Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1917 — Farmer Drowns. [ARTICLE]

Farmer Drowns.

Spencer. June I—Fred Ranard, a farmer living nine miles southwest of this city, was drowned in Raccoon creek, in an effort to Save a corn planter from beinz carried away by the hisrh water. His body has not been recovered. He is survived by a widow and five children.