100 years ago: “Harry Frank, 38, a mining man and former auditer of Silverton Northern, died at a hospital in Denver where he was being treated for nervous trouble. Frank and the patient sharing his room escaped from nurses and barricaded themselves in a bathroom, where they slit each other’s throats repeatedly with razors. Both men died shortly thereafter.”

75 years ago: “Color-brush the gray, the smart, modern way: Clairol Touch-Up Crayon touches away those irritating gray hairs. $1, refills 50 cents.”

50 YEARS AGO: “The annual Mancos Days celebration will be held this Friday and Saturday. Friday’s program will start off with the Huck Finn fishing contest on the Mancos River with a prize for the biggest fish caught. At 1:30 p.m. there will be a parade, which will be followed by a ‘watermelon bust’.”

25 YEARS AGO: “Durango’s Ned Overend and Boulder’s Juli Furtado were upset winners Sunday in a Grundig/FIAC World Cup mountain bike race at the Deer Valley Ski Area in Park City, Utah.”

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and The Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.