Coughed the Pencil Up

Jamestown Press
Jamestown, [Boone County] Indiana
Friday, 13 Dec. 1901 page 3

Little Ralph KURTZ, the eight year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Charles KURTZ, of New Winchester, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson HENRY, of Jamestown, who swallowed a short lead pencil while at school about two months ago, took a coughing spell Monday and the pencil was dislodged. For two or three weeks after the child swallowed the pencil little hope was enertained[sic] for his recovery. He was in a hospital at Indianapolis for a few weeks, where an operation was performed on him, but which proved to be unsuccessful, as the pencil could not be located with the X-rays. He has been at home for the past month and aside from coughing spells has been in very good health. The pencil was about an inch and a quarter long and was in the lungs or trachea all the time.

Transcribed by: Janet ISLEY Price. "I am posting this obituary for others. I am not related to this subject."