05 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1896
Page
1
A Calgary store on Stephen Avenue cuts prices in the grocery section, promising valuable information to shoppers who request a card. The ad emphasizes the simple benefit of lower prices and invites customers to engage for more details.
A fragment lists excursions to the East, Alaska, China and Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, India, and August 3, with a stray mention of Warimo and other routes.
The Neilson Furniture Co Limited offers to mail free illustrated catalogues and price lists to anyone sending their address. Calgary Alberta and Golden on the Canadian Pacific line are noted as connection points on the Columbia River navigation route, gateway to mineral, lumber, and smelting hubs in eastern British Columbia.
Local notes report H. J. Starforth’s fruit and vegetables for sale. James Henderson’s new horse progress and plasterers planned. Golden Methodist Church marks first anniversary with services. A nearby house near the post office needs fire warden inspection. Oddfellows picnic and a 9 pm dance at Oddfellows Hall with a river trip leaving at 9 am. Mail service to Fort Steele criticized for long delays. calls for weekly round trips to avoid business losses. Funeral for CPR brakeman Harry Hopgood held in Donald with Rev. Glassford presiding after a Glacier accident.
Up Hopgood fell beside a box car and was dragged under the train losing both legs near the feet. Surgeons treated him at Donald hospital, but he died at 5 pm Thursday. Other items report Captain Armstrong and J C Durick arriving in Nelson, potential steamboat changes, Golden residents mining prospects, and local travels and arrivals.
Toronto report says Walter B. Perry, an engraver, has gone insane over the silver question and must be confined in an asylum.
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