Past Pages for Wednesday, May 11, 2016

150 Years Ago

Fire at Dayton. The Dayton stage driver, Mr. Joe Kenville, brought information of the destruction by fire of the residence of Mr. M. J. Henley. The fire took place about 2 o’clock during the absence of Mr. Henley and his family who were at a party. Scarcely anything was saved ... insured for $3,500.

130 Years Ago

Woodmen. Some woodmen chopped down a hollow tree on Wolf creek and found it full of trout. The tree grew under a rock where a small tributary poured through. A hole was struck inside the tree and swept numerous trout into it ... and made a sort of wooden aquarium.

110 Years Ago

Death of Mrs. Cochran. Mrs. Cochran died in her residence after a serious illness. She had been a resident in this city for a quarter of a century and while she was here she performed many acts of charity. Many will miss her kindly actions. Deceased leaves one sister in this city, Mrs. C. W. Friend.

70 Years Ago

V&T car load. One of the largest trains to pull into Carson City is the 21-car rail shipment. The 21 cars made the eventful trip on the historic line from Reno, and it took two V&T locomotives to do it. Seventeen of the cars contained young steers for pasture and bound for Ophir, and the others contained merchandise. Engineers had to double back to pick up many more carloads of prefabricated houses constructed for the veterans housing project.

50 Years Ago

Grasshopper suit. Ormsby County Sheriff Howard Hoffman has been denied a $15,000 damage suit against Safeway Stores Inc. in a ‘bug in a bean can’ case. Hoffman claimed he suffered illness by swallowing a grasshopper from a can of string beans. Safeway contended the grasshopper may have been in the can, but would have been sterilized.

20 Years Ago

Edith Milo. Teacher Edith Milo, 98, and former sixth grade student, De Loss Weyant, hug at the Café Del Rio Restaurant. Edith was asked how she wanted to be remembered. She said, “As a worthwhile person.” Edith Milo was born in 1898 when William McKinley was president. She taught at the age of 18 in 1916 in Poland, New York.

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