# Help ID this story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-story/304574>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 19, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-story/304574 "2005-05-19T13:10:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stone\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Stone\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stone_Girl)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-story/304574/1 "2005-05-19T13:10:13Z")

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It involves a woman with a baby who traveled back to (I think) the very early 20th century. There’s confusion over the difference between ‘electric’ and ‘electronic’, and a man who dies of an infection after breaking his leg. I think it was written in the 30s or 40s.