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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
3
The Dressy Woman section highlights tailor made silk coats jackets and basque bodices for debutantes and post Easter wear. It describes lace flounced fabrics, duchess point and renaissance patterns, belted waists, elegant caps and hats with ostrich plumes, new gloves and colored options, plus ornate buttons and gold shanks for fastening.
A Granby Quebec reader profile shows Mrs Babess Webster improving after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Once weak with headaches and fatigue, she regained strength and blood vitality, enabling full housework and renewed health with lasting effects. The piece promotes the pills as a lasting remedy for pale complexions and nervous debility.
Winnipeg April 26. Bell Telephone plans a long distance line to Manitoba starting about May 10 weather permitting. Route includes Rat Portage to Brandon with possible detours via Neepawa and Minnedosa and a US connection at Noche North Dakota. Estimated cost about 85000 dollars and 7000 poles ready for immediate deployment.
A fragmented public notice urges using a pay script system for lands, claiming large savings and stating the exact payment amount and pricing details with a mention of allowed participants and witnesses.
London reports heavy fighting near Thaba N'Cho with Lord Roberts directing operations. Gen French leads about 16 000 men while Boer forces reportedly number 6 000 to 10 000. British shelled enemy trenches as reinforcements move and pockets of resistance persist around Bloemfontein and Ladysmith.
Reports from London Paris Barcelona Vienna and other cities describe May Day labor demonstrations as largely peaceful with festivals and international meetings. Ottawa May 5 a Manitoba grain trade bill advances through readings and may go to a special committee. an accident in Dover township left a 14 month old dead after a milk pail incident.
Ottawa reports seven deaths from the Hull Ottawa fire with the infant son of Romeo Lachance among casualties. Government and city bodies commit funds and aid, while relief measures include rations at Hull Central Supply and tax exemptions for new brick or stone houses within the fire area. The Lord Mayor's Ottawa relief fund reaches £12,400 with £10,000 remitted.
A severe explosion in the Pleasant Valley coal mine at Schofield near Colton injures and traps miners. Reports say over 100 killed, 90 bodies recovered, 14 identified. Blast blamed on blasting powder. rescue efforts continue amid wide fear for survivors. Other mines in Bristol and Roanoke report fires and missing workers.
Dawson reports a spring clean up for the Klondike district with a minimum value of 18 million dollars, sulphur and Gold River creeks contributing about 3 million. Victoria notes cigarette stoking among youth, a May 10 convention urged to curb the evil. Quebec wins a contract to build a $5 000 pound cantilever bridge over the St Lawrence. Uganda railroad funding approved in Commons at 21.95 million pounds with large existing expenditure. Ottawa confirms low coal oil rate discrimination case leaving Buffalo routes intact. Miller receives ten year sentence for grand larceny in Brooklyn court. Quotations note gratitude and youthful oats sentiment.
A testimonial from Miss D Melissa Burke of Magdalen Islands P Q reports a running leg sore fully healed after using Burdock Blood Bitters BBD and claims three bottles cured the condition after doctors failed. The advertisement promotes bathing the sore with BB B T and drinking the tonic to cleanse the blood.
A fragment from the Chicago Post quotes a pro Bper man named Gabber heading for Trandyaal. The speaker notes he may not reach before fighting ends, reflecting wartime uncertainty and a prompt to begin.
A fragment notes a quarrel scene from a Philadelphia North American item as a man accuses his wife of marriage for money and she retorts that money featured prominently in her proposal. The exchange reflects domestic conflict implied by the ad hoc snippet.
An old gag backfires as a man tries a harmless scare on his wife by propping a bundle by a window. He endures a sleepless night and a stumble into the dark, ending with his wife assuming the misadventure will be found amusing. The tale comes from a Cleveland Plain Dealer column.
A Philadelphia Press humorous snippet notes neuralgia belief and a talkative scene involving Tess Eliv and Tess. The banter centers on gossip and a jab about rubbing necks, reflecting light theater slang and domestic wit.
A fragmented wartime column recalls Mafeking’s prominent citizen laying aside his knife after a mule steak episode and echoes General Sherman on war. The piece frames war as a lament and shifts to a dubious medical advertisement for Parme Teo's Vegetable Pills claiming cleansing and stomach strengthening effects.
A fragmented verse voicing longing for farm life with verses on hot summers, pests, door bangs, and a harsh husband. The quatrains mention rain, wind, and domestic chaos, ending with garbled text about tonics and ailments. The readability is poor but conveys a rural wife’s lament and household upheaval.
A brief notice touts Bickle’s remedy as a specific that never fails to relieve cough and throat and chest affections. It claims it promotes expectoration, removes phlegm, and gives a patient a chance to recover.
Exchange mocks medical inquiry as doctor shifts to social hints. The Chicago Tribune quote frames a joke about mistaken romance and the grip. The piece parodies advice and reputation in light dialogue.
A quoted advertisement text extols MINARD'S LINIMENT as a cure for diphtheria and for scrofula and other ailments. It mentions individuals from French Village and Norway Maine endorsing the remedy and references a Chicago Times Herald column with humorous dialogue about Boer warfare.
A collection of quips and ad copy fragments including sport fan chatter a joke about a man in Canada with three lungs and a review remark on a new theatrical venture. Also bits praising a cool soothing Oilia remedy and a brief reminiscence about aBlinkersdorf girl in a promptest context.
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