14 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1895
Page
1
In the matter of James M. Rogers deceased sealed tenders for the purchase of Lot 108 Group 1 near Windermere East Kootenay will be opened noon Tuesday February 18 AWD 1898. The farm has been cultivated fenced irrigated with 260 acres improved by a frame dwelling and outbuildings visiting hours daily 2:30 to 8 p.m. except Monday and Saturday. Ly Orver.
Our Town Golden sits on the Canadian Pacific main line at the Columbia river steamboat junction. It serves as the mineral and commercial centre of eastern British Columbia with Gold Smelting works Upper Columbia Navigation Co lumber industry and agriculture. It is the distribution point for the Columbia and Kootenay Valleys with famed scenery and rich mineral country nearby.
Local notes report the Provincial Legislature will meet on January 23. Doyle resumes timely stage appearances. Mrs. Mercier and Mrs. Hamilton head to Montreal. Jin McKay ships 12 head to Hull Bros. Parson offers a large stock of china and glassware for Christmas at low prices. Sam McNamara appointed assistant to Wells at the depot. Mercier leads crews for Jones and McNeish copper claim. 25 men expected soon. Parson’s house nearly ready. carpenters done, painters at work. Dr. Binkley, Calgary dentist, visits Golden next week. contact Kootenay House for dental masticators. Warren’s silverware stock offers affordable gifts. Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 34 installs officers for the term. Curlers’ season falters with cold weather. scrimmages paused. Engineering and Mining Journal of New York praised for practical, fearless content. essential for miners.
The November public school report lists 33 attending students with an average of 28.08. Honor roll includes senior fifth class Winnifred Armstrong and Beatrice Bubar. junior fifth Jennie Wells and Aubrey Harrison. fourth class Laura Kenny and Gertrude Field. third class Chas Bubar and Ethel Moodie. second class Ernest Sutherland and Maggie Archer. primer Lottie Woodley and Mabel Archer. I primer Minnie Sutherland and May McDonald. tablet class Blanche Love and Harold McDonald. Punctuality and regularity names Beatrice Bubar Aubrey Harrison Winnifred Armstrong Laura Kenny Chas Bubar Emma Kenny Minnie Sutherland Hattie Rutherford Jennie Wells Maggie Archer.
The notice lists services for St. Pauls Church at 7 30 in the evening, a Methodist service at the school house tomorrow evening at 130 conducted by Mr Robins, and a Presbyterian service tomorrow morning at 10 in the school house conducted by Rev T S Glassford BA.
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