Advertising rates and notices in the Golden Era paper
To Advertisers and Subscribers. The GOLDEN ERA is published every Friday evening in the East Kootenay district. Subscription rates four dollars per year. Alterations must reach the office before noon Wednesday to insure insertion. Display ads cost one and a half pounds per column inch. Legal ads ten cents per line for insertion, six cents for each additional insertion. Reading notices twelve cents per line per insertion. correspondence should be addressed to the Managing Director.
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East Kootenay
Aly Vance
Pipe iron industry merger reports denied by Locke
New York January 27 reports claimed a major pipe iron manufacturing group had formed with Buffalo’s Franklin D Locke as lead organizer and authorized to issue eighty million dollars in stock. Locke rejected the reports as unfounded noting no facts to support the claim and saying talk of eastern firms uniting aims at better trade relations but has not yet produced results.
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New York
Franklin D. Locke
Buffalo
Earthquake Hits Jamaica Amid Destructive Fire in Porus
Kingston reports a severe earthquake Saturday morning followed by a second Tuesday night moving east to west. No fatalities reported. Porus, a Jamaica railroad terminus, nearly destroyed by fire with heavy losses due to water shortages. Northern West Indies telegraph service disrupted. The origin unknown but likely seismic.
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Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Porus
Singular coincidences end in death for couple in New York
At 835 Madison Street on Long Island the wealthy merchant Emil Reuter and his wife died within hours of each other. After a theatre outing and supper they collapsed near their home. Mrs Reuter died first then her husband, thought to have died of apoplexy from shock. Coroner Burger will hold no autopsy.
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New York
Madison Street
Gong Island
Emil Reuter
Union Avenue
Miners Frozen to Death in Valdie Glacier Crossing
Cot tage City reports three miners died freezing crossing the Valdie glacier. Victims named Harry Cohen, once a New York jeweller, C. Smith of Chicago, and an unnamed Hungarian. Also notes large gold and platinum finds in Hootalingua black sand and a stampede of about five hundred men from Teslin and Yooya toward Atlin, with twenty percent Americans unaware of the exclusion act.
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Vicion
B. C
Cottage City
Valdie Glacier
Harry Cohen
New York
C. Smith
Chicago
Hootalingua
Teslin
Yooya
Atlin
Peninsula Orientals Competing Line to Pacific Route
Toronto reports a rumor that Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company will challenge Canadian Pacific Railway on the Pacific coast. New liners to Vancouver, China, Japan, and Australia may sail within a year, though Canadian Pacific officials in Toronto deny plans.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific
Vancouver
China
Japan
Australia
Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company
Canadian Pacific
Loronto
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Trans-Continental
Dr Agnew's Ointment touted for relief of teething rash and piles
An advertisement extols Dr Agnew's Ointment as a rapid cure for baby scald head and teething irritation, and claims immediate relief from itching and long-standing piles with short courses. A Toronto mother reports curing her baby's rash and her piles after using the Balm.
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Agnew
Pacific Ave
Toronto
BC Legislation Bars Dominion Subsidies in Rail Charter Rules
Vancouver Jan 27 The railway committee adds conditions to railroad charter bills forbidding Chinese or Japanese labor on construction or operation. If unmet, the attorney general may seek forfeiture of statutory privileges. Act requires a 5000 deposit with the finance minister within six months and at least 10000 in surveys or construction within that period or the charter is void. Provinci ally chartered lines cannot seek Dominion subsidies. breach voids provincial privileges.
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Vancouver
Railway Committee
Supreme Court
British Columbia
Western Railway Talk
Ottawa January 27 Applications will be made to parliament by the Manitoba and Southwestern Railway to amalgamate with the Canadian Northern Railway and confirm the bond issue. The Saskatchewan Railway and Mining company seeks power to begin branch lines before main line construction and to extend east toward Canadian Pacific Great North West Central or Lake Manitoba railways and westward from Battleford to the Rocky mountains. Red Deer Valley Railway and Coal company asks for time extension.
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Ottawa
Manitoba and Southwestern Railway Company
Canadian Northern Railway Company
Saskatchewan Railway and Mining Company
Humbolt
Canadian Pacific
Great North West Central
Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Companies
Battleford
Rocky Mountains
Red
Fraud at the Mint in Reading and Philadelphia
Herman Kretz former superintendent of the United States mint in Philadelphia was asked to explain a bag found in the Philadelphia mint silver vaults. The bag weighed 168 silver dollars and contained nails screws and lead with sawdust revealing that its contents had been removed.
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Reading
Herman Kretz
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Medicine and Native strength in historical view
The piece contrasts Native endurance with modern medicine and extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure. It claims the remedy strengthens digestion and liver, purifies blood, builds tissue, and cures many respiratory illnesses, with thousands reportedly recovering after being told they would die. An honest dealer should sell the original medicine.
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Dr. Pierce
California Farms For Sale In A Valley Near Gold Mines
California farms advertised for sale detailing numerous parcel sizes from 10 to 1200 acres with prices and locations. The tract lies 150 miles south of the Oregon line in a valley five miles wide at the east end, tapering westward with a large creek and trunk line railroad linking San Francisco and Portland. Climate favors crops with high rainfall, pure water, and minimal snow. Various farm products listed include flowers, fruits, grains, and livestock. An agent in Golden, B O offers free views and abstracts with each sale.
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California
Oregon Line
San Francisco
Portland
Congregational
U. B
Baptist
A. Haggen
Notary Public
Golden
Help Wanted Seeks Trustworthy Labor in State
Advert seeks several trustworthy workers to manage home office tasks. Salary despite. flat rate with expenses covered. Postal reply with stamped self addressed envelope to Herbert E. Heas, President, Dept, Chicago.
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Nork
Herbert EK. Heas
Chicago
Ryair
Herbert E. Heag
Pene M. Jhicgo
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the Golden Era
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