18 May 1895
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 18, 1895
Page
1
McNeish property steamer Golden serves Adela tramway to Interlaken and Interlaken to Canal Flat. Stage service Canal Flat to Fort Steele arrives Saturday at noon.
Our Town Golden stands as the mineral and commercial hub of Eastern British Columbia at the CPR main line and Columbia River steamboat junction. It houses the Gold smelting works and Upper Columbia Navigation Co. while serving as a lumber center and outlet for rich Columbia and Kootenay Valleys agriculture and grazing lands.
Calgarian W R Hull and Donald visitor A G M Spragge are noted guests this week. Smoke from Moberly area bush fires blankets town as Queen Victoria’s birthday closes stores. Dyking work on Kicking Horse north bank underway under J Campbell. Sanitary Inspector urged to inspect between Post Office and Kootenay House. Candy shipments arrive for C A Warren and G B McDermot. A 7 30 pm horse race with four entrants offers a $40 purse. Wallace, Kingston Presbyterian student, to oversee Windermere Fort Steele circuit in summer. Rouge Villa Library opened by Mrs Cowell with 250 volumes and growing. Library terms affordable. project praised as meeting a long unmet need.
A small but eager gathering discussed postponing officer elections and starting ground work at the track. Volunteers and financial help are welcome to clear land and prepare a crease while noting poor practice scores and an upcoming Revelstoke meet on the 24th. Service from Rev Glassford is announced for tomorrow at 10 in the school.
Professors Boulon and Gonne performed to large crowds on Thursday and Friday with high praise and a social dance after Friday’s show. A serious fire at the Golden Lumber Co yard Tuesday afternoon, likely started by Betsy, consumed several piles but was contained after hours of effort aided by community residents. Loss estimated at six to seven hundred thousand feet valued around ten thousand dollars, insured.
A fragmentary item outlines new social commandments for husbands noting wives as authority and reminding husbands to honor marital bonds. The text appears as a list starter with a pledge of fidelity and domestic roles.
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