Seed supplies for 1936 reflect 1935 crop losses and quality
Good seed remains available despite severe 1935 conditions. Frost and drought hit Western Canada and Saskatchewan Manitoba, with heavy rust and rain reducing seed weight and color. Forage seeds varied, timothy yielded but dulled by rain, red clover lower quality, alfalfa minimal, and sweet clover closest to average. Overall cereal seed quality was poorer, though ample good seed still exists.
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Dominion
Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prairie
Newsy Makes Good Chicklets Heads to Montreal Night Club
The 13 year old singer nicknamed Chicklets who charmed Winnipeg to Grand Beach train travelers by selling peanuts now headlines a Montreal nightclub show. He performs songs and dances with the chorus and hopes to reach New York soon.
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Chicklets
Newsy
Winnipeg
Grand Beach
Freddie Bartholomew
Montreal
New York
Privately Owned Sandringham Estate Compared To Balmoral
The News of the World says Sandringham will likely be the Queen's country home and is privately owned like Balmoral. It notes the nation pays nothing toward upkeep and that the estate spans fourteen villages within its 15,000 acres.
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Sandringham
Balmoral
News of the World
Special express trains for fruit flowers and cauliflower
Special express trains have been placed on Britain’s railways to carry fruit flowers and cauliflower efficiently. The service targets faster delivery and fresher produce to markets across the country.
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Britain
Lord Tweedsmuir Praises Women's Roles in War and Health
In Toronto for the opening of the Women’s College Hospital Lord Tweedsmuir, a staunch believer in women’s abilities, recalls managing South Africa concentration camps where doctors and nurses saved lives and credits Dame Millicent Fawcett’s Ladies’ Commission for turning camps into health resorts. He cites World War I as proof of women’s critical service.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Toronto
Womens College Hospital
South Africa
Ladies’ Commission
Millicent Fawcett
Not A Modern Product England Had Hit And Run Driver
An 1836 London report discusses a fatal accident on the New Road caused by a hack cabriolet driver who fled the scene. The piece argues hit and run incidents predate modern cars, existing since wheels first appeared, with drivers escaping without plates or identification.
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England
London
Winter At Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary Geese Numbers Grow
More than five thousand Canada geese winter at Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary. They arrived last October and stay until mid April with spring migrants forming in March. Founder Jack Miner says caring for them will boost populations to 15 000 or 20 000 in fall and help conservation continent wide.
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Jack Miner’s
Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary
Jack Miners Bird Sanctuary
Jack Miner
Canada
USA
The Prince of Wales Title Gaps Through History
LondonObserver notes long intervals without a Prince of Wales. Gaps include 21 years after George III until Edward VII, 2 years after George II, and a 89 year span before Charles I. The article hints a new hiatus ahead with potential heirs as a brother and two daughters.
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Prince of Wales
George III
Edward
George Iit
George I
Charles I
Charlies II
London Observer
Royal Courts Cancelled and Queen Mother’s Role Hinted
The Royal Courts fixed for April and June are cancelled. The Queen Mother may still preside over Buckingham Palace duties, with Crown princess and duchesses ready to assist if needed. The Herald reports on royal finances and education of the king’s son with a witty remark on money requests.
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Edward
Buckingham Palace
Duchess of York
Duchess of Kent
Duchess of Gloucester
Glasgow Herald
Canada Leads In Telephone Conversations Per Capita
Canada recorded 2,298,507,566 completed telephone conversations in 1934, averaging 1,925 per telephone and 212 per person, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. Canada had 11.01 telephones per 100 people, second to the United States, and employed 17,291 people in the industry with total wages of $21,167,834.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Japan
Canada
Alexander Graham Bell
Dominion
Will Be Satisfied Now George McFadden Builds Portable Calliope
Boston and New York artist and scenic designer George McFadden satisfies a boyhood circus music dream by constructing a portable calliope from an automatic grand piano. He explains he inverted the piano bellows and used brass tubing with corks to tune the pipes, then powered the mechanism with an electric motor in his cellar.
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George McFadden
Boston
New York
Knit This Simple Set to Delight a Child
A child wearing a handknit cap and sweater set is pictured. The project uses pattern 5512 by Alice Brooks and covers sizes 4 6 and 8. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for details and materials. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Alice Brooks
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Secret Of Living From Sir James Crichton Browne
The British physician known as the "grand old man" of medicine cites longevity secrets. He says avoid facts, keep busy, and eschew fuss. He notes the younger generation is frivolous but fundamentally sound.
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James Crichton-Browne
Sir James
Charles Dickens
Royal Move Rumor Ties Destinations to June 1
Reported royal scheduling suggests the king will relocate from St James’s Palace to Buckingham Palace on June 1 while the Duke and Duchess of York may move into St James’s Palace.
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St. James Palace
Buckingham Palace
Duke
Duchess of York
British Rescue Launch Patrols Timor Sea For Aviators
A high speed rescue launch has departed Southampton to operate in the Timor Sea as part of empire air routes protection. The craft has a 950 mile range and can carry 49 or 50 persons in emergencies with comfortable crew accommodations and a sedan like control cabin. It also features 400 mile wireless range and will aid aircraft safety and pear fishery protection.
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Timor Sea
Southampton
Empire Air
England
Australia
Teaching By Radio In Queensland Proved Successful
An experimental broadcasting lesson program from a Brisbane school by 4QK and 4RK of the Australian Broadcasting Commission showed strong results. Schools in districts served by the broadcasts followed lesson plans on blackboards, aiming to reach outback students and model in classroom teaching methods. The trial was regarded as eminently successful.
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Australia
Queensland
Brisbane
4QK
4RK
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Department of Public Instruction
Outback
Compton Travels to Vancouver to Install Cosmic Ray Device
University of Chicago Nobel laureate Dr. A. H. Compton journeys to Vancouver to install a cosmic ray machine aboard the ship 85S Aorangt, aiming to advance particle research at sea.
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A. H. Compton
University of Chicago
Vancouver
Aorangt
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the Prince of Wales
Queen Mary
California
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