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If you have an item and you would like to know what it is worth, send digital pictures with a brief description to paulhconnor@gmail.com,
make an appointment to visit
201 North Commerce Street,
Galena, IL 61036, or call 563-543-5201.

Good things come in small packages.

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This little statue stands less than 3 inches tall and was made by the Hudson pewter company. The company was in business for only a short period of time and manufactured several different items in pewter, most of their items were also made in a limited production run. The Hudson pewter company was founded in 1978 and registered in Massachusetts. 

​A recent search on eBay finds over 1500 listings for Hudson pewter figurines. We recently started work on selling a collection for a client, the collection fit comfortably in two shoeboxes. With over 50 pieces in the collection, we have sold just 6 items so far with a combined value on eBay of almost $1,000.00. Charlene the choir girl pictured here sold for $120.00, she was posted on eBay at 4:40 p.m. and sold 29 minutes later at 5:09 p.m.

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Social Security and
​Women’s History Month

In March, we celebrate Women’s History Month. Social Security has served a vital role in the lives of women for more than 80 years. 

Women have longer life expectancies than men, which means they live more years in retirement and have a greater chance of exhausting other sources of income. It’s important for women to plan early and wisely for retirement. 

Our benefits portal at www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement provides detailed information about how life events can affect your Social Security retirement benefits. These events may include marriage, widowhood, divorce, self-employment, government service, and other life or career changes.

Your earnings history will determine your benefits, so we encourage you to verify that this information is correct. You can create your personal my Social Security account at www.ssa.gov/myaccount and view your earnings history. If you find an error with your earnings, it is important to get it corrected so you receive the benefits you earned. Our publication, How to Correct Your Social Security Earnings Record at www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10081.pdf, provides you with details on making a correction.

If you would like to learn more about how we can help women plan for retirement, check out our online booklet, Social Security: What Every Woman Should Know. You can find it at www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10127.pdf. Please consider sharing it with family and friends. It could change their lives for the better.
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What If I Can’t Find 
My Loved One’s Documents?
by Thad J. Murphy,
​Attorney with Pearson Bollman Law

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Thad J. Murphy of Pearson Bollman Law
If a loved one dies or becomes incapacitated, finding their estate planning documents is essential. These documents are critical to making decisions, accessing accounts, and discovering one’s wishes regarding their money and property. However, despite their importance, people often to fail to communicate where these documents are. 

Here are a few suggestions for where to search.

1.    In a safe or lockbox at home. A common location is a personal safe or lockbox. These are typically fireproof and waterproof. It is not unusual for attorneys to advise clients to keep their documents in one of these containers. Search the home to find out if one exists.

2.    With the drafting attorney. The documents may be with the original drafting attorney. Search your loved one’s belongings for the lawyer’s business card or any correspondence. The attorney may not be able to release information to you if you are not named as a fiduciary (i.e. trustee or executor). You may need to ask immediate family members to contact the attorney. If the attorney does not have the original, a signed copy may be available. This is helpful for financial and medical powers of attorney that are not typically required to be originals. 

3.    In a safe-deposit box. Many lawyers advise clients to keep documents in a safe-deposit box at a bank. A safe-deposit box provides heightened security and care. The heightened security may pose a challenge if your loved one did not provide proper instructions regarding accessing the box. In that case, you may be required to seek a court order granting access. 

What happens if you still cannot find the estate planning documents?

You will probably have to proceed as though there were none. For incapacitated individuals, you may have to start the guardianship process. If your loved one has died, you will have to begin an intestacy probate process. This process can be long and arduous but not impossible. You do not need to handle it alone. Call our office to schedule a virtual meeting to discuss how we can help. 

Thad J. Murphy is an attorney in the Dubuque office of Pearson Bollman Law, located at 1635 Associates Drive, Suite 103, Dubuque. The attorneys at Pearson Bollman Law practice in the areas of estate planning, probate/trust administration, special needs trusts, and elder law, which includes Medicaid and VA Pension Planning. If you have any questions or would like to register for one of our free workshops on estate planning, asset protection and elder law, please feel free to contact Thad Murphy at (563) 265-6971 or visit pearsonbollmanlaw.com and select “Events”. 

