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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
7
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Mrs Ava W. Astor, American socialite, moves through English court circles as she visits London and attends society events with notable figures. Her appearances signal transatlantic ties and high society social life during the season.
Ava Willing Astor, famed American socialite, will leave English court society and resettle in Philadelphia. Barton Willing ordered the old South Broad Street homestead reopened to welcome her. The report also notes rumors of Margaretta Drexel and warnings about American society women at the coronation season.
In Chicago on June 6 the United States district court opened with a special grand jury convened by Judge K M Landis to probe the lumber trust. Government agents gathered evidence against leading lumber figures and focus on methods used to bar Chicago mail order houses from buying directly from suppliers. Jason B Hall of Ottawa Ill was named foreman as jurors faced strict nondisclosure rules. Prominent Minnesota lumbermen were summoned for testimony.
Governor Woodrow Wilson declared in Trenton that Oregon is more progressive than New Jersey and that political movements show similarities across the continent. He said people are choosing principles and men with little regard for parties after his circuit swing.
A New Jersey resident was stopped on Broadway near Twenty second Street by a policeman after being taunted by youths. Recorder Mara condemned the act and sentenced the woman to thirty days in county jail for smoking in public.
Herman Ridder, head of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, testifies on the Canadian reciprocity bill before the Senate finance committee. North Dakota Senator McCumber challenge labeled Ridder's statement as unfounded, provoking protests from Senators Stone and Bailey. Ridder argues reciprocity could aid newspapers and free them from the paper trust while noting his personal stake as a publisher.
Francisco Madero is hailed as savior and liberator as his special train moves from Torreon to Loben, with crowds of 40 000 at San Pedro and widespread demonstrations. Natives greet him at each station shouting Viva Madero while the disabled join the crowds. Music accompanies the journey in many towns.
Washington reports that the cotton tariff will be revised this session. Rep Rainey of Illinois, chair of the ways and means subcommittee on cotton, says a bill is being drafted with experts at work. In Utah a launch capsized during a party for Vera Brown and Edward B Holmes, drowning six, including the bride and groom.
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