The way it was 9/7

100 Years Ago -- September 7, 1903 The Public Schools of Nevada opened today. Superintendent Clark reports an enrollment exceeding that of last year, especially in the high school. The total enrollment the first day was 1,815, distributed amount between the schools as follows:Franklin 400, Bryan 300, Blair 250, Jefferson 60, Benton 200, Lincoln 30, High School 350, West Walnut 25, Annex 200. AROUND TOWN -- John H. Pinnel and wife came in Saturday night from El Paso, Texas, where Mr. Pinnel makes his headquarters. He has charge of a large stock ranch located in the state of Chihuahuas, Old Mexico. The ranch contains 1,256,000 acres and has 22,000 head of cattle on it. Pinnel is in possession of this property as mortgagee for the leading bank of Kansas City. He will remain there until the bank's business is fully adjusted, after he will return to Nevada to again make his home.

75 Years Ago -- September 7, 1928

The Crystal Theatre, keeping abreast with the season, has a new fall dress, the front improved and redecorated and a new marquee added that enhances its attractiveness and not content with all of these things has a new name, Arbo. The name appears prominently in the decorative and lighting theme. 50 Years Ago -- September 7, 1953 AROUND THE WORLD -- West Germany launched American's ally, Chancellor Conrad Adenauer and his pro-Western government parties on a new four-year term of office today in a landslide election triumph. Defying Soviet threats, more than 27 million German voters also threw all the Communists out of their Parliament's lower house, crushed a feared Nazi comeback and turned thumbs down on Socialist pleas for German neutrality in the East-West struggle. In Europe's most important election since World War II, the West Germans gave an overwhelming endorsement in yesterday's voting to Adenauer's American- backed program for rearming West Germany in alliance with the Western powers against the Soviet menace. SPORTS -- Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers entrenched himself more securely as the leading candidate for the National League's most valuable player award. He slammed his 38th homer of the year, breaking Gabby Harnett's 23-year-old record for homeruns by catchers. In the American League, Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians put in a strong bid for the junior circuit's MVP prize with his 38th homerun.