​In these uncertain times, it is now more important than ever to have an estate plan that gives you and your family peace of mind. We are continuing to serve our clients by video conferencing or telephone meetings. In person meetings are not required.
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• On March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops.

• On March 13, 1781, English astronomer William Hershel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. It was the first discovery of a new planet in modern times, and the first to be made using a telescope. 

• On March 20, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln's sons, Willie and Tad, are diagnosed with the measles. The boys recovered, but in 1862 Willie contracted typhoid fever and died. Tad died at age 18 in 1871. Of Lincoln's four boys, only the first child, Robert, lived to an advanced age; he passed away at age 82 in 1926.

• On March 3, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill creating the Freedman's Bureau. The federal agency oversaw the transition of African Americans from slavery to freedom. The bureau was given power to dispense relief in the South, provide medical care and education, and redistribute "abandoned" lands to former slaves. 

• On March 10, 1876, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you." 

• On March 2, 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved children's books as "The Cat in the Hat," is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Geisel used his middle name (which was also his mother's maiden name) as his pen name.

• On March 18, 1911, Irving Berlin copyrights the biggest pop song of the early 20th century, "Alexander's Ragtime Band." The song was easier to play than Joplin's "The Entertainer," which encouraged sheet music sales. Those topped 1.5 million copies in the first 18 months after publication.

• On March 14, 1914, stock-car racer Lee Arnold Petty is born near Randleman, North Carolina. In 1959, he won the Daytona 500. Lee Petty never lost a race on account of being too kind to his competitors, even if they were family. 

• On March 4, 1918, the first cases of the deadly Spanish flu pandemic are reported in soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. The virus soon traveled to Europe with U.S. soldiers heading to aid the Allies in France. The flu would eventually kill 20 million to 50 million people around the world.

• On March 7, 1923, The New Republic publishes Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," which begins with the famous line "Whose woods these are, I think I know."

• On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard successfully launches the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts. The 10-foot-tall rocket traveled for 2.5 seconds at a speed of about 60 mph, reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away.

• On March 12, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address broadcast from the White House, in which he explained his recent decision to close the nation's banks.

• On March 19, 1953, for the first time, audiences are able to watch from their living rooms as the movie world's most prestigious honors, the Academy Awards, are given out at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. 

• On March 1, 1966, Venera 3, an unmanned Soviet probe launched from Kazakhstan, collides with Venus, the second planet from the sun. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.

• On March 15, 1968, construction starts on the north tunnel of the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on I-70 in Colorado west of Denver. At more than 11,000 feet, the project became the world's highest vehicular tunnel when it was completed in 1979. 

• On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier meet for the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout marked Ali's return after the boxing commission revoked his license over his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War. Frazier won by a unanimous decision.

• On March 21, 1971, "The Andromeda Strain," the first movie to use computer animation, opens. Based on a Michael Crichton book, the sci-fi thriller featured scientists racing against time and an alien virus.

• On March 9, 1981, a nuclear accident at a Japan Atomic Power Company plant in Tsuruga, Japan, exposes 59 workers to radiation. Sixteen tons of waste spilled into Wakasa Bay, but Japan's Atomic Power Commission made no mention of the accident until more than a month later. By then, radioactive levels of seaweed in the area were found to be 10 times greater than normal. 

• On March 11, 1997, Paul McCartney, a former member of Beatles, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "services to music." McCartney became Sir Paul in a centuries-old ceremony of pomp and solemnity at Buckingham Palace in central London.

• On March 17, 2000, Julia Roberts becomes the first actress ever to command $20 million per movie when "Erin Brockovich" is released. At the time, $20 million was the standard paycheck for Hollywood's male stars. 

• On March 6, 2001, Napster begins complying with a federal court order to block the transfer of copyrighted songs over its peer-to-peer network. Some 60 million users around the world had freely exchanged digital mp3 files using Napster, which folded three months later.

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