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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
Ex Attache notes Francis Ferdinand as heir to Austria Hungary viewed with intrigue. His illness affected by age and sorrow makes his future rule a puzzle to Europe and Austria. He values family, opposes Italy alliance, and guards vows of succession while Maria Annunciata serves as acting empress.
The article discusses how Austria’s royal family maintains distance from common society and how nobles remain royal retainers rather than peers. It notes the imperial stance as archdukes and princes mingle with the public in a guarded, Olympian manner, with an anecdote about a baron and the Imperial family’s view on companionship.
The illness sidelined him for years before a romance with Countess Sophie Chotek. Despite dynastic and personal opposition, Emperor Francis Joseph consented to a morganatic marriage after an oath that any children from the union would not gain dynastic rights to the Austrian throne.
The archduke renounces all pretensions to imperial rank in the name of his unborn children. Difficulties in marrying the countess and her status as a morganatic wife denied her any share in honors. Relatives and nobility resented a Bohemian countess becoming the future empress, keeping him in the background.
The archduke Francis Ferdinand visits the United States during his world voyage to prepare for kingship. He records a thoughtful diary praising the US, writes on Radetzky, Alpine poetry, and composes music. An engineer by training he enjoys driving an express train and has earned substantial wealth.
The article portrays Francis Ferdinand as one of the empire’s premier sporting shots. It notes his Bohemian home in Konopischt adorned with antlers from about 2000 stags and chamois, and compares his character to his uncle Francis Joseph, highlighting his deliberate stance in controversies and resolve once he forms a judgment.
A devout Roman Catholic urges resistance to curbing church power in primary education and to removing religion from public schools. He criticizes Hungary autonomy concessions, arguing federation weakened the empire, and notes cooler feelings toward Berlin compared to Emperor Francis Joseph.
The text shows a speaker openly disliking Italy due to long standing Italian hostility to Austria. It claims the Savord family deprived the Ha family of vast Italian possessions, reflecting a feud shaped by politics and history across masses, classes, and officials.
Archduke Otto's eldest son Charles Francis, the heir presumptive to Francis Ferdinand, has just turned twenty and attended Vienna public grammar schools. He was educated under Emperor Francis Joseph's guidance, sharing classes with sons of common workers, signaling closer ties with the people he will one day rule. He inherits his father’s striking looks but not his faults, and is regarded as a promising prince of the Hapsburg line.
The piece traces the thirteen at table myth to a Norse legend where Loki disrupts a Valhalla feast, ending in Balder’s death. It notes medieval church efforts to explain the number as sacred, citing Gregory the Great’s Lateran feast, but observes the superstition’s revival in recent centuries, especially in European capitals.
New Publications showcases an exquisite cover by Earl Stetson Crawford which won the $1500 prize and features an article on The Influence of Business Life on Women by Anna Steele Richardson. Fiction by Anthony Hope Jennette Lee Julia Magruder Grace Mac Gowan Cooke and others plus Hale’s centre page on Letter Writing. Fashion pages by Grace Margaret Gould and macaroni cooking guidance by Fannie M. Farmer.
A Philadelphia Enquirer item noting the price of a gown and the impact on a shopper’s budget. It highlights how expensive formal wear can be and reflects on the social expectations surrounding dress costs.
The Beattys lease Invercauld in Scotland paying 40000 for ten weeks with a King Edward visit included. Col Farquharson owns the 50000 acre estate famed for deer hunting and moorland, near Balmoral. Mrs Ethel Field Beatty, Chicago born, is married to Captain David Beatty and hosts a renowned Scottish season.
The piece details the anticipated cost of King Edward’s visit to Capt. and Mrs. Beatty near Balmoral. It notes thousands may be spent on gowns entertainment and meals, with estimates for Mrs Beatty’s hospitality ranging up to ten thousand and possibly double. It underscores the social weight of a kingly call and the rent boost by the Scottish landlord.
The Invercauld estate commands a steep rent of 40 000 pounds for ten weeks as Mrs. Beatty competes with rivals for the honor of hosting the King. The allure of a royal visit raises demand and prices, drawing English buyers who prize the occasion as the social pinnacle.
A parish minister, visiting a school board in the Dunfermline area, asked playful riddles to the pupils. After a series of simple questions, an eight year old quipped millers wear white caps to cover their heads, provoking laughs from all.
The hay crop in Ontario still leads the silver crop in value.
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