Lawton -Jerald

Source: Darlington Herald newspaper, Darlington, Montgomery County, Indiana, Friday July 21, 1916

Tuesday afternoon about 3 o'clock while putting up hay on the Ed Conrad farm, West of town, Jerald Lawton was overcome with the heat. He was working on a wagon at the time and had previously been warned by his fellow workmen not to work so hard as the day was unusually hot. The warning was not heeded and a short time after he fell from the wagon. He suffered intensely and it took the combined efforts of 3 men to hold him and remove him to the shade. A physician was called and a short time after he was taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. Ed Little 2 miles north of town. About 1 o'clock Wednesday morning a decided change came for the better and he is now well on the road to recovery. For several months in the past he had conducted a photograph gallery at Jamestown but had recently closed out his business there with the expectation of going to Kansas. However he had decided to spend a couple of weeks at home and it is thought his not being accustomed to the excessive heat was the cause of the stroke.

[Note: He owned Lawton Photographic Gallery and Studio]