Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1899 — Grandfather Callow’s Bad Accident. [ARTICLE]

Grandfather Callow’s Bad Accident.

The venerable John Callow met with a bad accident, late Saturday afternoon. He bad just risen from his chair, and in some manner be fell to the floor, and his bones being brittle as is often the case with aged people, he broke the right hip bone, near the joint. Drs. Washburn and English were called and reduced the fracture, and the old gentleman is now” doing as well as could be expected. A broken hip however is a very serious matter with very old people, and the final result cannot be predicted.