1911 Ads, Local Kansas Newspaper

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Ads from 1911, the Ellis, Kansas Review-Headlight.

Mrs. Wilson Hurt

On Wednesday, as Mrs. D. J. Wilson and daughter, Miss Nora, were coming to town their horse became frightened at a pile of rubbish piled beside the road and ran away, throwing them both out of the buggy, breaking Mrs. Wilson's shoulder and otherwise bruising her considerably. Miss Wilson was caught in the top of the buggy and was dragged quite a distance, but beside being bruised was not injured. People should be more careful about dumping rubbish along the roads as this makes several accidents which can be traced to horses being scared at something which was dumped beside the road. Mrs. Wilson is getting along as well as could be expected, and her friends hope to see her about again soon.

--1911, The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas.

Comment: I can think of lots of reasons not to dump rubbish along the road. But because it would frighten horses, I never would've guessed.