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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
3
In a fogbound train episode Jebb cares for five year old Cynthia Thatcher while a large friendly stranger William Gaines tries to help. A mishap with the vestibule door sparks a dramatic sequence as the train lurches away and Jebb sustains a painful thumb wound.
On the Nord Express bound for America Dr David Jebb travels with five year old Cynthia Thatcher his ward. They meet Big Bill Gaines a former classmate who learns of Jebbs mission and his struggle with an overwhelming desire for liquor while seeking to protect the child whose father is dead and mother awaits in America.
In a frantic bid to rescue the child Gaines has fallen into danger aboard a speeding Kaiser train. Jebb, ignoring risk of fines and imprisonment, pleads with a guard and fights the train's motion as a door clamps his thumb. Cynthia watches in bewilderment amid the crisis.
Iowa unemployment officials describe a man whose hands break out in a rash when handling money including $ and $10 bills. He quit his clerking job due to this allergic reaction, illustrating a rare money allergy case in Iowa.
A farmer and his daughter travel to market with butter and eggs and return with money in hand. Bandits rob them of the horse and cart, but the daughter jokes she hid the money in her mouth. The farmer praises her cleverness and recalls her mother.
A crochet pattern 6504 offers a woolly cap scarf and mitten set for 4 6 and 8 year sizes with materials and stitch diagrams. Send 15 cents to The Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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