Man recalls bicycle accident involving Princess Juliana
Arne Schilder now living in Pella Iowa recounts a July 1912 incident when his bicycle knocked three year old Princess Juliana down near Apeldoorn. Guards and nurses rushed to aid the child but she sustained only a small knee cut. Schilder, a meat shop delivery boy, was briefly detained before being released. The Dutch public later welcomed him back as Juliana remained beloved.
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Arne Schilder
Pella
Iowa
Juliana of
Holland
Juliana
Schilder
Apeldoorn
Too
World Happenings Briefly Told
Parliament rejects election day public holiday. Loomis, a World War commander, dies in Montreal. Yonai says Japan will not rival naval powers. Bank of England gold repository to last 1000 years. Boy Scouts report 86,869 more members in 49 countries total 2,592,832. RCMP considers radio in patrol cars. Inskip urges higher UK agricultural output to ease wartime shipping. Howe says Canada needs broader transport solutions now.
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House of Commons Committee On the Elections and Franchise Acta
Frederick O. W. Loomis
D.S.O
C.M.G
K.C.B
Montreal
Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan
Bank of England
International Committee
Council of the
Boy Scout Association
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James H. MacBrien
Halifax
Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
Thomas Inskip
Farmers’ Club
Fareham
Eng
Canada
C. D. Howe
Board of Trade
Dominion
Crown of Gold: New Odorless Tibetan Marigold Wins All American Medal
A Tibetan missionary introduced odorless marigold foliage to gardens, leading American breeder crosses that produced a larger, fragrant, chrysanthemum-like flower. The Collarette Marigold Crown of Gold won the 1937 All American gold medal as the best flower seed introduction, with promise for further fragrant marigold development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibet
California
Pattern 4326 for girls plays in spring wardrobe
Anne Adams announces pattern 4326 a children's sewing pattern for ages two to ten featuring a pointed collar bodice long sleeves and optional puffed or flared sleeves. Includes matching panties and step by step illustrated instructions. Pattern price twenty cents send size name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Exhibits From Canada at British Industries Fair
Canada showcases at the British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham opening Feb 15 with 24 textile and furniture firms in London White City and eight Canadian firms in Birmingham hardware and metal sectors. Buyers from 69 countries attended as the fair ran through Feb 26. The event also launches the Canada Calling campaign in Birmingham.
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London
Birmingham
Canada
Olympia
Bromwich Castle
White City
Sunspot cycle explains 11 year brightness changes
The sun’s brightness varies in an 11 year cycle as sunspots wax and wane showing periodic solar activity shifts.
Tailor Shares Honor with Edward VII Over Creased Trousers
A Karlsbad tailor claims to share credit with Edward VII for inventing the crease in trousers. The Prince of Wales, visiting Karlsbad, tore his trousers and bought ready-made replacements that were creased down the middle. The fashionable crowd noticed the new look, which supposedly gained vogue instantly.
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Karlsbad Reach-Me-Town
Edward VII
Edward
Prince of Wales
Karlsbad
Spa Hotel
London Daily Telegraph
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text
The weekly lesson centers on John 13 34 love one another as I have loved you and uses John 12 12 13 38 for context Devotional reading is 1 Corinthians 13 1 13 with emphasis on Christian love and conduct.
Royal Navy to Muster in Thames for Coronation Review
The home fleet will anchor off Southend and near London Bridge in London Pool from May 7 to 13 to host the royal naval review. Battleships Nelson Rodney Royal Oak Resolution Ramillies, carriers Courageous and Furious, and cruisers Southampton and Newcastle will be present, with public inspection of the ships.
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Thames
Southend
London Pool
London Bridge
Royal Naval Review
Spithead
Nelson
Rodney
Royal Oak
Resolution
Ramillies
Courageous
Furious
Baldwin retires as prime minister likely to receive earldom
The Sunday Referee reports Stanley Baldwin will retire after George VI's coronation and be rewarded with an earldom, possibly Earl of Bewdley in Worcestershire. The paper cites high authority. It notes Italy plans 1700 miles of roads in Ethiopia within two years.
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Stanley Baldwin
George VI
Earl of
Italy
Ethiopia
The New Commandment and Its Practical Test
Edwin Markham emphasizes Jesus final commandment that believers love one another as proof of discipleship. He argues orthodoxy and zeal pale beside living in brotherly love and helpful neighborly conduct, condemning unbrotherliness as a primary sin. In Love is all the Law we need, In Christ is all the God we know.
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Jesus
Edwin Markham
Longest total solar eclipse to eclipse astronomers finds few observers
The June eclipse will deliver seven minutes four seconds of totality but largely misses land, tracing a South Pacific arc to Peru and Hawaii. Observers from Greece to Japan skip it, with only missions to Enderbury and Canton Island noted and Los Angeles considering but abandoning a trip to Christmas Island.
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Greece
Japan
South Pacific
Ellice
Phoenix
Samoa
South Seas
Peru
Cuzco
Hawaii
Mexico
United
New Zealand
Lonely Little Canton Island
CC. KB. Michie
Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory
Christmas Island
Dinsmore Alter
Enderbury
Jack Miner as an Horticulturist
Orville H. Dodge profiles Jack Miner known for bird sanctuary work and his horticultural pursuits. Miner gardens on thirty acres with pine and red cedar plantings, rambler roses reaching twenty feet in a year, and a border of perennial flowers. Government and academic visitors study his forestry methods.
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Jack Miner
Orville H. Dodge
Luther Burbank
Canada
United States
Mr. Miner
Alkalize Your Stomach With Phillips Milk of Magnesia
Readers are urged to alkalize to ease acid indigestion and nausea. Take two teaspoons 50 minutes after meals or two Phillips Milk of Magnesia tablets for fast relief. Relief typically comes within minutes and nausea gas and full feeling fade. The product is sold as liquid or tablets at 25 cents for two boxes.
Rare British Columbia ten and twenty-dollar gold coins
Gold was discovered in British Columbia in 1857 and a New Westminster assay office opened in 1860. In 1862 trial pieces were minted before workers struck on their own, halted the mint, and miners returned to digging for gold. some 1562 pieces survive and have appeared for sale at 8000 to 10000 dollars each.
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British Columbia
Eric J. Palton
Royal Canadian Mint
Canadian Banker
Home Office
New Westminster
Crown Jewels Receipt Presented to British Museum
A receipt dated July 1 1662 for part payment to a goldsmith of Charles II for crown jewels is presented to the British Museum by Lord Cromer. Some jewels will be used at King George coronation.
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Charles II
George
British Museum
Lord Cromer
Planning a Canadian garden for a long season
The piece urges detailed winter planning for a garden, using seed catalogues of Canadian origin to match local climate. It notes choosing varieties, indoor seed starting, and arranging borders with front plant placement, flowering times, frost resistance, and sun or shade needs to ensure continuous bloom. It also warns roses and perennials suffer from late freezes and suggests light protection with straw, leaves, or old newspapers until spring.
Women lag in Ottawa patent output and large inventions
A study notes that of 7 741 patents issued last year by Ottawa’s patent commissioner only 58 were by women, a share slightly up from the previous year’s 52 of 713. The analysis claims women’s minds favor small domestic, dress, knitting, and utensil items over large, important innovations.
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Ottawa
Commissioner of Patents
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Donald
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