Past Pages Nov. 12

130 YEARS AGO

Governor Kinkead believes that in a year or a little more, Candelaria will be the most prosperous mining section of the state.

120 YEARS AGO

Illusion: Everybody likes to be humbugged more or less. This kind of illusionist will give a remarkable performance at the Opera House and has some of the latest things in the line of necromancy, and if the audience doesn't think the devil himself is his partner, we will be surprised.

70 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: "Carson Theater - 'Ringside Maisie' with Ann Sothern, George Murphy and Robert Sterling - Maizie wins again in her most uproarious man adventure!

50 YEARS AGO

Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rossie of Carson City, a girl.

30 YEARS AGO

Susan B. Anthony coin: The Treasury Department has officially abandoned its long-running campaign to make Nevada and New Jersey casinos use the Susan B. Anthony coin. Senator Paul Laxalt says, "This is tremendously good news for Nevada. It means that our operators won't have to spend the millions of dollar it would take to retrofit the machines."

10 YEARS AGO

Starbucks Coffee Co. bought 100 acres at the Carson Valley Business Park for $4.6 million. The property will house a 300,000-square-foot coffee bean roasting and packaging plant.

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