The past 100 years July 21

| The New Mexican

7/18/2008 - 7/18/08

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

July 21, 1908: Hon. and Mrs. Arthur Seligman, their daughter, Miss Ritchie Seligman, and son Otis and Miss Florence Spitz left this morning overland for a Sunday sojourn at the Valley Ranch. They will spend tomorrow there fishing and taking a rest.

Edward S. Andrews, Clay Patterson and Stewart McCrimmon are camping and fishing on the Upper Rio Quemado and Rio en Medio near the base of the Truchas Peaks, about 45 miles northeast of Santa Fe. They will be in camp 10 or 12 days.

July 21, 1958: Seven Espanola residents were released this morning from the Espanola Hospital after being treated over night for food poisoning, apparently blamed on food served at a Democratic barbecue held at Hyde Park near Santa Fe Sunday afternoon.

July 21, 1983: Los Angeles — Inspired by a spirit with a sense of humor and sanctioned by a winking state Legislature, Laughter Day is coming — and it's nothing to snicker at. A group called Seminars With Seth will celebrate the second annual Laughter Day at a picnic Aug. 1 at a park north of Los Angeles. The group takes its name from a spirit who's been known to keep his entranced psychic listeners in stitches. Jane Roberts, the medium who named the spirit Seth, says he last laughed on earth in the 1940s. It was Seth, she said who suggested Laughter Day. According to those who know him, Seth thinks people feel better when they guffaw.