Body of Johnny Murphy Found After Dream Guided Rescue
The body of missing Johnny Murphy was recovered from the Wabash River by Joseph Roseman after a dream prompted him to search the riverbank. Roseman, a post office worker, had believed the boy was in the river, and his discovery follows previous similar finds linked to him. Local reaction mixed. Roseman had located other missing persons in the past. The report also covers a Cass County monuments project and assorted local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes, Inc
Johnny Murphy
Wabash
Joseph Roseman
Kansas City
Roseman
Johnny
Racksey
Ed Barlein
Cincinnati
Henry Berner
Jeffersonville
Items of Interest From Across Illinois
A Quincy man endured a series of marriages and divorces ending with eloping to wed again. Clinton veterans daughters form an aid society with Sons of Veterans in DeWitt county. Samuel H. Treat, an A.S. judge, died in Springfield after 88 years of service since his by President Pierce. Obadiah Vincent of near Toledo said to be 120. Joliet physicians form a protective association. Elgin insane hospital lists 550 patients. Jasper county plans a large wolf hunt next month. Solar postmaster earns 10 cents yearly. Peck postmaster 30 cents. Olney National Bank has retired.
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Quincy
Daughters of Veterans
Clinton
DeWitt County
Sons of Veterans Lodge
Samuelh. Treat
Joliet
Elgin
Jasper County
Clerks Volunteer for Extra Mexican Pension Claims Work
In Washington March 28 clerks in the pensions department have volunteered to work extra hours on Mexican pension claims. One hundred clerks begin today and will proceed at speed through the fiscal year end. Commissioner Black hopes to issue many certificates despite staffing strains. Mrs Hendricks was in the city recently. A Minnesota Democrat report says Postmaster General Wilbur is a strong VP candidate. Mrs Logan’s supporters doubt another pension push due to her sufficient income.
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Wasainatoxn
D.C
Commissioner of Pensions
Black
Hendricks
Minnesota
Wilus
CALL OUT THE TROOPS
BirwinchamM Alabama March 24 Senator John Sherman Ohio Republican presidential hopeful spoke last night saying Democrats are honest and sincere and we stand united for the common good and welfare. He said brave men of the north and south stood by convictions and now are friends and would trust a Confederate in Alabama as a Union soldier.
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Birwinchamm
Alla
John Sherman
Ohio
Alabama
Grape region review of Santa Rosa area and resources
A March travel note surveys Sonoma County from Petaluma to Cloverdale highlighting fertile lands, growing towns, and timber districts. It describes Santa Rosa as the county seat with a new $100,000 courthouse, a debt-free city, thriving fruit and wine industries, extensive vineyards, and large timber and dairy outputs. It forecasts continued growth as land use and rail access expand prosperity.
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Santa Rosa
Can
San Francisco & North Pacific R. R
Union
San Raphael
Bay of San Pablo
Petaluma
Fulton
Gunneville
Great Redwood District
Windsor
Cloverdale
Mendocino County
Weling
Sonoma County
Exchange Square
Athenaeum
Noted World Briefs on Veterans, Law, and Oddities
Compiled notes report 1,239 surviving War of 1812 veterans and 13,887 widows on pension rolls, plus a 96-year-old Revolutionary War widow in Norwood, N H. Other items: Mrs Marion Todd, Albion Mich lawyer, wins railroad case and pursues a $25,000 Central Pacific suit, Joseph Carter of New Jersey pockets rare hogs, amethyst finds near Excelsior Wis, New York police seize gambling gear, and a Middletown asylum inmate imagines presidency.
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Norwood
N. H
Benjamin Stephens
Marion Todd
Albion
Mich
Central Pacific
New York
Middletown
N. Y
United States
Newberry
D.C
Atlantic
Atlanta
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Kentucky
Palatka
Fla
Maine
New Haven
Conn
Germany
Yakutsk
Siberia
Cole
Harrigan
Tn Key West
Montana
Oregon
England
San Francisco
Newburg
New York City
Lake of Chautauqua
Kansas City
Austin
Tex
Blaine
Local Court Jury Drawn and Town Notes For Coming Term
Local items list jurors drawn for the coming term James A Benner William M Ford Bailey Williams Jacob Schaus Jr Joshua Seward William Pitcher Henry C Kivett James C Jeffries Charles Gibson Joseph Fox Thomas W Hollingas worth Jacob Faul Grand jurors named William W Smith Walter Endicott Harrison Sanders A J Grant Alex Hutchinson John Ruminer The piece notes a snow week and spring weather a new grocery ad and several town comments on politics taxes and local officials.
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Turpent
James A. Benner
William M. Ford
Bailey Williams
Jacob Schaus, Jr
Joshua Seward
William Pitcher
Henry C. Kivett
James C. Jeffries
Charles Gibson
Joseph Fox
Thomas W. Hollingasworth
Jacob Faul
William W. Smith
Walter Endicott
Harrison Sanders
A. J. Grant
Alex Hutchinson
John Ruminer
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Coc. v. Slater
Ceesereerer Eens
City of
William Dorsheimer
THE
Weekly Star
Canada
P. O
Daily Star
Day Stag
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Dublin
Washington
Albany
Tux Star
Telegraph
the Star
Broadway
Park Place
William P. Ford
New Harmony
Indiana
Heckman
Main Street
H. Hunsdon
P. A. Sexton
Justice OF the Peace
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Ind
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
Eugene
Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
Fred.walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger’s Store
Julius King
Thrall & Mumford's
JF Vision
Indiana State News
Cass County Soldiers
Cass County
Chicago
Schuyler Powell
Jeffersonvills
Exp
Knobs
Brocken
State News
Gilbert Patty
College Corner
Della
W. W. Chopsticks
Gilbert
Old Manu Copstick
James Hubbardt
Indianapolis
Tippeesnop Club
Oliver West
Delaware County
Insane Asylum
Evansville
Patton
Jeffersonville Penitentiary
Wm. T. Bailey
Mancie
Joel W. Kellogg
Elkhart
No Building Association
Indianapolis Baseball Club
St. Louis
Sarah Bland
Greene County
Indiana National Woman Suffrage Association
Tom Martin
Jacob Laib
Gibson County
A. G. Smith
Jennings County
Kokomo
Indiana Natural-Gas Center
Fort Wayne
Randolph County
Pike County
Princeton
Omar
Guidt
James Vick
Seedsman
Rochester
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jery New Harmony
Meat Market
Henry Sandlebin
John Getss
Peas
Noah Frank
Henry Brown
Atara
Sandlebin & Geiss
Andrew Hofreiter
Weber's Tailoring Store
Cor. Granary and Brewery Sts
New Harmony, Mnd
Fred. Schaffer
Fred
Scilaffer
Washington, D
Albert S, Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Albert
Newsom
Illinois
Solar
Peck
Olney National Bank
Washington Notes
New York, N.Y
Ruth Smith
Bridgeport
Bush
Dan
Washigton
Toreka
Kas
Stockton
Busine
Terre Haute
Sonoma County Resources
Rhode Island
Hudson River
Manco
John A. Wilhelm
Joan Banthomey
Ilinois
Theodore
the Agricultural Society
al Wade
Paul Toward
Rocky Rawixes
Mt. Carmel
March
F. C. Firron
H. H. Harris
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