The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

Feb. 26, 1918: Man Bitten By Dog; Wife Tambien.

New Yorkers’ Mishap Cause Of Indignation Against The Too Numerous Curs of Santa Fe.

This seems an early season for “dog days” but a number of Santa Feans and visitors are complaining already and complaining bitterly about the multitude of curs and apparently well bred canines that are running about, occasionally piercing the legs of pedestrians with their sharp teeth. Only the other day, a New York writer, sauntering down College Street, is said to have been bitten by one of the many dogs that dash up and down that thoroughfare, with [no] regard for the law. Then this New Yorker’s wife was bitten by a dog.

Feb. 26, 1968: Santa Fe School bells are likely to be stilled tomorrow.

A New Mexico teacher strike loomed a virtual certainty today as Gov. David F. Cargo refused to respond to an ultimatum to call a special session of the Legislature.

The strike will probably begin tomorrow.

The New Mexico Education Association had given Cargo until noon today to call a special session. Noon came and went, and Cargo kept saying what he had said [all] along — he wasn’t going to.

Feb. 26, 1993: When in a kangaroo court, do as the kangaroos do, Santa Fe City Councilor Ouida MacGregor said Thursday.

MacGregor, who voted Wednesday night not to file a lawsuit against herself, has come under fire by some members of the council who thought she should have abstained from voting on a motion to ask state District Court to decide if she is eligible to serve on the City Council.

MacGregor said she was just defending herself.