Past Pages Sept. 27

130 YEARS AGO

Public tribute to the late President Garfield held at the Carson Opera House:

"Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again,

Let us, then be up and doing,

With a heart for every fate,

Still achieving, still pursuing.

Learn to labor and to wait."

120 YEARS AGO

North Dakota hasn't been a state for long, and she is coming to the front with some new proceedings for divorce.

70 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: To help conserve gasoline, the Gasless Club of New York City, with a number of socially prominent women taking to their bicycles. The club, founded by Mrs. Abbey M. Ricker and others, discussed plans for holding fox hunts in Central Park.

50 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: "Carson Theater - 'Cinderfella' with Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson - Technicolor"

20 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Carson's Troy Ward breaks up a pass intended for J.J. Tuttle (84) of Douglas during a frosh game at McElroy Field. The Senators posted a 24-6 win, their first of the season.

10 YEARS AGO

About 80 airmen from the 152nd Intelligence Squadron of the Nevada Air National Guard were authorized to be called for active duty if needed. One hundred soldiers from the 72 Military Police in Las Vegas and Ely were placed on alert. (Weeks following 9-11)

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