Colorado state news items from the era in brief
Boulder plans to spend 260000 on paving and storm sewers. Western Products will erect a 60000 concrete plant in Delta. Grand Junction opens a new state mental defectives home. Weldon No. 68 votes 18000 bond for a school building. Highway Commission to build three new bridges. Small ore at Rose Nicol mine valued 25 to 75 per ton. Retail Merchants’ Association set convention in Colorado Springs January 17–19. A trout pond near Big Thompson approved, not to fill until spring. Weld County asks 418725 total road budget for 1921. Fall River road improvements to Estes Park funded at 25000. Lester A. Kelsey arrested for bond embossment in Lafayette. 5.1 mile mountain road between Buena Vista and Continental Divide seeks 110775.50 federal aid. Santa Fe engine boiler exploded at Pring killing one and injuring two. Rienzi Dickens to be retried in Greeley next year. shale activity surges in Rio Blanco. leasing issues threaten land control and potential sales.
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Boulder
Western Products Company
Delta
State Home and Training School
Grand Junction
Colo
Citisens
Weldon Consolidated
State Highway Commission
COSSO
Rose Nicol
Reva Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Retail Merchants’ Association of Colorado
Colorado Springs
Weld
Colorado Highway Commission
Fall River
Estes Park
Lester A. Kelsey
Lafayette
American Railway Express Company
Salt Lake
Department of Justice
Buena Vista
Continental Divide
Chaffee County
Santa Fé
Pring
Denver
Rienzi Dickens
W. H. Dickens
Longmont
Greeley
Rio Blanco County
Colorado seeks Rockefeller gift for state medical college
The Rockefeller Foundation offers $700,000 toward a Colorado state medical center if the state matches $800,000. Regents plan to ask the next Assembly for $1,000,000 with the rest via popular subscription to fund a 150 bed indigent hospital, nurses home, lab, and central heating. The project has strong backing from President George Norlin and medical societies.
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State of Colorado
West
State University
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller
State Assembly
Colorado
George Norlin
Friends
Denver
Treasury estimates cost of soldiers bonus bill
Secretary Houston told the Senate finance committee the total cost of implementing the soldiers bonus could reach about 2.3 billion dollars with five plan options ranging from 1.34 to 4.58 billion. He warned against new burdens on finances and outlined potential tax sources, noting deficits under current expenditures.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury Department
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
McCumber
North Dakota
Treasury Administration
Congress
War Finance Corporation
T. 8. Adams
A Silenced Song
A fragment from a column notes a shift in songs and social habit as old singers stay home, with Uncle Bill Bottletop joking that the sere naders remain indoors to monitor yeast cakes. The excerpt suggests changes in nightlife and civic mood.
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Uncle Bill Bottletop
Where Does the Word Holy First Appear in Bible
Sunday school scene notes a teacher testing children on scripture. A pupil replies with a humorous, defiant answer about the word holy appearing on the cover, reflecting playful classroom wit from the transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Agnes suspects husband deception in trap plan
The Boston Transcript quotes a line where Agnes suspects deception by her husband and contemplates setting a trap. The exchange asks who she plans to trap, the rat or the husband, highlighting a rhetorical puzzle in the text.
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Boston Transcript
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