Word: alberta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...North Sydney, Nova Scotia, far away from his tour-companions, Edward of Wales and George, his brother, in Alberta, gathered a distinguished group to bid the Prime Minister and Mrs. Baldwin farewell. It included Dominion Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; National Defense Minister Col. J. L. Ralston; Postmaster General Hon. Peter J. Veniot. Sirens shrieked and the big liner moved away on its voyage across the Atlantic. Handkerchiefs waved, silk hats were lifted, last messages shouted. And gradually the great ship became like a rowboat on the horizon and eventually was seen no more...
Edward of Wales and his youngest brother, Prince George, ended their official tour of Canada (TIME, Aug. 1 et seq.) and settled down last week at Edward's "E.P." ranch in Pekisko, Alberta, Canada...
...citizens know that "E.P." stands for "Edward, Prince," fewer still recall that the Province of Alberta was named after Edward's great-grandfather, the Prince Consort Albert; and very few persons indeed realize that the "E. P." Ranch is not a princeling's toy but a strictly paying livestock investment...
Later, His Royal Highness motored over to Calgary, the neighboring capital of Alberta, and jovially addressed an official gathering, thus: "It is a delight for me to come down from my 'rawnch,' but perhaps I should say ranch." "I am told," continued "Edward, Prince," "that there is a difference between a rawnch and a ranch. A ranch pays, and a rawnch doesn't, but I am not going to give away which my place is." The Canadian tour of Prime Minister & Mrs. Stanley Baldwin diverged from that of the Princes last week as scheduled, and the Baldwin...
...Baldwin were making the same tour as the Princes last week, as far as Calgary, Alberta, where Edward of Wales and his brother George were to remain for some time at his ranch (TIME...