Past Pages March 27

130 YEARS AGO

Washoe seeress: Mrs. Bowers most startling prediction is that Superintendent Requa will show up on the Comstock during the summer. The presence of Mr. Requa on the Lode except salary day gives rise to the report that a bonanza has been struck.

120 YEARS AGO

Incendiary: The fire alarm last evening was the result of a blaze in the rear of Mrs. Davis's dressmaking shop. A strong smell of coal oil and a bottle partly filled with fluid gives the appearance of incendiarism. Several suspicious characters have been in the city.

70 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Carson Theatre - "The Lady in Question" with Brian Aherne and Rita Hayworth - Love and laughs ... the year's big heart throb!

50 YEARS AGO

Mayor: Andy Gotelli, local garage owner, and George Hunt added their bids for the mayoral position to that of local motel owner A. A. Autrand.

20 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Fair held: Vivian Leman and Corey Kaffberger inspect a motion picture machine at the Seeliger Elementary Product Fair. Tonia Wood and her friend Sarah Angres, look over the solar system. Vicki Parsons, shows some Seeliger Elementary schoolchildren how combining baking soda with soda pop can make a volcano erupt.

10 YEARS AGO

"Gladiator" takes best picture winning five Academy Awards, including best picture and actor - Russell Crowe.

• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.