Ed Auten, 26, Killed When Car Strikes His Bicycle, Jan. 29, 1925

Shelby—Ed Auten, 26-year-old son of E.M. Auten, local contractor and a brother of Junius Auten, captain of Shelby’s 1924 Western champion football 11, was almost instantly killed, when he was hurled from his bicycle against the curb on East Marion street by a passing automobile.

From page 2 of the Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., Jan. 29, 1925

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