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130 YEARS AGO

"Needles," the calamitous tragedian who more than once has accepted the hospitality of Ormsby county, is again welding his way thitherward. He hails from Truckee, where a recent engagement yielded him $2.05. If he does not meet with the misfortune of the boot of a conductor, we shall see him this morning. Attempts by wealthy San Francisco relatives to keep him out of the gutter are without avail.

100 YEARS AGO

The baseball game between the Carson Brewery and the Gardnerville team on the Valley Park diamond resulted in the game going to the visitors 8-7. The Carson team is considering holding a dance to raise money and buy uniforms.

70 YEARS AGO

Governor Carville has proclaimed April 11-17 as "China Week" to help raise funds to assist China, which has experienced the horror of five years of war. "The Chinese are a brave and gallant people and deserve the support of all of us," said Carville.

50 YEARS AGO

Brian Harris has been awarded regional speech winner for the Lions Club. He will represent Carson High School and the local Lions Club at the state meeting later this month.

20 YEARS AGO

A coalition of conservative Republicans from Lyon County succeeds in pushing an anti-Elvis stamp initiative at the state convention.

10 YEARS AGO

Carson raises fees and not property taxes with the average increase amounting to $16 per year.

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