03 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1894
Page
1
A humorous note promotes Hoffmans Corn Cure as a needed remedy after social balls. It mentions admission denial for the sick and urges purchasing the corn cure along with dry goods from the store.
Community updates describe a masquerade skating carnival set for February 13 at the rink with a dance at Alexander Hall afterward. Photographer W. J. Gould, recently arrived from Owen Sound, is staying and setting up a studio near the Kicking Horse Bridge, praised for his work in the Medicine Hat Times.
Golden on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway anchors the Columbia river sternboat trades and mining industries. It is the center for the Golden Snelting works and Upper Columbia Navigation Co with lumber, agriculture and grazing regions nearby.
Hon W Aylmer and Capt and Mrs Gordon are in town. J C Durick Canal Flat and Geo Smith Calgary visitors arrive. J F Armstrong left for Montreal. W R Hull of Hull Bros visited. Chas Cartwright Carbonate called. Mackays from Upper Country visiting. Joe Like moved into Captain Armstrong’s former house. Golden Hospital Society incorporation published in BC Gazette this week. Dainard hauling ice from Columbia River for IT Conacher.
Eight rinks chosen to play as curling competition opens on Wednesday afternoon Barber defeats McDermot by six points in the first draw. McNeish beats Warren by four in the evening. Two more games Greene versus McDonald and Woodley versus Rae remain in the first draw. Winners advance to later rounds leading to a final. Spectators fill the venue as interest grows for a potential larger-scale event.
The travelling representative Mr. T. G. Wanless organized a Golden Local Board with officers F. W. Aylmer president Wm. McNeish vice president D. M. Rae secretary treasurer Gordon Sutherland val uator H. B. Cayley M.L.A. solicitor and directors Joseph Lake Manuel Daine ard W. L. Houston and W. Miller. The firm cites over 4 million subscribed capital and 400 thousand paid up with loans secured at 1 to 2.42.
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