CRIPPLED BEAUTY WED
FAITHFUL FIANCE HACKENSACK, N.J., Jan. 19. Miss Jessie Simpson, 21-year-old beauty whose courage and smile could not be dimmed by her loss of her legs in a railroad accident, will be married to-night to the man who was constantly at her side during the long, trying months in l hospital and convalescence. The former photographers’ model fell under the wheels of a commuters’ train in April, 1937, and one leg had to be amputated above the knee and the other at the ankle but she stood supple and straight last night as she spoke of her impending marriage to Mr. James Steward, young advertising executive
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20187, 4 March 1940, Page 11
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108CRIPPLED BEAUTY WED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20187, 4 March 1940, Page 11
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