Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1918 — STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE. [ARTICLE]

STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE.

Saturday evening about 7:30 p. m. H. O. Johnson was crossing the street in front of Jarrette’s store and Mrs. George Daugherty, who was driving their car, struck him in such a way that it carried Mm some ten feet on the radiator and dropped him on the feeder and then (to the pavement At first it was thought he might be badly hurt and a physician was called to their home, where it was determined that no (bones were broken or fractured, but that he had received severe bruises about the limbs. Mrs. Daugherty applied the brakes hurriedly but not in time to avoid hitting Mr. Johnson.