Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1912 — AGED LADY FELL AT F. M. PARKER HOME. [ARTICLE]

AGED LADY FELL AT F. M. PARKER HOME.

Mrs. Mary Pritchard, of Franklin, J Planning Trip to West, Suffers Injuries From Fall. Mrs. Mary M. Pritchard, of Franklin, who with her daughter, Mrs. Ira Pickerel, of Indianapolis, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Parker and other relatives here, had a severe fall this Thursday morning that will, at least, keep her laid up for several days. Mrs. Pritchard and daughter were planning to leave at 10:12 this morning for Chicago and after a short visit there were going to lowa to visit other relatives. They were at the home Of F. M. Parker, in the north part of the city. Mrs. Pritchard was coming down stairs at about 7 o’clock and became dizzy and fell two-thirds of the way dawn, landing on the floor at the bottom of the steps. She is quite a large woman and the fall was a severe shock to her. One leg and one elbow were especially bruised but she apparently suffered no fractures. The shock, however, was a severe one and she will be laid up for some days,' thus causing a postponment, though not an abandonment of the lowa trip. She is the widow of David Pritchard, who died five years ago, and is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Parker.