130 YEARS AGO
A highly respectable gentleman requests us to state that the Appeal's information regarding Hon. D. A. Moriarty's predilection for the opium pipe is in great error.
100 YEARS AGO
Roosevelt Day was a big time in Reno. The wind blew and the dust flew, but it did not prevent many a thousand people from getting in line to listen to what the ex-president had to say.
70 YEARS AGO
Navajo scrappers fight at Stewart tonight. Tuning up for the Nevada Golden Gloves tournament in Reno, two teams of veteran scrappers renew warfare tonight at the Stewart Gymnasium. Of Stewart's senior starts are Theodore "Perpetual Motion" Pete, body punching Dan Jackson and heavy-hitting Roland Spencer.
50 YEARS AGO
The final step in a complicated series of events to provide a recognized Toastmasters speech program in the Nevada State Prison has been completed. The Carson City Lions provided funds for a "Gavel Club," area governor Bill Dolan said today.
20 YEARS AGO
A dying Carson City man's last wish is granted. Joann DiPolo Stambulonis has carried a picture of her father for 40 years. DiPolo dies 10 days after meeting his daughter again for the first time in 42 years.
10 YEARS AGO
After 42 dog years of devoted service to the Carson City Sheriff's Office, Scout retires.
• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
