Past Pages Feb. 21

130 YEARS AGO

Mike Cullen, convicted of selling whisky to the Indians, was allowed to go upon his own recognizance until sentencing day. When he appeared with an officer, Judge Cary sentenced him to 10 days. There being no officer to take him in at that moment, his Honor trusted Cullen to present himself and he was locked up. In the reporter's memory he can only remember once before when this happened in Nevada County.

100 YEARS AGO

The automobile owned to George Pringle of Yerington was destroyed by fire a few evenings ago. While the machine was stuck in a mudhole, a passenger struck a match to see what the trouble was, igniting a leaky gasoline tank sending the car into a mass of tangled iron.

70 YEARS AGO

The Navy department reports 1,009 naval, marine and enlisted men and 1,200 civilians were taken by the Japanese as prisoners of war on Dec. 7. The civilians were on Wake and Guam, constructing defenses. Civilians William R. Manson, engineer from Silver City; Carl Friberg of Fallon; and Kenneth D. Hall of Carson City were from western Nevada.

50 YEARS AGO

Seven homesteaders in a tract in Ormsby county southeast of here are angry because residents and the county engineer have named the streets after their children and relatives. The complainants met over the weekend to protest the names of Kathy, Ricky, Laura and Sammy in what is called the River Tract.

20 YEARS AGO

An attorney who helped develop rules governing lawyer advertising said regulations go too far and will likely be challenged.

10 YEARS AGO

A NASA spacecraft proves Mars has vast stores of water.

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