Sir William Van Horne Builders Canadian Pacific
The Montreal portrait honors Sir William Van Horne, chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway, lauded as a versatile railroad builder, artist, farmer, and national booster. Born 1843 near Joliet, Illinois, he rose from telegraph operator to CP president, credited with guiding the railway’s spirit and achievement.
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William van Horne
Canadian Pacific R. R
Canada
Cuba
Guatemala
Joliet
New Amsterdam
New York
Michigan Central
Alton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Northern
Minnesota
Chicago and Alton
Calgary
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pacife
Mount Stephen
Strathcona
W. C. Mack
Department of Agriculture
Oneen Viete
Grain Growers Annual Picnic at Shoal Lake
The Grain Growers Association announces its annual picnic at Shoal Lake on July 3 with talks by H. McQuaid of the Elevator Commission and R. McKenzie of the Manitoba Grain Growers Association on elevators. Memorials will be presented to Rob Borden. Special excursion trains run from Neepawa and Hessel with scheduled rates posted.
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DW. McCquaig
Chainnen Elevator Commission
Manitoba
R. McKenzie
Manitoba Gga
Marquette Grain Growers’ Associations
Rob Borden
Dominion House of Commons
Specis
Neepawa
Hessel
Shoal Lake
Haan
Carnival of sports senior football and entrance events
A fragmented notice from Palletie Park at the Lake describes events at a carnival of sports. It lists senior football, baseball entrances, prize amounts, and entry fees. Various races for men and women with specific prizes are noted, including no entry fees for some events.
Queen Mary Boosts Irish Lace Industry at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace earns the nickname Deadquarters as King and Queen avoid Wind Soragata before the Coronation. Queen Mary, back at Buckingham, hosts intimate court figures and pushes home industry by ordering premier Irish lace including rose point Carrickmacross and Limerick plus a Carrickmacross train. She also purchased lace from the St Helena Government lace school started in 1907 under the League of Empire.
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Buckingham Palace
Mary
England
Emerald Isle
Rose Point
Carrickmacross
Limerick
Applique
Gulpure
St. Helena
League of Empire
Coronation Celebrations Across England Arrive in Quirky Ways
A Lancashire woman pledges to present a bright new sovereign to every child born in her parish on Coronation Day. Across villages, babies received cashmere gowns or parades in perambulators, while marriages offered fee waivers during Coronation month. Wye Downs residents planned a chalk crown design visible for miles and bonfires with rockets. St Paul’s Cathedral hosted a notable aerial display during previous coronations.
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Lancashire
Moulton
Northwich
Edward
Marshfield
Gloucestershire
Walworth
London
Five
Sussex
Elmham
Norfolk
Dale
George
Victoria
Wye
Ashford
Kent
Wye Downs
Berkshire
North Riding
Yorkshire
Richmond Beacon
Marehtoness of Lunstowne Hosts Royal Reception Again
The Marehtoness of Lunstowne, famed Coreration leader, will receive guests at Laesdowne Hoere with the Lady princes in robes and jewels. The Earl of Nadeera plans a grand entertainment to honor Cadogan granddaughter Sybil Cadogan aged eighteen.
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Lunstowne
Edwall
London
Laesdowne Hoere
Uheleen House
Earl of Nadeera
Teantess Cadogan Ane
Sybil Cadogan
Insurance rings shaped by coronation fears in London
The piece explains how insurers rush to cover the coronation risk, with Lloyd's central in a vast hall where underwriters and clerks tally risks. It details premiums, deposits, and the perils of delaying royal events, noting heavy insured sums for King Edward and Queen Victoria era figures.
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A& Liovd
Edward
Lloyd’s
King Edoward
Duke of Cornwall
Larcely
Theouns Prince of Wales
Duke Cornwall
King Edward
King George
Prince of Wale
Victort
London
Lloyd's
Lloyda
Stoe Exchange
Coree Nation
Music for Coronation Preparations Revealed
Gratifying progress is reported in preparing the coronation music with a larger choir and orchestra. Singers may total around a hundred, with instrumentalists near a hundred. The Westminster Abbey voices will be reinforced by choirs from St Pauls, Chapel Royal, Windsor, Rochester, and others. The king’s private musical staff and the Kuylah Choral Society contribute to the ensemble, with Handel era anthems expected to mark entrances into Westminster Abbey.
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Edward VII
Weetmingter
Ft Maul
Sielestels
England
Bridz
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Widstrand
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Echo Office
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Jeter
Ark
Atraae
SAT
Patcat T . Toameiet
Preilia Yelrice Fizre
Ciorres
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Nokomis
Edson
Edmonton Agr
Elson Wv
G.T.P
C.bennest
Atwormey
Loza
Bank of Hamilton
F. E. Langdale
Etary, &c Firestories
Laewanee
Oak Liver
Newman
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Hudson
Hamiota. Man
Lemon's
Dr. Jackson
Fiamiota
Man
M. B. Jackson
North Wad
Howard M. Reid
DDS
Dhone
Rapid City
Miniota
Oak River
Tome Ofice
M. A. Whimster
Jamieson
Johnson's
WW. S. Flyndmar
Hamiota Lodge
Dick H. G. Crozier
Hamiota No 36
Steld
Orange
Beeteken
J. A. Stewart
Wa. Allsnire
A.malcolm
the Pope Store
Sherwin-Williams
Fiewr and Reed
NJ & Coo
J. F. Tennant
Éis General Merchants
Pope, Man
U. H. Tench, Crandell
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Tourisy
Ares
Pacific Coast
California
Peers Daceat
Canadias Peette
Rk. Proctor
Bisticy
Agect
Brando
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Bimm At
Odassdas Ay
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Carnival OF Sports
Senton
Fistriz
Steind Priz
Lacheas
Daty Caceher
Bstf
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Lake Pre
Aea
Oatius
Tipton
Eascrupulocs
Pierze
Queen Mary
St. Pauls
St. Paul's Cathedral
Edward V
Hoelinstead
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