150 Years Ago
The Placerville Road: E. B. Rail, Esq., got back from San Francisco, and says he never saw the road in better condition. He said that an empty passenger car on the railroad was smashed into smithereens just this side of Folsom. Nobody was hurt, but everybody scared like thunder.
130 Years Ago
All sorts. Judge Cary has employed at the Arlington two white cooks from the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. The judge says his menu will beat the world.
110 Years Ago
Body found. Judge Bethune’s headless body was found in the vicinity of Arsenic Springs. He went on a prospecting trip to Death Valley a year ago and perished from exposure. The corpse had the appearance of a mummy.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement. “Carson Theatre — ‘Get Along Little Doggie,’ with Gene Autry and a special 20-minute featurette ‘Hitler Lives.’ Tuesday is Bargain Night — 12 and 30 cents.
50 Years Ago
Conscientious objector. Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (Mohammed Ali) wants to be classified as a conscientious objector. The champion, a Black Muslim, is in London preparing for his title fight against Henry Cooper.
20 Years Ago
Baby hawks. Nevada State Prison officers in guard towers keep watch on passers-by who stop to take a look of a pair of red-tailed hawks that have raised a family of four on the edge of the old prison’s grounds in a Cottonwood tree. “I tell people they can watch the birds from the north side of the street,” said one officer who asked not to be identified.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
