17 Aug 1895
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1895
Page
1
No. 34 meets every Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed. H. G. Parson serves as Secretary.
Golden sits on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway at the Columbia River steamboat junction. It is the mineral and commercial center of Eastern British Columbia, hosting the Gold Smelting works, Upper Columbia Navigation Co., and a thriving lumber industry with access to famed agricultural lands and grazing valleys.
A roundup of visitors and local happenings. Fielding residents Mr and Mrs Anderson host, W R Hull and Gordon Sutherland travel, Kamloops arrivals, school reopens with Miss Preston, a public notice on swine, and community scholars. Rounds include church raffles, Liberal candidate notes, and sports plans.
Ottawa reports a test of acetylene a new illuminant developed by T L Wilson of Woodstock. James Sutherland Liberal whip and department officers observed a small gasholder burn a bright white light of 250 candles at 6 cubic feet per hour. Also reported is the death of James Wood aged 80, father of Controller Wood.
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