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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1895
Page
2
The GOLDEN ERA is published every Saturday morning in June to catch mail trains. It serves the Beat Kootenay district including Windermere and Fort Steele. Subscription is 32.00 per year in advance. Ad rates are available on application and all cash is paid to the Manager with a receipt.
Mr. Luther Beasley visits a circus to rescue Rosalie the Prairie Flower but confronts empathy and duty. He clashes with Polly Murray the tattooed woman, learns of Polly and Joe Murray’s hardship, and ends by supporting a benefit for the troupe while questioning his rigid morality.
A list of social etiquette rules advises women on proper conduct for the season. Items caution against flirtation with married men, excessive dancing talk, excessive visiting routines, and inappropriate attire in public spaces.
A New York World quote offers witty injunctions for behavior at a summer resort. It cautions against selfish attention to one man, overemphasis on dresses, and wearing impractical costumes. It also advises modest conduct, restraint in engagements, and avoiding reputational risk.
August reports from Foo Chow and Shanghai describe a fearful massacre of Christians at Ku Cheng. Five foreign women were killed and one American missionary wounded amid riots near Kiuchang in Hupe province along the Yangtze. The U S state department will act on the dispatch.
Beaver Island in Green Bay near Mackinaw Straits is reported to have been enveloped in fires with about 100 residents believed burned alive. Captain Young of the steamer Cuba filed the sighting noting flames visible from Lake Michigan. Charlevoix reports deny the scale of destruction, saying fires exist but claims of total devastation are exaggerated.
Glasgow Aug. 2 Forty men are freed from the Anchen Harvie Colliery at Saltcoats after a flood trapping fourteen miners. Rescue parties struggle to reach the imprisoned men as wives and families gather at the mine mouth in scenes of grief and hope. One boy drowned attempting to warn others.
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