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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
3
A collage of quips and light humor from Golden British Columbia and nearby areas. Jests touch on winter loans, play write Vaccination, road to wealth, and playful mischief with animals and poetry. Observers riff on manners, theater outings, and a joking take on bridges and travel.
A partial OCR fragment lists several individuals and towns including Matthias Foley of Oil City Ontario Joseph Snow of Norway Maine Armstrong of Mulgrave Chas Wootten Mulgrave NS Pierre Landry senr Pokemouche NB and Thomas Waseon Sheffield NB.
A diary entry reflects a mother teaching Clifford germ theory with a microscope to counter fear from ghost stories. She considers whether to explain prayer's efficacy, noting she will answer tomorrow and pondering if prayer acts as an antiseptic.
A quarrel between a young couple ends their engagement after bitter exchanges about trust and drinking. The man accuses the woman of insincerity while she retorts he is a drunkard, driving them to break apart and meet again as strangers. A separate quip about family trees contrasts sturdiness and fragility as a young reader snaps at a joke.
Market notes list prices for flour and mills including Kechard Fort William and Imperial XXXX, with rates for flour sacks, mill feed, oats, barley, corn, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, vegetables, dressed meats, poultry, hides, wool, and roots. Includes ranges and per unit figures across commodities and regions.
A temperance anecdote recalls Rev. Thomas Colson declining a drink in a cow town where guns and bravado tested his choice. It blends with bits on horse phrenology from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, claiming nose shape signals character and temperament. The fragmentary text shifts to unrelated quotes about drama and medicine, ending in a garbled Baltimore note.
Mr Geo McLean foreman at McCleary McLean in Thorold credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for freeing him from years of sciatica pain. After three months in hospital with no relief he tried the pills, improving after a month and fully recovering within months. He reports no relapse despite exposure and urges others with similar ailments to try the treatment. The ad claims cures for rheumatism neuralgia and other blood-related diseases and offers the pills by mail for 50 cents a box.
A newly married man insists on coal and wood fuel, rejects electricity and automobiles, and rails against modern transport and telecommunication while quarreling with his father in law over timekeeping and progress. The dialogue blends stubborn local pride with a critique of modern conveniences, framed by newspaper snippets and a somber execution remark.
An attempted brutal solution to deadhead trouble on a Wisconsin branch failed when a heavyweight prizefighter hired as a guard was beaten by miners and lumbermen. The fight ended with the guard injured, the unit dismantled, and plans to abandon the branch.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a tense Alley L car scene as a passenger demands a stranger remove an arm from his seat. After several refusals, the arm is finally moved, sparking a brief disturbance and a warning of retaliation. A nearby couple shields a maiden, and the story closes with the train continuing downtown.
A terse exchange guides a seeker to the Marble Apes. The king directs: move over the railings, cross the Berpentine, and go straight on.
A Virginian land squatter recalls a 40 acre coal bed claim from a log cabin family of seven living eighty years on the land. He says deeds and papers are scarce and the legal owner has tried to seize the land three times, each attempt ending fatally. The account highlights frontier notions of ownership and danger in asserting land rights.
A circa listing-style ad promises Hall’s Catarrh Cure can restore the Eustachian tube and cure deafness caused by catarrh with a hundred dollar reward for any non curing case. It advertises circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo and notes druggists sell Hall’s Family Pills. Abbreviated chatter about a late night college yell appears as filler.
A brief Tennant of Tit-Bits describes a married man in the street who frets over a charge from his wife. He pauses at a corner, gazes at the sky, fiddles with his clothing, mutters to himself, and fixes his stare on the chimney tops as a crowd gathers.
In a comic scene inside a grand store a pompous aunt pushes for an inexpensive present. The meek clerk and a loud relative quarrel over a box of six perfumed shaving soaps. A note reveals the niece plans to return the gift, signed Aunt Betsy.
Contemporary editorials argue for a universal parcels post to carry parcels at minimal cost, praising the aim to bring people closer. They oppose the principle that small and large packages would incur the same low rate, calling out the perceived inequity in the proposed measure.
A reflective line of aphorisms about human nature. It praises good natured behavior and warns that seriousness slips when comedy governs actions. The piece notes that avoiding effort or looking away prevents real achievement and uplift.
A curious note asserts Minard's Liniment cures colds and similar ailments. It then offers a quirky reflection on happiness and pursuit, comparing a pedestrian pursuer to one driving a car in terms of catching up.
A terse reflection on motivation and character. It contrasts charitable and uncharitable voices, suggesting that support or critique shapes effort. The piece notes that sleep loss can hinder progress, framing insomnia as a personal trouble impacting the average man’s path to self-improvement.
The passage presents whimsical lines about imagination and love, noting a man’s justified self kick and that love never fully blocks appetite. It reads as a period piece with quirky aphorisms and characterful phrasing.
A historical ad line claims Minars Liniment cures distemper in animals. The fragment also presents a dated moralizing tone about age, gender and history, plus a proverb about quarrels, duty and curiosity guiding behavior.
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