horses or burros, as directed by the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act. The agency started getting complaints three months ago, coinciding with the horses' natural tendency to move to lower elevations during the winter months.
A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.
