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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 22, 1894
Page
2
Publication details for Salden Gra Tau GagaedT indicate weekly issues each Saturday and mail distribution across eastern and western regions. The notice lists subscription rate of 320 per annum, advertising rates on application, and payment through the manager with a company receipt.
Dan McGillivray reports 40 tons of ore daily from the Alpha mine traveling via Silverton to Rosebery and rail to Three Forks, with output expected to double in two weeks. Slocan mines aim for about 15 000 tons this season as transportation improves and claims are vigorously pursued. Vancouver World notes election holiday proposals and labour restrictions in the province.
A Vancouver convention of opposition members drew up a 17 point platform. It calls for fair provincial representation, secret ballots, tighter oversight of expenditure, protection of constitutional rights, less land monopoly, development of agriculture and industry, reform of mining laws, no timber royalties on preemption claims, and periodic elector open meetings with legislative input.
A young man, Sir Richard F. Birton, once in a vélotier regiment, writes a biting epitaph after clashing with the commanding officer. The verse mocks the colonel with misspelled names and a jab at temper, ending with a blunt line about their fistic confrontation.
Arthur P. Cummins administrator of the estate of Archibald McMurdo seeks a certificate of improvements for the INTERNATIONAL MINERAL CLAIM No 47433 to obtain a Crown grant. Adverse claims must be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action begun before issue. Dated August 14, 1894.
A reflective poem warns of ambitious fools drawn by a siren’s song to fame. Bhestan’s lure leads men to ruin as they chase personal glory, forgetting heaven, time, and the pain of others, until they stumble into a grave.
On the steamship Colon a group of travelers hears a wild tale from Captain Paul about a night in Guayaquil when a large jungle animal slinked into his home. He describes waking to a heavy paw across his chest, a tense struggle, and a daring dawn escape ending with the creature killed by gunfire after being cornered by the captain and a rope aided by workers.
An excerpt notes Mrs. Colin Campbell runs a cricket farm in Rochester New York to breed insects for superstition bound beliefs. The text weaves in quotations from Webster Pope Carlyle and others on virtue, truth and hospitality.
An OCR fragment blends observations on gold alloy tinting copper with a ruby hue and notes on language diversity, rail speed, and scalp hair counts. It then shifts to coffee consumption in Rio Janeiro, a cosmology claim about the visible universe, and dubious death statistics from 1692 alongside musings on cremation trends since 1881.
The notice surveys revived fashion curiosities from pencil skirts to linen lawns with dotted patterns. It mentions serving iced tea in slender glasses with lemon, and notes a modern smoking set featuring ornate rental pieces.
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