Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Rev. Harrell Poarch prepares to release the first turkey from the Gritman building in the Chamber of Commerce turkey toss. The toss proved a failure as the birds couldn't fly and the remaining birds were released at ground level.
1 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Nov. 27, 1924
SHOOTING CAUSES
LOSS OF BOY'S LEG
Eddie Bauer, fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Bauer, was shot in the leg last Sunday in the Bauer coulee, eighteen miles southwest of Ritzville. With some of the Kramer boys he had gone down the coulee and took his gun along. One of the smaller boys asked for it in shooting at rabbits. A rabbit jumped up and the lad excitedly shot the gun, or the gun went off, and the load struck Eddie in the calf of the right leg.
He was taken to Spokane Tuesday morning where it was found necessary to amputat...
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