Near-Centenarian Prefers Corn-Cob
Mrs Abigail Leffingwell of Los Angeles, ninety eight years old, appears in a lighthearted portrait savoring a corn cob. The feature highlights a centenarian era appetite and daily life details from the city.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
6
Mrs Abigail Leffingwell of Los Angeles, ninety eight years old, appears in a lighthearted portrait savoring a corn cob. The feature highlights a centenarian era appetite and daily life details from the city.
Mrs. Mary Roebling, a bank president in Trenton New Jersey, argues women should have professions whether they marry or not. She says women are becoming increasingly important in business and predicts that in ten to twenty years they will be the decision makers.
Legislative report from Nebraska discusses bills advancing or dying, debates on unicameral conduct, and fiscal measures. Highlights include unemployment insurance passed 8 to 2, fair and unfair trade acts, a $53 000 Broken Bow industrial trades school, LB 522 irrigation district reform, and tax, audit, and bond proposals with various vetoes and committee paths.
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