Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1920 — AGED LADY HURT BY FALL. [ARTICLE]

AGED LADY HURT BY FALL.

Mrs. Matilda Farmer fell this Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Sage, of East Cherry street, and suffered a broken wrist and an injury of the head. , While Mrs. Farmer is almost eighty-one years of age she is unusually active and like to assist in the work about the home. ‘This morning she went out on the back porch to sweep down some flies and in some manner fell down the sement steps leading to the cellar. ...... The wrist of the left hand is quite badly broken, but the injury to the head is not serious. Her injuries wete cared for by a Rensselaer physician and she is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected.