Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1917 — CURBSTONES NOT RUBBERIZED [ARTICLE]

CURBSTONES NOT RUBBERIZED

Because was not made of India rubber the Dodge car driven by Earl Adams of Rensselaer,\ accompanied by a companion by the name of Welsh, is without a left ihind wheel. The accident happened at Fourth and Kossuth streets about 9:30 o’clock last night when Adams was coming down Kossuth street and attempted to turn too sharply onto -Fourth street. He was not traveling fast but failure of the *wheel to withstand the shock against the curbstone caused every spoke in the Wheel to be broken. ” Adams says he has driven the car a little over 8,000 miles in the year and a half that he has bad it and this is his first accident. The car was taken to Shambaugh’s garage for repairs. —Wednesday’s Lafayette Journal.