01 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1896
Page
1
A modest price drop in Calgary’s grocery department on Stephen Avenue benefits shoppers. The ad urges readers to send a card to receive more information on the subject and how to take advantage of the lower prices.
The Neilson Furniture Co Limited offers to mail free illustrated catalogues and price lists to anyone sending their address. Calgary Alberta. Also mentions Golden BC as a junction for Columbia River navigation and as a mineral and timber industry hub with smelting works and agricultural lands in the Columbia and Kootenay Valleys.
The report highlights resumed milling on Monday and rising mining activity in Golden. It notes Chas Cartwright’s trip to Illecillewnet for a 100 ton ore packing contract, a Golden Hospital Society meeting, new leased livery stables, and inspections of Hidden Treasure. It records road and bridge work, a lecture by Rev G B Maxwell on matrimony stages, missionary work led by Rev Osborne, and church services with a purchased organ. It voices concerns about fruit selling to Chinamen on trains, urges newspaper support for local business, reports two mining deals with Crown Point and J P on Vermont creek, and mentions smelting as key to Golden’s future. A severe wind and rain storm hits Pittsburg causing loss of life and property damage.
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