04 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1896
Page
1
Hudson's Bay Co. highlights price reductions in its Calgary Grocery Department on Stephen Avenue. Readers urged to send a card to receive more information on the subject.
Golden at the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway marks a key junction with steamboat navigation on the Columbia river. It is a mineral and commercial hub for eastern British Columbia, hosting smelting works, navigation, lumber, and agricultural activity.
Local brief items describe church services at St Pauls and Holy Communion, a concert for the Methodist Church, a town dance by bachelors, and ongoing whist games. Notes mention Lang and McDermot leaving for health, Captain Bacon moving to the Kootenay river, and a potential bridge project funded to aid a lumber company. Also a cough remedy advert and local business notes.
A correspondent recounts inconsistent assay results for ore from Vermont Creek. Samples show bi smuth from 24 to 46 percent, while tests by Dr Dawson find none. The ore, a sulphide of antimony lead and zinc, may vary in composition within the same heap, prompting calls for further explanation.
Lilleus Colie and Tevsons are advised that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy offers prompt relief for bilious colic. The remedy acts quickly and can prevent attacks if taken at first signs, available from Langley & Co. and other druggists.
At a committee meeting on Wednesday the Golden Gun Club resolved that entries for the two gun match close May 1. Members must submit names and a $2 entrance fee to the Secretary by then. Subscriptions must be paid by May 1. Regular shooting is Saturdays at 2 30 P M with other days possible. Birds kept at traps at 14 cents each and a new improved trap may be supplied during the season.
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