100 years ago: “A terrible death as the consequence of a mistake resulted when a local ranch man succumbed to the effect of poison swallowed in the rear of the Ignacio barber shop. He died in the King drug store where he was hurried after drinking carbolic acid from a bottle he thought contained whiskey.”
75 years ago: BAYFIELD – “In spite of the rainy night a good crowd attended the penny supper given by the P.T.A. which netted quite a neat sum.”
50 years ago: PORTLAND, Ore. –“Mrs. Guy Day, 80, prominent pioneer of the San Juan Basin, died in Portland, Oregon, at the home of the Day’s daughter and her husband.”
25 years ago: “Bondad residents concerned about methane contamination in their well water could have something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. McKenzie Methane Corp. has announced plans to plug and abandon a shallow water-disposal well that residents of Bondad and Cedar Hill, New Mexico, have targeted as a possible cause of the contamination.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
