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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
12
The Minnesota, a new 310 foot steel passenger steamer for the Chicago and Duluth Transportation company, heads from Chicago on its maiden trip. It is described as the most up to date vessel on the Great Lakes and can reach seventeen miles per hour.
In Middletown Connecticut on June 23 Wesleyan University awarded A B degrees to four alumni who had left college fifty years earlier to serve in the war. The note reflects on busy lives and limited time for discussion versus action.
Testimony before the House committee on expenditures in the Post Office Department details $7,500 for refurnishing three rooms of which $4,000 went to the postmaster general's private office. Items include CircaAr walnut furnishings and carpets, with bids not advertised and luxury touches cited.
A wicker chair company in Newburg N Y has built a special chair for President Taft. The chair is braced at every point and designed to withstand use and movement during official duties.
Mrs. J W Pinchot mother of Gifford Pinchot former federal forester was operated on last night and her condition was reported improved this afternoon. The note added suggests better to loaf altogether than to roll on the job.
The American Academy of Medicine opened its meeting in Los Angeles amid preparations for the upcoming American Medical Association convention. Distinguished physicians from across the nation attended and spent the day in city tours and social events organized by local medical society and business groups.
An officer and a battalion of French mountain troops were rescued in fog near Sospel when a solitary sheep appeared. Lacking a compass, the group followed the sheep to the nearest village after the animal was spotted by the commander.
In Wooster Ohio on June 22 authorities faced a grim case as Michael Heilman of Fredericksburg survived an attack by about twenty masked assailants dressed as white caps who doused him with carbolic acid red pepper and tar. His sight and life hung in the balance as officials awaited the outcome before arrests could be considered.
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