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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 18, 1895
Page
2
Alaska News reports last season's Yukon river district gold yield about 249000 dollars. Miners describe frozen ground and shallow shafts, seasonal work from May to September, and high costs before pay gravel yields profits for capitalized operations.
Shipping from Calais moves up to 1500 violet packages daily for London and northern England markets. Calcutta tea crop estimates place total at 14,000,000 pounds with 126,000,000 pounds disposable for UK shipment, up from last year. The Engineering and Mining Journal notes 20 to 25 percent price rises for staples such as silver, corn, meat, cotton, wool, wheat, with iron and metals trending upward. John Newbert of Rockland Maine owns a 1666 German Bible in leather with brass corners, maps, illustrations, and musical psalm supplement. A French optician introduces a new foldable field or opera glass without a tube, hinged ends, and adjustable length.
Prospectors and miners are offered a new book describing ore gems and stones of value, with plain language instructions to locate test and value them. Priced at 1.50 cloth and 2.00 leather, available at this office to help the prospector profit and save. The ad closes with a businesslike proverb about risk and riches.
Fragmentary verse depicts a cradle, a newborn Hes with folded hands on a breast and at a wedding altar. The piece contrasts resting hands with future happiness, noting final peace and absence of labor. The tone is somber, reflective, and intimate.
A boarding house keeper, Mrs Snively, plans a quiet Sunday as lodgers depart for other engagements leaving her to face a house full of chores and loneliness. After misreading a holiday and feeling left out, she is buoyed by Gowell’s plan for a communal cold lunch and church attendance, restoring a Sunday rhythm to her life.
A Providence Journal report describes a dental advance using a thin platinum foil placed in the cavity to support a porcelain cast. The method enables immediate illumination to detect flaws and unseen cavities, speeding repairs and revealing hidden decayed metal.
A real estate man boasts about a suburban lot describing climate and views while a friend exposes his evasive honesty. The buyer recalls the claim no mosquitoes plagued the place, yet others note swarms and windlessness changed the tale.
An old newspaper piece extols onions as healthful aiding croup ear ache and skin issues. It notes odor after eating, suggests coffee to counteract it, and claims onions purify blood and aid coughs and nervous troubles with cooked or raw use. It also covers poultions for croup and sleep aid.
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