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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
2
A special feature of our business highlights safe carriage of goods to mountain districts. We utilize an experienced packer and rely on established premises to ensure secure delivery across rugged terrain.
The Golden Era weekly issue announces Friday publication with subscription rate of 2.00 per year in advance. Advertising closes by Wednesday noon for changes. casual ads accepted until Friday noon. Rates: display 1.00 per column inch, legal 0.10 per line, reading notices 0.12 per line. Edited by E A Haggen. issue dated Friday August 18, 1897.
The circular from Mr Semlin of the Opposition party in British Columbia proposes a program including representation redistribution, civil service reorganization, vigorous public works prosecution, reserve of coal lands timber for open sale, reservation of agricultural lands for settlers, repeal of mortgage tax amendments, and free miners licenses reform. It urges limited future railway aid under strict provincial control and notes U S alarms over alien labor laws versus Canada.
An adjourned Le Rol Mining and Smelting Co meeting lasted about an hour with no decision on smelter location. Answers to key questions were deferred or turned down, including Mr Heinse's offer and last night’s major items. A telegram from Washington, DC referenced new Canadian law aiding freights and smelting machinery.
An account from Golden Sunday reports a Chinese council holding a makeshift trial over a theft dispute. Tea Qee and Wong Gin faced judgment at a cemetery using a chicken, knife, candles, and a silver coin as ritual elements. An ERA observer witnessed the unusual proceeding before returning to town.
A Duluth Minnesota notice offers $10 for information locating William Stretch described as a tall medium weight Canadian with Scotch ancestry, a rover who has lived across Minnesota, Washington, Oregon and Wyoming. He is said to have worked as a surveyor, prospector, miner and sheep herder, last heard from in 1896 in southeastern Wyoming. The ad is signed by H W Coffin.
A collage of 1890 dated love Epistles reveals witty wordplay and formal courtship. The letters feature elaborate compliments and mutual admiration from unnamed correspondents, including a playful exchange ending with a signatureMary Mopstation.
Amine Kelly of Maplewood New Brunswick recounts chlorosis from April 1896, describes failing health and poor outcomes from prior medicines, and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with rapid improvement. Sworn statement dated May 14 1887 by Timothy W Suit J.P. promotes genuine products and local printing support.
A notice states that the Giant Mineral Claim interest claimed by Victoria Metargial Woke Ran is without foundation and denied to Mr Henry Croft by the author.
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