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130 YEARS AGO

Queer Thief: John Apple of Lander county was taken to the State Prison by the Sheriff and is a peculiar kind of thief. Convicted of stealing $200 out of trunk containing nearly $2,000, but being considerate enough to leave the Hon's share for the owner. Certainly not a selfish thief.

120 YEARS AGO

Aurora: The decline of Nevada towns is strikingly illustrated in Esmeralda county. There is not a man now employed in the town which once had a population of 10,000 souls and four newspapers. (Silver State)

70 YEARS AGO

Soldier Pay: The military affairs committee gave unanimous approval to increase soldier pay from $21 to $42 - minimum salary for men entering the Army.

50 YEARS AGO

Best Sellers, compiled by Publishers' weekly - Fiction: "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger; "The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone; "A Prologue to Love" by Taylor Caldwell. Nonfiction: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer; "My Saber is Bent" by Jack Parr; "A Nation of Sheep" by William Lederer.

30 YEARS AGO

Gasoline prices and whole prices dropped 0.1 percent in February the first time in six years the wholesale index has gone down. The recession is the biggest factor making it difficult for suppliers to mark up prices.

10 YEARS AGO

The owner of Dotty's who owns 10 slot arcades in Southern Nevada applied with the Nevada Gaming Control Board for a license to operate at a location at Eagle Station on South Carson Street.

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