Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — MURPHY TOOK A LOOK [ARTICLE]

MURPHY TOOK A LOOK

At Girl Who Advertised She Was a Live Wire—Wedding Bells Ring. ' Lavvrenceburg, Ind., Dec. 23. “I am a live wire. I’ll marry the man who looks good to me.” M Iss Malinda Johnson, age 16, full of life and fun added the foregoing words as a footnote in a letter replying to an advertisement. Charles A. Murphy, age 25, a locomotive stoker/of Chicago read the letter and the footnote, resigned his position and sent a letter to the girl, in which he said: “I’m coming to have a look.” Murphy was as good as his word and caifae as fast as steam could carry him. Miss Johnson was not disappointed in his appearance. Yesterday Murphy obtained a license, after, the girl’s father, Strawder F. Johnson, had given his consent to their marriage, and the Rev. A. E. Davis performed the ceremony at the parsonage of the First Presbyterian Church.