Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1909 — NONSMOKER ESCAPES DEATH [ARTICLE]

NONSMOKER ESCAPES DEATH

Bullet Strikes Watch Given Him by Father as Reward. Seaside, Ore., Aug. 20.—A gold watch given to Ralph Ransdell by his father as a reward for not smoking until he attained his nineteenth year was the means of saving his life, when a rifle he was carrying accidentally was discharged. The bullet struck the watch in a pocket over his heart, glanced and shattered his left arm.