Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — AUTO CRANK BREAKS YOUNG MAN’S ARM [ARTICLE]

AUTO CRANK BREAKS YOUNG MAN’S ARM

Wheatfield Review: While trying to start a Ford motor Wednesday evening, Lowell, the thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kemper, received a badly fractured arm. The young man had the spark advanced too far. He attempted to start the motor, when it backfired. The crank caught his arm just above the wrist. Dr. Beecher was called and after a bnief examination and first aid, took the boy to the Jasper county hospital, where the arm was properly taken care of. Lowell returned to his home Thursday morning.