Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — CURLING IRON PUTS OUT EYE [ARTICLE]

CURLING IRON PUTS OUT EYE

Mrs. Conkey Turns Head Suddenly and Heated Point Strikes Eye. Turning her head suddenly \while curling her hair at Duneweg, Mo., Mrs. Sadie Conkey thrust the hot end of a curling iron into her right eye, destroying the sight. Mrs. Conkey was standing near an open window when a dog ran into the yard among the. chickens. Hearing

a commotion the woman turned suddenly toward the window. The heated’ point struck her squarely in the eye.