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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 22, 1894
Page
3
Advertising copy highlights ivory white, blue, and ecru silver receptacles, a carunus inspired tie, opal and diamond scart pin accents, turquoise favors, and avoidant butter color tones. It notes white morocco purses, silver gilt card discs, and a detachable toothbrush mounted in ebony or ivory with a jeweled handle, promoted by New York Commercial Advertiser.
A historical column notes varied innovations such as yarn spindles substituting steel, thin steel sheets for factory use, a cat shaped bathtub on three wheels propelled by a naptha motor, a baby carriage folding for stair use, porous glass windows for Paris apartments, and a mustard dispenser that forces mustard through a spout.
In East India giant spiders feed on small birds and a spider turns red when boiled. Research on Vanesan chrysalis exposure to low temp shows dye changes on scarlet wings and expanded white blue markings. Madagascan spider silk is strong and used to fasten flowers to sun shades. A spider spins two miles of silk in twenty weeks. Mr Martinels studies relationships between mites and tents. A Buella species lives in a spider web in harmony with its host.
The June 7 edition reports ages of four notable New York men Roswell Flower 59 David B. Lill 51 Lambert Murphy 50 and Grover Cleveland 57. It notes widowhood of Philip Sheridan and includes social gossip about Derby telegrams and various home decorating and fashion tips.
In Hartford Mark Dwain dwells amid crowd antics and vivid profanity. James Stevenson estate at Samoa spans about four hundred acres of forest land at elevations ranging from six hundred to one thousand feet.
The text notes Mra. Humphrey Ward earning eighty thousand dollars from David Grieve and forty thousand from Robert Elsmere, with Harriet Beecher Stowe still receiving royalties for Uncle Tom's Cabin after copyright expiry. It mentions Dale’s Thucydides in Bohn's Library and the translator Rev Henry Dale M.A. dying at Raleigh Snatterton aged eighty two, with Oxford honors in 1884. Mra Ward’s Lucinda in Marcella is quoted on fashion and distinction.
A collection of curious facts spans geography and science, noting Anglo-Saxon control of one third of Earth, Eiffel Tower pendulum length at 877 feet, marriage patterns among widowers, otter aiding fishermen, and a 1642 Albany area house claimed oldest inhabited in the United States. plus a folk test for changing temperatures via a girl's hair.
The excerpt argues against anxiously rushing to act and stresses personal responsibility. It warns that prioritizing self over others harms the home, urges empathy, and critiques arrogance. It references a "fellow" whose vast measure of distance is noted as a caution about overbearing self-importance.
A Tulare county tree was reported as 33 feet in diameter at the base. Nevada glow from phosphorescent water allows reading by its light. An apple tree is noted for a rich color, while a poplar grown in 722 stands 123 feet tall with a 40 foot circumference. Timber sources shift from living forests to mined substitutes beneath sandy soil.
Queen Victoria owns sixty pianos at Osbourne Windward and Buckingham palaces with many hired. Princess Victoria of Wales reportedly can craft a better Welsh rarebit than any Englishwoman. Actress Rove Coghlan seeks a patent about a safety device if burglarized. Mrs Luty adds a new decorative roll to display her fused valuables designed by Oscar Wilde.
A collage of clipped lines and quips from papers including Galveston News Buffalo Courier and St. Louis Post shows witty exchanges about procrastination employment and curious dialogue. It notes a global wealth figure totaling 167 085 000 000 for the six richest nations.
A fragmentary verse piece titled Wise and Otherwise presents a mix of maxims about love, credit, and human folly. It contrasts quickness with goodness and notes how small acts ignite or quench fires, while noting that powerful kin may wish harm. The odd spelling variations reflect old printed style and incomplete lines.
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