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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1895
Page
2
The paper is published every Saturday morning to catch east and west mail trains and upper country traffic. Subscription is 82.00 per year in advance. Ads and changes must reach the office by 12 41 on Thursday for insertion. All cash payments go to the Manager for receipts.
A young third sergeant known as Little Jim is shot on a prairie trail by a bushwhacker. A tough loyalist woman nurses him through months of danger while assailants threaten from neutral territory. Thanksgiving brings reinforcements and a dramatic return. The story ends with rebuilding and mutual debts repaid.
A compilation of folk beliefs about luck and misfortune. It lists omens such as a frog signaling gold, itching lips promising kisses, a full moon bringing luck, and various actions like walking under ladders, kissing a fool, or killing a spider predicting outcomes. It notes marriages, birthdays, and other events tied to luck.
A collection of old beliefs links luck to small actions and signs. It cites joints cracking as kindness, misplacing socks for fortune, sneezing at noon for a stranger, and June or October as lucky wedding months. It also mentions amulets like a neck mark, rubbing a hunchback’s back for luck, and carrying a rabbit’s foot to ward off evil.
Theodore Durrant writes a life sketch and discusses his murder trial telling of church criticism and his mother’s comfort. He asserts innocence and quotes biblical passages while describing testimony given under cross examination and perceived prosecution tactics.
The interview centers on Miss Alice Holbrook detailing Barney Barnato alias Bernard Isaacs. She describes his rise from humble beginnings in South Africa, his sister-in-law relation, wealth, and personality. Barnato is praised as a self made man and capable actor with a rumored love of lying for hours.
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