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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
6
Chicago observers report April Fools Day prank changes to streetcar rules. The old practice of stopping at the rear corner was revived briefly about two decades ago and abandoned after rider petitions. The new system aims to speed boarding and reduce crowding during rush hours.
Chicago enforces a new ordinance prohibiting long hatpins, calling them gougers, with the law taking effect today April 1. The rule targets women's headwear in public places as part of city safety measures.
All Japanese residents of San Francisco must register at the office of the counsel-general starting today. The registration aims to facilitate accurate attestations regarding and emigration.
President Taft urges Congress to repeal the hunting lease granted to the North American Commercial company on St. Paul and St. George islands as the contract expires today. The move aims to preserve seal populations while the government reviews options for renewed protection.
Budding aeronauts from colleges nationwide attend the first Intercollegiate Aeronautical Convention at the University of Pennsylvania with Cornell and Columbia joining the Quakers in organizing the event. The gathering aims to establish a permanent college aviation organization.
In Albany on April 1 the State Commission on Lunacy announced a diet change for inmates of the State Hospitals for the Insane. Smoked meats, hams and shoulders will be reduced due to bids being 40 percent higher than last year. The new menu emphasizes eggs and milk for the eight months starting today.
Relatives of Alma Kellner say the kidnapped girl will be returned to her parents for a $10,000 ransom. Friends report the ransom was to be delivered by Fred Fehr and an accomplice who left for an appointed drop location. No prosecutions will follow.
In a San Francisco dispatch dated April 11 192X Tex Rickard warns Jack Gleason that Johnson must stop his antics. He says Gleason will not be back and notes Johnson’s ongoing scrapes wearing on the Nevada man’s nerves. Rickard insists it is time for Johnson to focus on serious business.
Tight wads of the Oranges form a new city club in Hast Orange to replace the Orange Club. It adopts a no-treating rule for one annual event and charges 24 dollars yearly dues, 16 dollars less than the former club, aiming for a quiet, gulet time rather than limiting member expenditures.
The notice lists a clothing and accessory array including neat suits jackets oxfords colored Heather bloom petticoats lace collars belts bags and ribbons. It also mentions Ame thyst Jewelry Benjamin clothing Pey hat novelty neckwear knit silk and negligee shirts from Cooper's underwear and J E Tilt oxfords.
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