Past Pages Jan. 8

130 YEARS AGO

Jottings: The first delivery of coin for 1881 will be made at the Mint. Mint rate for fine silver is $1.11 per ounce and going down. The acid fumes from the Mint were thick enough to cut with a cheese knife.

120 YEARS AGO

Seance: At a spiritual seance, the spirit of "Long Brown" came up and admonished a young man known as a poker expert to quit hiding aces in his sleeve.

Roll of honor: The following is Miss Starling's roll of honor: Charlie Brulin, Sammie Follett, Hattie Osgood, Burd Lindsay.

70 YEARS AGO

Donation to State Museum: Chairman Clark J. Guild of the Nevada museum board announced receipt of a check in the amount of $5,000 from Major Max Fleischman as the yeast cake magnet's contribution to the fund for converting the old mint building into a state museum.

50 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Critical moment in Saturday night rescue of Larry Dacek from the air shaft of the Sutro tunnel came as the 15-year-old Reno youth hung suspended with a 50 foot drop below while former Comstock miner Martin Weisser of Carson City, who aided state mine inspector Mervin Gallagher, untangles the rope Dacek is being pulled up on. (Bill Dolan photo)

20 YEARS AGO

The number of Nevada highway fatalities hit a 10-year high to 338 people who died on Nevada roads and highways ... up 10 percent over the previous year.

10 YEARS AGO

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