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ACCIDENT HAD -BY LOCAL GIRLS;YOrSG WOMEN ON WAY TO NORTH i KKN MKE, STRIKE WOMAN v AND lUVtillTKlt. !WERE WALKING ALONG ROAD 1i 'I i( Four Shelbyvilte young women, win? .wore motoring in the north part of l , Indiana, where iney wlli spend their ^ .vacations, were delayed for a time ; Sunday morning, near Marion. Indi- lt;ar.a. following on accident. In which a \ I woman and her daughter, were hurt * slightly hy an automobile in which the local girls were rifling.] The members of the local party , were Mrs. Jack Heppner. Miss Ethel Major. Miss Margaret Miller, and Miss Lucinda Sparks. The girls were Ion their way to Lake Tippecanoe ) with Mrs. Heppner driving the machine. As they neared .Marion. Mrs. Heppner. who is a daughter of Mr. . and .Mrs. John F. Meloy, of Shelby , . street, attempted to pass another car. As she swung around the car she saw a woman and girl walking in the road. She sounded her horn, hut the woman and girl did not get out of the way of ihe machine, and both were struck.The woman. Mrs. Edna Kinder, age forty years, was dragged beneath the ' nutomo! He for a short distance. Reports of Ihe accident from .Marion (stated lhat her Jaw had 1 ecu broken [and that slip was badly bruised ant' [possibly was Internally injured. Her 1 daughter Alma was bruised about the 1 side and arm.j Mrs. Heppner sent word to hot s | home here, and her litisland and i. brother. Carl Meloy. left here during -the morning for Marion. They talked . with the girl who had hern struck 'Ibut were unable to see fh** Injured ■ J woman. The girls proceeded to Uik*’ j Tippecanoe, following the accident . It was stated that the local youngI- women have witnesses who will tests-. fy that the accident was not fine to any fault of theirs.
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 20, 1922
Page 6
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