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Word: leona (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...died here in the last year from illegal operations. Oklahoma City is the centre of a thriving, criminal operation industry." He said a "ring of at least a dozen doctors" had been performing abortions, that four known private nursing homes were operated to care for the patients. A Mrs. Leona Smith told Prosecutor Morris she had done an average of five abortions a month during the past three years. She used a formula which cost her $500. "I charged $75 a case and all recovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Abortion Ring | 5/9/1932 | See Source »

...major sport in Chicago. Of recent years it has been played by scattered groups each dominated by the man who owned the field-domineering Col. Robert Rutherford (Chicago Tribune] McCormick at Catigny Farm, ambitious Paul Butler (paper) at Oak Brook (he has eight fields), successful John Hertz (taxicabs) at Leona Farms, and A. C. Barger at North Shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chicago Polo | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

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